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1. Deus Ex (2000 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a dark cyberpunk future where poverty, disease, oppression and terrorism are widespread, J.C. Denton, a new cybernetically-enhanced special agent, finds evidence of a massive conspiracy when his brother, also an agent, goes rogue.
Director: Warren Spector | Stars: Jay Anthony Franke, Brent Anderson, Ralph Barbagallo, Chad Bannon
Votes: 3,442
2.
High & Low: The Story of S.W.O.R.D. (2015– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2015)
30 min | Action
Director: Shigeaki Kubo | Stars: Ryôhei Abe, Akira, Shô Aoyagi, Kaname Endô
Votes: 55
3. Hitman: Absolution (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
After assassinating his former handler Diana, Agent 47 goes on a mission on her request to track down a young girl named Victoria. Meanwhile, his own employers hunt him. and arms manufacturer Blake Dexter pursues Victoria.
Directors: Tore Blystad, Peter Fleckenstein, James D. Mortellaro | Stars: David Bateson, Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Traci Lords
Votes: 6,936
4. Aibou: Tokyo Detective Duo (2000–2023)
110 min | Drama
Detective Ukyo Sugishita and his partner solve cases by just the two of them as "Special Task Unit" of MPD where demoted people belong.
Stars: Yutaka Mizutani, Atsushi Yamanishi, Kazuhisa Kawahara, Ryo Ono
Votes: 136
5. The Last Samurai (2003)
R | 154 min | Action, Drama
Nathan Algren, a US army veteran, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques. Nathan finds himself trapped in a struggle between two eras and two worlds.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, William Atherton
Votes: 472,016 | Gross: $111.11M
6. High & Low: The Story of S.W.O.R.D. (2015– )
Action
The legend begins at a certain town that used to be under the rule of a legendary organization called "Mugen". And fighting against the rule of this town's overlords were two legendary brothers - the brutal and unbeatable Amamiya Brothers.
Stars: Ryôhei Abe, Akira, Shô Aoyagi, Kaname Endô
Votes: 379
7. The Brothers Karamazov (2013)
54 min | Drama, Mystery
Set in present day Japan in a provincial town, Bunzo Kurosawa, a greedy and violent father, is murdered in his own home. Bunzo has 3 sons: oldest son Mitsuru (Takumi Saito), second son Isao... See full summary »
Stars: Tsubasa Yadome, Hayato Ichihara, Takumi Saitô, Kento Hayashi
Votes: 59
8. The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers (2016)
132 min | Comedy
A sequel to the 1980 movie The Legend of the Stardust Brothers. As well as being a rock musical comedy, it also borrows elements from other genres such as road movies, westerns, and meta fiction.
Director: Macoto Tezuka | Stars: Ryosuke Miura, Kôhei Takeda, Chika Arakawa, Tadanobu Asano
Votes: 12
9. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (2014 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set in March 1975, a few months after the events of Peace Walker, Snake infiltrates an American black site on Cuban soil called Camp Omega to extract two prisoners.
Director: Hideo Kojima | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Robin Atkin Downes, Tara Strong, Antony Del Rio
Votes: 3,337
10. Ninkyô herupâ (2009– )
Drama
Tsubasa Hikoichi is a yakuza underling who runs a loan shark operation in Roppongi. Hikoichi is brutal and efficient, and has no compunction about cheating the weak and poor out of their ... See full summary »
Stars: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Meisa Kuroki, Ken Matsudaira, Yûsuke Yamamoto
Votes: 42
11. Fish Story (2009)
113 min | Action, Comedy, Music
Several seemingly unrelated but surprisingly intertwined tales reveal how a Japanese band that independently invented punk rock in 1975 is, 37 years later, connected to a comet that is about to destroy the world.
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura | Stars: Atsushi Itô, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Noriko Eguchi, Hidekazu Mashima
Votes: 3,435
12. Vanquish (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Sci-Fi
In the near future, Sam Gideon and a team of soldiers are hired by the president of the United States to recover a space station that's been taken over by a Russian ultra nationalist.
Directors: Shinji Mikami, Olivier Deslandes, Orine Fukushima, Scott Martin Gershin, Michael Hülsmann, Guillermo Reinlein, Alessandro Ricci, Shinobu Shindo, Chris Southall, Mitsuru Toda | Stars: Ken'ichirô Matsuda, Chieko Honda, Teruyuki Tanzawa, Hitoshi Bifu
Votes: 830
13. Code Name Mirage (2017)
30 min | Mystery
Stars: Ren Kiriyama, Jun Kaname, Hinako Sano, Tarô Suruga
Votes: 7
14. Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)
TV-MA | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A former assassin who has resolved to never kill again has his vow sorely tested.
Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Yû Aoi, Munetaka Aoki
Votes: 29,047
15. Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (2015 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
Revelations 2 sees the return of Claire Redfield, whom along with the daughter of Barry Burton, Moira Burton, must try to escape off a monster-infested island.
Directors: Yasuhiro Anpo, Koushi Nakanishi, Ken Sakamoto | Stars: Yûko Kaida, Yûsaku Yara, Ayumi Fujimura, Aoi Yûki
Votes: 1,727
16. River's Edge: The Ohkawabata Detective Agency (2014– )
Comedy
Set along the Sumida river, there is a company by the name of "Ookawabata Tanteisha". It is a small private investigators' agency, run by 3 people. Specializes in strange cases.
Stars: Joe Odagiri, Maya Koizumi, Renji Ishibashi, Akihiko Sai
Votes: 141
17. Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires (2006 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Directors: Jun Takato, Takashi Morinaka | Stars: Yasunori Masutani, Masaya Onosaka, Hirohiko Kakegawa, Yukimasa Kishino
Votes: 77
18. Crows Zero II (2009)
133 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Tension escalates and violence ensues when a young student unwittingly breaks a non-aggression pact between two rival high schools.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Shun Oguri, Kyôsuke Yabe, Meisa Kuroki, Kenta Kiritani
Votes: 5,423
19. Dynasty Warriors 7 (2011 Video Game)
Action, Fantasy, History
A dramatized depiction of the ancient Chinese "Three Kingdoms" era.
Director: Atsushi Miyauchi | Stars: Yasunori Masutani, Masaya Onosaka, Hirohiko Kakegawa, Yukimasa Kishino
Votes: 157
20. Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
Not Rated | 129 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A renegade film crew becomes embroiled with a yakuza clan feud.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Jun Kunimura, Fumi Nikaidô, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroki Hasegawa
Votes: 9,003 | Gross: $0.03M
21. High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky (2017)
124 min | Action
The most brutal new gangs appear. These gangs are Doubt and Prison gang, and they try to dominate the area controlled by SWORD. They also go up against other gangs in the area and challenge White Rascals to fight.
Directors: Shigeaki Kubo, Tsuyoshi Nakakuki | Stars: Takanori Iwata, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Keita Machida, Kenjirô Yamashita
Votes: 586
22. Ushijima the Loan Shark (2010– )
Comedy
This drama depicts the harsh reality of those at the bottom of society through the eyes of the loan shark Ushijima. He is the head of Kaukau Finance which is a ruthless black market lending... See full summary »
Stars: Takayuki Yamada, Gô Ayano, Hiromi Sakimoto, Kyôsuke Yabe
Votes: 108
23. Men's Egg Drummers (2011)
99 min | Drama
Yuki Furukawa (Keita) is suddenly the overseer of a Shinto shrine. The young man is suddenly in charge when his father unexpectedly falls ill and cannot organize the annual moon festival. ... See full summary »
Director: Yûdai Yamaguchi | Stars: Yûki Furukawa, Chikako Hara, Teruko Hôrai, Mari Iriki
Votes: 13
24. Nasake no onna - kokuzeikyoku sasatsukan (2010– )
Drama
Matsuko Matsudaira is a tax investigator from the countryside who is suddenly called to work at the Tokyo Tax Investigation Bureau. Her rather unorthodox methods of investigating tax ... See full summary »
Stars: Ryôko Yonekura, Toshirô Yanagiba, Takashi Tsukamoto, Naoko Iijima
Votes: 11
25. Himizu (2011)
129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Shôta Sometani, Fumi Nikaidô, Tetsu Watanabe, Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Votes: 4,718
26. Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends (2011 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Family
Directors: Atsushi Miyauchi, Juergen Peretzki | Stars: Yasunori Masutani, Masaya Onosaka, Hirohiko Kakegawa, Yukimasa Kishino
Votes: 39
27. Shinjuku Incident (2009)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A simple Chinese immigrant wages a perilous war against one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the planet.
Director: Tung-Shing Yee | Stars: Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu, Jinglei Xu
Votes: 13,590
28. The Last Cop: Episode 0 (2016)
54 min | Action
Stars: Toshiaki Karasawa, Masataka Kubota, Tokio Emoto, Sairi Itô
Votes: 8
29. Angel Heart (2015)
55 min | Mystery
Saeba Ryo is a private detective and gun-for-hire who acts as the arbiter of justice. He is an urban bounty hunter out for good not exclusively using or deploying noble tactics. His partner... See full summary »
Stars: Takaya Kamikawa, Ayaka Miyoshi, Saki Aibu, Shôhei Miura
Votes: 37
30.
Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (2021)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2021)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Horror
Leon, along with agents Jason and Shen May, embarks on a covert mission to infiltrate a research facility in Shanghai aboard a nuclear submarine.
Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Nick Apostolides, Stephanie Panisello, Ray Chase, Jona Xiao
Votes: 896
31. Shizumanu taiyô (2009)
202 min | Drama
A drama based on the 1985 plane crash that caused 520 deaths, the worst aviation event in Japanese history.
Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Shun Sugata, Tae Kimura, Tomokazu Miura
Votes: 252
32. Detoroito Metaru Shiti (2008)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A nerd who dreams of becoming a sappy pop star ends up leading a death metal group.
Director: Toshio Lee | Stars: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Yoshihiko Hosoda, Ryûji Akiyama, Rosa Katô
Votes: 2,677
33. Lucky Seven (2012)
54 min | Drama
7 detectives, each with their own unique style in problem solving, work at the same detective agency. Each detective is in charge of their own case file until one day, the cases somehow ... See full summary »
Stars: Jun Matsumoto, Riisa Naka, Nanako Matsushima, Yô Ôizumi
Votes: 131
34. Yonimo kimyô na monogatari 21 seiki special (2011 TV Movie)
115 min | Mystery
Director: Jun'ichi Ishikawa | Stars: Shinnosuke Abe, Anna Aoi, Reina Aoi, Hiroaki Harada
Votes: 7
35.
Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (2021)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2021)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Horror
Now at an NGO in Penamstan, Claire discovers signs reminiscent of Raccoon City. Leon makes his way to the White House, unaware that it's under attack.
Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Nick Apostolides, Stephanie Panisello, Ray Chase, Jona Xiao
Votes: 995
36. Shenmue III (2019 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Crime
Ryo Hazuki returns for the big adventure and must deal with his old nemesis Lan Di while some familiar faces return.
Director: Yu Suzuki | Stars: Corey Marshall, Brianna Knickerbocker, Kyle McCarley, Greg Chun
Votes: 205
37. Kamen Teacher (2013– )
54 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Gota Araki (Taisuke Fujigaya) begins work at a new high school. He is assigned to the school's notorious 2nd Year, Class C as their homeroom teacher. All of the students in Class C are ... See full summary »
Stars: Taisuke Fujigaya, Aya Ohmasa, Fuma Kikuchi, Ayano Fujisawa
Votes: 32
38. Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires (2012 Video Game)
T
Directors: Atsushi Miyauchi, Atsushi Ota | Stars: Yasunori Masutani, Masaya Onosaka, Hirohiko Kakegawa, Yukimasa Kishino
Votes: 16
39.
Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (2021)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2021)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Horror
Claire discovers a grim scene at the home of one of the last surviving members of the Mad Dogs Unit. Shen May warns Leon about an ominous conspiracy.
Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Nick Apostolides, Stephanie Panisello, Ray Chase, Jona Xiao
Votes: 831
40.
Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (2021)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2021)
TV-MA | 29 min | Animation, Action, Horror
Secretary Wilson threatens Claire's life, demanding that she drop her investigation. Leon and Shen May rush to the vast subterranean bioweapons lab.
Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Nick Apostolides, Stephanie Panisello, Ray Chase, Jona Xiao
Votes: 838
41. Love You as the World Ends (2021–2023)
60 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
A car mechanic fights to survive an invasion of the living dead while holding onto the hope that he'll be reunited with the woman he loves.
Stars: Marie Iitoyo, Ryoma Takeuchi, Ayami Nakajô, Shô Kasamatsu
Votes: 178
42. Kate (I) (2021)
R | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A jaded assassin assigned to target a yakuza clan has 24 hours to find out who poisoned her and get vengeance before she dies.
Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan | Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Woody Harrelson, Miku Martineau, Tadanobu Asano
Votes: 70,652
43. Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017)
R | 97 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Chris Redfield enlists the help of Leon S. Kennedy and Rebecca Chambers to stop a death merchant, with a vengeance, from spreading a deadly virus in New York.
Director: Takanori Tsujimoto | Stars: Kevin Dorman, Matthew Mercer, Erin Cahill, John DeMita
Votes: 15,512
44. Knack (2013 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Family
Knack and his creator go on a journey to save humankind from a species known as the Goblins.
Directors: Mark Cerny, James D. Mortellaro | Stars: Ike Amadi, JB Blanc, Josh Keaton, Travis Willingham
Votes: 637
45. Gekijô-ban: Erîto Yankî Saburô (2009)
66 min | Comedy
The story of Saburo Nagakami.. Saburo goes on a journey with his sidekick Avarice in order to find the fresh brownies by using their Kung Fu Powers.
Director: Yûdai Yamaguchi | Stars: Hideo Ishiguro, Toshiyuki Itakura, Hitoshi Ozawa, Hikaru Yamamoto
Votes: 34
46. Aibou shirîzu: X Day (2013)
104 min | Action, Drama
Detective Kenichi Itami from the The National Police Agency and Akira Iwatsuki from the cyber investigation team investigate a complex murder case. The victim was under investigation by the cyber investigation team.
Director: Hajime Hashimoto | Stars: Kazuhisa Kawahara, Kei Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Tetsuya Bessho
Votes: 42
47. Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (2021)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Horror
Federal agent Leon S. Kennedy teams up with TerraSave staff member Claire Redfield to investigate a zombie outbreak. Based on the popular video game series of the same name by Capcom.
Stars: Nick Apostolides, Stephanie Panisello, Ray Chase, Jona Xiao
Votes: 12,670
48. SP: The Motion Picture I (2010)
98 min | Drama
When Kaoru Inoue (Junichi Okada) opposes Soichiro Ogata (Shin'ichi Tsutsumi), Soichiro makes the cryptic remark "It couldn't be helped. It was for a greater cause ..."
One month later, at an... See full synopsis »
Director: Takafumi Hatano | Stars: Jun'ichi Okada, Yôko Maki, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Yukijirô Hotaru
Votes: 143
49. Biohazard: Death Island (2023)
R | 91 min | Animation, Action, Horror
A t-virus outbreak in San Francisco leads to Alcatraz Island, where a new evil has taken residence.
Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Matthew Mercer, Nicole Tompkins, Kevin Dorman, Stephanie Panisello
Votes: 8,851
50. Jigen Daisuke (2023)
120 min | Action, Adventure
The legendary gunman Daisuke Jigen comes to Japan to have his pistol examined.
Director: Hajime Hashimoto | Stars: Tetsuji Tamayama, Mitsuko Kusabue, Kotoka Maki, Yôko Maki
Votes: 433