(Movie) Top 10 Japanese Films (SEEN)
by langleycjk | created - 11 Nov 2018 | updated - 13 Jan 2021 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Princess Mononoke (1997)
PG-13 | 134 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka, Billy Crudup
Votes: 435,883 | Gross: $2.38M
8.7
2. Spirited Away (2001)
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi
Votes: 853,389 | Gross: $10.06M
8.6
3. Your Name. (2016)
PG | 106 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yûki
Votes: 321,482 | Gross: $5.02M
8.6
4. Ran (1985)
R | 160 min | Action, Drama, War
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû
Votes: 137,031 | Gross: $4.14M
8.1
5. Seven Samurai (1954)
Not Rated | 207 min | Action, Drama
Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki
Votes: 368,762 | Gross: $0.27M
8.0
6. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
PG | 137 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Kaguya is a beautiful young woman coveted by five nobles. To try to avoid marrying a stranger she doesn't love, she sends her suitors on seemingly impossible tasks. But she will have to face her fate and punishment for her choices.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, James Marsden
Votes: 54,253 | Gross: $1.51M
8.0
7. Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998)
G | 96 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Scientists genetically create a new Pokémon, Mewtwo, but the results are horrific and disastrous.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Rica Matsumoto
Votes: 46,277 | Gross: $85.74M
8.0
8. Pokémon the Movie 2000 (1999)
G | 99 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ash Ketchum must gather the three spheres of fire, ice and lightning in order to restore balance to the Orange Islands.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ôtani, Unshô Ishizuka
Votes: 23,983 | Gross: $43.76M
8.0
9. Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2005)
Unrated | 103 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Pikachu is taken to the Tree of Beginnings by the playful Mew, Ash Ketchum and friends are guided to the tree by Lucario, a time-displaced Pokémon who seeks answers regarding the betrayal of his master.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Eric Stuart, Amy Birnbaum, Madeleine Blaustein
Votes: 5,235
7.9
10. Rashomon (1950)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 181,324 | Gross: $0.10M
7.9
11. A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
Not Rated | 130 min | Animation, Drama
A young man is ostracized by his classmates after he bullies a deaf girl to the point where she moves away. Years later, he sets off on a path for redemption.
Directors: Taichi Ishidate, Naoko Yamada | Stars: Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yûki, Kenshô Ono
Votes: 101,561
7.9
12. Battle Royale (2000)
Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama
Votes: 195,345
7.7
13. Ponyo (2008)
G | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Tomoko Yamaguchi
Votes: 164,210 | Gross: $15.09M
7.7
14. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
PG | 119 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin, Akihiro Miwa
Votes: 451,277 | Gross: $4.71M
7.7
15. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
G | 86 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi
Votes: 382,087 | Gross: $1.11M
7.6
16. Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)
PG-13 | 105 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Edward Elric, an alchemist from an alternate world, races to prevent the Thule Society from harnessing alchemy to wage war on his home.
Director: Seiji Mizushima | Stars: Vic Mignogna, Aaron Dismuke, Jason Liebrecht, Kelly Manison
Votes: 12,157
7.6
17. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;Surrection (2019)
Not Rated | 112 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The story takes place several years after Lelouch's "Zero Requiem" plan.
Director: Gorô Taniguchi | Stars: Jun Fukuyama, Yukana, Takahiro Sakurai, Ayumu Murase
Votes: 3,471 | Gross: $0.52M
7.6
18. Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)
PG-13 | 98 min | Animation, Action, Drama
The fate of the world is threatened by seemingly monstrous entities known as Angels. NERV is an organization set up to counter this threat and it is up to young pilots to protect Earth but exactly what are the real motives behind NERV?
Directors: Hiroshi Haraguchi, Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno, Kôbun Shizuno | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Yuriko Yamaguchi
Votes: 27,782 | Gross: $0.11M
7.5
19. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
G | 103 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 166,342
7.5
20. My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019)
PG-13 | 104 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A group of youths aspiring to become professional superheroes, fight in a world full of people with abilities, also known as quirks. Deku and his fellow classmates from Hero Academy face Nine, the strongest villain yet.
Director: Kenji Nagasaki | Stars: Daiki Yamashita, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yuka Terasaki, Tomoyo Kurosawa
Votes: 9,823
7.5
21. Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (2017)
PG | 98 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town is 10 years old today. This means he is now old enough to become a Pokémon Trainer. Ash dreams big about the adventures he will experience after receiving his first Pokémon from Professor Oak.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Unshô Ishizuka, Rica Matsumoto, Sarah Natochenny, Megumi Hayashibara
Votes: 7,526 | Gross: $2.40M
7.4
22. Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (2007)
Not Rated | 90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An idyllic town is thrown into chaos when two powerful Pokémon, Dialga and Palkia, cross paths and battle, distorting the dimensions of time and space. The only hope comes from Darkrai, a shadowy Pokémon shunned by the townsfolk.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ôtani, Yûji Ueda, Megumi Toyoguchi
Votes: 4,010
23. Pokémon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unown (2000)
G | 93 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the town of Greenfield, a young, lonely girl's dreams and wishes are brought into reality by a collective of reality-warping Pokémon.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Eric Stuart, Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ôtani
Votes: 15,301 | Gross: $17.05M
24. Pokémon the Movie: White - Victini and Zekrom (2011)
Not Rated | 97 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The greatest adventure in Pokémon history approaches.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ôtani, Hideki Takahashi, Takeshi Tsuruno
Votes: 1,928
25. Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages (2015)
TV-Y7 | 79 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ash, Pikachu, and their friends meet the mythical Pokémon Hoopa. The little Pokémon likes to use his talent to play harmless tricks on people. When its true power is released, it loses control and becomes the terrifying Hoopa Unbound.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ôtani, Mayuki Makiguchi, Yûki Kaji
Votes: 2,119
26. Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (2009)
TV-Y7 | 95 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Arceus, creator of the world, comes to pass judgement on humanity for the theft of the Jewel of Life, but Ash Ketchum and his friends are sent back in time to discover and possible reverse the events that led to Arceus' vendetta.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Sarah Natochenny, Michele Knotz, Emily Bauer, James Carter Cathcart
Votes: 2,901
27. Pokemon 4Ever: Celebi - Voice of the Forest (2001)
G | 75 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ash must stop a hunter who forces the mythical Pokémon Celebi to help him destroy a forest.
Directors: Kunihiko Yuyama, Jim Malone | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Rica Matsumoto, Rachael Lillis, Ikue Ôtani
Votes: 9,398 | Gross: $1.73M
28. Pokémon Heroes (2002)
G | 71 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Two thieves take control of an ancient weapon designed to defend the canal city of Altomare.
Directors: Jim Malone, Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Eric Stuart, Madeleine Blaustein, Rachael Lillis, Veronica Taylor
Votes: 6,902 | Gross: $0.75M
29. Pokémon: Jirachi - Wish Maker (2003)
Unrated | 81 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A magician attempts to use the power of the Millennium Comet to awaken the legendary Pokémon Groudon.
Directors: Kunihiko Yuyama, Eric Stuart | Stars: Rica Matsumoto, Veronica Taylor, Eric Stuart, Ikue Ôtani
Votes: 4,648
30. Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior (2008)
Not Rated | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When a new Pokèmon emerges able to create parallel dimensions, it's up to Ash Ketchum and his friends to stop a mysterious stranger from using its powers for evil!
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Rica Matsumoto, Amy Palant, Ikue Ôtani, Yûji Ueda
Votes: 2,897
31. Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions (2010)
Not Rated | 96 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A greedy, manipulative media mogul seeks to capture Celebi for nefarious purposes, using the shape-shifting Pokémon Zoroark to hunt it down.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Ikue Ôtani, Sarah Natochenny, Wayne Grayson, Emily Bauer
Votes: 2,372
32. Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened (2013)
96 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ash, Pikachu, and friends must stop Mewtwo and a group of Genesect from the destroying the city.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Sarah Natochenny, Eileen Stevens, Jason Griffith, Kayzie Rogers
Votes: 1,629
33. Pokémon the Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Victini, a legendary Pokémon, unable to leave the boundaries of its hometown, is targeted by a determined villager to restore the homelands of his ancestors.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Sarah Natochenny, Eileen Stevens, Jason Griffith, James Carter Cathcart
Votes: 1,363
34. Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice (2012)
Not Rated | 72 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An over zealous pokemon called Keldeo enrages a very powerful Kyurem. With the help of Ash and Pikachu, can Keldeo become a sword of justice and defeat the mighty Kyurem?
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Sarah Natochenny, Eileen Stevens, Jason Griffith, Vic Mignogna
Votes: 1,783
35. Pokémon the Movie: Destiny Deoxys (2004)
Unrated | 98 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A comet bearing a deadly Pokemon creature crash-lands onto Earth, terrorising a nearby high-tech city, where Ash, Pikachu and friends are currently visiting...
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Eric Stuart, Amy Birnbaum, Madeleine Blaustein
Votes: 4,464
36. Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (2014)
Not Rated | 76 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Diancie a Pokémon said to create diamond travels to find Xerneas to help her make a heart diamond to save her home, Ash, Serena, Clemont and Bonnie help her to be safe on the way from thieves.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Ikue Ôtani, Caitlin Glass, Sarah Natochenny, Haven Burton Paschall
Votes: 1,779
37. Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (2006)
TV-Y7-FV | 105 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Our heroes must protect the Prince of the Sea, Manaphy, from the evil pirate Phantom, and return the young Pokémon to the Sea Temple with the help of the the People of the Water and Jackie the Pokémon Ranger.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Sarah Natochenny, Michele Knotz, Kayzie Rogers, Bill Rogers
Votes: 2,992
38. Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011)
TV-PG | 110 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the lost holy land of Milos, the Elrics search for the truth behind an unknown form of alchemy. What secrets are hidden in Milos? Riddles must be solved and dangers faced before the truth can be found.
Directors: Kazuya Murata, Shingo Natsume | Stars: Vic Mignogna, Maxey Whitehead, Alexis Tipton, Matthew Mercer
Votes: 5,459 | Gross: $0.18M
7.0
39. Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us (2018)
Not Rated | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ash meets five residents who come together to save the day when a series of threats endanger the annual Wind Festival and the entire population of their home, Fula City
Director: Tetsuo Yajima | Stars: Sarah Natochenny, Haven Burton Paschall, Eddy Lee, Kathryn Cahill
Votes: 3,002 | Gross: $0.79M
6.9
40. My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018)
PG-13 | 96 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
All Might and Deku accept an invitation to visit I Island where they battle against a villain who takes the island hostage.
Director: Kenji Nagasaki | Stars: Daiki Yamashita, Kenta Miyake, Mirai Shida, Nobuhiko Okamoto
Votes: 12,512 | Gross: $5.75M
6.8
41. Tales from Earthsea (2006)
PG-13 | 115 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
In a mythical land, a man and a young boy investigate a series of unusual occurrences.
Director: Gorô Miyazaki | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Willem Dafoe, Mariska Hargitay, Jun'ichi Okada
Votes: 44,404 | Gross: $0.05M
6.7
42. 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: 21,233
5.9
43. Batman Ninja (2018)
PG-13 | 85 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Batman, along with a number of his allies and adversaries, finds himself transplanted from modern Gotham City to feudal Japan.
Director: Junpei Mizusaki | Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Wataru Takagi, Ai Kakuma, Rie Kugimiya
Votes: 22,053
5.5
44. Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel (2016)
PG | 90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A mystical Pokémon by the name of Volcanion must accept Ash's help to rescue the Azoth Kingdom.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Tyler Bunch, James Carter Cathcart, Daniel J. Edwards, Kiyotaka Furushima
Votes: 1,592
5.5
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