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1. Tokyo Story (1953)
Not Rated | 136 min | Drama
An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Chishû Ryû, Chieko Higashiyama, Sô Yamamura, Setsuko Hara
Votes: 68,968
2. Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)
103 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A notorious criminal must break an evil curse in order to rescue an abducted girl who has mysteriously disappeared.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, Nick Cassavetes, Bill Moseley
Votes: 14,151
3. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama
A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami, Junya Fukuda
Votes: 13,900 | Gross: $0.44M
4. Sayonara (1957)
Not Rated | 147 min | Drama, Romance
A US Air Force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women when he falls for a beautiful performer.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Ricardo Montalban, Patricia Owens, James Garner
Votes: 7,779 | Gross: $26.30M
5. Late Spring (1949)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Chishû Ryû, Setsuko Hara, Yumeji Tsukioka, Haruko Sugimura
Votes: 19,447
6. 8 ½ Women (1999)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
Following the death of a mother, a father and son open up their very own harem in their Genevan estate after watching 8½ (1963).
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: John Standing, Matthew Delamere, Vivian Wu, Toni Collette
Votes: 4,184 | Gross: $0.42M
7. Hamlet 2 (2008)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Music
In this irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Steve Coogan, Elisabeth Shue, Catherine Keener, J.J. Soria
Votes: 17,372 | Gross: $4.88M
8. Early Summer (1951)
Not Rated | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Chishû Ryû, Chikage Awashima, Kuniko Miyake
Votes: 9,726
9. Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1990)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A streetwise New York police officer transforms into the world's most unusual superhuman hero.
Directors: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman | Stars: Rick Gianasi, Susan Byun, Bill Weeden, Thomas Crnkovich
Votes: 3,321
10. Dinosaur Squadron Zyuranger (1992–1993)
TV-PG | 25 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger is a Japanese tokusatsu television series and the sixteenth installment in the long-running Super Sentai franchise of superhero programs.
Stars: Yuuta Mochizuki, Seiju Umon, Hideki Fujiwara, Takumi Hashimoto
Votes: 390
11. 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: 3,924
12. The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama
A childless middle-aged couple faces a marital crisis.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Shin Saburi, Michiyo Kogure, Kôji Tsuruta, Chishû Ryû
Votes: 3,712
13. An Actor's Revenge (1963)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
Yukinojo, a Kabuki actor, seeks revenge by destroying the three men who caused the deaths of his parents. Also involved are the daughter of one of Yukinojo's targets, two master thieves, and a swordsman who himself is out to kill Yukinojo.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao, Eiji Funakoshi
Votes: 2,883
14. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
Not Rated | 148 min | Drama, Romance
The adopted son of a legendary actor, and an aspiring star himself, turns to his infant brother's wet nurse for support and affection - only for her to give up everything for her beloved's glory.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Shôtarô Hanayagi, Kôkichi Takada, Ryôtarô Kawanami, Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Votes: 4,416
15. The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1945)
Not Rated | 59 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A Japanese general and his men disguise themselves as monks in order to pass an enemy border patrol.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Denjirô Ôkôchi, Susumu Fujita, Ken'ichi Enomoto, Masayuki Mori
Votes: 4,395
16. The 8-Year Engagement (2017)
119 min | Drama, Romance
Hisashi and Mai are set to have their wedding ceremony in three months. Unfortunately, Mai falls ill and lapses into a coma.
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Tao Tsuchiya, Tetta Sugimoto, Hiroko Yakushimaru
Votes: 1,108
17. Samurai Cowboy (1994)
96 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A Japanese man who always wanted to be a cowboy arrives in Montana and teams up with an African American singer, a bullied Native American, a cute veterinarian and an old cowboy to save a ranch.
Director: Michael Keusch | Stars: Hiromi Gô, Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Conrad, Matt McCoy
Votes: 109
18. Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress (2012)
106 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Hamaji's brother asks her to help hunt down half-human, half-dog beings that steal human souls.
Directors: Hiroshi Haraguchi, Masayuki Miyaji | Stars: Atsushi Abe, Keiji Fujiwara, Kenji Hamada, Gekidan Hitori
Votes: 458
19. Tattooed Flower Vase (1976)
74 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Roman porno/yakuza eiga.
Director: Masaru Konuma | Stars: Naomi Tani, Takako Kitagawa, Shinshô Nakamaru, Hiroshi Chô
Votes: 242
20. Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
Story of a bookstore thief named Birdey who is led through various adventures in Tokyo's Shinjuku district by salesgirl Umeko.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Tadanori Yokoo, Rie Yokoyama, Moichi Tanabe, Tetsu Takahashi
Votes: 835
21. SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock (2016)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A joyride that delves deep into the mind of rock and roll's greatest living photographer: Mick Rock.
Director: Barnaby Clay | Stars: Mick Rock, TV on the Radio, Karen O, Tunde Adebimpe
Votes: 790 | Gross: $0.01M
22. Sing, Dance, Act: Kabuki featuring Toma Ikuta (2022)
TV-PG | 87 min | Documentary
Follows Ikuta's challenge and his friendship with Matsuya Onoe.
Director: Tadashi Aizawa | Stars: Tôma Ikuta, Matsuya Onoe
Votes: 135
23. Momijigari (1899)
6 min | Short, Horror
Historical nobleman Taira no Koremori fights a demon who has disguised itself as Princess Sarashina.
Director: Tsunekichi Shibata | Stars: Danjuro Ichikawa, Kikugoro Onoe V
Votes: 274
24. Nastazja (1994)
100 min | Drama, Romance
A free adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's classic novel "The Idiot". Here, two Japanese actors perform the key roles of a man in love with a woman who chooses the love of another man. In ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Tamasaburô Bandô, Toshiyuki Nagashima
Votes: 100
25. Lion in the Mirror (1936)
24 min | Documentary, Short
A short documentary about a great Kabuki dancer.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Kikugoro Onoe, Kinjirou Onoe, Shigeru Onoe, Wafuu Matsunaga
Votes: 303
26. Robert. Schastlivaya zhizn (1997)
26 min | Documentary, Short
Aleksander Sokurov brings the treasures of the Hermitage back into the light by making films about artists and their paintings. He has chosen the painter Hubert Robert, who spent a long ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov | Star: Aleksandr Sokurov
Votes: 211
27. Kabuki Akadousuzunosuke (2022 TV Special)
TV-PG | 169 min | Drama
The final installment of kabuki actor Matsuya Onoe's "Idomu" series features Toma Ikuta in his first kabuki role.
Stars: Tôma Ikuta, Kagyoku Nakamura, Matsuya Onoe
28. The Ellen and Ted Show
Comedy, Romance | Announced
A fringe theatre actress living hand-to-mouth is suddenly thrust into the national media spotlight when she becomes an unlikely hit on a vacuous reality show.
Stars: Sandra Bernhard, Michael Urie, Jeff Bryan Davis, William Miller
29. Scarlet Day Dream (1964)
74 min | Drama
Director: Tetsuji Takechi | Stars: Chiyo Aoi, Yôkichi Gotô, Mina Yanagi, Sennojo Shigeyama
Votes: 28
30. Curtains (III) (2017)
35 min | Short, Comedy
Winner of three Best Comedy awards on the festival circuit, CURTAINS tells the story of an embattled avant-garde theatre director willing to sacrifice everything for his art. A delicious sendup of theatre at its weirdest.
Director: Gar Hoover | Stars: Lara Carling, Jack Curtin, Brendan Dowling, Ryder Insua
31. The Lion (III) (2014)
4 min | Short, Biography
Unsure of his own identity, a half Japanese, half American man begins to practice the Japanese performance art of Kabuki, and in doing so finds the clarity and meaning in his life he had been searching for.
Director: Anthony Alex Gilmore | Star: Kirk Nishikawa Dixon
32. Shinema kabuki: Renjishi (2008)
Drama
The Kabuki 'Lion Dance' features a father and a son who explore their relationships and power dynamics. A renowned kabuki actor and his two sons enact the lion and his cubs in this variation to the more traditional formation.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Yajuro Bando, Kankurô Nakamura, Kanzaburô Nakamura, Shichinosuke Nakamura
Votes: 9
33. The Alchemy of Art: David Mack (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Biography
This is an in-depth look at the writer and artist David Mack, who Entertainment Weekly designates "One of the true geniuses of the medium."
Director: Greg Jurls | Stars: David Mack, Steven Mack, Terry Moore
Votes: 12
34. Doll Parts (I) (2011)
10 min | Short, Horror
A serial killer's bad day is made worse when he picks up the wrong girl.
Director: Karen Lam | Stars: David James Lewis, Sarah Lind, Jennifer Kosovic, Paul Tryl
Votes: 28
35. Kabuki Techniques (1969 TV Movie)
27 min | Documentary
Two of the greatest stars of Japan's kabuki theater reveal what has only rarely been seen: the actual acting techniques used in this most difficult and splendid of theater forms. Onoe ... See full summary »
Director: Merrill Brockway | Stars: Faubion Bowers, Baikô Onoe, Shôroku Onoe
36. Bach Cello Suite #5: Struggle for Hope (1997)
55 min | Drama
Yo-Yo travels to Japan to work with "his favorite Kabuki actor" Bando Tamasaburo to choreograph a dance for Fifth Suite.
Director: Niv Fichman | Stars: Tamasaburô Bandô, Yo-Yo Ma
Votes: 31
37. Kabuki Mono: The Crazy Ones (2007)
78 min | Crime, Drama
Li is a well-respected soldier for an immense Yakuza gumi plagued by the past and driven by a sense of duty and honor, he lives each day expecting and ready to die. But when he meets Bess, all that changes.
Director: Nathan Luppino | Stars: Alena Dashiell, Chieko Huse, Daniel Kluth, Joshua Kluth
38. Robert Lepage - de Quebec a Tokyo (2008)
52 min | Documentary
Canadian playwright and stage director Robert Lepage takes us on a journey to self-discovery when he brings The Andersen Project to Japan in June 2006. Lepage reveals how Japanese culture in particular has influenced his work.
Director: Marc Carpentier
40. Koyasan: Home of Shingon Buddhism (1998)
15 min | Short
Visit to the ancient and spiritual city of Koyasan.
Director: Fred Heiman | Stars: Peggy Heiman, Ryusho Soeda
41. The Kabuki Joint (2003)
13 min | Romance, Short
When a young Asian man has trouble accepting the proposal of his Italian boyfriend, the spirits of the Kubuki House/Sushi Bar intervene.
Director: Bryan Louie | Stars: John Brantley Cole, Ryan Xavier, Claro Austria, Wen Yann Shih
Votes: 7
42. Aska (2004)
Music
In this presentation of Japanese taiko, or wadaiko, drums, the musicians of Aska perform eight compositions with strength and spirit coupled with performance choreography, instruments of ... See full summary »
Stars: Daigoro Aska, Junichi Kawahara, Naomi Koizumi, MayuTakatsukasa
43. Pin to Kona (2013– )
54 min | Drama
Kyonosuke Kawamura (Yuta Tamamori) is the successor to the prestigious Kishima family. He performs as a kabuki stage actor. One day, as he is leaving the theater, Kyonosuke Kawamura hears ... See full summary »
Stars: Yûta Tamamori, Yûma Nakayama, Umika Kawashima, Hokuto Matsumura
Votes: 21
44. Rockin' Romeo & Juliet (2006)
87 min | Drama, Musical
Shakespeare's famous love story set to music as a new rock musical featuring 17 all-original songs by the band OGGI. The band is whisked into the dream world of Verona, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love through music.
Director: David McGaw | Stars: Oto Brezina, Stephen Burr, Tristan Creeley, Gregg Edwards
Votes: 19
45. Arts of Japan (1954)
29 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Shoji Hamaji, Gyokudo Kawai, Hakuô Matsumoto, Shiko Munakata
48.
Secret Agent (1964–1967)
Episode:
Koroshi
(1967)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A Japanese agent warns that a UN negotiator will be assassinated in New York by a Tokyo-based organisation. She is killed before she can give the details and Drake is sent to Tokyo to investigate. The only clue is a pendant the girl had.
Directors: Michael Truman, Peter Yates | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Yôko Tani, Amanda Barrie, Ronald Howard
Votes: 89
49.
I Spy (1965–1968)
Episode:
Tigers of Heaven
(1965)
60 min | Action, Adventure
A small group of fanatical, anti-American neo-samurai called the Tigers of Heaven target friends of Kelly.
Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby, Miiko Taka, Teru Shimada
Votes: 67
50.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
Butterfly
(1970)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The MI team must exonerate an American businessman framed for the murder of his wife and marked for death in Japan. Undercover in the guise of various masters of Japanese art forms they dupe the true killer into confessing.
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Lesley Ann Warren, Greg Morris
Votes: 164