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1. Godzilla 2000 (1999)
PG | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An independent group of researchers actively track Godzilla as a giant meteor is discovered. The mysterious rock begins to levitate as its true intentions for the world and Godzilla are revealed.
Director: Takao Okawara | Stars: Takehiro Murata, Hiroshi Abe, Naomi Nishida, Mayu Suzuki
Votes: 9,358 | Gross: $10.04M
2. Midnight Diner (2009–2014)
TV-MA | 24 min | Drama
Shinya Shokudo is a tv series from Japan since 2009. It tells many stories about ordinary people eat in shinya shokudo, which means a restaurant at midnight. This small restaurant opens from 12 in the evening to 7 in the morning.
Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi, Mansaku Fuwa, Toshiki Ayata, Shôhei Uno
Votes: 3,177
3. First Love (2019)
TV-MA | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A young boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Becky, Bengal, Masayuki Deai, Mami Fujioka
Votes: 8,080
4. Nana (II) (2005)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A chance encounter between two girls of the same name, "Nana," triggers a series of events and relationships.
Director: Kentarô Ohtani | Stars: Mika Nakashima, Aoi Miyazaki, Hiroki Narimiya, Yûta Hiraoka
Votes: 4,030
5. The Discarnates (1988)
108 min | Drama, Fantasy
A recently divorced writer is reunited with the ghosts of his parents who died when he was a boy. However, every time he sees them he loses more life energy. Now, he must choose between starting a new life or staying forever in the past.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Morio Kazama, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Tsurutarô Kataoka, Atsuko Kawata
Votes: 496
6. Boiling Point (1990)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two disquieted junior baseball players seek revenge on the local yakuza for attacking their coach.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Yûrei Yanagi, Yuriko Ishida, Taka Guadalcanal
Votes: 7,522 | Gross: $0.00M
7. Aibou: Tokyo Detective Duo (2000–2024)
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
8. The Solitary Gourmet (2012– )
30 min | Drama
A solitary businessman travels across Japan, eating at its various establishments and experiencing the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.
Stars: Yutaka Matsushige, Tomoki Uekusa, Atsushi Kashiwagi, Masayuki Kusumi
Votes: 510
9. A Taxing Woman (1987)
127 min | Comedy, Crime
If tax evasion is an art, wheeler-dealer Hideki Gondo is Rembrandt. And so, a determined taxing woman gets the tough assignment of trying to catch him.
Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Yasuo Daichi
Votes: 2,254
10. Blue Spring Ride (2014)
123 min | Drama, Romance
Futaba lost her first love, Kou, in middle school when he suddenly moved. In high school, she met a guy who resembled Kou, but has a different last name. She needs to know if he is the same guy, and why he moved without letting her know.
Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Tsubasa Honda, Masahiro Higashide, Yua Shinkawa, Ryô Yoshizawa
Votes: 1,375
11. Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion (1995)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary but the battle may result in him losing his bond with humanity.
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko | Stars: Toshiyuki Nagashima, Miki Mizuno, Tamotsu Ishibashi, Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Votes: 3,116
12. Kotaro Lives Alone (2021–2023)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
When an unpopular manga artist has to care for his new neighbor, a 5-year-old child living alone, he learns the importance of responsibility and care as an adult.
Stars: Yû Yokoyama, Eito Kawahara, Maika Yamamoto, Katsuhisa Namase
Votes: 480
13. Nana 2 (2006)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Follows the struggles through life and relationships of Komatsu Nana and Osaki Nana.
Director: Kentarô Ohtani | Stars: Mika Nakashima, Yui Ichikawa, Tetsuji Tamayama, Nobuo Kyô
Votes: 1,160
14. 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008)
142 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Years after a schoolboy writes a book of prophecies, a mysterious super-villain uses it as his master-plan of world destruction.
Directors: Kimura Hisashi, Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa, Teruyuki Kagawa
Votes: 2,783
15. Ryômaden (2010– )
45 min | Drama, History, War
The story focuses on the life of Sakamoto Ryoma, who lived from 1835 to 1867. He was an important leader in the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa Bakufu, eventually bringing about the Meiji Restoration.
Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Shimba Tsuchiya, Masaomi Kondô, Teruyuki Kagawa
Votes: 364
16. Abunai Deka (1986–1987)
54 min | Action
This series revolves around the investigations of Detectives Toshiki Takayama and Yuji Oshita. Famous for their unique personalities and unorthodox methods of catching the criminals, this ... See full summary »
Stars: Hiroshi Tachi, Kyôhei Shibata, Tôru Nakamura, Bengal
Votes: 20
17. Ricchiman Puauman (2012)
54 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Hyuga Toru who run an internet website from his small room and doesn't like to socialize makes a lot of money. He then meets Sawaki Chihiro, a hardworking student who by an unexpected occurrence begins to work for Toru.
Stars: Shun Oguri, Satomi Ishihara, Saki Aibu, Arata Iura
Votes: 1,088
18. Beijing Watermelon (1989)
135 min | Drama
The film is based on true events. It centers around Shunzo, a popular greengrocer who lives in a city near Tokyo. His life, and that of his wife, Michi and their two children, undergoes a ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Bengal, Masako Motai, Yasufumi Hayashi, Haruhiko Saitô
Votes: 160
19. Oba: The Last Samurai (2011)
128 min | Drama, War
During the end of World War 2, a group of Japanese soldiers fight on after US forces capture most of the island. They refuse to surrender and continue to resist after the Emperor surrenders.
Directors: Cellin Gluck, Hideyuki Hirayama | Stars: Yutaka Takenouchi, Sean McGowan, Mao Inoue, Treat Williams
Votes: 1,216
20. Sada (1998)
132 min | Biography, Drama
The film follows the life of Sada Abe, who became a celebrity in 1936 after strangling her lover and slicing off his penis.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Hitomi Kuroki, Tsurutarô Kataoka, Norihei Miki, Kippei Shîna
Votes: 392
21. Chizuko's Younger Sister (1991)
120 min | Drama, Fantasy
Follows two sisters, one clumsy and ignored, the other a perfect child. After the latter dies in an accident, she returns as a ghost to guide her little sister.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Hikari Ishida, Tomoko Nakajima, Toshinori Omi, Tomoka Shibayama
Votes: 335
22. A Town Without Seasons (2023)
TV-14 | 26 min | Comedy, Drama
The tale of Hansuke and temporary housing residents twelve years after the great disaster.
Stars: Sakurako Mizuki, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Taiga Nakano, Daichi Watanabe
Votes: 93
23. 0.5 mm (2014)
198 min | Drama
Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family of an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him.
Director: Momoko Andô | Stars: Sakura Andô, Miyoko Asada, Bengal, Akira Emoto
Votes: 919
24. Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom (2019)
54 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
10 days away from graduation, homeroom teacher Hiiragi, stands in front of his students and tells them they have now become his hostages. He says that no one can leave unless someone can tell him the reason behind a past student's suicide.
Stars: Masaki Suda, Mei Nagano, Ryôta Katayose, Rina Kawaei
Votes: 1,543
25. Sensitive Samurai (1992–1993)
45 min | Drama
the story is set at the beginning of the 18th century in feudal Japan.Having become embroiled in a feud in his home domain, a young swordsman named Matahachiro leaves for the city of Edo (... See full summary »
Stars: Hiroaki Murakami, Yôko Moriguchi, Toshi Shioya, Thunder Sugiyama
Votes: 21
26. Pension Metsa (2021– )
Drama
revolves around Tenko, a lady who runs a pension located in a forest in Nagano. Each episode features a new guest at the pension. The interactions between Tenko and her guests unravel throughout each episode
Stars: Satomi Kobayashi, Masako Motai, Takashi Yamanaka, Koji Yakusho
Votes: 67
27. Iwane: Sword of Serenity (2019)
121 min | Drama
Iwane, Kinpei and Shinnosuke are childhood friends. They also trained at the same dojo, hung out together and dreamt together. Iwane, Jinpei and Shinnosuke also become relatives through ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Tôri Matsuzaka, Fumino Kimura, Kyôko Yoshine, Tasuku Emoto
Votes: 122
28. The Shogunate's Harem (1986)
115 min | Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Genshiro must find the mother of the late Shoguns child and abort it to save his love.
Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Kyoko Tsujisawa, Mami Nomura, Yumi Iori, Natsuko Yamamoto
Votes: 111
29. Alive (2002)
R | 119 min | Action, Drama, Horror
After surviving his own execution, Tenshu chooses to be subjected to the bizarre experiments of the prison officials.
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura | Stars: Hideo Sakaki, Ryô, Koyuki, Shun Sugata
Votes: 1,486
30. Yamato Takeru (1994)
105 min | Adventure, Fantasy
After killing his brother, Prince Yamato is banished from his father's kingdom until he can bring his dangerous powers under control. On his journey, he meets and joins with the magical ... See full summary »
Director: Takao Okawara | Stars: Masahiro Takashima, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Hiroshi Fujioka, Hiroshi Abe
Votes: 334
31. Kirin ga kuru (2020– )
45 min | Drama
"Kirin ga Kuru" revolves around the life of Mitsuhide Akechi (Hiroki Hasegawa). He was a samurai and a general during the Sengoku period.
Stars: Hiroki Hasegawa, Ebizô Ichikawa, Mugi Kadowaki, Shôta Sometani
Votes: 55
32. Gunshi Kanbee (2014)
Drama, History
Gunshi Kanbei (Strategist Kanbei) is a-year long taiga drama by NHK in 2014. This fictional series consists of 50 episodes and follows the journey of Kuroda Kanbei, a historical figure who ... See full summary »
Stars: Jun'ichi Okada, Gaku Hamada, Miki Nakatani, Mokomichi Hayami
Votes: 119
33. 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
34. Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial (2010)
100 min | Action, Sci-Fi
When the Menacing Belial resurfaces with an army of powerful combatants in another plot to take over the galaxy, Ultraman Zero begins to build up of a new band of comrades, both human and alien, to defeat Belial again.
Directors: Yûichi Abe, William Winckler | Stars: Yû Koyanagi, Tatsuomi Hamada, Tao Tsuchiya, Tamotsu Ishibashi
Votes: 213
35. Amachan (2013)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A young girl from Tokyo moves to the Tohoku region to become a female diver. A so-called 'Ama' diver.
Stars: Non, Kyôko Koizumi, Tetta Sugimoto, Ai Hashimoto
Votes: 583
36. Onihei hankachô (1989–2001)
54 min | Drama
Stars: Kichiemon Nakamura, Yôko Moriguchi, Fuyukichi Maki, Ryûnosuke Kaneda
Votes: 15
37. Anego (2005– )
45 min | Drama
Naoko Noda, who works in a trading company, is called "anego" by her younger co-workers. What is "anego"? It means "older sister," but in this case it is given as a nickname to Naoko ... See full summary »
Stars: Ryôko Shinohara, Rie Tomosaka, Jin Akanishi, Masaya Katô
Votes: 142
38. Asian Blue (1995)
111 min | War
Director: Hiromichi Horikawa | Stars: Teppei Arita, Bengal, Moeko Ezawa, Kikuko Fujimoto
39. Step Up Love Story: Triple Love and Love Forever (2012)
Comedy, Romance
The married couple visits the husband's hometown where one of former class-mates has remained in love with him for ten years. Notwithstanding that the woman is about to get married. ... See full summary »
Director: Kazuhiro Yokoyama | Stars: Rina Akiyama, Kirara Asuka, Bengal, Akihiro Kawai
Votes: 25
40. Made in Japan (1993)
115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The story about the businessmen who are competing for international building contracts.
Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ittoku Kishibe, Kyûsaku Shimada
Votes: 80
41. Rabu sutori o kimini (1988)
Drama, Romance
University student Akira meets the lovely 14-year-old Yumi, whom he had tutored years ago. Her mother is told by her doctor that the schoolgirl has leukaemia and has only 6 months to live. ... See full summary »
Director: Shin'ichirô Sawai | Stars: Kumiko Goto, Tôru Nakamura, Tomomi Satô, Ken Ogata
Votes: 34
42. The Rocking Horsemen (1992)
135 min | Comedy
It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara Yasufumi Hayashi) hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Ryô Amamiya, Aiko Asano, Tadanobu Asano, Toshiki Ayata
Votes: 211
43. Zipang (1990)
119 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Jigoku is a samurai outlaw who is on the run with his motley bunch of followers. There's a bounty on his head with a cute female bounty hunter named Yuri The Pistol who's an ace gunslinger ... See full summary »
Director: Kaizô Hayashi | Stars: Masahiro Takashima, Narumi Yasuda, Bengal, Shirô Sano
Votes: 310
44. Kizuna (1998)
123 min | Crime, Drama
Tetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to escape jail for gunning down his cruel adoptive father. His life begins to unravel when a ... See full summary »
Director: Kichitarô Negishi | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Ken Watanabe, Yumi Asô, Yôsuke Saitô
Votes: 65
45. Capone Cries a Lot (1985)
130 min | Action, Comedy
Umiemon is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achieving fame and fortune.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Yûko Tanaka, Kenji Sawada, Akira Emoto
Votes: 112
46. Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story (2019)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A drama about the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Stars: Mirai Moriyama, Kankurô Nakamura, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Koji Yakusho
Votes: 106
47. The One Pound Gospel (2008)
Comedy, Romance, Sport
Hatanaka Kosaku is a talented boxer who turned pro at the age of 19, winning his debut match with a first round KO. He is talented, but he has no guts. His uncontrollable appetite is an ... See full summary »
Stars: Kazuya Kamenashi, Meisa Kuroki, Yoshinori Okada, Ryôsuke Yamada
Votes: 131
48. Family of Strangers (2019)
117 min | Crime, Drama
Three patients of different backgrounds, illnesses and stages are being treated at a psychiatric clinic in Nagano Prefecture. Their cases range from the criminal to merely asocial. That ... See full summary »
Directors: Hideyuki Hirayama, Park Gyu Taek | Stars: Tsurube Shôfukutei, Gô Ayano, Nana Komatsu, Toshiki Ayata
Votes: 278
49. Mr Akatsuka's Porno: Let's Try It One More Time with Feeling (1979)
70 min | Comedy
A Movie Featuring a lot of sex and laughter incorporate within the humor of the Legendary Gag manga Creator,Fujio Akatsuka.
Director: Shinya Yamamoto | Stars: Asami Ogawa, Erina Miyai, Akira Emoto, Fujio Akatsuka
50. Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final (2002)
78 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Picking of episode 46 left off, Ryuki and four other Riders remain standing, but one of them, somewhat-related to Ryuki, threatens to speeden the deaths of the remaining Riders.
Director: Ryuta Tasaki | Stars: Takamasa Suga, Satoshi Matsuda, Ayano Sugiyama, Kenzaburou Kikuchi
Votes: 195