Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "japanese-wife"
- Movies or TV
- Genres
- Keywords
- IMDb Rating
- Instant Watch Options
- In Theaters
- Release Year
1. Shogun (1980)
TV-MA | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, History
An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.
Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Shimada, Furankî Sakai
Votes: 15,415
2. Drive My Car (2021)
Unrated | 179 min | Drama
A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada
Votes: 65,586
3. High and Low (1963)
Not Rated | 143 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yutaka Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyôko Kagawa
Votes: 53,064
4. Departures (2008)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama
Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding. He moves back to his hometown with his wife, where he answers an ad for what Daigo thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary.
Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Ryôko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Votes: 54,936 | Gross: $1.50M
5. The Ramen Girl (2008)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
Director: Robert Allan Ackerman | Stars: Brittany Murphy, Toshiyuki Nishida, Tammy Blanchard, Soji Arai
Votes: 11,087
6. Tokyo Sonata (2008)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama
An ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Yû Koyanagi, Kai Inowaki
Votes: 11,771 | Gross: $0.28M
7. Love Letter (1995)
PG | 117 min | Drama, Romance
When exchanging letters two women discover new things about a man they knew.
Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Miho Nakayama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Bunjaku Han, Katsuyuki Shinohara
Votes: 10,975
8. Mirai (2018)
PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A young boy encounters a magical garden which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras, with guidance by his younger sister from the future.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Daniel Dae Kim, Koji Yakusho, Victoria Grace
Votes: 18,070 | Gross: $0.81M
9. The Last 10 Years (2022)
124 min | Drama, Romance
Twenty-year-old Matsuri Takabayashi learns that she only has ten years to live due to an incurable disease. She decides to not dwell on her life and not to fall in love, but she meets Kazuto Manabe at a school reunion.
Director: Michihito Fujii | Stars: Nana Komatsu, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Yuki Yamada, Nao Honda
Votes: 1,346
10. Burn the House Down (2023– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Follows Anzu Murata, who thirteen years after the home of the wealthy Mitarai family was burned in an fire, infiltrates the house of the Mitarais as a housekeeper in order to reclaim the house and family that was taken from her.
Stars: Mei Nagano, Asuka Kudô, Taishi Nakagawa, Yuri Tsunematsu
Votes: 1,469
11. The Japanese Wife Next Door (2004)
Not Rated | 60 min | Comedy
A new bride convinces everyone in her family to sleep with her.
Director: Yutaka Ikejima | Stars: Reiko Yamaguchi, Naohiro Hirakawa, Kaoru Akitsu, Kôji Makimura
Votes: 1,234
12. Sweet Bean (2015)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
Burdened with a heavy and ever-increasing debt, a dorayaki baker hires a kind ageing woman, after tasting her delicious surprise. Little by little, she unravels her beautiful inner world. Could she be holding the secret to his success?
Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida, Miki Mizuno
Votes: 12,692 | Gross: $0.12M
13. Fukushima 50 (2020)
TV-PG | 122 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Riho Yoshioka, Takumi Saitô, Tomorô Taguchi
Votes: 3,364
14. Love Life (2022)
123 min | Drama
Taeko and her husband, Jiro, are living a peaceful existence with son, Keita. A tragic accident brings the boy's father, Park, back into her life. Taeko throws herself into helping this deaf and homeless man to cope with pain and guilt.
Director: Kôji Fukada | Stars: Win Morisaki, Fumino Kimura, Tomorô Taguchi, Hirona Yamazaki
Votes: 1,504
15. A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse (1975)
Unrated | 81 min | Horror
A sly gangster hatches a plot against his own wife, who works at a brothel-cum-bathhouse, with the help of the bathhouse owner's wife.
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Stars: Naomi Tani, Misa Ohara, Taiji Tonoyama, Tomoko Mayama
Votes: 308
16. The Japanese Wife Next Door: Part 2 (2004)
Not Rated | 61 min | Comedy
Every choice you make can change the course of your life. This is the premise of THE JAPANESE WIFE NEXT DOOR series. Beginning exactly the same as Part One, a businessman's life is almost ... See full summary »
Director: Yutaka Ikejima | Stars: Akane Yazaki, Azusa Sakai, Reiko Yamaguchi, Lemon Hanazawa
Votes: 314
17. The Funeral (1984)
Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy
When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home.
Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai, Hideji Ôtaki
Votes: 1,848
18. Romance Doll (2020)
123 min | Drama, Romance
It was a pre-destined love and marriage for Sonoko and Tetsuo. They tied the knot and became husband and wife no questions asked. All is well then. Well, perhaps not. Each holds a secret ... See full summary »
Director: Yuki Tanada | Stars: Yû Aoi, Issei Takahashi, Kenta Hamano, Kitarô
Votes: 881
19. Ima, ai ni yukimasu (2004)
119 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A young woman returns from the dead to her guilt-ridden husband and son, but she cannot remember them.
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Shidô Nakamura, Akashi Takei, Karen Miyama
Votes: 5,017
20. Samurai Gourmet (2017)
TV-PG | 20 min | Adventure, Comedy
A 60 year old retired salary-man finds new purpose in exploring the food of his neighborhood. Aided by his fantasy companion, a samurai who inspires him to boldly experience this new chapter of his life.
Stars: Naoto Takenaka, Tetsuji Tamayama, Honami Suzuki, Hiroki Hayashi
Votes: 2,358
21. Flower and Snake 3: Punishment (1986)
73 min | Thriller
When successful business man refuses to save the business of his former business partner, his wife, a private teacher of written arts, and her student are kidnapped. The former business ... See full summary »
Director: Shôgorô Nishimura | Stars: Minako Ogawa, Yuri Yau, Mariko Kajikawa, Sadami Sakamoto
Votes: 146
22. Wife of a Spy (2020 TV Movie)
115 min | Drama, History, War
A Japanese merchant who leaves his wife behind in order to travel to Manchuria, where he witnesses an act of barbarism. His subsequent actions cause misunderstanding, jealousy and legal problems for his wife.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Yû Aoi, Issei Takahashi, Masahiro Higashide, Ryôta Bandô
Votes: 3,098
23. Scissorpenis (2018)
Horror
There is a man who wants to have sex and any woman would do. His idea to get some is to become a married man, but ironically his wife was only into marriage and not the sex part. He becomes... See full summary »
Director: Naoyuki Tomomatsu | Stars: Maki Aoyama, Ryô Asagiri, Hiroshi Gunji, Okaruto Tantei Hachi-Hachi
Votes: 32
24. Rape and Death of a Housewife (1978)
96 min | Drama
3 young boys drunkenly rape a woman named Emiko, the wife of a man they've developed a friendship with. She dies of heart failure during the attack.Her chicken farmer husband, incapable of ... See full summary »
Director: Noboru Tanaka | Stars: Hideo Murota, Noriko Kurosawa, Masato Furuoya, Hiroshi Fukami
Votes: 82
25. Survival Family (2016)
117 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
After a sudden worldwide power cut, a Tokyo family are caught up in the chaos as millions traverse the country in search of electricity.
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Fumiyo Kohinata, Eri Fukatsu, Yuki Izumisawa, Wakana Aoi
Votes: 3,009
26. Killing (2018)
Not Rated | 80 min | Action, Drama
Set during the tumultuous mid-19th century Edo period of Japan, Killing is the story of a masterless samurai or ronin named Ikematsu Sosuke. As the prevalent peace and tranquility are sure ... See full summary »
Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Stars: Sôsuke Ikematsu, Yû Aoi, Ryûsei Maeda, Shûji Ôtsuki
Votes: 1,303
27. Scattered Clouds (1967)
108 min | Drama, Romance
A man falls in love with the widow of a man he killed in a car accident. Eventually she falls in love with him in return.
Director: Mikio Naruse | Stars: Yûzô Kayama, Yôko Tsukasa, Mitsuko Kusabue, Mitsuko Mori
Votes: 1,336
28. Journey to the Shore (2015)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Mizuki's husband Yusuke drowned at sea three years ago. When he suddenly comes back home, she is not that surprised. Instead, Mizuki is wondering what took him so long. She agrees to let Yusuke take her on a journey.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Eri Fukatsu, Tadanobu Asano, Masao Komatsu, Mika Muraoka
Votes: 1,949
29. Father of the Milky Way Railroad (2023)
128 min | Drama
Masajiro Miyazawa owns and runs a pawn shop for generations. His first son is Kenji and his daughter is Toshi Miyazawa. Kenji is supposed to take over the pawn shop as the first son, but he... See full summary »
Director: Izuru Narushima | Stars: Nana Mori, Maki Sakai, Masaki Suda, Min Tanaka
Votes: 139
30. Tonde Saitama (2019)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In a world where people are discriminated based on their birthplace, a resident of the much-reviled Saitama Prefecture embarks on a revolutionary campaign to improve things for his home.
Director: Hideki Takeuchi | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Gackt, Yûsuke Iseya, Brother Tom
Votes: 849
31. Eigaban Futari ecchi: Rabu agein (2019)
Comedy, Romance
The story of a couple in their early years of marriage.
Director: Toshiaki Kondô | Stars: Hikaru Aoyama, Tama Mizuki, Akane Sagara, Michinari Sasaki
Votes: 9
32. Minami-kun no koibito (2015–2016)
43 min | Comedy, Romance
Girl magically shrinks to a 15 cm (6") height and hides out in her former childhood sweetheart's bedroom, both hoping for her return to normal.
Stars: Taishi Nakagawa, Maika Yamamoto, Naomi Akimoto, Ai Yoshikawa
Votes: 438
33. The Ravine of Goodbye (2013)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama
A child's horrific murder brings to light the haunted truth of an affair between her mother and a neighbor. As a magazine reporter investigates the case, he finds that nothing is as it seems.
Director: Tatsushi Ômori | Stars: Hirofumi Arai, Joe Hyûga, Mansaku Ikeuchi, Arata Iura
Votes: 503
34. Hapimari: Happy Marriage!? (2016)
Romance
A rich, handsome businessman, Hokuto, proposes marriage to Chiwa, whose father has a large debt. Hokuto apparently has a secret reason for marrying Chiwa. Will this marriage work out?
Stars: Nana Seino, Dean Fujioka, Mariko Shinoda, Norika Fujiwara
Votes: 185
35. Scoop! (2016)
119 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Shizuka Miyakonojo (Masaharu Fukuyama) is a 40 something paparazzi photographer. He is a skilled cameraman who has a gambling addiction and is in debt. An ex journo for a weekly picture ... See full summary »
Director: Hitoshi Ône | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Lily Franky, Rika Izumi, Moemi Katayama
Votes: 515
36. Shield of Straw (2013)
117 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A team of cops must protect an accused killer with a billion-yen bounty on his head.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Takao Osawa, Nanako Matsushima, Gorô Kishitani, Masatô Ibu
Votes: 2,710
37. Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka (1937)
71 min | Comedy, Drama
An affluent medical professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Setsuko is a liberated woman who does what she wants, ... See full summary »
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Sumiko Kurishima, Tatsuo Saitô, Michiko Kuwano, Shûji Sano
Votes: 1,294
38. Eru (2020)
Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story is based on the life of a Japanese composer named Yuji Koseki from Fukushima in the Showa Era.
Stars: Kosuke Tanaka, Masataka Kubota, Fumi Nikaidô, Nana Mori
Votes: 11
39. A Long Goodbye (2019)
127 min | Drama, Family
Mari and Humi learn from their mother that their father has dementia on his 70th birthday. They help prepare their mother for his farewell and prepare themselves for the emotions to follow.
Director: Ryôta Nakano | Stars: Yû Aoi, Elen, Kisetsu Fujiwara, Mansaku Fuwa
Votes: 542
40. A Hole in My Panty (2011)
Comedy, Romance
Three aimless kids at a seaside high school have just one goal this summer break: to shed the virgin tag. One day, they rescue a pretty girl named Narumi by chance. Immediately smitten, ... See full summary »
Director: Toshiyuki Morioka | Stars: Renya Kishida, Saku Mihama, Aki Morita, Kazuhiro Nakahara
Votes: 98
41. Cute Devil (2018)
85 min | Crime, Thriller
As a result of an illicit affair between a man and his employee results in the man having his genitals cut off in front of the woman by the woman's husband.
Director: Hisayasu Satô | Stars: Lisa Akikawa, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Takashi Hagino, Ai Kobayashi
Votes: 56
42. Way to Find the Best Life (2019)
115 min | Adventure, Drama
A lady called Mako has done well for herself and her business. A lady called Yukie is a devout housewife who has done what she needs to do and been good to everyone. Other than the obvious,... See full summary »
Director: Isshin Inudô | Stars: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yûki Amami, Tsuyoshi Muro, Hikari Mitsushima
Votes: 100
43. Zoom Up: Sexual Crime Report (1981)
69 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Director: Katsuhiko Fujii | Stars: Yuki Kazamatsuri, Rie Hirase, Michiko Asô, Eimei Esumi
Votes: 19
44. The Greatest Gift of Life (2021)
90 min | Family
A widower makes a living as a translator in Tokyo after retiring as a college instructor. His only daughter has married and moved to a different part of the country, so he is surprised when... See full summary »
Director: Kan Ishibashi | Stars: Satomi Ishihara, Takuzô Kadono, Ryô Katsuji, Midoriko Kimura
Votes: 56
45. March Comes in Like a Lion 2 (2017)
140 min | Drama
With friendship of other shogi players and the care of the Kawamoto sisters, Kiriyama Rei's frozen heart melts as he starts to truly appreciate shogi and the world he lives in. However, the... See full summary »
Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Hideaki Itô, Kasumi Arimura, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Shôta Sometani
Votes: 271
46. Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie (2021)
119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
From a TV serial superspy Nami becomes amnesiac and joins her partner investigating dastardly Russians and corrupt corporations. The climax on a research ship ties the show together wonderfully. Is Nami really amnesiac? Watch it.
Director: Tôya Satô | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Rei Dan, Fumiyo Kohinata, Atsuko Maeda
Votes: 291
47. Tokyo Park (2011)
119 min | Drama, Family
Having gone through trauma and pain for most of his life a man finds refuse in his camera and the parks and greenery of Tokyo following a recent dismal event. On one such occasion he is ... See full summary »
Director: Shinji Aoyama | Stars: Haruma Miura, Nana Eikura, Manami Konishi, Haruka Igawa
Votes: 237
48. I Don't Have Any Money Left in My Retirement Account (2021)
115 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Atsuko and Akira are a husband and wife duo with a daughter and a son. Atsuko is in charge of the retirement finances. She saves from money given to her by her husband and also earns money ... See full summary »
Director: Tetsu Maeda | Stars: Shô Aikawa, Yûki Amami, Sandayû Dokumamushi, Yumiko Fujita
Votes: 153
49. Three Female Ghosts (2017)
Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Michiru is just about to get married to her coworker, Shunya, when she is raped by a mysterious clown and commits suicide.
Director: Daisuke Yamanouchi | Stars: Kizuna Sakura, Ayane Ryôkawa, Sayaka Tomoda, Yasushi Takemoto
Votes: 15
50. When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead. (2018)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
A man posted questions to Yahoo Answers about his wife's eccentric behaviour, which became the basis for the story of the married couple.
Director: Toshio Lee | Stars: Nana Eikura, Ken Yasuda, Ryôhei Ohtani, Sumika Nono
Votes: 941