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1. The Emoji Movie (2017)
PG | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji.
Director: Tony Leondis | Stars: T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph
Votes: 71,050 | Gross: $86.09M
2. 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: 29,001
3. Sound! Euphonium (2015– )
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Kumiko, a girl with absolutely no ambition, decides to change herself now that she has started her high school life and try to leave her hobby, playing euphonium in orchestra aside but she totally cannot forget it anyway.
Stars: Tomoyo Kurosawa, Ayaka Asai, Moe Toyota, Chika Anzai
Votes: 1,432
4. The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (2023– )
13+ | 45 min | Comedy, Drama
Two inseparable friends move to Kyoto to chase their dreams of becoming maiko, but decide to pursue different passions while living under the same roof.
Stars: Nana Mori, Natsuki Deguchi, Ai Hashimoto, Takako Tokiwa
Votes: 2,728
5. The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl (2017)
PG-13 | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In this comedy about one epic night in Kyoto, a college sophomore goes on a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife, all the while unaware of the romantic longings of her classmate Senpai.
Director: Masaaki Yuasa | Stars: Gen Hoshino, Kana Hanazawa, Hiroshi Kamiya, Ryûji Akiyama
Votes: 6,311 | Gross: $0.41M
6. Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga (2017)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Assiah, the realm of humans, and Gehenna, he realm of demons. Normally, these two dimensions would never intersect, but having possessed all material substances, the demons are now intruding on the material world.
Stars: Nobuhiko Okamoto, Rina Satô, Bryce Papenbrook, Yûki Kaji
Votes: 2,820
7. YuruYuri (2011–2019)
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A Comedy Series that revolves around the daily lives of the Amusement Club, consisting of Akari Akaza, her childhood friends, Kyoko Toshino and Yui Funami, and her classmate Chinatsu Yoshikawa
Stars: Rumi Okubo, Shiori Mikami, Minami Tsuda, Aki Toyosaki
Votes: 718
8. Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 - Sustainable War (2021)
119 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
In the year 2045, cybernetic mercenary Motoko Kusanagi returns to Section 9 to face a dangerous new threat: the posthumans. A feature-length recut of the first season of Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045.
Directors: Shinji Aramaki, Michihito Fujii, Kenji Kamiyama | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Osamu Saka, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera
Votes: 489
9. 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
10. Story of a Prostitute (1965)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance, War
In WW2 Manchuria, a prostitute grows to resent an abusive adjutant and falls in love with his aide.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Tamio Kawaji, Yumiko Nogawa, Isao Tamagawa, Shôichi Ozawa
Votes: 1,597
11. Sukeban gerira (1972)
84 min | Action
Members of the Red Helmet biker girl gang wind up in Kyoto, where they get into conflict with other girl gangs and local yakuza thugs.
Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Miki Sugimoto, Reiko Ike, Emi Jô, Linda Kimoto
Votes: 635
12. Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House (2021–2022)
Animation, Comedy
The story of 2 students becoming a cook and a promising one-in-a-century Maiko in a Maiko house in Kyoto
Stars: Kana Hanazawa, Mao Ichimichi, Minami Takayama, Satsumi Matsuda
Votes: 76
13. The Eccentric Family (2013– )
24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
In Kyoto there are three kinds of residents: humans, tanuki and tengu. Shimogamo Yasaburou is the third son of the Shimogamo tanuki family. His father was eaten by members of the "Friday ... See full summary »
Stars: Kikuko Inoue, Jun'ichi Suwabe, Takahiro Sakurai, Hiroyuki Yoshino
Votes: 417
14. Mother Water (2010)
105 min | Comedy
Peaceful life of different people in Kyoto.
Director: Kana Matsumoto | Stars: Mikako Ichikawa, Ryô Kase, Satomi Kobayashi, Kyôko Koizumi
Votes: 103
15. Kôshoku ichidai otoko (1961)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
A mans' escapades concerning sex and love.
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Tamao Nakamura, Michiko Ai
Votes: 169
16. Yakuza Ishin (2014 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set in the chaotic Bakumatsu period (between 1853 and 1867), Sakamoto Ryoma, is distressed resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about one's self and role in the society. ... See full summary »
Stars: Takaya Kuroda, Katsunori Takahashi, Nanami Sakuraba, Hidenari Ugaki
Votes: 119
17. Social Dream (2018 TV Special)
Reality-TV
Director: Tak Kuroha | Stars: Lorenzo Ostuni, Salvatore Cinquegrana, Giuseppe Greco, Sabrina Cereseto
Votes: 11
18. Ryû ga gotoku: Kenzan! (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan. is a side story within the Yakuza series, this time changing neon-lit Tokyo setting with a four hundred years older one: the city Kyoto of the year 1602, during the ... See full summary »
Stars: Takaya Kuroda, Shôta Matsuda, Susumu Terajima, Masaya Katô
Votes: 60
19. Otogi: Myth of Demons (2002 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The game's protagonist Raikoh Minamoto (based on Minamoto no Yorimitsu) was born into a clan of executioners under the emperor's command. Raikoh was given the order to kill his own father. ... See full summary »
Director: Rintaro Yamada | Stars: Andrew Chaikin, Christiane Crawford, Abie Hadjitarkhani
Votes: 39
20. Kigeki: Tokudashi - Himo tengoku (1975)
78 min | Comedy
A policeman is undercover at a Kyoto strip joint. At the end of the dance he climbs the stage and arrests the stripper. He is back a couple of days later, but is spotted by a drunk stripper... See full summary »
Director: Azuma Morisaki | Stars: Shingo Yamashiro, Reiko Ike, Takuzô Kawatani, Maki Carousel
Votes: 11
21. Phoebe Bridgers: Kyoto (2020 Music Video)
3 min | Music
Official music video for "Kyoto" by Phoebe Bridgers.
Director: Nina Ljeti | Stars: Emily Bannon, Phoebe Bridgers, Marshall Vore, Harrison Whitford
Votes: 45
22. Sleepy Eyes of Death: A Trail of Traps (1967)
88 min | Action, Drama
This film of the sleepy-eyed ronin series has the hero talked into escorting a precious religious artifact to Kyoto, Japan. A sect of Christian swordsmen are lying in wait to steal the ... See full summary »
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Nobuo Kaneko, Toshio Kimura, Haruko Wanibuchi
Votes: 146
23. #nippoff (2020)
Documentary, Adventure
Find out what happens when two friends travel Japan on the adventure of a lifetime with only one vital rule: NO SPEAKING.
Directors: Kay Becker, Nils Hünerfürst | Stars: Kay Becker, Nils Hünerfürst
Votes: 6
24. Battle League Horumo (2009)
113 min | Comedy
University students play an ancient game that involves calling spirits to attack one's opponent.
Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Takayuki Yamada, Chiaki Kuriyama, Gaku Hamada, Sei Ashina
Votes: 209
25. Tsuma to onna no aida (1976)
111 min
Depicts various relationships between four beautiful sisters, their husbands, and their second daughter's husband's mistress.
Directors: Kon Ichikawa, Shirô Toyoda | Stars: Yoshiko Mita, Mayumi Ôzora, Wakako Sakai, Akiko Nishina
Votes: 14
26. Taxi Driver Gion Taro: Subete no kuzuyaro ni sasagu (2014)
56 min | Animation, Family
Taxi driver Gion Taro falls in love with one of his female passengers. When he learns that she is a famous actress shooting a film in his beloved hometown Kyoto, he doesn't hesitate for a ... See full summary »
Director: Munenori Nagano | Stars: Shiori Doi, Chikara Honda, Gôta Ishida
Votes: 8
27. Hosé! José Mujica! - Just Keep Walking (2021)
98 min | Documentary
Uruguayan President José 'Pepe' Mujica is known as a man of the people, a humanitarian and also for his modesty. He became known widely following his speech at the United Nations' Rio ... See full summary »
Director: Kazuma Tabei | Stars: Sakura Andô, Pepe Mujica, Kazuma Tabei, Lucia Topolansky
28. Ma: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-Ji (1989)
16 min | Short
A Japanese concept of space/time, called "Ma" (or the interconnectiveness of space and time), is realized through the zen garden of Ryoan-Ji.
Directors: Takahiko Iimura, Arata Isozaki
Votes: 9
29. Japon: Le retour aux sources (2015)
51 min | Documentary
In the Land of the Rising Sun during the Golden Week, the Japanese celebrate the arrival of spring; get in touch with their proud past, and follow in the footsteps of their ancestors, in a country still marked by the rich Zen philosophy.
Director: Martin Jean-Hubert | Star: Anatole de Bodinat
30. Alain Ducasse, Japanese Cuisine Par Excellence (2018 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
Director: Miyoko Kokubo | Stars: Alain Ducasse, Kiyotaka Ito, Junya Kawamura, Kei Kojima
31. Aozora (1989)
61 min
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Sayoko Nakajima, Kiyomi Itô, Takeshi Itô, Minehiko Kobayashi
Votes: 15
32. The Making of 'Ma' in Ryoan-Ji (1989 Video)
16 min | Documentary, Short
The making of Ma: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-Ji (1989), which covers the Japanese concept of space/time, called "Ma" (or the interconnectiveness of space and time), as realized through the 16th-Century zen garden of Ryoan-Ji, in Kyoto, Japan.
Director: Takahiko Iimura
33. Japon, l'Ouest éternel (2009 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary
The journey begins in the peninsula of Kii at Kumano: a pilgrimage way called Kumano Kodo starts in Osaka or Kyoto and arrives at Kumano: very nice paths through the forests for reaching ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Bacos
34. Highlights of Ryoan-Ji (2016)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Ryoan-Ji is home to one of Japan's most famous rock gardens, a cultural heritage site that attracts visitors from all around the world every day. In 1994, the temple was designated as a World Heritage Site by Unesco.
35. Shunen (1951)
86 min | Family
A maiko, or geisha apprentice, in Kyoto is practicing her skills and art looking forward to participating in an upcoming festival. Her mother is the mistress of a married man who loses his ... See full summary »
Director: Isamu Kosugi | Stars: Reiko Takami, Kôji Arima, Katsuhiko Haida, Chizuru Kitagawa
36. The Japanese Folktale of the Selfish Scholar (2020)
5 min | Animation, Short
Director: Amir Houshang Moein | Star: Susan Zimmerman
37. The Brothers (1957)
Director: Taizô Fuyushima | Stars: Tôru Abe, Ruriko Asaoka, Kôtarô Bandô, Reiko Chiba
38.
Rhys Darby in Japan (2020)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2020)
Documentary, Comedy
Rhys doubles his efforts to break into the Japanese entertainment industry by getting a brand designed, and by enrolling in mascot school. Missing his family, he spends time with a Japanese family who are a little bit like the Osbournes.
Director: Dean Cornish | Stars: Sara Aiko Cole, Rhys Darby, Mami Harada, Takeshi Ishikawa
Votes: 8
39.
Otros pueblos (1983– )
Episode:
Japoneses
(1983)
Documentary
Director: Luis Pancorbo | Stars: Nagisa Ôshima, Luis Pancorbo
40.
Otros pueblos (1983– )
Episode:
Resumen de la primera temporada
(1983)
Documentary
Director: Luis Pancorbo | Star: Luis Pancorbo
41.
Rudy Maxa's World (2008–2018)
Episode:
Kyoto, Japan
(2008)
TV-G | 26 min | Documentary, Adventure
The spiritual heart of Japan, Kyoto offers a glimpse of Japanese life as it used to be, primarily because it was never bombed during WWII. Tiny streets with wooden homes, impressive temples... See full summary »
Stars: Rudy Maxa, Osamu Kise, Uwe Walter
42.
The Art of Japanese Life (2017)
Episode:
Cities
(2017)
59 min | Documentary, History
Dr James Fox explores how the artistic life of three great Japanese cities,Kyoto, Edo and Tokyo, has helped to shape the nation's identity and attitudes to past and present, east and west.
Director: Matthew Springford | Stars: James Fox, Yoshitaka Nukina, Raku Kichizaemon, Ebizô Ichikawa
Votes: 30
43.
Monty Don's Japanese Gardens (2019)
Episode:
Spring
(2019)
59 min | Documentary
Monty Don travels to Japan in Spring to trace the history of Japanese gardens from early boating gardens, through Buddhist temples and Zen gardens, right up to a modern tea house.
Stars: Monty Don, Nori Hamamoto, Senko Ikenobo, Hiroshi Kitayama
Votes: 20
44.
Monty Don's Japanese Gardens (2019)
Episode:
Autumn
(2019)
59 min | Documentary
Monty Don returns to Japan in Autumn to continue his journey through Japanese gardens. This time he explores both stroll gardens and how the Japanese bring nature into their modern lives.
Stars: Monty Don, Atsuko Hanafusa, Kazuyuki Ishihara, Taka Ishii
Votes: 19