Live-action Anime/Manga Bodycount (work in progress)
by Creedswede | created - 14 Apr 2018 | updated - 1 week ago | PublicA list over the bodycount in the live-action movie adaptations of Japanese anime/manga. Note: the numbers has been gathered from AOBG. For more action-packed info please visit: www.allouttabubblegum.com
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1. Dragonball Evolution (2009)
PG | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The young warrior Son Goku sets out on a quest, racing against time and the vengeful King Piccolo, to collect a set of seven magical orbs that will grant their wielder unlimited power.
Director: James Wong | Stars: Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Chow Yun-Fat, Emmy Rossum
Votes: 79,348 | Gross: $9.35M
Total Bodycount: 3
2. Fullmetal Alchemist (2017)
TV-14 | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Two alchemist brothers go on a quest for the Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their dead mother goes horribly wrong.
Director: Fumihiko Sori | Stars: Ryôsuke Yamada, Tsubasa Honda, Dean Fujioka, Misako Renbutsu
Votes: 21,127
Total Bodycount: N/A
3. Death Note (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A high school student named Light Turner discovers a mysterious notebook that has the power to kill anyone whose name is written within its pages, and launches a secret crusade to rid the world of criminals.
Director: Adam Wingard | Stars: Nat Wolff, LaKeith Stanfield, Margaret Qualley, Shea Whigham
Votes: 90,446
Total Bodycount: 55
4. 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: 3,321
Total Bodycount: N/A
5. Death Note (2006)
Not Rated | 126 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A battle between the world's two greatest minds begins when Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to rid the world of criminals.
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto, Yû Kashii
Votes: 31,868
Total Bodycount: N/A
6. Death Note: The Last Name (2006)
Not Rated | 141 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Picking up where the first one leaves off, Light joins the task force searching for Kira in an effort to avert suspicion from himself---and get rid of L.
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Erika Toda, Nana Katase
Votes: 17,621
Total Bodycount: N/A
7. Gantz (2010)
Not Rated | 130 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Kanata Hongô, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Natsuna
Votes: 8,305
Total Bodycount: 18
8. Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011)
Not Rated | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Kato's (Ken'ichi Matsuyama) death changes Kurono's (Kazunari Ninomiya) view of life completely. He decides to keep fighting until he earns 100 points so that he can bring back Kato. GANTZ ... See full summary »
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Ayumi Ito
Votes: 4,670
Total Bodycount: N/A
9. Crying Freeman (1995)
102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A woman sees an assassin outside San Francisco killing yakuza men and later in Vancouver. She's been told that he leaves no witness. Will she be his next victim or...?
Director: Christophe Gans | Stars: Julie Condra, Kevan Ohtsji, Mark Dacascos, Debbie Podowski
Votes: 13,624
Total Bodycount: N/A
10. Lady Snowblood (1973)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
Director: Toshiya Fujita | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza
Votes: 16,294
Total Bodycount: 29
11. Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
To avoid a death sentence for her prior acts of bloodshed, the vengeful swordswoman Lady Snowblood is conscripted by the Japanese Secret Police to assassinate political dissidents.
Director: Toshiya Fujita | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Jûzô Itami, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Yoshio Harada
Votes: 4,212
Total Bodycount: N/A
12. City Hunter (1993)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.
Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Jackie Chan, Richard Norton, Joey Wang, Kumiko Goto
Votes: 12,298
Total Bodycount: 86
13. City Hunter
Action | Announced
Plot unknown. Adaptation of the Japanese manga 'City Hunter'.
Director: Stanley Tong | Star: Xiaoming Huang
Total Bodycount: N/A
14. Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon (1977)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A HK cop investigates several similar murders done by Chow's men. Golgo 13, top sniper, is the 4th assassin hired to kill HK drug lord Chow for Americans wanting the HK drug market.
Director: Yukio Noda | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Lun Chia, Etsuko Shihomi, Emi Shindô
Votes: 610
Total Bodycount: N/A
16. Black Butler (2014)
119 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
After her supposed death, a young woman returns as the son of her noble family to precede the family's prestigious company, with a demon at her side to avenge her parent's murder.
Directors: Kentarô Ohtani, Kei'ichi Sato | Stars: Hiro Mizushima, Ayame Gôriki, Yûka, Mizuki Yamamoto
Votes: 1,878
Total Bodycount: N/A
17. Tokyo Ghoul (2017)
TV-MA | 119 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A Tokyo college student is attacked by a ghoul, a superpowered human who feeds on human flesh. He survives, but has become part ghoul and becomes a fugitive on the run.
Director: Kentarô Hagiwara | Stars: Masataka Kubota, Fumika Shimizu, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Hiyori Sakurada
Votes: 3,907
Total Bodycount: 8
18. Blade of the Immortal (2017)
R | 140 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Cursed with a life of immortality, a samurai is tasked by a young girl to help avenge the death of her father. Based on the manga series by Hiroaki Samura.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sôta Fukushi, Hayato Ichihara
Votes: 19,435 | Gross: $0.15M
Total Bodycount: N/A
19. Sukeban deka (1987)
93 min | Action, Drama
Neo-nazi takes over a school, turns it into training camp with attempt to coup d'etat. Sukeban Deka should stop him, but it seems to impossible if she's alone.
Director: Hideo Tanaka | Stars: Yui Asaka, Masatô Ibu, Keizô Kanie, Gorô Kataoka
Votes: 239
Total Bodycount: N/A
20. Yo-Yo Girl Cop (2006)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action
Recruited by a clandestine police organization, "K" must stop a plot by student radicals to create anarchy in Japan. Armed with a hi-tech steel yo-yo, and a new name (Asamiya Saki), she ... See full summary »
Director: Kenta Fukasaku | Stars: Aya Matsuura, Rika Ishikawa, Erika Miyoshi, Yui Okada
Votes: 1,194
Total Bodycount: N/A
21. Yattâman (2009)
111 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A toy shop owner/hero and his assistant/heroine battle a leather-clad vixen and her minions to prevent them from acquiring the pieces of a mystical skull.
Directors: Takashi Miike, Eisuke Naitô, Hatsuki Yokoo | Stars: Shô Sakurai, Saki Fukuda, Kyôko Fukada, Kendô Kobayashi
Votes: 2,035
Total Bodycount: N/A
22. The Princess Blade (2001)
R | 93 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Raised by assassins, Yuki is the last of the Takemikazuchi royal bloodline. A deadly weapon in her own right, she learns the gruesome truth about the death of her beloved mother and joins forces with a mysterious rebel leader.
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Yumiko Shaku, Hideaki Itô, Yôichi Numata, Shirô Sano
Votes: 3,084
Total Bodycount: N/A
23. Kyûketsu Shôjo tai Shôjo Furanken (2009)
TV-MA | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A reconstructed girl is created from the pieces of a vampire girl's mini-butchery. Slaughter abounds as both of them pursue the same boy.
Directors: Yoshihiro Nishimura, Naoyuki Tomomatsu | Stars: Yukie Kawamura, Takumi Saitô, Eri Otoguro, Sayaka Kametani
Votes: 3,911
Total Bodycount: N/A
24. Lupin the 3rd (2014)
133 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The grandson of a legendary gentleman burglar assembles a team of thieves to steal a Cleopatran necklace from two parties - an ally-turned-rival, and an underworld tycoon.
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura | Stars: Shun Oguri, Jerry Yan, Tetsuji Tamayama, Gô Ayano
Votes: 1,805
Total Bodycount: N/A
25. Ichi the Killer (2001)
R | 129 min | Action, Crime, Drama
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Nao Ômori, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Paulyn Sun
Votes: 60,034 | Gross: $0.02M
Total Bodycount: N/A
26. Sukeban deka: Kazama sanshimai no gyakushû (1988)
90 min | Action
Brash young politician Kuraudo Sekin has formed an elite security bureau to crack down on juvenile crime. But due to its extreme methods of justice, the bureau's most promising young member... See full summary »
Director: Hideo Tanaka | Stars: Yui Asaka, Yuka Ohnishi, Yuma Nakamura, Kôsuke Toyohara
Votes: 113
Total Bodycount: N/A
27. Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991)
R | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Riki-Oh, a young man who has superhuman strength, is incarcerated in a private prison, where inmates are treated like slaves. He is forced to use his unstoppable form of martial arts to destroy the corrupt officials and their lackeys.
Director: Ngai Choi Lam | Stars: Siu-Wong Fan, Mei Sheng Fan, Ka-Kui Ho, Yukari Ôshima
Votes: 15,014
Total Bodycount: N/A
28. Assassination Classroom (2015)
M | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Earth's moon is suddenly 70% smaller and permanently crescent shaped by a devastating and unknown force. For the students of E Class, Kunugigaoka Junior High School, the being ... See full summary »
Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Ryôsuke Yamada, Masaki Suda, Maika Yamamoto, Seika Taketomi
Votes: 2,231
Total Bodycount: N/A
29. Devilman (2004)
116 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
Based on Gô Nagai's manga, about mild-mannered teenager Akira Fudô, who merges with a demon to fight other demons.
Director: Hiroyuki Nasu | Stars: Hisato Izaki, Yûsuke Izaki, Ayana Sakai, Ryûdô Uzaki
Votes: 1,227
Total Bodycount: N/A
30. Fist of the North Star (1995)
R | 103 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Based on a graphic novel, this apocalyptic adventure centers on a man who must reverse the cataclysmic conditions of his world.
Director: Tony Randel | Stars: Gary Daniels, Malcolm McDowell, Costas Mandylor, Downtown Julie Brown
Votes: 3,590
Total Bodycount: 62
31. Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins (1991)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
An evil alien searches the Earth for seven "Dragon Pearls" which can grant him ultimate power. A gang of misfit adventurers band together to stop him.
Director: Chun-Liang Chen | Stars: Chi-Chiang Chen, Jeannie Hsieh, Tung-Chuan Cheng, San Peng
Votes: 1,345
Total Bodycount: 93+
32. Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A soldier fighting aliens gets to relive the same day over and over again, the day restarting every time he dies.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 736,546 | Gross: $100.21M
Total Bodycount: 530
33. Dragon Ball: Son Goku Fights, Son Goku Wins (1990)
105 min | Adventure, Fantasy
The young warrior Son Goku goes on a outrageous quest to acquire seven magical orbs, along the way beating up evil persons who want to steal the orbs for their own ends.
Director: Ryong Wang | Stars: Heo Sung-tae, Hyung-rae Shim, Ju-hie Lee, Min-seok Jang
Votes: 218
Total Bodycount: N/A
34. 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009)
139 min | Drama, Fantasy
Childhood friends continue their battle against a dangerous cult.
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa, Muneyoshi Abiko
Votes: 1,972
Total Bodycount: N/A
35. Harlock: Space Pirate (2013)
Not Rated | 115 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Mankind is dying. Only one man can do anything about it, Space Captain Harlock, but the Gaia Coalition will stop at nothing to end him.
Director: Shinji Aramaki | Stars: Yû Aoi, Jessica Boone, Ayano Fukuda, Arata Furuta
Votes: 12,881
Total Bodycount: N/A
36. Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
TV-MA | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Kenshin Himura goes up against pure evil Makoto Shishio who is attempting to overthrow the Meiji government. The fate of the country hangs in the balance as Kenshin Himura takes up the sword that he vowed to never draw again.
Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Yôsuke Eguchi
Votes: 18,341
Total Bodycount: 207
37. 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009)
156 min | Adventure, Fantasy
It is 2017 and a resurrected Tomodachi rules world. The prophecies of The New Book have all come true.
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Qyoko Kudo, Takumi Saitô, Kôichi Yamadera
Votes: 1,243
Total Bodycount: N/A
38. 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008)
142 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Years after a schoolboy writes a book of prophecies, a mysterious super-villain uses it as his master-plan of world destruction.
Directors: Kimura Hisashi, Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa, Teruyuki Kagawa
Votes: 2,777
Total Bodycount: N/A
39. 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: 29,007
Total Bodycount: 88
40. Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014)
TV-MA | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Shishio has set sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the Meiji government and return Japan to chaos, carrying Kaoru with him. In order to stop him in time, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.
Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Emi Takei, Munetaka Aoki
Votes: 14,595
Total Bodycount: 131
41. Attack on Titan Part 1 (2015)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a world where giant humanoid Titans prey on humans, Eren joins the scouting legion to get revenge on the monsters who killed everyone in his town.
Director: Shinji Higuchi | Stars: Haruma Miura, Kiko Mizuhara, Kanata Hongô, Satomi Ishihara
Votes: 15,490 | Gross: $0.45M
Total Bodycount: N/A
42. Attack on Titan: Part 2 (2015)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A young boy name Eren Jaeger has to use his gift to know about the mystery of the Titans.
Director: Shinji Higuchi | Stars: Haruma Miura, Hiroki Hasegawa, Kanata Hongô, Kiko Mizuhara
Votes: 6,036 | Gross: $0.31M
Total Bodycount: 42
43. Crows Zero (2007)
130 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A transfer student attempts to take over the most violent high school in the country, whose students form factions and battle each other for power.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Shun Oguri, Kyôsuke Yabe, Meisa Kuroki, Kenta Kiritani
Votes: 8,919
Total Bodycount: N/A
44. 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: 5,414
Total Bodycount: N/A
45. Crows Explode (2014)
129 min | Action, Crime
A new transfer student comes once again to a high school where violent fights among students is a way of life.
Director: Toshiaki Toyoda | Stars: Elly, Motoki Fukami, Masahiro Higashide, Suzu Hirose
Votes: 1,670
Total Bodycount: N/A
46. The Dragon from Russia (1990)
96 min | Action
May Yip and Yao are both orphans and have been friends since youth, but they're torn apart when the leader of the 8 Hundred Dragons Kung Fu cult abducts Yao and erases his memory.
Director: Clarence Fok | Stars: Samuel Hui, Maggie Cheung, Nina Li Chi, Carrie Ng
Votes: 473
Total Bodycount: N/A
47. Cutie Honey (2004)
94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
The adventure of Cutie Honey, a super heroine who can transform into anything using her necklace to switch on and say "Honey Flash!".
Director: Hideaki Anno | Stars: Eriko Satô, Mikako Ichikawa, Jun Murakami, Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Votes: 1,998
Total Bodycount: N/A
48. 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: 7,778
Total Bodycount: N/A
49. Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)
109 min | Action, Drama, Horror
The humanity is suffering from murders all over the globe, called "Mincemeat murders". High school student, Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Shôta Sometani, Eri Fukatsu, Ai Hashimoto, Kazuki Kitamura
Votes: 5,389
Total Bodycount: 29
50. Parasyte: Part 2 (2015)
117 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Humanity is under attack by human-mimicking flesh-eating alien parasites. One parasite bonds with his young high school student host, and he convinces the parasite to help him stop the others.
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Shôta Sometani, Jun Kunimura, Ai Hashimoto
Votes: 3,231
Total Bodycount: 59
51. Oldboy (2003)
R | 120 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Kim Byeong-Ok
Votes: 635,509 | Gross: $0.71M
Total Bodycount: 16
52. Oldboy (2013)
R | 104 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Obsessed with vengeance, a man sets out to find out why he was kidnapped and locked into solitary confinement for twenty years without reason.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Sharlto Copley
Votes: 80,785 | Gross: $2.19M
Total Bodycount: 45
53. Ghost in the Shell (2017)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In the near future, Major Mira Killian is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
Director: Rupert Sanders | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche
Votes: 227,832 | Gross: $40.56M
Total Bodycount: 58
54. Akira
102 min | Action, Drama, Mystery | Announced
The leader of a biker gang tries to save his kidnapped friend from a powerful supernatural experiment.
Director: Taika Waititi
Total Bodycount: N/A
55. Speed Racer (2008)
PG | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Young driver, Speed Racer, aspires to be champion of the racing world with the help of his family and his high-tech Mach 5 automobile.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Matthew Fox, Christina Ricci, Nicholas Elia
Votes: 78,419 | Gross: $43.95M
Total Bodycount: N/A
56. Thermae Romae (2012)
108 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Lucius, a Roman architect, is transported through time to modern-day Japan, where he learns about Japanese bathhouses and uses this to his gain back home.
Director: Hideki Takeuchi | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Aya Ueto, Kazuki Kitamura, Riki Takeuchi
Votes: 2,694
Total Bodycount: 10
57. Thermae Romae II (2014)
112 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A sequel to the comedy Thermae Romae, an adaptation of Yamazaki Mari's popular comic. A Roman Empire bathhouse architect learns how to travel through time when in need of inspiration. Then, a conflict could divide the Roman Empire.
Director: Hideki Takeuchi | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Aya Ueto, Kazuki Kitamura, Kai Shishido
Votes: 826
Total Bodycount: 24
58. Museum (2016)
132 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Detective Hisashi Sawamura (Shun Oguri) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police is tired, behind and dealing with the departure of his ungrateful wife. Having lost his family, he now deals with ... See full summary »
Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Shun Oguri, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Machiko Ono, Shûhei Nomura
Votes: 1,138
Total Bodycount: N/A
59. Cutie Honey: Tears (2016)
92 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Scientist Dr. Kisaragi creates Cutie Honey, an android that possesses human emotions, in order to stop an evil organization.
Directors: Takeshi Asai, Ryo Higuchi | Stars: Keita Arai, Hina Fukatsu, Ren Imai, Nicole Ishida
Votes: 298
Total Bodycount: N/A
60. Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A deactivated cyborg's revived, but can't remember anything of her past and goes on a quest to find out who she is.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali
Votes: 293,626 | Gross: $85.71M
Total Bodycount: N/A
62. The Red Spectacles (1987)
116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A surreal science fiction noir involving a man trapped in a future where seemingly everyone is a government spy and all-night noodle stands are outlawed.
Director: Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Shigeru Chiba, Machiko Washio, Hideyuki Tanaka, Tesshô Genda
Votes: 853
Total Bodycount: N/A
63. Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops (1991)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
The Metropolitan Police's ultimate crime-fighting unit was an elite squad of men and women known as the Kerberos. Refusing an order from the government officials to disarm led to a riot ... See full summary »
Director: Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Yoshikazu Fujiki, Eaching Sue, Takashi Matsuyama, Shigeru Chiba
Votes: 539
Total Bodycount: N/A
64. Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun, the Movie (2004)
102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Kanzo Hattori, an apprentice ninja, leaves his hometown of Iga to go to Edo (Tokyo). There, for his final training, he must find himself a master, and protect his master with his life, whilst upholding the ninja code.
Director: Masayuki Suzuki | Stars: Shingo Katori, Rena Tanaka, Gori, Yuri Chinen
Votes: 206
Total Bodycount: N/A
65. Golgo 13 (1973)
104 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Golgo 13 is assigned to murder a man named Boss Goa.
Director: Jun'ya Satô | Stars: Ken Takakura, Mohsen Sohrabi, Jaleh Sam, Pouri Baneai
Votes: 353
Total Bodycount: N/A
66. Bôhachi bushidô: Sa burai (1974)
83 min | Action
A ronin desperado who turns into a criminal is condemned to death sentence. However, he is saved by the notorious Bohachi clan who contemplate to use his sword skills against their rivals. ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Harada | Stars: Gorô Ibuki, Reiko Ike, Bin Amatsu, Keiko Aikawa
Votes: 78
Total Bodycount: N/A
67. Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (1974)
82 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The dandy grandson of a French thief is cajoled by his father's former partner and a femme fatale into challenging the syndicate that ruined his family's criminal empire.
Director: Takashi Tsuboshima | Stars: Yûki Meguro, Eiko Ezaki, Maria Anzai, Shirô Itô
Votes: 213
Total Bodycount: N/A
68. Kabamaru the Ninja (1983)
96 min | Comedy
Kabamaru is a young boy raised and trained by his grandfather as a ninja. After the sudden death of his grandfather, he starts living with Mai, his grandfather's mistress, who is a school ... See full summary »
Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Strong Kongô, Hikaru Kurosaki, Hiroyuki Sanada
Votes: 305
Total Bodycount: N/A
69. The Guyver (1991)
PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Young man merges with mechanical device, becoming cyborg superhero. Strange creatures emerge, seeking to reclaim device. He uncovers plot to genetically engineer monstrous creatures.
Directors: Screaming Mad George, Steve Wang | Stars: Greg Joung Paik, Jimmie 'JJ' Walker, Peter Spellos, Michael Berryman
Votes: 5,939
Total Bodycount: N/A
70. Guyver: Dark Hero (1994)
R | 127 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Sean Barker, unwilling host to an alien bio-armor known as the Guyver, must fight the Kronos Corporation again before they discover the secrets of the Guyver's origin.
Director: Steve Wang | Stars: David Hayter, Kathy Christopherson, Bruno Patrick, Christopher Michael
Votes: 3,783
Total Bodycount: N/A
71. Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009)
130 min | Drama
Kaiji, a young gambler who is constantly in debt, enters a deadly gambling competition in order to wipe away his loans.
Director: Tôya Satô | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Kei Satô, Yûki Amami
Votes: 2,049
Total Bodycount: N/A
72. Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler (2011)
133 min | Drama
Kaiji erased all of his debts in the first movie. A year later, he's back in the same debt ridden situation. Kaiji then gets a chance to clear himself of his 200 million Yen debt, but he has only 2 weeks.
Director: Tôya Satô | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Yûsuke Iseya, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Katsuhisa Namase
Votes: 1,058
Total Bodycount: N/A
73. Another Gantz (2011 TV Movie)
99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
This film is an alternate perspective version of the first Gantz film from an investigative journalists point of view and depicts the secrets of Kurono and Kato's childhood, and also other ... See full summary »
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Kanata Hongô, Haruhiko Katô, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Natsuna
Votes: 450
Total Bodycount: N/A
74. 1-Ichi (2003 Video)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
How Ichi becomes the Killer. The movie is a pre-quel to Takashi Miike's Koroshiya 1 (Ichi - The Killer).
Director: Masato Tanno | Stars: Nao Ômori, Teah, Chihara Junia, Chisato Amate
Votes: 807
Total Bodycount: N/A
75. Assassination Classroom: The Graduation (2016)
M | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The story of the assassination classroom and their teacher target continues with the students' own conflicts, Korosensei's identity, and the fate of the world as the deadline for assassination approaches.
Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Masaki Suda, Kanna Hashimoto, Kazunari Ninomiya, Ryôsuke Yamada
Votes: 936
Total Bodycount: N/A
76. Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness (1995)
80 min | Horror
Misa Kuroi is an adorable high-school girl who arrives at her new school when it is falling under an evil supernatural force. Trying to figure out who's behind the supernatural attack, Misa... See full summary »
Director: Shimako Sato | Stars: Kimika Yoshino, Miho Kanno, Shu-Ma, Naozumi Takahashi
Votes: 839
Total Bodycount: N/A
77. Salaryman Kintaro (1999)
110 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
A good-hearted former gangster tries to secure a normal life for his son by working white collar jobs but keeps finding his old talents in need for the everyday world.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Katsunori Takahashi, Noriko Aota, Kanako Enomoto, Michiko Hada
Votes: 361
Total Bodycount: N/A
78. Sasori in U.S.A. (1997)
86 min | Drama, Thriller, Crime
The women's prison film Scorpion's Revenge tells the tale of Nami, who, as the film begins, is sentenced to life in prison. The brutal activities inside the prison are masterminded both by ... See full summary »
Director: Daisuke Gotô | Stars: Yoko Saito, Shizuka Ochi, Michael Hegedus, Tetta Sugimoto
Votes: 53
Total Bodycount: N/A
79. Time Traveller (2010)
Not Rated | 122 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel.
Director: Masaaki Taniguchi | Stars: Riisa Naka, Akiyoshi Nakao, Munetaka Aoki, Anna Ishibashi
Votes: 1,721
Total Bodycount: N/A
80. Library Wars (2013)
128 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Set in the year 2019 in Japan. In order to crack down on free expression, a new law is passed, which allows for the government to create an armed force to find and destroy objectionable ... See full summary »
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Chiaki Kuriyama, Jun'ichi Okada, Sôta Fukushi, Nana Eikura
Votes: 1,017
Total Bodycount: N/A
81. Bodyguard Kiba (1993 Video)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Crime
A ex-prisoner hires the invincible bodyguard Kiba to protect him from vengeful Yakuza, while he travels cross-country to the location of some hidden loot.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Hisao Maki, Masaru Matsuda, Daisuke Nagakura, Megumi Sakita
Votes: 401
Total Bodycount: N/A
82. Bodigâdo Kiba: Shura no mokushiroku 2 (1995 Video)
Not Rated | 74 min
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Masaaki Asato, Taka Higuchi, Hisao Maki, Megumi Sakita
Votes: 97
Total Bodycount: N/A
83. Laughing Under the Clouds: Gaiden Part 1 & 2 (2018)
94 min | Action, Drama, Horror
In the years after the imperial restoration in central Japan a forceful snake, which rears its head once every 300 years, is about to rise again. The snake shall herald calamity and ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro | Stars: Sôta Fukushi, Yûma Nakayama, Kirato Wakayama, Shunsuke Daitô
Votes: 120
Total Bodycount: N/A
85. Dragon Head (2003)
R | 122 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A teenage boy wakes up and finds himself on a train. He vaguely remembers being on a class trip when something terrible happened, and he is one of the few survivors.
Director: Jôji Iida | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Sayaka Kanda, Takayuki Yamada, Naohito Fujiki
Votes: 833
Total Bodycount: N/A
86. Tetsujin niju-hachigo (2005)
119 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Shin Togashi | Stars: Sôsuke Ikematsu, Yû Aoi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ayako Kawahara
Votes: 167
Total Bodycount: N/A
87. Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1998)
R | 108 min | Mystery, Action, Thriller
In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuhito Ishii | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Sie Kohinata, Shingo Tsurumi, Kimie Shingyôji
Votes: 2,299
Total Bodycount: N/A
88. Oira sukeban (2006)
62 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A raucous teen boy with a feminine face is teased everywhere, so his odd biker father dresses him as a girl and sends him to an all-girl school. The lad introduces himself as Sukeban, and a... See full summary »
Director: Noboru Iguchi | Stars: Asami, Kaori, Demo Tanaka, Sarasa Tani
Votes: 500
Total Bodycount: N/A
89. Wangan middonaito the movie (2009)
100 min | Action, Drama
"Wangan Midnight The Movie" based on hit manga written by Michiharu Kusunoki, the film stars Yuichi Nakamura of D-BOYS, Kazuki Kato, and Ryoko Kobayashi. The story centers on a young man ... See full summary »
Director: Atsushi Muroga | Stars: Yuichi Nakamura, Ryôko Kobayashi, Kazuki Katô, Yoshihiko Hakamada
Votes: 318
Total Bodycount: N/A
90. Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge (2007)
109 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Yosuke, a typical slacker kid dozing his way through school, showing nothing in the way of ambition as he quietly mulls over the death of a close friend the year before. He is clever enough... See full summary »
Director: Takuji Kitamura | Stars: Yôsuke Asari, Terutaka Hasegawa, Hayato Ichihara, Itsuji Itao
Votes: 336
Total Bodycount: N/A
91. Casshern (2004)
Not Rated | 142 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Live-action sci-fi movie based on a 1973 Japanese animé of the same name (Shinzo Ningen Casshân). Theme song by Utada Hikaru.
Director: Kazuaki Kiriya | Stars: Yûsuke Iseya, Kumiko Asô, Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi
Votes: 13,791
Total Bodycount: N/A
92. Mushi-Shi: The Movie (2006)
131 min | Drama, Fantasy
A wandering mystical doctor passes through remote regions of Japan uncovering supernatural creatures called the Mushi and curing people of their effects.
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Joe Odagiri, Nao Ômori, Yû Aoi, Lily
Votes: 1,185
Total Bodycount: N/A
93. Gegege no Kitarô: Sennen noroi uta (2008)
119 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Set in the same world populated by Yokai, demon spirits with supernatural powers - Wentz Eiji of WaT reprises his role as half-human, half-yokai hero Kitaro, who takes it upon himself to ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Eiji Wentz, Kie Kitano, Rena Tanaka, Yô Ôizumi
Votes: 175
Total Bodycount: N/A
94. Gegege no Kitarô (2007)
103 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Kitaro is half-human and half-yokai (a general term for creatures and supernatural beings), orphaned as a child and dedicated to keeping the peace between the human and yokai worlds. Kitaro... See full summary »
Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Eiji Wentz, Mao Inoue, Rena Tanaka, Yô Ôizumi
Votes: 398
Total Bodycount: N/A
95. Life Is Dead (2012)
93 min | Horror
The film is spawned from the manga regarding the living dead and depicts a land where a virus causes the afflicted to become zombies. A young man, who is about to graduate from high school,... See full summary »
Director: Kôsuke Hishinuma | Stars: Shintarô Akutsu, Atsushi Arai, Aya Enjôji, Rino Higa
Votes: 20
Total Bodycount: N/A
96. Dororo (2007)
139 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A female warrior who was raised as a man joins a young samurai's quest to recover 48 of his body parts from 48 demons and to avenge her parents death.
Director: Akihiko Shiota | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kô Shibasaki, Kiichi Nakai, Yoshio Harada
Votes: 2,974
Total Bodycount: N/A
97. Gokudô heiki (2011)
TV-14 | 105 min | Action, Sci-Fi
After his father is killed, a young yakuza comes back to Japan for revenge - and a machine gun for an arm.
Directors: Tak Sakaguchi, Yûdai Yamaguchi | Stars: Tak Sakaguchi, Akaji Maro, Shingo Tsurumi, Mei Kurokawa
Votes: 609
Total Bodycount: N/A
98. Wild 7 (2011)
109 min | Action
With crime rising, the police force created the motorcycle unit , 'The Wild 7', a group of ex criminals. Together, the Wild 7 are tasked with taking out the criminals that the police cannot touch.
Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Eita Nagayama, Kippei Shîna, Kyôko Fukada, Kiichi Nakai
Votes: 381
Total Bodycount: N/A
99. 009-1: The End of the Beginning (2013)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Marking the 75th anniversary of his birth, Shotaro Ishinomori's classic spy heroine manga "009-1" has been adapted into a live-action motion picture for the first time ever.
Director: Kôichi Sakamoto | Stars: Mayuko Iwasa, Minehiro Kinomoto, Nao Nagasawa, Mao Ichimichi
Votes: 684
Total Bodycount: N/A
100. Ninja Kids!!!: Summer Mission Impossible (2013)
90 min | Action, Comedy
At a time when nations are warring, a sword with mysterious power called "Heaven's Sword" is stolen. The sword is said to give its wielder the power to conquer the world. Various ninja all ... See full summary »
Director: Ryuta Tasaki | Stars: Seishirô Katô, Soubee Amako, Roi Hayashi, Ryuhei Higashiyama
Votes: 61
Total Bodycount: N/A
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