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1. 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: 9,843
2. Meatball Machine (2005)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Full-throttle splatter-ific Japanese cyberpunk science fiction/horror at its most aggressive, this mind-blower about alien parasites that turn their human hosts into slave "Necroborgs" will leave you dizzy and drained - in a good way.
Directors: Yûdai Yamaguchi, Jun'ichi Yamamoto | Stars: Issei Takahashi, Aoba Kawai, Kenichi Kawasaki, Shôichirô Masumoto
Votes: 2,283
3. 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: 1,667
4. Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo (2013–2015)
TV-14 | 49 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Kotoko Aihara, a high school girl who isn't that smart has to follow her father's decision after her father decides to live temporarily with his friend. She is surprised to learn that the boy who she falls in love with lives there as well.
Stars: Honoka Miki, Yûki Furukawa, Tomomi Nishimura, Yôji Tanaka
Votes: 1,633
5. Midnight Diner 2 (2016)
108 min | Drama
Follow the stories of ordinary individuals with a lot on their plates. As they pore over their worries, Master serves up homely delights and timely life advice. And as other customers begin to console one another, a family is born.
Director: Joji Matsuoka | Stars: Tamae Andô, Toshiki Ayata, Mansaku Fuwa, Kaoru Hirata
Votes: 1,113
6. The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (2013)
130 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Reiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest score ever. He becomes a police constable, but is suddenly fired by the Police Chief due... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Tôma Ikuta, Ryôhei Abe, Yoshiki Arizono, Ken'ichi Endô
Votes: 1,082
7. Passion (I) (2008)
115 min | Drama, Romance
A young couple announces their wedding at a party with friends. The reactions of the latter reveal hitherto unexpressed sentimental flaws within the group. The following days, the tension rises to the surface.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Aoba Kawai, Nao Okabe, Ryuta Okamoto, Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Votes: 941
8. Kabukicho Love Hotel (2014)
135 min | Drama, Romance
Over one day at this love hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo - where guests have the choice of staying for a short time or overnight - the dreams and desires of these characters intersect while aspiring for something greater.
Director: Ryûichi Hiroki | Stars: Shôta Sometani, Atsuko Maeda, Roy 5tion, Asuka Hinoi
Votes: 851
9. My Man (2014)
129 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After losing everything in a tsunami, 10-year-old Hana is taken in by 26-year-old distant relative Jungo Kusarino. They live as father and daughter but share a profound sense of loss. Jungo... See full summary »
Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Tadanobu Asano, Aoba Kawai, Tatsuya Fuji
Votes: 712
10. Wilderness: Part One (2017)
157 min | Drama
The year is 2021 and years of mismanagement have left Japan a broken society riddled with poverty and underemployment. Kenji is visibly disabled and has an inferiority complex. Shinji is ... See full summary »
Director: Yoshiyuki Kishi | Stars: Masaki Suda, Yang Ik-joon, Denden, Riku Hagiwara
Votes: 358
11. Policeman and Me (2017)
124 min | Comedy, Romance
A single high school freshman attends an adult dating mixer under the pretense that she is older. There she meets a man and soon finds out he's a cop.
Director: Ryûichi Hiroki | Stars: Kazuya Kamenashi, Tao Tsuchiya, Mahiro Takasugi, Tina Tamashiro
Votes: 314
12. Wilderness: Part Two (2017)
147 min | Drama
In the sequel to the first part, which was released simultaneously to this film, Shinji and Kenji join a boxing club. The former is just released from a prison for young offenders. The ... See full summary »
Director: Yoshiyuki Kishi | Stars: Masaki Suda, Yang Ik-joon, Akari Kinoshita, Moro Morooka
Votes: 283
13. Everyone Is Psychic! (2013– )
29 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
It happens that many inhabitants of Oita Prefecture in southern Japan have extrasensory powers. One student can read others' minds. he is not alone, however, and soon bands with others, who... See full summary »
Stars: Shôta Sometani, Kaho, Erina Mano, Makita Sports
Votes: 280
14. Touching the Skin of Eeriness (2013)
54 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
When a boy loses his father he moves in with his older half-brother. The older sibling and is girlfriend are indeed kind and helpful and treat the boy well. Still, he is lonely and finds ... See full summary »
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Shôta Sometani, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Hôshi Ishida, Natsumi Seto
Votes: 277
15. Shigunaru (2018– )
Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Two detectives communicate through a walkie-talkie to solve cold cases. One detective exists in the present day and the other detective exists 15 years in the past.
Stars: Kentarô Sakaguchi, Michiko Kichise, Kazuki Kitamura, Atsuro Watabe
Votes: 268
16. Innocent Curse (2017)
111 min | Horror
When abused children return after they went missing, their abusers find a mysterious death after 3 days. Local newspaper reporter Shunya investigates the deaths, while his girlfriend Naomi gets too close to one of the haunted children.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Hideaki Takizawa, Daiki Arioka, Mugi Kadowaki, Haruto Nakano
Votes: 237
17. Dr. Storks (2015–2017)
54 min | Drama
Follow Kounotori Sakura, a gynecologist who works at the General Medical Center and is also a talented jazz pianist.
Stars: Gô Ayano, Mayu Matsuoka, Yoh Yoshida, Kentarô Sakaguchi
Votes: 232
18. Izakaya Bottakuri (2018)
23 min | Drama
Despite the bar's uninviting name, two sisters warmly welcome their patrons with tasty food and sake, just like their parents did before them.
Stars: Moemi Katayama, Sara Takatsuki, Yuichi Nakamura, Hisako Ôkata
Votes: 214
19. Hiraite (2021)
121 min | Drama, Romance
Ai has had a crush forever on her classmate Tatoe. When she finds out that Tatoe is in a secret relationship with another girl, she sets out to sabotage their plans for the future.
Director: Rin Shutô | Stars: Anna Yamada, Ryûto Sakuma, Haruka Imô, Yuka Itaya
Votes: 191
20. xxxHOLiC (2013)
60 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Kimihiro Watanuki high school pupil and loner has a secret, he can see ghosts, a gift or curse he could well do without. One day he is drawn to the house of Yuko ichihara, a self styled ... See full summary »
Stars: Anne Watanabe, Shôta Sometani, Karen Miyazaki, Naoto Takenaka
Votes: 162
21. Horimiya (2021)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two very different people - an academically successful schoolgirl and a quiet loser schoolboy - meet and develop a friendship.
Stars: Oji Suzuka, Sayu Kubota, Jin Suzuki, Rion Okamoto
Votes: 156
22. Aibou: Tokyo Detective Duo (2000–2023)
110 min | Drama
Detective Ukyo Sugishita and his partner solve cases by just the two of them as "Special Task Unit" of MPD where demoted people belong.
Stars: Yutaka Mizutani, Atsushi Yamanishi, Kazuhisa Kawahara, Ryo Ono
Votes: 136
23. Tokyo MER (2021– )
Drama
Tokyo MER is formed by order from the Governor of Tokyo. The name of the group stands for Tokyo Mobile Emergency Room. The members are emergency care professionals and they are to go to ... See full summary »
Stars: Kento Kaku, Ryohei Suzuki, Yuriko Ishida, Nanao
Votes: 132
24. Itoshi no Irene (2018)
137 min | Romance
The film centers on Iwao Shishido, who at age forty suddenly leaves his rural village, but returns with a foreign bride during his father's funeral.
Director: Keisuke Yoshida | Stars: Seiji Fukushi, Yûsuke Iseya, Aoba Kawai, Hana Kino
Votes: 131
25. Maestro! (2015)
129 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
After the Japanese recession, an eccentric conductor pieces back together the remnants of a once famous orchestra with former and new members. Egos and pettiness have to be overcome in order to achieve harmony.
Director: Shôtarô Kobayashi | Stars: Toshiki Ayata, Denden, Yasushi Fuchikami, Kanji Furutachi
Votes: 125
26. Cold Case: Shinjitsu No Tobira (2016– )
45 min | Crime, Mystery
A Japanese remake of the American television series Cold Case, featuring a young detective and her team who investigate cases which have been buried and ignored for years in an attempt to solve them.
Stars: Yoh Yoshida, Kento Nagayama, Tomokazu Miura, Ken'ichi Takitô
Votes: 113
27. Born with It (2015)
17 min | Short, Drama, Family
On his first day of school in a small Japanese town, a half Japanese half black boy tries to prove to his new classmates that his dark skin is not a disease.
Director: Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour | Stars: Dadie T, Aoba Kawai, Ryôya Shinoda, Koudai Izumiya
Votes: 94
28.
Gannibal (2022– )
Episode:
Trace
(2023)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Daigo is introduced to Utada, who sheds more light on Kano's death and the Kuge Village.
Directors: Shinzô Katayama, Hayato Kawai | Stars: Yûya Yagira, Shô Kasamatsu, Riho Yoshioka, Mahiro Takasugi
Votes: 84
29. The Last Man: The Blind Profiler (2023– )
Mystery
Hiromi Minami (Masaharu Fukuyama) is a blind investigator for the FBI in the United States. He solves and finishes the most difficult cases and is called Last Man by the FBI. For the aim of... See full summary »
Stars: Kenjirô Tsuda, Yoh Yoshida, Mio Imada, Masaharu Fukuyama
Votes: 78
30. Trace: Kasouken no Otoko (2019– )
Drama
Reiji Mano is a forensic science researcher at the Scientific Research Laboratory in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He is good at his job, possessing a vast amount of knowledge ... See full summary »
Stars: Koyuki, Yûko Araki, Ryô Nishikido, Yûma Yamoto
Votes: 71
31.
Gannibal (2022– )
Episode:
Promise
(2023)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Daigo awakes to find himself in the Goto house, covered in blood; he comes clean with what he knows and tries to make a deal with the Gotos for the rescue of the children; however, the police chief intervenes.
Director: Shinzô Katayama | Stars: Yûya Yagira, Shô Kasamatsu, Riho Yoshioka, Mahiro Takasugi
Votes: 69
32. Kaidan Horror Classics (2010– )
Horror
In national broadcaster NHK's 'ghost story,' four episodes have been compiled into two films. Each story is taken from, or at least inspired by a well-known and familiar classic Japanese ... See full summary »
Stars: Yutaka Matsushige, Ryô Kase, Aoba Kawai, Jun Kunimura
Votes: 63
33. Somebody's Xylophone (2016)
112 min | Drama
Sayoko has moved away from the city centre and into the suburbs. She gets her hair done at a beauty salon. When she replies to a courtesy follow-up e-mail from the stylist things take an ... See full summary »
Director: Yôichi Higashi | Stars: Masanobu Katsumura, Takako Tokiwa, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Takahito Hosoyamada
Votes: 63
34. Playback (IV) (2012)
113 min | Drama
Director: Shô Miyake | Stars: Tomomitsu Adachi, Akiko An, Junpei Hashino, Kazuyo Katagata
Votes: 60
35. Girlfriend: Someone Please Stop the World (2004)
105 min
Kyoko is a photographer struggling to find a balance between commerce and art. In her hunt for a model, she meets Miho, a young woman who's never confronted the father that left her when ... See full summary »
Director: Ryûichi Hiroki | Stars: Jason Gray, Chikako Isomura, Aoba Kawai, Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Votes: 58
36. A bao a qu (2007)
85 min | Drama
Director: Naoki Katô | Stars: Toshiki Hirose, Junya Ishii, Aoba Kawai, Hideo Nakaizumi
Votes: 52
37. Tomoshibi (2004)
79 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Ryôko Yoshida | Stars: Sora Aoi, Masashi Endô, Aoba Kawai, Yumeka Sasaki
Votes: 47
38. Kaseifu no Mitazono (2016– )
54 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Meet Kaoru Mitazono. A professional housekeeper who is the best at the field and loves to pry into dirty secrets of every household. But Mitazono has secrets, too. One of them is, obviously, that he is a cross dresser.
Stars: Masahiro Matsuoka, Kimiko Yo, Atsuko Hirata, Kei Inoo
Votes: 41
39. I Love Thee for Good (2009)
58 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Nagako and Seiichi are a couple about to get married. However, Nagako has a "secret" that prevents her from affixing her seal to the marriage certificate even on the wedding day.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Rio Kanno, Aoba Kawai, Nao Okabe, Hikohiko Sugiyama
Votes: 39
40. Voice: Emergency Control Room 110 (2019– )
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A woman with an uncanny ability to recognize sounds and voices and a cop share a common thread. They both have had a loved one murdered. They are connected to an operation centre coming to ... See full summary »
Stars: Yôko Maki, Yûya Endô, Toshiaki Karasawa, Yoshinori Miyata
Votes: 34
41. Business Card Game (2017)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Kanda (Shinichi Tsutsumi) is a producer of a popular quiz program. When he wakes up, he finds himself wearing a mysterious necklace and there a lot of business cards scattered on the floor.... See full summary »
Stars: Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Masaki Okada, Karen Ohtomo, Motoki Ochiai
Votes: 28
42. Jukkakukan no satsujin (2024)
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Six months after Nakamura Seiji, the architect and owner of the Decagonal Building mysteriously died in the main building, seven men and women from the University's mystery research group ... See full summary »
Stars: Munetaka Aoki, Tôru Nakamura, Aoba Kawai, Tamiyo Kusakari
Votes: 23
43. The Woman of S.R.I. (1999– )
55 min | Drama
As criminals become more sophisticated and crimes more complex, the police must turn to speedier and more scientific means of weeding through clues and narrowing down suspects. That's where... See full summary »
Stars: Yasuko Sawaguchi, Takashi Naitô, Satoru Saitô, Mayumi Wakamura
Votes: 23
44.
Kaidan Horror Classics (2010– )
Episode:
Hazakura to mabue
(2010)
Horror
Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Stars: Aoba Kawai, Jun Kunimura, Yukichi Kobayashi, Takako Ashizawa
Votes: 23
45. Gou-Gou datte Neko de aru (2014– )
Comedy
Stars: Rie Miyazawa, Haru Kuroki, Keishi Nagatsuka, Yukino Kishii
Votes: 20
46. Oshi no Oujisama (2021– )
Romance
Izumi Hidaka is a president of "Pegasus, Inc.", a game production company that made a great hit with "Love My Pegasus", a video game where the user will fall in love with a character named ... See full summary »
Stars: Sei Shiraishi, Dean Fujioka, Keisuke Watanabe, Toshiki Seto
Votes: 18
47. Tamagawa Kuyakusho of the Dead (2014)
Comedy, Horror
16 years ago, there was an occurrence of zombies in western Mexico. They rapidly spread around the world through the transmission of a virus. The world was thrown into panic with the ... See full summary »
Stars: Kento Hayashi, Alice Hirose, Nobuaki Kaneko, Tsutomu Takahashi
Votes: 17
48. Unmei ni, nita koi (2016– )
49 min | Drama, Romance
During their childhood, a little girl and a boy made a pledge to meet again. Now at the age of 45, the girl, Kasumi, is now a divorced mother of a son of high school age. She works as hard ... See full summary »
Stars: Tomoyo Harada, Takumi Saitô, Manami Konishi, Sayaka Yamaguchi
Votes: 14
49. Obon Brothers (2015)
107 min | Drama
Takeshi not only fails at his chosen career as a film director, but also at home. Kicked out by his wife, he moves in with his ill brother. While Takeshi's wife pushes for divorce, he is ... See full summary »
Director: Akira Ohsaki | Stars: Yûmi Gotô, Miyoko Inagawa, Tsuyoshi Itô, Aki Kajiwara
Votes: 14
50. Unfortunate Detective (2019)
49 min | Crime, Drama
Oshii Takashi is a detective with excellent reasoning power. Unfortunately, he usually misses the criminal in front of him and other detectives get recognition for the capture. He is ... See full summary »
Stars: Atsuhiro Inukai, Itsuji Itao, Shunsuke Kazama, Ren Ishikawa
Votes: 11