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1. Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend (2008)
112 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Nobita finds a small plant still in a container at an abandoned area and decides to take it home. His mother asks him not to put it on their garden because it won't have space to properly ... See full summary »
Directors: Ayumu Watanabe, Kôzô Kusuba | Stars: Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ôhara, Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura
Votes: 952
2. Danger Dolls (2014)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Four samurai girls disguise themselves as j-pop idols in order to stop an invasion from a parallel universe.
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko | Stars: Rumi Hanai, Noboru Kaneko, Hayate Masao, Kayano Masuyama
Votes: 175
3. Karate Kill (2016)
89 min | Action, Horror
When a mysterious loner and Karate master Kenji's little sister goes missing in Los Angeles, whoever stands in his way of finding her will face the wrath of a lethal KARATE KILL!
Director: Kurando Mitsutake | Stars: David Sakurai, Kirk Geiger, Asami, Tomm Voss
Votes: 481
4. Death Kappa (2010)
Not Rated | 79 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Scientists create amphibious supersoldiers and detonate a nuclear bomb. In the midst of the fallout, a monster arrives, leaving Japan defenseless. Mankind's only hope is an irradiated water goblin with death on its mind.
Director: Tomoo Haraguchi | Stars: Daniel Aguilar, Matt Alt, Hideaki Anno, Shigeru Araki
Votes: 350
5. Zatoichi: The Last (2010)
132 min | Action, Drama
A blind master swordsman attempts to lead a quiet life with his wife but he is provoked back into battle.
Director: Junji Sakamoto | Stars: Shingo Katori, Takashi Sorimachi, Satomi Ishihara, Chieko Baishô
Votes: 396
6. All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa (2014)
119 min | Fantasy, Mystery
A store owner and a magazine editor were hired as a temporary employee by The Louvre for a Mona Lisa exhibition to be held in Japan. The two soon discover a hidden puzzle of the Mona Lisa that will change their lives.
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Tôri Matsuzaka, Eriko Hatsune, Hiroaki Murakami
Votes: 380
7. Hibiki: Shôsetsuka ni naru hôhô (2018)
105 min | Drama
Hibiki is a precocious 15-year-old with a penchant for writing. She enters her novel to literary magazine Mokuren for nomination, but it does not satisfy conditions for their Rookie of the ... See full summary »
Director: Shô Tsukikawa | Stars: Yurina Hirate, Mizuki Itagaki, Keiko Kitagawa, Kazushige Komatsu
Votes: 496
8. Diner (2019)
117 min | Crime
When a job seeker finds one through a job board she soon finds a whole lot more than for which she bargained. In fact, this job could be hazardous to her health and life. Is it a high risk ... See full summary »
Director: Mika Ninagawa | Stars: Yûki Ashida, Katsuki Bettô, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kanata Hongô
Votes: 505
9. Space Brothers (2012)
129 min | Comedy
As children, two Japanese brothers promise to one day be astronauts and meet each other in space. Years later, the older one has recently lost his job when he remembers that childhood's dream his younger brother is so close to fulfilling.
Director: Yoshitaka Mori | Stars: Shun Oguri, Buzz Aldrin, Kumiko Asô, Masaki Okada
Votes: 487
10. Last Winter, We Parted (2018)
119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
This film, "Last Winter We Parted" is based on a novel, "Thanks for your wishes, Kimi and Watarase", published in 2013. The main character, Kyosuke Yakumo, is an investigation researcher ... See full summary »
Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto | Stars: Takanori Iwata, Mizuki Yamamoto, Takumi Saitô, Reina Asami
Votes: 495
11. Into the White Night (2010)
149 min | Drama, Mystery
Based on a novel with the same name, years pass and the unsolved mystery of the case of the death of a man puzzles the police detective. With more death, suicide and murder within the ... See full summary »
Director: Yoshihiro Fukagawa | Stars: Kengo Kôra, Maki Horikita, Keiko Toda, Tetsushi Tanaka
Votes: 503
12. 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
13. Chronicle of My Mother (2011)
108 min | Drama
Based on an autobiographical novel by Inoue Yasushi, the film chronicles the passage of fifteen years within a family struggling with abandonment, resentment and decline with old age. As ... See full summary »
Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Kaho Minami, Aoi Miyazaki, Kirin Kiki
Votes: 496
14. The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero (2022)
120 min | Drama
Dako, Boku-chan, and Richard commit their next con on Malta Island.
Director: Ryô Tanaka | Stars: Masami Nagasawa, Fumiyo Kohinata, Masahiro Higashide, Shinya Kote
Votes: 504
15. Sadako DX (2022)
TV-14 | 100 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
People who watch a cursed video suddenly die. These deaths take place all over Japan. Ayaka Ichijo is an extremely smart graduate student with an IQ of 200. Her younger sister happens to watch the cursed video for fun.
Director: Hisashi Kimura | Stars: Fuka Koshiba, Kazuma Kawamura, Mario Kuroba, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Votes: 537
16. G@me (2003)
112 min | Crime, Thriller
Kidnapping and deceit abound in this thriller. From romance to mild-action, this movie has it all.
Director: Satoshi Isaka | Stars: Naohito Fujiki, Yukie Nakama, Ryûdô Uzaki, Izam
Votes: 479
17. Dârin wa gaikokujin (2010)
100 min | Comedy
Set in the Tokyo area, an aspiring Japanese manga writer has a relationship with an American. They live together and they are happy but there is a problem with the relationship. The heroine must do something to heal the rift.
Director: Kazuaki Ue | Stars: Mao Inoue, Jonathan Sherr, Ryôko Kuninaka, Naho Toda
Votes: 478
18. Solomon's Perjury 2 (2015)
149 min | Thriller
A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death; if he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
Director: Izuru Narushima | Stars: Ryôko Fujino, Mizuki Itagaki, Anna Ishii, Hiroya Shimizu
Votes: 481
19. Kinou nani tabeta? (2021)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Shiro Kakei lives with his boyfriend Kenji Yabuki. Shiro works as an attorney and cooks well. He is meticulous and also thrifty. Kenji is a hairdresser with a good personality.
Director: Kazuhito Nakae | Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Seiyô Uchino, Kôji Yamamoto, Hayato Isomura
Votes: 521
20. Love Me, Love Me Not (I) (2020)
124 min | Drama, Romance
The love affairs of four schoolkids: a romantic, a pragmatist, an airhead and a lothario.
Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Minami Hamabe, Takumi Kitamura, Eiji Akaso, Yûki Furukawa
Votes: 512
21. Bandeiji (2010)
119 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Four boys have their friendship and musical talents tested in the ever changing worlds of the music industry and real life in 1990s Japan.
Director: Takeshi Kobayashi | Stars: Jin Akanishi, Kie Kitano, Kengo Kôra, Ayumi Ito
Votes: 470
22. Kaiji: Final Game (2020)
128 min | Adventure
Kaiji experiences the biggest adventure of his life. He encounters four different games: "Babel no Tou", "Saigo no Shinpan", "Dream Jump", and "Gold Janken".
Director: Tôya Satô | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Sôta Fukushi, Hirooki Goto, Mackenyu
Votes: 479
23. Fortuna's Eye (2019)
111 min | Fantasy, Romance
Shinichiro is lonely for two reasons. He lost his family in an accident when he was younger. He also has an unusual and morbid ability to see through and beyond the corporal bodies of those... See full summary »
Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kasumi Arimura, Yukiya Kitamura, Airi Matsui
Votes: 475
24. Judge! (2014)
105 min | Comedy
After taking the blame for another disastrous advertising campaign, Ota Kiichiro is asked by his arrogant boss Otaki Ichiro to take his place as a judge at the world's biggest advertising competition in Los Angeles.
Director: Akira Nagai | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Keiko Kitagawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Kyôka Suzuki
Votes: 464
25. What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life (2018)
123 min | Comedy, Drama
Not everyone values the housewife enough. When the local friendly neighbourhood burglar hits their house, the husband and wife descend into a quarrel that ends up with the woman departing ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa
Votes: 468
26. Kakushi toride no san akunin (2008)
118 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A princess, along with a general and two commoners evade pursuit of an enemy and his samurai cohorts. The princess and general are caught but are rescued and then destroy the enemy's fort.
Director: Shinji Higuchi | Stars: Jun Matsumoto, Daisuke Miyagawa, Kippei Shîna, Masami Nagasawa
Votes: 461
27. Jûryoku piero (2009)
118 min | Drama
A haunting mystery about a Japanese family where a current series of crime paves the way to unraveling an unexpected family truth.
Director: Jun'ichi Mori | Stars: Ryô Kase, Masaki Okada, Fumiyo Kohinata, Yuriko Yoshitaka
Votes: 461
28. Mayonaka no Yaji-san Kita-san (2005)
124 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs.
Director: Kankurô Kudô | Stars: Tomoya Nagase, Shichinosuke Nakamura, Sadao Abe, Aja
Votes: 462
29. Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (2019)
113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A high school girl and boy are part of the student council at a pricey school. They have a crush on one another, but have kept it under wraps so far. With awareness and an inkling of what ... See full summary »
Director: Hayato Kawai | Stars: Shô Hirano, Kanna Hashimoto, Hayato Sano, Natsumi Ikema
Votes: 466
30. Cherry Magic! Thirty Years Of Virginity Can Make You A Wizard?!: The Movie (2022)
104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
This heartwarming romantic film depicts a gay couple and one has a magical power that enables him to read the minds of those he touches. Adachi is a dull office worker who turned 30 as a ... See full summary »
Director: Hiroki Kazama | Stars: Eiji Akaso, Keita Machida, Kôdai Asaka, Ryô Satô
Votes: 549
31. Udon (2006)
134 min | Comedy, Drama
A dramedy about the relationship between an aspiring comic and his stubborn noodlemaker father.
Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro | Stars: Yûsuke Santamaria, Manami Konishi, Tortoise Matsumoto, Takeshi Masu
Votes: 465
32. Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie (2016)
126 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
This adaptation to a popular manga is the story of a contemporary teenager travelling back in time to the Sengoku period of the sixteenth century. There he meets with the historical figure ... See full summary »
Director: Hiroaki Matsuyama | Stars: Shun Oguri, Kô Shibasaki, Takayuki Yamada, Osamu Mukai
Votes: 468
33. Listen to the Universe (2019)
119 min | Drama, Music
Four pianists take part in the preliminary round of an international piano playing competition. Each has a story that is different and unique. One is a former child prodigy who stopped ... See full summary »
Director: Kei Ishikawa | Stars: Mayu Matsuoka, Tôri Matsuzaka, Win Morisaki, Oji Suzuka
Votes: 464
34. Kakekomi (2015)
143 min | Comedy, Drama
The lives of women saved by the historical Tokei-ji Buddhist Temple.
Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Yô Ôizumi, Erika Toda, Hikari Mitsushima, Rina Uchiyama
Votes: 466
35. Lesson in Murder (2022)
128 min | Crime, Mystery
Masaya Kakei is a university student, but he attends a school that's not his ideal school. His days are generally gloomy. One day, he receives a letter from serial killer Yamato Haimura, ... See full summary »
Director: Kazuya Shiraishi | Stars: Sadao Abe, Shimako Iwai, Takanori Iwata, Yu Miyazaki
Votes: 512
36. Roommate (2013)
110 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Harumi Hagiwara lands in the hospital after being involved in an accident. She hits it off with her nurse, Reiko Nishimura, and the two decide to move in together after she's discharged. ... See full summary »
Director: Takeshi Furusawa | Stars: Keiko Kitagawa, Kyôko Fukada, Kengo Kôra, Mariko Tsutsui
Votes: 454
37. Ninja Kids!!! (2011)
100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
About the adventures of Rantaro and other ninja apprentices at an elite ninjutsu academy.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Shidô Nakamura, Renji Ishibashi, Naoto Takenaka, Haruka Ohshima
Votes: 455
38. The Lady Shogun and Her Men (2010)
116 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In an alternate history of the Edo period, disease greatly reduces the male population. Women rise to positions of authority, while men are prized for their ability to provide children. At the castle, Lady Shogun keeps a harem of men.
Director: Fuminori Kaneko | Stars: Kô Shibasaki, Kazunari Ninomiya, Hiroshi Tamaki, Maki Horikita
Votes: 452
39. Over Drive (2018)
104 min | Action
The Hiyama brothers work for a racing team. Naozumi's reckless driving causes friction with his brother Atsuhiro. An amnesiac man named Endo suddenly believes he is Naozumi, leading to more friction.
Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Masahiro Higashide, Mackenyu, Aoi Morikawa, Takumi Kitamura
Votes: 458
40. Samurai Resurrection (2003)
106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
37,000 Peasants perished in the Shimbara Revolt: among them, the leader of that uprising, Shiro Amakusa. Amakusa is resurrected from hell bent on revenging the death of his fellow comrades ... See full summary »
Director: Hideyuki Hirayama | Stars: Yôsuke Kubozuka, Kumiko Asô, Tetta Sugimoto, Tomoka Kurotani
Votes: 444
41. Tada's Do-It-All House (2011)
123 min | Drama
In the fictional Tokyo suburb of Mahoro, Tada Keisuke works as a "benriya" - a general problem solver for hire. One day in January, former classmate Gyoten Haruhiko appears unannounced. ... See full summary »
Director: Tatsushi Ômori | Stars: Eita Nagayama, Ryûhei Matsuda, Tasuku Emoto, Manami Honjô
Votes: 442
42. The Apology King (2013)
128 min | Comedy
Why merely say 'sorry' when you could truly make amends by hiring the expert to do the right thing? The Apology King, one Mr. Kuroshima, is advertising his service to an audience at a ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuo Mizuta | Stars: Sadao Abe, Mao Inoue, Yutaka Takenouchi, Masaki Okada
Votes: 440
43. Baburu e go!! Taimu mashin wa doramu-shiki (2007)
116 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
When a brilliant researcher accidentally turns an ordinary washing machine into a time-machine, the Japanese government convinces her to travel back to 1990 and prevent the announcement of ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuo Baba | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Ryôko Hirosue, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Kazue Fukiishi
Votes: 442
44. Twisted Justice (2016)
135 min | Crime, Drama
In this story of a good cop going rogue, we travel with Yoichi Moroboshi from his university student days to his becoming an ambitious detective on the beat who is using his brawn rather ... See full summary »
Director: Kazuya Shiraishi | Stars: Gô Ayano, Young Dais, Haruna Yabuki, Leon Shibli Ahmad
Votes: 441
45. Viyon no tsuma (2009)
114 min | Drama
This enticing period melodrama depicts a long-suffering woman's relationship with her brilliant but self-destructive writer husband in postwar Tokyo. Based on a semi-autobiographical 1947 ... See full summary »
Director: Kichitarô Negishi | Stars: Takako Matsu, Tadanobu Asano, Shigeru Muroi, Masatô Ibu
Votes: 426
46. Tegami (2006)
121 min | Drama
How have you been? Takeshi's letter is delivered one each month to his younger brother, Naoki. Takeshi is serving a life term in prison for the crime that he had committed to save his ... See full summary »
Director: Jirô Shôno | Stars: Takayuki Yamada, Tetsuji Tamayama, Erika Sawajiri, Kazue Fukiishi
Votes: 428
47. Silent Parade (2022)
130 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man suspected of murdering a young girl is released due to a lack of evidence. He begins taunting his victim's family but is soon found murdered. However, that young girl might not have been his only victim.
Director: Hiroshi Nishitani | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Kô Shibasaki, Kazuki Kitamura, Rei Dan
Votes: 488
48. The Kunoichi: Ninja Girl (2011)
65 min | Action
Rina Takeda plays the role of a female ninja named Kisaragi who attempts to rescue a group of women being held captive to become toys for men. The film is set sometime in the Sengoku period... See full summary »
Director: Seiji Chiba | Stars: Rina Takeda, Mickey Koga, Masanori Mimoto, Yûichi Satô
Votes: 422
49. When They Cry (2008)
105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Early summer, Keiichi had just moved to a remote mountain village. As he becomes close friends with a group of girls, he was enjoying his life in the village. However when he starts to ... See full summary »
Director: Ataru Oikawa | Stars: Gôki Maeda, Airi Matsuyama, Rin Asuka, Aika
Votes: 429
50. Inugami-ke no ichizoku (2006)
134 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A web of deceit, adultery and greed manifests in Kon Ichikawa's remake of his own 1976 hit about a murder investigation that reveals years of hidden skeletons and a shocking family secret.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Kôji Ishizaka, Nanako Matsushima, Kikunosuke Onoe, Sumiko Fuji
Votes: 421
51. Tokyo Tower (2005)
125 min | Drama, Romance
Toru Kojima and his friend Koji are young student boys with one thing in common - they both love to date older women. Koji is a playboy with several women, young and older, whereas Toru is a romantic with his heart set on on certain lady.
Director: Takashi Minamoto | Stars: Hitomi Kuroki, Jun'ichi Okada, Jun Matsumoto, Shinobu Terajima
Votes: 417
52. Closed Note (2007)
138 min | Drama
Kae Horii (Erika Sawajiri) moves into her new flat in an undisclosed area of Kyoto. While unpacking her belongings, she discovers a hidden compartment behind a inconspicuous mirror. In that... See full summary »
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Erika Sawajiri, Yûsuke Iseya, Yûko Takeuchi, Urara Awata
Votes: 415
53. Bushido Man (2013)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action
Toramaru, lord of integrated martial arts Mugen-ga-ryu, ends his training journey and visits his master, Gensai. "You have to duel with every martial arts master and win, in order to obtain... See full summary »
Director: Takanori Tsujimoto | Stars: Mickey Koga, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, Masanori Mimoto, Kentarô Shimazu
Votes: 411
54. Sasori (2008)
Not Rated | 101 min | Action
A ruthless pack of thugs force mild-mannered, caught-in-the-middle-of-something-bigger Nami to murder her fiance's sister, decidedly ruining her pending marriage and landing the poor girl ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Ma | Stars: Miki Mizuno, Dylan Kuo, Emme Wong, Nana Natsume
Votes: 408
55. The Detective Is in the Bar (2011)
125 min | Drama
In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favorite bar. There he receives a phone call ... See full summary »
Director: Hajime Hashimoto | Stars: Yô Ôizumi, Ryûhei Matsuda, Koyuki, Toshiyuki Nishida
Votes: 398
56. My Teacher, My Love (2018)
105 min | Comedy, Romance
Ayuha Samaru is a high school student. She is honest and works hard at everything, no matter what. One day, she has trouble at a gyudon restaurant due to money. A man at the restaurant, ... See full summary »
Director: Shô Tsukikawa | Stars: Riko Fukumoto, Minami Hamabe, Rina Kawaei, Yuki Sasô
Votes: 418
57. High & Low: The Red Rain (2016)
110 min | Action, Drama
The Amamiya Brothers, Masaki (Takahiro) and Hiroto (Hiroomi Tosaka), keep looking for their older brother Takeru (Takumi Saito) who disappeared one year ago. The three Amamiya brothers lost... See full summary »
Director: Yûdai Yamaguchi | Stars: Takahiro, Hiroomi Tosaka, Takumi Saitô, Nozomi Bandô
Votes: 421
58. The Last Ronin (2010)
R | 133 min | Drama
An army of loyal samurai plot to revenge their unjustly executed lord.
Director: Shigemichi Sugita | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Kôichi Satô, Nanami Sakuraba, Kôji Yamamoto
Votes: 410
59. Afutâ sukûru (2008)
102 min | Comedy, Mystery
A middle school teacher, Jinno, is friends with a young couple that is about to have a baby. But on the eve of the birth, the father, Kimura, disappears. Then, a hired private detective appears and ask Jinno's help to find Kimura.
Director: Kenji Uchida | Stars: Yô Ôizumi, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Masato Sakai, Tomoko Tabata
Votes: 397
60. Trick: The Movie (2002)
119 min | Comedy, Mystery
Disaster befalls a village's inhabitants every 300 years. A popular self-styled magician named Naoko (Yukie Nakama) is summoned as a deity to rid the people of their anxiety. But there are ... See full summary »
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Kazuyuki Aijima, Bengal, Eri Fuse
Votes: 401
61. Ox-Head Village (2022)
Not Rated | 115 min | Horror, Mystery
In a so-called "spirit video", Kanon (Kôki) is astonished to see a high-school girl who looks exactly like her.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Kôki, Riku Hagiwara, Keiko Horiuchi, Haruka Imô
Votes: 436
62. For Those We Love (2007)
135 min | Drama, War
Young Japanese pilots are trained to sink Allied warships by flying into them.
Director: Taku Shinjô | Stars: Ryôhei Abe, Tôru Emori, Ken'ichi Endô, Dennis Falt
Votes: 407
63. 64: Part I (2016)
121 min | Mystery
1989 is 64 Shouwa year in Japanese calendar, thus unsolved girl kidnapping-murder case is called "64(rokuyon)" that got up in this year in Criminal Investigation Department in Prefectural Police Department.
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Kôichi Satô, Gô Ayano, Nana Eikura, Eita Nagayama
Votes: 397
64. Masked Ward (2020)
114 min | Thriller
On-call substitute doctor Shugo finds himself faced with a terrifying criminal in a clown mask. The assailant demands that Shugo treat injured high school student Hitomi. The perpetrator sets siege to the building.
Director: Hisashi Kimura | Stars: Kentarô Sakaguchi, Mei Nagano, Rio Uchida, Noriko Eguchi
Votes: 400
65. Girl's Blood (2014)
TV-MA | 118 min | Action, Drama
Four girls take part in an underground fighting event.
Director: Kôichi Sakamoto | Stars: Yuria Haga, Sanae Hitomi, Rina Koike, Takahisa Maeyama
Votes: 400
66. Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess (2009)
125 min | Drama
A young Japanese woman goes missing in Rome during the Christmas season.
Director: Hiroshi Nishitani | Stars: Yûji Oda, Yûki Amami, Erika Toda, Kôichi Satô
Votes: 379
67. 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
68. I Just Wanna Hug You (2014)
122 min | Romance
Tsukasa got into a severe car accident when she was a high school student. She still suffers from the effects of that accident, with memory impairment and needing to use a wheelchair. ... See full summary »
Director: Akihiko Shiota | Stars: Keiko Kitagawa, Ryô Nishikido, Jun Fubuki, Aya Hirayama
Votes: 377
69. Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends - The Movie (2009)
96 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Ultraman and his comrades from M-78 (including a new Ultraman, Zero, the son of Ultra Seven) join forces with other allies to fight a massive army of giant monsters led by the evil Ultraman Belial.
Directors: Kôichi Sakamoto, William Winckler | Stars: Shôta Minami, Susumu Kurobe, Kôji Moritsugu, Hiroyuki Konishi
Votes: 385
70. Grasshopper (I) (2015)
119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Movie contains the stories of three people: Suzuki (Toma Ikuta), Kujira (Tadanobu Asano) and Semi (Ryosuke Yamada). Suzuki is a former middle school teacher. His girlfriend was killed, ... See full summary »
Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Kumiko Asô, Toyotaka Hanazawa, Haru
Votes: 372
71. Tengoku no honya - koibi (2004)
111 min | Drama, Romance
KENTA (Tetsuji Tamayama), a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets a man in a Hawaiian shirt named YAMAKI (Yoshio Harada). He invites Kenta to... See full summary »
Director: Tetsuo Shinohara | Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Tetsuji Tamayama, Karina, Hirofumi Arai
Votes: 372
72. Grand Blue (2020)
107 min | Comedy
A college student spends his year at the seaside town of Izu, having fun on the beach with his school friends.
Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Keita Arai, Aya Asahina, Yuya Hirata, Atsuhiro Inukai
Votes: 383
73. Princess Toyotomi (2011)
119 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A trio of Tokyo-based auditors set out to review the accounts of the city of Osaka and its affiliated agencies. The audit is proceeding well the trio head out for lunch one day. When one of... See full summary »
Director: Masayuki Suzuki | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroshi Tamaki, Kiichi Nakai
Votes: 368
74. March Comes in Like a Lion (2017)
138 min | Drama, Sport
17-year-old Kiriyama Rei is a promising professional shogi player. His family died in an accident when he was young, and he was adopted by his father's friend Koda, a professional shogi ... See full summary »
Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kasumi Arimura, Kaya Kiyohara, Kana Kurashina
Votes: 381
75. Hirugao (2017)
125 min | Drama, Romance
Divorcee Sasamoto Sawa lives quietly in a small town when her former love Kitano Yuichiro visits to give a lecture. Reuniting, their romance is rekindled.
Director: Hiroshi Nishitani | Stars: Aya Ueto, Takumi Saitô, Ayumi Ito, Minori Hagiwara
Votes: 379
76. Silver Spoon (2014)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Yuugo, who grew up in the city, finds himself in an unfamiliar environment at Ooejo Agricultural High School, surrounded by nature and animals. Yuugo is also the only one who doesn't know ... See full summary »
Director: Keisuke Yoshida | Stars: Kento Nakajima, Alice Hirose, Tomohiro Ichikawa, Haru Kuroki
Votes: 381
77. I Have to Buy New Shoes (2012)
115 min | Drama, Romance
Freelance writer Aoi Teshigahara lives in Paris, France; photographer Sen Yagami came to Paris at his younger sister Suzume's insistence. Over the next three days, Aoi Teshigahara and Sen ... See full summary »
Director: Eriko Kitagawa | Stars: Miho Nakayama, Osamu Mukai, Mirei Kiritani, Gô Ayano
Votes: 369
78. Reminiscence (2017)
98 min | Drama, Mystery
Three childhood friends reunite over a murder case.
Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Sakura Andô, Tasuku Emoto, Fumino Kimura, Masami Nagasawa
Votes: 367
79. Umizaru (2004)
120 min | Action, Drama
Daisuke Senzaki has been selected to go through training to become a rescue diver within the Japan Coast Guard Special Rescue Team. At the side of the grueling training he finds love in the local girl Kanna.
Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Hideaki Itô, Ai Katô, Ken Kaitô, Karina
Votes: 364
80. Dare mo mamotte kurenai (2008)
118 min | Drama
Ryoichi Kimizuka's riveting exploration of the Japanese media's feeding frenzy focuses on a15-year-old girl forced into police protection to escape from the journalistic hordes after her ... See full summary »
Director: Ryôichi Kimizuka | Stars: Kôichi Satô, Mirai Shida, Ryûhei Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida
Votes: 358
81. Tajomaru: Avenging Blade (2009)
126 min | Action, Crime, Drama
TAJOMARU is the famous 'bandit' of the forest from RASHOMON. Whoever kills Tajomaru inherits his name, status and sword. A royal brother leaves his kingdom to protect the princess he loves,... See full summary »
Director: Hiroyuki Nakano | Stars: Shun Oguri, Yuki Shibamoto, Kei Tanaka, Kyôsuke Yabe
Votes: 349
82. Jigyaku no uta (2007)
115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Despite all signs pointing toward potential heartbreak, a woman and man begin a romance.
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Miki Nakatani, Hiroshi Abe, Maki Carousel, Dante Carver
Votes: 353
83. Haru no yuki (2005)
150 min | Drama, History, Romance
Early 20th century Japan. Kiyoaki Matsugae, a young aristocrat falls in love with a girl he grew up with; Satoko Ayakura, who is to be married to a prince of the royal family.
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yûko Takeuchi, Sôsuke Takaoka, Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Votes: 351
84. Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer (2012)
141 min | Biography, Drama
A chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of go who turned his attention to astronomy and created a new calendar for Japan.
Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Yasunari Takeshima, Shôta Sometani, Jun'ichi Okada, Aoi Miyazaki
Votes: 352
85. Yume no naka e (2005)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
Low-profile theater troop actor Mutsugoro Suzuki begins an oneiric journey back to his hometown, marked by his quest to find the one responsible of infecting him with a STD.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Tetsushi Tanaka, Yûna Natsuo, Jun Murakami, Joe Odagiri
Votes: 349
86. It's Me, It's Me (2013)
119 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
The world is full of me.
Director: Satoshi Miki | Stars: Kazuya Kamenashi, Yuki Uchida, Ryô Kase, Ai Aita
Votes: 348
87. Kansen rettô (2009)
138 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Tsuyoshi Matsuoka, a doctor at a Tokyo hospital, misdiagnoses a patient's disease as a common cold. But after the patient's sudden death, he realizes that it's very serious disease, which ... See full summary »
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Rei Dan, Ryôko Kuninaka, Yûji Tanaka
Votes: 346
88. SPEC: Heaven (2012)
119 min | Drama
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Erika Toda, Ryô Kase, Atsushi Itô, Chiaki Kuriyama
Votes: 361
89. The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio (2016)
128 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A young undercover cop tries to get back with his former love, while unraveling the mystery behind the head of the police force. Meanwhile he has to protect the boss' daughter.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Tôma Ikuta, Eita Nagayama, Tsubasa Honda, Nanao
Votes: 368
90. Drop (2009)
TV-MA | 122 min | Action, Comedy
After dropping out of private school, Hiroshi enrolls at a public school and falls in with a pack of unruly thugs. He loves the reckless partying, smoking and boozing - but can he hang when... See full summary »
Director: Hiroshi Shinagawa | Stars: Hiroki Narimiya, Hiro Mizushima, Yuika Motokariya, Yusuke Kamiji
Votes: 352
91. Kiseki: Sobito of That Day (2017)
111 min | Drama, Music
Against the protestation of his strict father, Jin leaves home to pursue his dream of becoming a musician. Meanwhile, his little brother Hide accepts his father's wishes and aims to become ... See full summary »
Director: Atsushi Kaneshige | Stars: Tôri Matsuzaka, Masaki Suda, Ryûsei Yokohama, Shioli Kutsuna
Votes: 343
92. Patisserie Coin De Rue (2011)
115 min | Drama
A film about mouthwatering desserts and the journey of a cake-maker's daughter from Kagoshima to Tokyo, as she finds herself in the company of a legendary former patissier.
Director: Yoshihiro Fukagawa | Stars: Yôsuke Eguchi, Yû Aoi, Urara Awata, Nathan Berg
Votes: 344
93. 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
94. The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps (2018)
120 min | Drama
Separated mother Kaoruko awaits the graduation of their daughter for the divorce proceedings to begin and subsequently be finalized. Tragedy strikes when the daughter will never graduate. She is comatose and brain dead due to an accident.
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Ryôko Shinohara, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Rina Kawaei
Votes: 339
95. Mamorarenakatta mono tachi e (2021)
135 min | Crime
Nine years after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, two murder cases take place in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. The two victims are assumed to have been murdered by the same person. Both... See full summary »
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Hiroshi Abe, Mitsuko Baishô, Seiji Chihara
Votes: 361
96. Trick: The Movie 2 (2006)
111 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Ueda and Naoko accept to hear a proposal from a young man (Yuta Hiraoka) living in Fumo-mura village. The proposal is to bring back his childhood friend, Misako (Maki Horikita), who was ... See full summary »
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Yukie Nakama, Hiroshi Abe, Yûta Hiraoka, Maki Horikita
Votes: 336
97. A Chorus of Angels (2012)
122 min | Drama, Mystery
20 years ago, an elementary school student falls on an island in the northern tip of Hokkaido. A teacher and 6 students makes contact through songs. What happened to the student who fell? ... See full summary »
Director: Junji Sakamoto | Stars: Ayako Fujitani, Mayu Harada, Shion Iida, Renji Ishibashi
Votes: 333
98. Flowers (I) (2010)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A story of six women from three different generations, each living their own journeys in their respective periods, spanning decades of dramatic changes in Japan from the 1930s to the present.
Director: Norihiro Koizumi | Stars: Yû Aoi, Kyôka Suzuki, Yûko Takeuchi, Rena Tanaka
Votes: 334
99. You Shine in the Moonlight (2019)
101 min | Drama, Romance
Takuya Okada is a high school student. He visits his classmate Mamizu Watarase in the hospital. Mamizu suffers from the mysterious ailment "Luminescence disease." People who have the ... See full summary »
Director: Shô Tsukikawa | Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Mei Nagano, Kyoko Hasegawa, Tomoko Ikuta
Votes: 343
100. My Brother Loves Me Too Much (2017)
99 min | Drama, Family, Romance
She is a high school girl, but not any school girl. She is cute, attractive and popular. Many boys and men want her and go to great lengths to grab her. They will do whatever it takes. One ... See full summary »
Director: Hayato Kawai | Stars: Tao Tsuchiya, Ryôta Katayose, Yûdai Chiba, Towa Araki
Votes: 338
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