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1. Ran (1985)
R | 160 min | Action, Drama, War
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû
Votes: 136,289 | Gross: $4.14M
2. Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980)
PG | 162 min | Drama, History, War
A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu
Votes: 38,202
3. Metropolis (2001)
PG-13 | 108 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.
Director: Rintarô | Stars: Toshio Furukawa, Scott Weinger, Yuka Imoto, Kei Kobayashi
Votes: 22,622 | Gross: $0.64M
4. After the Rain (1999)
91 min | Drama
During a downpour, a generous ronin and his supporting wife are stranded at a country inn. The ronin comes to the attention of a lord who wants to hire him as an instructor for his men, who treat the ronin with disrespect.
Director: Takashi Koizumi | Stars: Akira Terao, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Shirô Mifune, Fumi Dan
Votes: 4,464
5. Kamui Gaiden (2009)
Unrated | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The adventurous story of a fugitive ninja.
Director: Yôichi Sai | Stars: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Koyuki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Kôichi Satô
Votes: 1,115
6. Graveyard of Honor (2002)
Not Rated | 131 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Gorô Kishitani, Ryôsuke Miki, Narimi Arimori, Mikio Ôsawa
Votes: 2,349
7. The Ginger Tree (1989– )
240 min | Drama
In 1903, a young Scotswoman goes to join her diplomat fiancé in Manchuria. She marries him, and finds herself in a war zone. Disenchanted with her husband, she falls in love with a married ... See full summary »
Stars: Samantha Bond, Daisuke Ryû, Fumi Dan, Joanna McCallum
Votes: 153
8. Ultraman: The Next (2004)
97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
First Lieutenant Shun'ichi Maki of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force is a prestigious F-15 Eagle jet pilot. A lifelong fan of flying since he was a child, being a pilot is his ultimate dream... See full summary »
Director: Kazuya Konaka | Stars: Tetsuya Bessho, Kyôko Tôyama, Ken'ya Ohsumi, Nae
Votes: 489
9. 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
10. Agitator (2001)
150 min | Crime, Drama
A fearless Yakuza captain's loyalty is tested as two ambitious underbosses attempt a takeover of both his clan and a rival Yakuza gang.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Taisaku Akino, Mickey Curtis, Yoshiyuki Daichi, Ken'ichi Endô
Votes: 1,171
11. Taira no Kiyomori (2012–2013)
Drama, History
The 51st NHK Taiga drama recounts the life of Taira no Kiyomori (1118-1181), a general of the Heian period, who established the first samurai-based government in Japan.
Stars: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Takaya Kamikawa, Masaki Okada, Kyôko Fukada
Votes: 67
12. 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
13. Hunter in the Dark (1979)
Not Rated | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An aging Yakuza boss in the the late 18th century runs a thriving lantern and silk dying business. However, he is also a Hunter in the Dark, an shady underworld figure who unravels a ... See full summary »
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurô Tanba, Yoshio Harada, Ayumi Ishida
Votes: 580
14. Succession (1992)
119 min | Drama
A stockbroker turned yakuza has been ordered to ask the boss of another yakuza outfit to be the substitute emcee of a succession ceremony - the passing of the baton from the older to the younger yakuza generation.
Director: Kazuki Ômori | Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Ken Ogata, Yûko Kotegawa, Tatsuo Umemiya
Votes: 26
15. Twelve Months (1980)
65 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A young girl meets the Spirits of the Twelve Months when she is sent out during a winter snowstorm to collect galanthus, a flower that blooms in April.
Director: Kimio Yabuki | Stars: Shinobu Ôtake, Ai Kanzaki, Tokuko Sugiyama, Mariko Mukai
Votes: 426
16. Ultraman Dyna (1997–1998)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
As humanity begins migrating beyond Earth, a new Ultraman named Dyna arrives and bonds with defense organization GUTS' newest recruit, Shin Asuka, to protect a colony on Mars.
Stars: Takeshi Tsuruno, Ryô Kinomoto, Toshikazu Fukawa, Risa Saitô
Votes: 189
17. Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2000)
138 min | Action, History
Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in pacifism, however, is shaken and ultimately broken by the attacks from a ... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Masatoshi Nagase, Daisuke Ryû, Masakatsu Funaki
Votes: 914
18. Woman in Witness Protection (1997)
131 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A vain actress who witnessed a serious crime is guarded by 2 cops as she goes about her daily affairs.
Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Nishimura, Yuji Murata, Kazuya Takahashi
Votes: 329
19. Family Without a Dinner Table (1985)
143 min | Crime, Drama
This gripping docudrama is a fictionalized account of what could happen to a Japanese family when one of their sons shames them in front of the entire nation.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Mayumi Ogawa, Kie Nakai, Kiichi Nakai
Votes: 76
20. Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978)
163 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Kôshirô Matsumoto, Shima Iwashita, Keiko Matsuzaka
Votes: 435
21. Asian Blue (1995)
111 min | War
Director: Hiromichi Horikawa | Stars: Teppei Arita, Bengal, Moeko Ezawa, Kikuko Fujimoto
22. Maboroshi no mizuumi (1982)
164 min
A woman works as a prostitute and attendant to make a living at a bathhouse. She is athletic and is an avid runner. She has met and adopted a white dog and the two have become inseparable. ... See full summary »
Director: Shinobu Hashimoto | Stars: Reiko Nanjô, Daisuke Ryû, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Hatsunori Hasegawa
Votes: 44
23. Boss (2009– )
54 min | Drama
This series revolves around a group of peculiar detectives in a new division created to fight against an increase in atrocious crimes. Osawa Eriko is a beautiful career woman who has just ... See full summary »
Stars: Yûki Amami, Yutaka Takenouchi, Tetsuji Tamayama, Yôichi Nukumizu
Votes: 292
24. Shadow Hunters (1983)
91 min | Action, Drama
The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the collapse of small hans (prefectures). "Kagekari" are people who were hired by Daimyos (mayers ... See full summary »
Director: Akira Inoue | Stars: Toshiya Ito, Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Ryû, Midori Yamamoto
Votes: 5
25. Bayside Shakedown (1998)
119 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierarchy and red tape that plague the system. His friend Muroi is climbing the ladder of the ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro | Stars: Yûji Oda, Toshirô Yanagiba, Eri Fukatsu, Miki Mizuno
Votes: 950
26. Kita no hotaru (1984)
125 min | Drama
During the Meiji era, a brutal prison warden terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido.
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Kôichi Satô, Ai Saotome
Votes: 123
27. Zero Woman: The Hunted (1997 Video)
R | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rei is a woman without a past, who is an undercover agent for the Zero department, a shadow division of the police department. But her skills have become a threat and she is marked for death by a rival organization.
Director: Norihisa Yoshimura | Stars: Mikiyo Ono, Reina Tanaka, Kou Watanabe, Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Votes: 66
28. Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
114 min | Action, Drama, War
Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of ... See full summary »
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Tomokazu Miura, Masahiro Motoki, Katsutoshi Arata
Votes: 219
29. Zero Woman: Dangerous Game (1998 Video)
80 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In this installment of the Zero Woman series, Rei, the number-one assassin of the Tokyo Police Department's secret Zero Division, has been assigned to take out a notorious gangster ... See full summary »
Director: Hidekazu Takahara | Stars: Chieko Shiratori, Ichiho Matsuda, Terunori Miyazaki, Ken Miyawaki
Votes: 109
30. Kokô no mesu (2010)
126 min | Drama
Surgeon Touma (Shinichi Tsutsumi) became a doctor after losing his mother at a young age due to a faulty diagnosis. Now working at at a local hospital in 1989, Touma faces the realities of ... See full summary »
Director: Izuru Narushima | Stars: Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Yui Natsukawa, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Noriko Nakagoshi
Votes: 95
31. Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii (2002– )
45 min | Documentary, Biography
An in depth look at the making of Kurosawa's films.
Stars: Masayuki Yui, Yoshirô Muraki, Teruyo Nogami, Takao Saitô
Votes: 142
32. I Will Never Forgive (2018)
119 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
Director: Hideki Wada | Stars: Chiaki Hiratsuka, Jun Miho, Kan Mikami, Kanako Nishikawa
Votes: 14
33. The Law of Hell (1982)
91 min | Action, Drama
This is a story of rough men who make a living by smuggling in swampland. There is a restaurant named Anrakutei on "island", which is a wasteland surrounded by moat and swamp. The owner ... See full summary »
Director: Akira Inoue | Stars: Renji Ishibashi, Tôru Masuoka, Hideo Murota, Tatsuya Nakadai
Votes: 7
34. Legend of the Devil (1996)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A gang of evil ninjas has stolen the sacred sword of the Lady Mayu and are demanding that her family exchange her for the family treasure. The world's greatest swordsman, Shuranosuke Sakaki, is called in to get the sword back.
Director: Masaru Tsushima | Stars: Masaki Kyômoto, Atsuo Nakamura, Daisuke Ryû, Takeshi Yamato
Votes: 27
35. Willful Murder (1981)
132 min | Drama
In 1949, Mr. Shimoyama, governor of Japan National Railroads, was found dead, run by train, after a mysterious disappearance. Officially it was considered suicide, but many suspected he was killed for some political conspiracy.
Director: Kei Kumai | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Ichirô Nakatani, Yôko Asaji, Takashi Ebata
Votes: 83
36. Zero Woman Returns (1999)
Drama, Thriller
Rei is ordered to bust Kayama who is buying confiscated drugs from police officers, she finds she is attracted to him.
Director: Yasushi Saisyu | Stars: Saori Ono, Daisuke Ryû, Shigemitsu Ogi, Naoshi Eguchi
Votes: 83
37. Wild Criminal (1999)
Crime, Thriller
Out for revenge after waking up in the trunk of a car, a female thug teams up with an abused prostitute to steal a bag of cash from the Yakuza.
Director: Hide | Stars: Riki Takeuchi, Aya Nakamura, Miho Nomoto, Scott Cargle
Votes: 28
38. Shura no mure (2002)
130 min | Drama
A true-life chivalry drama starring an all-star cast that depicts a young man who dives into the world of gamblers and eventually becomes the dominant force in Japan's gangster society. ... See full summary »
Director: Hiroyuki Tsuji | Stars: Akira, Kyosuke Akita, Eiichi Furui, Hiroyuki Inahara
39. Kimi ga odoru natsu (2010)
122 min | Drama
Shinpei (Junpei Mizobata) dreams of being a professional cameraman and lives in Tokyo. One day, he hears that his mother has been hospitalized and returns to Kochi for the first time in ... See full summary »
Director: Hideyuki Katsuki | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Haruka Kinami, Daisuke Ryû, Masahiro Takashima
Votes: 18
40. Tôno monogatari (1982)
Fantasy
Sayo has just celebrated her sixteenth birthday when she attends a temple festival. On her way back she sees a large cherry tree which is infamous for the legend of dead white horse. When ... See full summary »
Director: Tetsutaro Murano | Stars: Kyôko Enami, Shiho Fujimura, Yoko Hara, Kimihiro Reizei
Votes: 25
41. Saikyôjû tanjô Nezura (2002 Video)
90 min | Horror
A Japanese company funded by the United States army conducts experiments with anti-bacteriological weapons that create a lethal humanoid rat monster which kills all the lab technicians. The... See full summary »
Director: Kanta Tagawa | Stars: Mika Katsumura, Yoshiyuki Kubota, Daisuke Ryû, Ayumu Tokitô
Votes: 81
42. Rinjô (2009– )
Drama
Stars: Yuki Matsushita, Masanobu Takashima, Dai Watanabe, Seiyô Uchino
Votes: 16
43. Tokyo Wine Party People (2019)
Drama
Shino Sakuragi is an office lady. She attends a wine party recommended by her boss, even though she isn't comfortable at such a fancy get together. There, Shino meets Kazushi Oda. He is ... See full summary »
Director: Hideki Wada | Stars: Sayaka Fujioka, Satoshi Iino, Yusuke Kondo, Kousuke Kujirai
Votes: 16
44. Myth of the Assassins (1984)
Drama
Saika family made a name for itself by confusing the big troops of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi before, but, now in the 7th generation from Ineyasu's period, it was driven out into a deep ... See full summary »
Director: Masahiro Takase | Stars: Yôko Akino, Masaaki Daimon, Jiro Kawarazaki, Daisuke Ryû
45. Time Trip App (2014)
Action
In 1868, a battle between new government forces and shogunate forces are about to take place in Edo. Katsu Kaishu (Hiroshi Tamaki) wants to avoid useless bloodshed and sends a peace envoy ... See full summary »
Director: Toshio Lee | Stars: Hiroshi Tamaki, Satomi Ishihara, Yûdai Chiba, Akira Emoto
Votes: 142
46. The Legend of Ando Family: The Road to Hell (2001 Video)
114 min | Crime
Director: Takeshi Miyasaka | Stars: Hakuryû, Hiroki Matsukata, Hiroki Hagiwara, Nagare Hagiwara
47. Nobutora (2021)
135 min | Drama
Takeda Shingen has proven himself in battle but there's an even more capable person in his family, his father Nobutora (lit. Samurai Tiger). The son exiles the father and so the old ... See full summary »
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko | Stars: Daisuke Ryû, Mizuki Tanimura, Nori Terada
48. Tenshu monogatari (1995)
105 min | Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Director: Tamasaburô Bandô | Stars: Tamasaburô Bandô, Sadanji Ichikawa IV, Yoshie Minami, Rie Miyazawa
Votes: 18
49. Homicide Team 9 (2006– )
Drama
Stars: Yoshihiko Inohara, Michiko Hada, Kanji Tsuda, Mitsuru Fukikoshi
50. New Leader of Japan (2004)
Drama
Shin Nippon no Don is one of a series of Japanese films and original videos starring Hiroki Matsukata. It depicts conflicts between yakuza, centering on the Osaka yakuza Tatsunokai. There ... See full summary »
Director: Masashi Takase | Stars: Shô Aikawa, Hidekazu Akai, Shin'ichi Chiba, Yoshiaki Fujiwara