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1. Shall We Dance? (1996)
PG | 136 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.
Director: Masayuki Suô | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka, Eri Watanabe
Votes: 11,755 | Gross: $9.68M
2. Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
119 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baishô, Mansaku Fuwa
Votes: 2,856 | Gross: $0.06M
3. The Eel (1997)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After the release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking almost to no one except an eel he befriended while in prison.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baishô, Akira Emoto
Votes: 6,415 | Gross: $0.41M
4. Paper Moon Affair (2005)
82 min | Drama, Romance
An enigmatic Japanese woman, abandoned by her wealthy Chinese husband in a remote Pacific Northwest village, becomes entwined in the lives of two rugged locals.
Director: David Tamagi | Stars: Misa Shimizu, Sebastian Spence, Brendan Fletcher, Philip Granger
Votes: 138
5. Rain Fall (2009)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A hit man looks to protect the daughter of one of his victims against CIA assassins.
Director: Max Mannix | Stars: Kippei Shîna, Gary Oldman, Kyoko Hasegawa, Misa Shimizu
Votes: 1,406
6. Shonan bakusozoku: Bomber Bikers of Shonan (1987)
90 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Adapted from the manga of the same name Shonan Bakusouzoku gives the viewer a brief glimpse into the life of Eguchi Yousuke, who is not only the leader of a high-school Biker Gang but also the school's Arts and Crafts club.
Directors: Nobutaka Nishizawa, Daiki Yamada | Stars: Yôsuke Eguchi, Yûji Oda, Miyuki Sugiura, Misa Shimizu
Votes: 54
7. Watch Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (2022– )
TV-14 | 48 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Ryota Moriyama, a senior at Kyoritsu University, receives a job offer at a first-rate company but gets dumped by Saki Nishino. His professor tells him that he can graduate on the condition ... See full summary »
Stars: Shôno Hayama, Rikka Ihara, Miyuu Teshima, Atsushi Mori
Votes: 179
8. Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Chronicling the turmoil and pandemonium that ensues at a derelict university sumo club, and the rise of some unlikely heroes.
Director: Masayuki Suô | Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Misa Shimizu, Naoto Takenaka, Akira Emoto
Votes: 1,008
9. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (2010)
124 min | Drama, Romance
Diving to save a camera from a fall down a flight of stairs, high school junior Naomi Sukuse wakes with no memory of the last four years. Naomi must remember who she was and figure out who ... See full summary »
Director: Hans Canosa | Stars: Maki Horikita, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Yûya Tegoshi, Anton Yelchin
Votes: 684
10. The Sea Is Watching (2002)
R | 119 min | Romance, Drama
O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particularly Kikuno and the brothel's owner, O-Shin falls in love with the samurai.
Director: Kei Kumai | Stars: Misa Shimizu, Nagiko Tôno, Masatoshi Nagase, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Votes: 1,608
11. 47 Ronin (1994)
132 min | Action, Drama
A group of disgraced samurai plan a decade long revenge against a corrupt lord.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Ken Takakura, Kiichi Nakai, Rie Miyazawa, Kôichi Iwaki
Votes: 559
12. The Trusted Confidant (2007– )
Drama, History
2007's Japanese NHK Taiga drama Furin Kazan (meaning 'Wind, Forest, Fire & Mountain' NOT The Trusted Confidant as stated above) contains everything you could want in this type of series- ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Issei Takahashi, Seiyô Uchino, Fusako Urabe, Ennosuke Ichikawa IV
Votes: 179
13. Crosspoint (2024)
95 min | Drama | Completed
An illegal Filipino entertainer in Japan, Manuel, meets a bankrupt Japanese businessman, Shigeru. After knowing the whereabouts of a high-profile serial killer at large, the two men decide to capture the killer to get a big bounty.
Director: Donie Ordiales | Stars: Carlo Aquino, Takehiro Hira, Sho Ikushima, Kei Kurosawa
14. 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
15. Dr. Akagi (1998)
Not Rated | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, History
At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war camp.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Akira Emoto, Kumiko Asô, Jacques Gamblin, Tomorô Taguchi
Votes: 1,618 | Gross: $0.07M
16. 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
17. Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1998– )
60 min | Drama, History
The series focuses on the life of Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the 15th and final ruler of the Tokugawa period. Born the seventh son of Lord Nariaki of Mito, Yoshinobu is named shogun when he is ... See full summary »
Stars: Reiko Ôhara, Masahiro Motoki, Bunta Sugawara, Masayuki Shida
Votes: 10
18. Tenkôsei: Sayonara anata (2007)
120 min | Drama
A Japanese boy and girl meet again at 15 at school after many years apart. They magically switch bodies. They are forced to switch lives as well.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Misako Renbutsu, Naoyuki Morita, Takuro Atsuki, Hiroshi
Votes: 313
19. Little Love Song (2019)
123 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A popular high school band is scouted by a Tokyo-based record company. The band is involved in a car accident, however, shattering many hopes. The band receives a demo tape from a girl who lives on the navy base. They are reinvigorated.
Director: Kôjirô Hashimoto | Stars: Katrina Bourdo, Leigh Carmichael, Tomiko Claire, Kazuhiko Kanayama
Votes: 189
20. The Harimaya Bridge (2009)
TV-G | 120 min | Drama
After the sudden death of his estranged son in rural Japan, an American man must go there to claim some important family items. While there, he discovers some secrets his son left behind.
Director: Aaron Woolfolk | Stars: Bennet Guillory, Saki Takaoka, Misa Shimizu, Danny Glover
Votes: 222 | Gross: $0.05M
21. Okoge (1992)
120 min | Drama, Romance
Sayoko, a young woman, meets Goh and his older gay lover Tochi, and invites them to use a room in her apartment. The three become good friends until Tochi's wife threatens to expose Tochi ... See full summary »
Director: Takehiro Nakajima | Stars: Misa Shimizu, Takehiro Murata, Takeo Nakahara, Atsushi Fukazawa
Votes: 226 | Gross: $0.25M
22. Shizumanu taiyô (2009)
202 min | Drama
A drama based on the 1985 plane crash that caused 520 deaths, the worst aviation event in Japanese history.
Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Shun Sugata, Tae Kimura, Tomokazu Miura
Votes: 253
23. Border: Keishichô Sôsa Ikka Satsujinhan Sôsa Dai 4-gakkari (2014– )
54 min | Drama
Ishikawa Ango is a very capable detective that lives only for his job. One day, while investigating a crime scene, he gets shot in the head by the criminal that was still lurking about. ... See full summary »
Stars: Shun Oguri, Munetaka Aoki, Haru, Ken'ichi Endô
Votes: 409
24. Homicide Team 9 (2006– )
Drama
Stars: Yoshihiko Inohara, Michiko Hada, Kanji Tsuda, Mitsuru Fukikoshi
25. Matataki (2010)
Drama, Romance
A young woman named Izumi (Keiko Kitagawa) suffers the loss of her boyfriend Junichi (Masaki Okada), who died from a fatal motorcycle accident. The shock from her boyfriend's sudden death ... See full summary »
Director: Itsumichi Isomura | Stars: Keiko Kitagawa, Nene Ôtsuka, Masaki Okada, Wakana Chizaki
Votes: 150
26. Anonymous Detective (2012– )
54 min | Crime, Drama
Although he is not a formal private detective, the main character takes various investigating jobs (mostly in strip clubs). His customers are generally women and he constantly gets into trouble because of them.
Stars: Katsunori Takahashi, Nana Katase, Kôji Moritsugu, Ryôsei Tayama
Votes: 13
27. Tokyo MPD - From ZERO to HERO (2016– )
54 min | Mystery
The title character, Junichi Oiwa, leads the most coveted section of Tokyo MPD as the head of over 400 elite detectives. He is present at all serious crime scenes, spearheading multiple ... See full summary »
Stars: Takashi Naitô, Yuki Saitô, Akio Kaneda, Hiroki Suzuki
Votes: 11
28. 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
29. Yonshimai monogatari (1995)
103 min | Comedy, Mystery
While attending the wedding of a school friend, four teenage sisters investigate the murder of the bride on board a luxury liner.
Director: Masahiro Honda | Stars: Misa Shimizu, Riho Makise, Yuri Nakae, Masami Imamura
Votes: 16
30. Ubume no natsu (2005)
123 min | Horror
Director: Akio Jissôji | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Nômaru Abe, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Chisako Hara
Votes: 110
31. Mirai no omoide: Last Christmas (1992)
118 min | Romance, Sci-Fi
Based on the 'not quite Sci-Fi, not quite a Romance' manga by the Fujiko F. Fujio. Yuko dreams of being a best selling children's author, but as an adult she has made little progress. In ... See full summary »
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Shizuka Kudô, Misa Shimizu, Fujio Akatsuka, Fujio F. Fujiko
Votes: 62
32. Traffic Jam (1991)
108 min | Comedy
A hard working salaryman takes off five days from his busy job and sets off with his wife and two children to visit his parents in his hometown for the 1991 new year holidays. He decides ... See full summary »
Director: Mitsuo Kurotsuchi | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Hitomi Kuroki, Junko Takarada, Shingo Yuzawa
Votes: 63
33. Ningen isu (1997)
86 min
Director: Toshiyuki Mizutani | Stars: Misa Shimizu, Jun Kunimura, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Yasuko Mitsuura
Votes: 13
34. Yasashii jikan (2005– )
This is the story about one small coffee shop located in the northern island of Hokkaido. Yukichi Wakui used to work as a successful businessman at a prestigious trading firm. He worked for... See full summary »
Stars: Gen Hoshino, Tae Kimura, Masami Nagasawa, Jun Kunimura
Votes: 87
35. Môryô no hako (2007)
133 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroshi Abe, Kippei Shîna, Hiroyuki Miyasako
Votes: 117
36. 22 sai no wakare - Lycoris: Ha mizu hana mizu monogatari (2006)
119 min | Drama
It is the second work of the Oita trilogy of Obayashi . Following " Nigori Snow ", Ise Masazo draws a song written by composers and songwriter "Farewell of 22 years old " as a motif and ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Toshio Kakei, Misa Shimizu, Seina Suzuki, Mirei Nakamura
Votes: 33
37. Tôkyô Dragon (1997)
110 min
Director: Keiji Kataoka | Stars: Kippei Shîna, Emiri Nakayama, Misa Shimizu, Akira Nakao
38. Sherry (2014)
111 min | Drama
Junichi Sato is a college student who works part-time at a restaurant. He doesn't have any dreams or goals and spends his days meaninglessly. Junichi's mother ,Eri, raised him alone after ... See full summary »
Director: Masao Kasahara | Stars: Riko Fukuyama, Beat Kiyoshi, Ryohei Kuroyanagi, Win Morisaki
39. Yassadaru Man (2018)
90 min | Comedy
Hazime Kisaragi and Satomi Akahata are in charge of management operation for the city's mascot character "Yassadaru Man." Yuna Isoya is a big fan of "Yassadaru Man." One day, she is ... See full summary »
Director: Ken'ichi Ohmori | Stars: Hiroki Horikawa, Daisuke Kasuya, Seiichiro Konno, Yûki Meguro
Votes: 17
40. Christmas Eve (1990)
A man in a general position at a major city bank was regarded as a symbol of the elite, and it reflected the economic situation at the end of the bubble, such as unexpected points such as ... See full summary »
Stars: Shin Takuma, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Misa Shimizu, Michiko Hada
41. Atsumono (1999)
122 min
Director: Shunsaku Ikehata | Stars: Ken Ogata, Hijiri Kojima, Yoshi Oida, Michiyo Yasuda
Votes: 8
42. Tokyo Control (2011– )
Drama
There are various of planes, approximately 30,000 flights, flying everyday in Tokyo Haneda Airport, including jumbo jet helicopter. During peak time, the separation between preceding a/c is... See full summary »
Stars: Saburô Tokitô, Ayako Kawahara, Machiko Kochi, Rome Kanda
Votes: 17
43. Girls' Compass (2011)
113 min | Drama
Director: Shunichi Nagasaki | Stars: Riko Narumi, Shioli Kutsuna, Ayaka Morita, Mayû Kusakari
Votes: 29
44. Shinsengumi (2000)
86 min | Action, Animation
Produced for Fuji TV in 2000, the film reinterprets the story of a special samurai force - the Shinsengumi - at the end of the Edo period.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Atsuo Nakamura, Kiichi Nakai, Ryûji Harada, Tsuyoshi Ujiki
Votes: 33
45. Gimu to engi (1997)
108 min
Director: Haruo Ichikura | Stars: Hiroshi Tachi, Misa Shimizu, Tetta Sugimoto, Reiko Takashima
46. Inamura Jên (1990)
120 min | Drama
Director: Keisuke Kuwata | Stars: Taishû Kase, Misa Shimizu, Kazuhiko Kanayama, Kôji Matoba
Votes: 22
47. Ritoru Kyouta no bouken (2017)
82 min | Adventure
Director: Satsuki Okawa | Stars: Tao Tsuchiya, Hidekazu Mashima, Misa Shimizu, Steph Twyford-Rigley
Votes: 200
48. Gybe: Carried on a Sea Breeze (2008)
110 min | Drama
Tetsuro is returning to his seaside hometown from Tokyo for the traditional Buddhist ceremony to mark 49 days since his grandmother died. Here he runs into his old high school sweetheart, ... See full summary »
Director: Toshiki Satô | Stars: Misa Shimizu, Ken Ishiguro, Takako Uehara
49. Shinjitsu ichiro (1993 TV Movie)
87 min
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Misa Shimizu, Takeshi Kusaka, Mayumi Ogawa, Makoto Ashikawa
50. Kokubetsu (2001 TV Movie)
104 min | Drama
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Tôru Minegishi, Misa Shimizu, Manae Katsuno, Keiju Kobayashi
Votes: 8