Japanese Movies ~[watched]
by noon1988 | created - 06 Apr 2011 | updated - 19 Oct 2019 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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101. Psycho Gothic Lolita (2010)
TV-14 | 88 min | Action, Horror
After her mother is murdered, a girl dresses-to-kill as a Gothic Lolita. Using a deadly umbrella, she seeks revenge by slicing and dicing the wacky assassins responsible.
Director: Gô Ohara | Stars: Rina Akiyama, Ruito Aoyagi, Asami, Yukihide Benny
Votes: 898
102. Distance (2001)
Unrated | 132 min | Drama
Members of a cult, modeled on Aum Shinrikyo, sabotage a city's water supply, then commit mass suicide near the shores of a lake. Family members of those affected by it meet at the lake to observe the anniversary of their loved ones' deaths.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Arata Iura, Yûsuke Iseya, Susumu Terajima, Yui Natsukawa
Votes: 1,806
103. Villain (2010)
139 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young woman's murder provokes reflection on the ugliness and villainy of modern society.
Director: Sang-il Lee | Stars: Eri Fukatsu, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Denden, Akira Emoto
Votes: 2,000
104. Blue Spring (2001)
83 min | Drama
A group of a run-down Tokyo high school students face the struggles of growing up, growing apart from their friends and worrying about their future, while living in a highly violent environment.
Director: Toshiaki Toyoda | Stars: Ryûhei Matsuda, Hirofumi Arai, Sôsuke Takaoka, Yûsuke Ôshiba
Votes: 4,385
105. Double Face: Sen'nyû sôsa hen (2012 TV Movie)
Action
A Japanese made-for-TV remake of Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs (2002).
Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Teruyuki Kagawa, Emi Wakui, Yû Aoi
Votes: 83
106. Oba: The Last Samurai (2011)
128 min | Drama, War
During the end of World War 2, a group of Japanese soldiers fight on after US forces capture most of the island. They refuse to surrender and continue to resist after the Emperor surrenders.
Directors: Cellin Gluck, Hideyuki Hirayama | Stars: Yutaka Takenouchi, Sean McGowan, Mao Inoue, Treat Williams
Votes: 1,214
107. Key of Life (2012)
Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of his life of misery but only to find himself filling the shoes of an elite assassin.
Director: Kenji Uchida | Stars: Masato Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryôko Hirosue, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Votes: 2,903
108. Key of Life (2012)
Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of his life of misery but only to find himself filling the shoes of an elite assassin.
Director: Kenji Uchida | Stars: Masato Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryôko Hirosue, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Votes: 2,903
109. Audition (1999)
R | 115 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura
Votes: 89,271
110. 0.5 mm (2014)
198 min | Drama
Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family of an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him.
Director: Momoko Andô | Stars: Sakura Andô, Miyoko Asada, Bengal, Akira Emoto
Votes: 915
111. Death Note (2006–2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.
Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Brad Swaile, Vincent Tong, Ryô Naitô
Votes: 378,726
112. Another (2012)
TV-MA | 286 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A young man named, Koichi Sakakibara, transfers to a new school where he finds himself drawn into a mystery involving a mysterious girl and a series of gruesome deaths.
Stars: Atsushi Abe, Natsumi Takamori, Tomoaki Maeno, Monica Rial
Votes: 18,242
113. Prophecy (2015)
119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man named Gates heads a mysterious group called "Shinbunshi" who don newspaper masks and post internet videos informing the public of their crimes of justice against people they deem ... See full summary »
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura | Stars: Tôma Ikuta, Erika Toda, Ryohei Suzuki, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Votes: 835
114. Pulse (2001)
R | 119 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits may be trying to invade the human world through the Internet.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Haruhiko Katô, Kumiko Asô, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka
Votes: 25,604 | Gross: $0.05M
115. Tengoku de kimi ni aetara (2009 TV Movie)
Drama
Nonoue Junichi is a psychiatrist working in the counseling room of a cancer treatment center by the beach. While tending to the patients, part of his job involves taking dictation from them when they want to send a letter to a loved one.
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Gori, Mao Inoue, Tae Kimura, Kazunari Ninomiya
Votes: 24
116. If Cats Disappeared from the World (2016)
103 min | Drama, Fantasy
Young mailman finds out he has no time left due to a terminal disease. Suddenly he is approached by a devil that offers him to live more time if he eliminates something from the world. ... See full summary »
Director: Akira Nagai | Stars: Mauro Caiazza, Gaku Hamada, Mieko Harada, Anna Ishii
Votes: 2,931
117. Haha to kuraseba (2015)
130 min | Drama, Fantasy
A midwife in Nagasaki is stunned when she is suddenly visited by her son, whom she thought had died when an atomic bomb fell on the city.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kazunari Ninomiya, Haru Kuroki, Tadanobu Asano
Votes: 496
118. I Am a Hero (2015)
TV-MA | 126 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A manga artist assistant is surprised by a zombie apocalypse.
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Yô Ôizumi, Kasumi Arimura, Masami Nagasawa, Hisashi Yoshizawa
Votes: 7,783
119. Death Note: Light Up the New World (2016)
TV-14 | 135 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
An update to the "Death Note" series in which a mysterious notebook contains deadly powers.
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Sôsuke Ikematsu, Noémie Nakai, Masaki Suda, Ken'ichi Matsuyama
Votes: 3,322
120. Rage (2016)
142 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different Japanese cities.
Director: Sang-il Lee | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Mirai Moriyama, Aoi Miyazaki, Satoshi Tsumabuki
Votes: 3,409
121. Harmonium (2016)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
Toshio hires Yasaka in his workshop. This old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life.
Director: Kôji Fukada | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Mariko Tsutsui, Taiga Nakano, Momone Shinokawa
Votes: 2,905 | Gross: $0.02M
122. Boku to tsuma no 1778 no monogatari (2011)
139 min | Drama
A science fiction writer finds out his wife has cancer, and decides to write her a story every day to keep her alive, like a reverse Scheherazade or perhaps to cope with the inevitability of his loss.
Director: Mamoru Hoshi | Stars: Kazuyuki Asano, Jun Fubuki, Yôko Imamoto, Tai Kageyama
Votes: 291
123. After the Storm (2016)
Not Rated | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Yôko Maki, Satomi Kobayashi, Lily Franky
Votes: 12,759 | Gross: $0.27M
124. Bright Future (2002)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
Two young guys work in a plant that manufactures oshibori (those moist hand-towels found in some Japanese restaurants). Their weird bond is based on uncontrollable rage--something neither ... See full summary »
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Joe Odagiri, Tadanobu Asano, Tatsuya Fuji, Sayuri Oyamada
Votes: 3,003 | Gross: $0.00M
125. The Third Murder (2017)
Not Rated | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A courtroom drama centered around the murder of a factory president.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Koji Yakusho, Suzu Hirose, Shinnosuke Mitsushima
Votes: 8,004 | Gross: $0.09M
126. The Crimes That Bind (2018)
119 min | Mystery, Thriller
Michiko came to Tokyo to visit Hiromi, but is instead found murdered. The renter of Michiko's place is missing. The police is having a hard time finding clues and solving the case. There ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuo Fukuzawa | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Junpei Mizobata, Rena Tanaka, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Votes: 1,512
127. Blank 13 (2017)
70 min | Drama, Family
A son discovers the unknown life of his deserted father's after his death.
Director: Takumi Saitô | Stars: Cookie, Yoshikazu Ebisu, Lily Franky, Seiji Fukushi
Votes: 246
128. River's Edge (2018)
TV-MA | 118 min | Crime, Drama
High schooler Haruna befriends loner Yamada, then is drawn into the tangled relationship between him, a model and the girl who loves him unreasonably.
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Ryô Yoshizawa, Aoi Morikawa, Shûhei Uesugi
Votes: 1,098
129. Butterfly Sleep (2017)
110 min | Drama, Romance
A writer of romance novels falls in love with a much younger guy. Their romance is doomed, though, because she has Alzheimer.
Director: Jae-eun Jeong | Stars: Anna Ishibashi, Kim Jae-Wook, Masanobu Katsumura, Hidekazu Mashima
Votes: 128
130. Shoplifters (2018)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka
Votes: 86,474 | Gross: $3.31M
131. The Forest of Love (2019)
TV-MA | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A small group of student filmmakers and a shy young girl with strict parents are simultaneously manipulated, seduced and abused by an older man. They follow his bidding, even when murder is involved.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Kippei Shîna, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Kyoko Hinami, Eri Kamataki
Votes: 2,959
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