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1. Perfect Days (2023)
PG | 124 min | Drama
Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Miyako Tanaka
Votes: 37,216
2. City Hunter (2024)
TV-MA | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An exceptional marksman and hopeless playboy, private eye Ryo Saeba reluctantly forms an alliance with his late partner's sister to investigate his death.
Director: Yûichi Satô | Stars: Ryohei Suzuki, Misato Morita, Masanobu Andô, Fumino Kimura
Votes: 1,831
3. Monster (2023)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama, Thriller
A mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Sakura Andô, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi
Votes: 21,200
4. Alice in Borderland (2020– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Obsessed gamer Arisu suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive.
Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Tao Tsuchiya, Nijirô Murakami, Eleanor Noble
Votes: 96,806
5. House of Ninjas (2024– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The Tawara family, the last shinobi clan. It had abandoned its roots after an incident in the past, but now the family must take on the greatest crisis in Japanese history, one that threatens to shake the nation to its core.
Stars: Kento Kaku, Yôsuke Eguchi, Tae Kimura, Nobuko Miyamoto
Votes: 6,023
6. House of the Owl (2024– )
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama
At the height of his career and powers, Japan's master fixer, who has guided politicians and business heads through some of Japan's biggest scandals, discovers that fixing his family is harder than fixing a country.
Stars: Mackenyu, Min Tanaka, Masanobu Andô, Heidi Berger
Votes: 55
7. 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: 65,831
8. Yu Yu Hakusho (2023)
TV-14 | 55 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A teenager dies while saving a young kid and is given a chance to be resurrected, provided he works for the Spirit World as an investigator of supernatural crimes with his newly-given powers.
Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Jun Shison, Kanata Hongô, Shûhei Uesugi
Votes: 8,128
9. River (2023)
86 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
On a calm winter's day, a mountain inn becomes trapped in a time loop.
Director: Junta Yamaguchi | Stars: Riko Fujitani, Manami Honjô, Gôta Ishida, Yoshimasa Kondô
Votes: 907
10. Shoplifters (2018)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka
Votes: 86,478 | Gross: $3.31M
11. 13 Assassins (2010)
R | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yûsuke Iseya, Ikki Sawamura
Votes: 68,627 | Gross: $0.80M
12. Extremely Inappropriate! (2024)
Comedy, Sci-Fi
A single father desperately tries to return to 1986 after somehow arriving in 2024, where his Showa-era ideas come across as completely inappropriate.
Stars: Sadao Abe, Riisa Naka, Hayato Isomura, Yumi Kawai
Votes: 139
13. Eye Love You (2024)
TV-14 | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Sparks begin to fly when a telepathic woman who'd given up on love meets a kindhearted Korean student who thinks in a language she can't understand.
Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Chae Jong-hyeop, Taishi Nakagawa
Votes: 241
14. The Naked Director (2019–2021)
TV-MA | 48 min | Biography, Drama
Follows the story of Toru Muranishi's unusual and dramatic life filled with big ambitions as well as spectacular setbacks in his attempt to turn Japan's porn industry on its head.
Stars: Takayuki Yamada, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Misato Morita, Tokio Emoto
Votes: 6,943
15. Nobody Knows (2004)
PG-13 | 141 min | Drama
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Yûya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu
Votes: 31,417 | Gross: $0.68M
16. Tampopo (1985)
Not Rated | 114 min | Comedy
A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.
Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Koji Yakusho
Votes: 22,576 | Gross: $0.22M
17. One Cut of the Dead (2017)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies.
Director: Shin'ichirô Ueda | Stars: Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi Shuhama, Kazuaki Nagaya
Votes: 29,747
18. Death Note (2006)
Not Rated | 126 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A battle between the world's two greatest minds begins when Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to rid the world of criminals.
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto, Yû Kashii
Votes: 31,873
19. Confessions (2010)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Thriller
A psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima | Stars: Takako Matsu, Yoshino Kimura, Masaki Okada, Yukito Nishii
Votes: 42,077
20. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (2023)
TV-MA | 128 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Bullied by his boss, worked around the clock, he's nothing more than a corporate drone. All it takes is a zombie outbreak for him to finally feel alive.
Director: Yûsuke Ishida | Stars: Eiji Akaso, Mai Shiraishi, Shuntarô Yanagi, Yui Ichikawa
Votes: 6,272
21. Love Exposure (2008)
Unrated | 237 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A bizarre love triangle forms between a young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandric girl and a manipulative cultist.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima, Sakura Andô, Yutaka Shimizu
Votes: 15,915
22. Ride or Die (2021)
TV-MA | 142 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Rei helps the woman she's been in love with for years escape her abusive husband. While on the run, their feelings for each other catch fire.
Director: Ryûichi Hiroki | Stars: Kiko Mizuhara, Honami Satô, Shinya Niiro, Shunsuke Tanaka
Votes: 2,535
23. Destiny (2024– )
Drama, Mystery, Romance
Follows Kanade Nishimura as she confronts the suspicious death case from her law school days and her father's death.
Stars: Masanobu Andô, Satomi Ishihara, Kazuya Kamenashi, Kuranosuke Sasaki
Votes: 23
24. Shigatsu ni nareba kanojo wa (2024)
108 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
On the morning following the eve of their engagement, the fiancée disappears from the man's side. He is left to reminisce about why she chose to run away.
Director: Tomokazu Yamada | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Masami Nagasawa, Nana Mori, Ayumu Nakajima
Votes: 98
25. Tag (2015)
85 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A girl's life cascades into chaos as everyone around her suffers a gruesome fate while she becomes less certain of who she is and her once-once normal.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Reina Triendl, Mariko Shinoda, Erina Mano, Yuki Sakurai
Votes: 8,100
26. 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: 29,019
27. My Undead Yokai Girlfriend (2024– )
16+ | 38 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A strange relationship of love and mystery is sparked between a lonely college student Tadashi who wants nothing more than to find a girlfriend, and Izzy, a Yokai girl.
Stars: Takashi Sorimachi, Sakura Kiryu, Antony, Yukiya Kitamura
Votes: 209
28. Noroi (2005)
Not Rated | 115 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon called the "kagutaba."
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Jin Muraki, Rio Kanno, Tomono Kuga, Marika Matsumoto
Votes: 15,334
29. Kingdom (2019)
R | 134 min | Action, History, War
In ancient China, a young boy dreams of becoming the greatest general of the Qin Kingdom.
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Ryô Yoshizawa, Masami Nagasawa, Kanna Hashimoto
Votes: 4,105
30. Egoist (2022)
120 min | Drama, Romance
When Kôsuke was 14 years old, his mother died. He spent his adolescence in a rural village and suppressed his feelings as a gay male. Now, Kôsuke (Ryohei Suzuki) has grown up and works as a... See full summary »
Director: Daishi Matsunaga | Stars: Ryohei Suzuki, Hio Miyazawa, Yûko Nakamura, Iori Wada
Votes: 563
31. The Silent Service (2023)
113 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Follows the unpredictable actions of Kaieda Shiro in the Japan's first nuclear submarine, as he attempts to realize his ideal world. The story makes audience think about true peace amidst the complexities of international relations.
Director: Kohei Yoshino | Stars: Takao Osawa, Rick Amsbury, Massimo Biondi, Massimo Biondi
Votes: 204
32. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)
121 min | Drama, Romance
An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Votes: 9,815
33. Gannibal (2022– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
There is a rumor about this beautiful village: people get eaten here. Police officer Agawa Daigo uncovers a horrifying truth lurking in everyday life.
Stars: Yûya Yagira, Shô Kasamatsu, Riho Yoshioka, Rairu Sugita
Votes: 1,658
34. Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
Not Rated | 129 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A renegade film crew becomes embroiled with a yakuza clan feud.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Jun Kunimura, Fumi Nikaidô, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroki Hasegawa
Votes: 8,990 | Gross: $0.03M
35. Sanctuary (2023– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sport
A man who is driven to the edge of a cliff and believes that money, a woman, and fame are all buried in the ring, And goes up to a sumo rikishi.
Stars: Shioli Kutsuna, Koyuki, Ren Hanami, Shôta Sometani
Votes: 4,287
36. Kubi (2023)
131 min | Action, Drama, History
Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeaki Abe, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Tadanobu Asano, Ken'ichi Endô
Votes: 367
37. Like Father, Like Son (2013)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama
Ryota is a successful workaholic businessman. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another boy after birth, he faces the difficult decision to choose his true son or the boy he and his wife have raised as their own.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yôko Maki, Lily Franky
Votes: 28,151 | Gross: $0.28M
38. Re/Member (2022)
102 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A high school student and her friends are trapped in a time loop by a ghost and the only way to escape is to find the corpse of the ghost's previous victim.
Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Kanna Hashimoto, Gordon Maeda, Maika Yamamoto, Fûju Kamio
Votes: 3,826
39. Love Reset (2023)
119 min | Comedy, Romance
A married couple who received a divorce settlement lose their memories in an accident. With amnesia, they fall in love again, so their families try to restore their memories to finalize the divorce.
Director: Nam Dae-joong | Stars: Kang Ha-neul, Jung So-min, Im Chul-hyung, Song Hae-na
Votes: 1,319
40. Call Me Chihiro (2023)
TV-14 | 131 min | Drama
An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.
Director: Rikiya Imaizumi | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Hana Toyoshima, Tetta Shimada, Van
Votes: 3,417
41. Baby Assassins (2021)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Chisato and Mahiro are two high school girls who are about to graduate. They also happen to both be highly skilled assassins. When the organization they work for orders them to share a room, the relationship between turns sour.
Director: Yugo Sakamoto | Stars: Akari Takaishi, Saori Izawa, Mone Akitani, Yukina Fukushima
Votes: 1,011
42. Fishbowl Wives (2022– )
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Romance
In a luxury apartment tower, six different women in unhappy marriages end up crossing the line into infidelity.
Stars: Ryôko Shinohara, Masanobu Andô, Takanori Iwata, Anne Yatco
Votes: 1,491
43. Teasing Master Takagi-san (2024– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Takagi loves playing good-natured pranks on her classmate Nishikata. But try as he might, he can never prank her back - she's just too clever.
Stars: Rui Tsukishima, Soya Kurokawa
Votes: 80
44. Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021)
TV-MA | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Kenshin's past catches up to him causing the destruction of Akabeko Restaurant, which was Kenshin's favorite place to eat. There, he finds a note with the word "Junchu" on it.
Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Mackenyu, Emi Takei, Yôsuke Eguchi
Votes: 10,672
45. Baby Assassins 2 Babies (2023)
101 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Chisato and Mahiro were banned from performing tasks because they violated the organization's rules. Needing money to make ends meet, they resumed their days as part-time workers. Suddenly two other assassins are after them.
Director: Yugo Sakamoto | Stars: Akari Takaishi, Saori Izawa, Joey Iwanaga, Tatsuomi Hamada
Votes: 583
46. Perfect Blue (2002)
103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A girl named Ai gets a major record deal to sing a song written by a friend of hers who is deceased. However an obsessed stalker fan slowly starts becoming more like her and tearing her world apart.
Director: Toshiki Satô | Stars: Ayaka Maeda, Nao Ômori, Masahiro Toda, Makiko Watanabe
Votes: 312
47. Cold Fish (2010)
Not Rated | 146 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The lives of a bored suburban couple are changed forever when a seemingly nice old man gives their daughter a job at his fish store, and soon his gruesome hobbies are brought to light.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Denden, Asuka Kurosawa, Megumi Kagurazaka
Votes: 14,529
48. Fireworks (1997)
103 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ôsugi, Susumu Terajima
Votes: 33,189 | Gross: $0.23M
49. Our Little Sister (2015)
PG | 127 min | Drama, Family
Three sisters who live in their grandmother's home invite their thirteen-year-old half sister, whom they have just met, to join them.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho, Suzu Hirose
Votes: 16,901 | Gross: $0.46M
50. 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: 11,816 | Gross: $0.28M