Japanese worth watching movies
by jjunenguyen | created - 05 May 2016 | updated - 05 May 2016 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Mûnraito jerîfisshu (2004)
113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Seiji has to look after his brother Michio who has Xeroderma Pigmentosum, a desire that is fatal if exposed to sunlight. Also, Michio, is equal to that of a child. Seiji is forced to join ... See full summary »
Director: Kosuke Tsurumi | Stars: Kansai Eto, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Kumi Imura
Votes: 71
2. Battle Royale (2000)
Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama
Votes: 194,546
3. All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
Unrated | 146 min | Crime, Drama, Music
The problematic lives of teenager students for whom the singer Lily Chou-Chou's dreamy music is the only way to escape an alienating, violent and insensitive society.
Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Hayato Ichihara, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayumi Ito, Takao Osawa
Votes: 11,201 | Gross: $0.02M
4. 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: 15,924
5. Hana and Alice (2004)
135 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When two best friends develop a crush on the same boy, they develop a plan to trick him into dating them.
Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Anne Suzuki, Yû Aoi, Tomohiro Kaku, Sei Hiraizumi
Votes: 4,914
6. Love Letter (1995)
PG | 117 min | Drama, Romance
When exchanging letters two women discover new things about a man they knew.
Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Miho Nakayama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Bunjaku Han, Katsuyuki Shinohara
Votes: 11,017
7. 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: 42,095
8. Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009)
130 min | Drama
Kaiji, a young gambler who is constantly in debt, enters a deadly gambling competition in order to wipe away his loans.
Director: Tôya Satô | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Kei Satô, Yûki Amami
Votes: 2,051
9. Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler (2011)
133 min | Drama
Kaiji erased all of his debts in the first movie. A year later, he's back in the same debt ridden situation. Kaiji then gets a chance to clear himself of his 200 million Yen debt, but he has only 2 weeks.
Director: Tôya Satô | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Yûsuke Iseya, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Katsuhisa Namase
Votes: 1,057
10. 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: 31,878
11. Last Quarter (2004)
112 min | Drama, Romance
Do you believe in love after death? On the eve of her 19th birthday, Mizuki (Kuriyama) doesn't have a lot to celebrate about. Her mother recently committed suicide, her stepfamily bothers ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Nikai | Stars: Chiaki Kuriyama, Hiroki Narimiya, Tomoka Kurokawa, Motoki Ochiai
Votes: 664
12. Dear Doctor (2009)
127 min | Drama
A young medical intern student is dismayed when he is assigned to work in a remote countryside village.
Director: Miwa Nishikawa | Stars: Tsurube Shôfukutei, Eita Nagayama, Teruyuki Kagawa, Haruka Igawa
Votes: 746
13. Haru no yuki (2005)
150 min | Drama, History, Romance
Early 20th century Japan. Kiyoaki Matsugae, a young aristocrat falls in love with a girl he grew up with; Satoko Ayakura, who is to be married to a prince of the royal family.
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yûko Takeuchi, Sôsuke Takaoka, Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Votes: 351
14. Tôkyô shônen (2008)
95 min | Mystery, Romance
Minato is a young girl who was traumatized at a young age by being abandoned by her parents and left with her senile grandmother. She frequently corresponds with a pen-pal named Night, a ... See full summary »
Director: Shun'ichi Hirano | Stars: Maki Horikita, Takuya Ishida, Reiko Kusamura, Mitsuru Hirata
Votes: 225
15. The Kirishima Thing (2012)
103 min | Drama
A story about the disappearance of Kirishima, a star athlete of the volleyball club, and how this affects every person in his school.
Director: Daihachi Yoshida | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Ai Hashimoto, Suzuka Ohgo, Masahiro Higashide
Votes: 2,623
16. Lesson of the Evil (2012)
Unrated | 129 min | Horror, Thriller
A popular high school teacher concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Takehiro Hira, Hideaki Itô, Shôta Sometani
Votes: 6,796
17. Little DJ: Chiisana koi no monogatari (2007)
128 min | Drama, Romance
Taro is a 12 year old boy who loves baseball and radio, where his favorite program is 'Music Express'. His illness keeps him in a hospital but one day he gets the opportunity to take over ... See full summary »
Director: Koto Nagata | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mayuko Fukuda, Yoshio Harada, Ryôko Hirosue
Votes: 167
18. The Brain Man (2013)
123 min | Crime, Mystery
A not-too-bright cop searches for a serial bomber.
Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Shôta Sometani, Yôsuke Eguchi, Renji Ishibashi
Votes: 1,127
19. Platinum Data (2013)
133 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
When a new system for mapping DNA called the Platinum Data is developed for all the residents of Japan, everyone is convinced it will create a better, saver society, free from crime. But ... See full summary »
Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Etsushi Toyokawa, Honami Suzuki, Katsuhisa Namase
Votes: 572
20. The King and I (2012)
84 min | Comedy
Director: Tetsu Maeda | Stars: Masaki Suda, Tôri Matsuzaka, Hiroki Aiba, Fumi Nikaidô
Votes: 39
21. In the City of Dawn (2011)
129 min | Drama, Romance
By chance, Watabe meets subordinate worker Nakanishi at batting center. A friendship occurs which leads to a heated love affair. Watabe then learns that Nakanishi is the prime suspect of a ... See full summary »
Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu | Stars: Gorô Kishitani, Kyôko Fukada, Tae Kimura, Ken Ishiguro
Votes: 99
22. I Just Didn't Do It (2006)
143 min | Drama
A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent.
Director: Masayuki Suô | Stars: Ryô Kase, Asaka Seto, Kôji Yamamoto, Masako Motai
Votes: 1,908
23. The Backwater (2013)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama
Cannes Film Festival winner Shinji Aoyama creates a chilling atmosphere in this adaptation of an award-winning novel. A young man tries to fight the deadly influence of his violent, abusive... See full summary »
Director: Shinji Aoyama | Stars: Masaki Suda, Ken Mitsuishi, Yukiko Shinohara, Misaki Kinoshita
Votes: 370
24. Thirst (2009)
R | 134 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Kim Ok-bin, Choi Hee-jin, Seo Dong-soo
Votes: 51,440 | Gross: $0.30M
25. Journey to the Shore (2015)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Mizuki's husband Yusuke drowned at sea three years ago. When he suddenly comes back home, she is not that surprised. Instead, Mizuki is wondering what took him so long. She agrees to let Yusuke take her on a journey.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Eri Fukatsu, Tadanobu Asano, Masao Komatsu, Mika Muraoka
Votes: 1,954
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