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1. Perfect Blue (1997)
R | 81 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.
Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ôkura
Votes: 96,532 | Gross: $0.78M
2. Black Rain (1989)
R | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw
Votes: 59,820 | Gross: $46.21M
3. 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: 316
4. Door (1988)
95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After several strangely threatening calls from a local salesman, a homemaker becomes increasingly afraid to answer her apartment door.
Director: Banmei Takahashi | Stars: Keiko Takahashi, Daijirô Tsutsumi, Shirô Shimomoto, Takuto Yonezu
Votes: 337
5. Sex Hunter (1980)
67 min | Drama, Horror
Miki is a prima ballerina who, after the Swan Lake concert, receives numerous bouquets from fans of her talent. One of the bouquets was sent from the famous ballerina Akiko, who runs a ... See full summary »
Director: Toshiharu Ikeda | Stars: Erina Miyai, Ayako Ota, Teruo Matsuyama, Nobuyuki Kawakami
Votes: 206
6. Lustful Revenge (1996 Video)
Crime, Horror, Thriller
A young female detective is on the trail of a serial killer who prays on female victims.
Director: Masaru Konuma | Stars: Itsumi Ôsawa, Kazuhisa Kawahara, Tatsumi Aoyama, Koura Kazumasa
Votes: 72
7. The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (1968)
82 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Extremely fun Daiei adaptation of two shojo horror manga into a single, crazily FX-laden story about two rival, shape-shifting sisters who are on less than good terms. However, when an evil... See full summary »
Director: Noriaki Yuasa | Stars: Yûko Hamada, Sachiko Meguro, Yachie Matsui, Mayumi Takahashi
Votes: 525
8. Maniac Driver (2020)
75 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
A deranged taxi driver appears to be randomly stalking and killing various young women on the streets of Tokyo. His descent into madness follows a personal tragedy that has since left him ... See full summary »
Director: Kurando Mitsutake | Stars: Yôta Kawase, Ayumi Kimito, Keisaku Kimura, Tomoki Kimura
Votes: 146
9. Zoom Up: Rape Site (1979)
67 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A young couple, meeting for a tryst at the site of a brutal rape/murder, witness another murder and have to decide whether to turn the killer in.
Director: Kôyû Ohara | Stars: Erina Miyai, Yuki Yoshizawa, Yôko Azusa, Tatsuya Hamaguchi
Votes: 185
10. The Devil's Island (1977)
141 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Kôji Ishizaka, Yôko Tsukasa, Reiko Ôhara, Mitsuko Kusabue
Votes: 245
11. Zoom In: Rape Apartments (1980)
Not Rated | 68 min | Horror, Mystery
Saeko, a somewhat enigmatic young woman, is brutally beaten with a rock and raped by a man wearing a dark-colored mask and black gloves. She eventually recovers, but not long afterwards a ... See full summary »
Director: Naosuke Kurosawa | Stars: Erina Miyai, Yôko Azusa, Yûko Ôsaki, Yûko Araragi
Votes: 185
12. Akuma no temari-uta (1977)
144 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder. Then some murders happen. ... See full summary »
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Kôji Ishizaka, Keiko Kishi, Akiko Nishina, Kôji Kita
Votes: 381
13. Doberman Cop (1977)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Crime
A tough-as-nails cop from Okinawa investigates a savage murder in Tokyo's nightlife district. Originally dismissed as a bumpkin, he soon proves more savvy than the local police.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Janet Hatta, Eiko Matsuda, Masaru Shiga
Votes: 619
14. Inugami-ke no ichizoku (2006)
134 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A web of deceit, adultery and greed manifests in Kon Ichikawa's remake of his own 1976 hit about a murder investigation that reveals years of hidden skeletons and a shocking family secret.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Kôji Ishizaka, Nanako Matsushima, Kikunosuke Onoe, Sumiko Fuji
Votes: 423
15. The House of Hanging (1979)
139 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Kosuke visits a photo studio to take photo for his passport. There he happens to meet a daughter who came to request a wedding anniversary photo shoot.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Kôji Ishizaka, Yoshiko Sakuma, Junko Sakurada, Takako Irie
Votes: 165
16. Terror in the Streets (1970)
76 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Yuri Ebara is inexplicably laid off, abandoned by her closest friend, and is suddenly asked to move out of her apartment. As she nears rock bottom, she begins to suspect someone is out to drive her insane, or worse.
Director: Michio Yamamoto | Stars: Wakako Sakai, Katsutoshi Atarashi, Nami Tamura, Tanie Kitabayashi
Votes: 33
17. Queen Bee (1978)
140 min | Mystery, Thriller
Private detective Kindaichi investigates a series of murders in scenic rural Japan.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Kôji Ishizaka, Mieko Takamine, Keiko Kishi, Yôko Tsukasa
Votes: 164
18. Midare karakuri (1979)
92 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Yusaku Matsuda plays the part of a private detective in this modern day "who dunnit" mystery.
Director: Susumu Kodama | Stars: Shin Kishida, Koichi Kitami, Yûsaku Matsuda, Tôru Minegishi
Votes: 42
19. Keizoku/eiga (2000)
119 min | Crime, Mystery
A police chief retiring, said police chief falling in love with a schoolgirl, a younger police chief moving into the position and taking on unsolved cases dating back years, etc. may be ... See full summary »
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Miki Nakatani, Atsuro Watabe, Hideyo Amamoto, Inuko Inuyama
Votes: 195
20. Namari no bohyô (1964)
86 min | Thriller
Director: Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Kaoru Tashiro, Yoko Tsukiji, Mikio Terashima, Masayoshi Nogami
Votes: 11