Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "christmas", "japan"

1. Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)

G | 93 min | Biography, Drama, Family

Professor Wilson discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home. Despite objections from his wife, Hachi endears himself to the family and grows to be Parker's loyal companion. As their bond grows deeper, a beautiful relationship unfolds.

Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Sarah Roemer

Votes: 311,258

2. 1941 (1979)

PG | 118 min | Action, Comedy, War

Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Treat Williams, Nancy Allen

Votes: 36,254 | Gross: $31.76M

3. 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: 31,394 | Gross: $0.68M

4. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)

R | 123 min | Drama, War

During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.

Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano

Votes: 20,005 | Gross: $2.31M

5. 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: 54,964 | Gross: $1.50M

6. Cardcaptor Sakura (1998–2000)

TV-Y7-FV | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Sakura stumbled upon the book of Clow Cards in a library. Accidentally setting the magical cards loose, it's now up to Sakura to catch them all with her best friend Tomoyo, and Kerberos, the guardian of the cards.

Stars: Sakura Tange, Matt Hill, Sam Vincent, Brian Drummond

Votes: 5,605

7. Battle Royale II (2003)

Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Three years after the failure of the last BR program, a second act is forged and a class of students is sent to an island with one objective: kill international terrorist Shuya Nanahara.

Directors: Kenta Fukasaku, Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ai Maeda, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayana Sakai

Votes: 21,442

8. Penny Serenade (1941)

Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Romance

A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan

Votes: 8,058

9. Guilty Crown (2011–2012)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Crime

After the outbreak of the unidentified virus "Lost Christmas" in 2029, Japan has been under the control of a multi-nation organization called GHQ. Ohma Shu is a 17 year old boy who has a ... See full summary »

Stars: Yûki Kaji, Ai Kayano, Kana Hanazawa, Patrick Seitz

Votes: 5,665

10. Virus (1980)

PG | 108 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

After a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.

Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Masao Kusakari, Tsunehiko Watase, Isao Natsuyagi, Shin'ichi Chiba

Votes: 3,041

11. Destination Tokyo (1943)

Passed | 135 min | Adventure, War

In order to provide information for the first air raid over Tokyo, a U.S. submarine sneaks into Tokyo Bay and places a spy team ashore.

Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale, John Ridgely

Votes: 5,751

12. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)

Not Rated | 162 min | Animation, Drama, Family

A week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished.

Directors: Noriyuki Kitanohara, Kazuya Sakamoto, Noriko Takao, Yasuhiro Takemoto, Hiroko Utsumi, Naoko Yamada, Mitsuyoshi Yoneda, Tatsuya Ishihara | Stars: Aya Hirano, Tomokazu Sugita, Minori Chihara, Yûko Gotô

Votes: 8,009

13. Survive Style 5+ (2004)

120 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.

Director: Gen Sekiguchi | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Reika Hashimoto, Kyôko Koizumi, Hiroshi Abe

Votes: 10,142

14. Come See the Paradise (1990)

R | 138 min | Drama, Romance, War

The passionate romance between an Irish-American man and a Japanese-American woman is threatened when the Pearl Harbor attacks happen and the woman is forced into a prison camp because of her ethnicity.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Tamlyn Tomita, Sab Shimono, Shizuko Hoshi

Votes: 3,052 | Gross: $0.85M

15. Moonlit Winter (2019)

105 min | Drama, Romance

Yoon-Hee lives with her teenage daughter Sae-Bom. On a winter day, Yoon-Hee receives a letter from Otaru, Japan. Sae-Bom accidentally reads the letter and learns about her mother's first love, which she never spoke about before.

Director: Dae Hyung Lim | Stars: Kim Hee-ae, Yûko Nakamura, Kim Sohye, Sung Yoo-bin

Votes: 1,144

16. Yakuza 0 (2015 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Drama

Kiryu and Majima, both Yakuza's who are in different cities in Japan in 1988, as the fate of the two characters become intertwined in a gritty, violent, and often touching narrative.

Directors: Kazuki Hosokawa, Toshihiro Nagoshi | Stars: Takaya Kuroda, Hidenari Ugaki, Kazuhiro Nakaya, Miyuki Sawashiro

Votes: 2,082

17. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017 Video Game)

E | Action, Fantasy, Sport

An enhanced version of Mario Kart 8 (2014) for the Nintendo Switch. Includes all previous DLC, a revamped Battle Mode, the Inklings from Splatoon and returning fan-favorite characters like King Boo and Bowser Jr.

Director: Yusuke Shiraiwa | Stars: Scott Burns, Tomo Adachi, Toru Asakawa, Nate Bihldorff

Votes: 3,562

18. Bettie Page Reveals All (2012)

R | 101 min | Documentary, Biography

The world's greatest pinup model and cult icon, Bettie Page, recounts the true story of how her free expression overcame government witch-hunts to help launch America's sexual revolution.

Director: Mark Mori | Stars: Bettie Page, Hugh Hefner, Olivia de Berardinis, Dita Von Teese

Votes: 1,631 | Gross: $0.10M

19. Ju-on: White Ghost (2009)

Not Rated | 61 min | Fantasy, Horror

Akane begins seeing visions of a female ghost wearing the same yellow hat and red satchel she wore as a school child.

Director: Ryûta Miyake | Stars: Hiroki Suzuki, Ichirôta Miyakawa, Natsuki Kasa, Akina Minami

Votes: 2,544

20. Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1998 Video)

Unrated | 115 min | Documentary, Comedy

Executive transvestite Eddie Izzard takes his show to San Francisco to give a brief history of pagan and Christian religions, the building of Stonehenge, the birth of the Church of England ... See full summary »

Director: Lawrence Jordan | Star: Eddie Izzard

Votes: 7,513

21. A Story of Yonosuke (2012)

160 min | Drama

Were people's lives changed by having known Yonosuke?

Director: Shûichi Okita | Stars: Ayumi Ito, Kengo Kôra, Gô Ayano, Jun Kunimura

Votes: 2,313

22. Shenmue (1999 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Crime

Ryo, a respected Japanese student sees his father killed in front of his own eyes. He sets out to find the man in charge of his fathers death and the mystery of who and why?

Directors: Keiji Okayasu, Yu Suzuki | Stars: Hiroshi Fujioka, Masaya Matsukaze, Corey Marshall, Robert Jefferson

Votes: 1,311

23. The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (1985 TV Movie)

TV-G | 50 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

At a council convened by The Great Ak, the forest being tells the story of Santa Claus to explain why he deserves to be made immortal.

Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Earl Hammond, Earle Hyman, Larry Kenney, Lynne Lipton

Votes: 1,418

24. Shenmue: The Movie (2001)

88 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Follow Ryo Hazuki as he attempts to track down the man responsible for his father's death.

Director: Yu Suzuki | Stars: Ryan Drees, Lynn Harris, Ruth Hollyman, Robert Jefferson

Votes: 375

25. Shinkuronishiti (2004)

133 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A Tokyo detective investigates after a fashion model witnesses a brutal slaying by a serial killer.

Director: Macoto Tezuka | Stars: Reika Hashimoto, Kaori Kawamura, Shunsuke Matsuoka, Masanobu Andô

Votes: 340

26. Sakura Wars (2019 Video Game)

T | Animation, Action, Romance

The sixth installment and soft reboot of the series, Shin Sakura Taisen is an action role-playing / dating sim game that takes place in 1940s Japan during a new demon invasion as well as the biennial Combat Revue World Games tournament.

Director: Tetsuya Ohtsubo | Stars: Ayane Sakura, Maaya Uchida, Hibiku Yamamura, Ayaka Fukuhara

Votes: 40

27. Blue Christmas (1978)

133 min | Sci-Fi

UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest ... See full summary »

Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Hiroshi Katsuno, Keiko Takeshita, Eiji Okada, Kaoru Yachigusa

Votes: 135

28. Project X Zone 2 (2015 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Mysterious golden chains have been discovered around Shibuya. It's up to Shinra agents Reiji Arisu and Xiaomu to investigate.

Director: Souichirou Morizumi | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Takahiro Sakurai, Ikue Ôtani, Tomokazu Sugita

Votes: 31

29. The Instant Messenger (2011)

Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

After a heart breaking relationship, a young girl is pushed by her friends to find love on the World Wide Web, but their LOL's turned into OMG, when their first finding happens to be a ... See full summary »

Director: Felix Pena | Stars: Jeff Horn, Julie Kilzer, Gabriel Canett, Ralph Laboy

Votes: 42

30. Magical Emi, the Magic Star (1985–1986)
Episode: Yukigeshiki/yume no kuni (1985)

Animation, Family, Comedy

Mai wants to meet Santa at all costs

Directors: Yoriyasu Kogawa, Takashi Annô | Stars: Obata Yoko, Nana Aoki, Shigeru Chiba, Daisuke Gôri

31. We Are Out! (2012–2013)
Episode: Ai & Fumi (2013)

12 min | Documentary, Short

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Stars: Keiichi Nitta, Ai, Fumi