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1. Tokyo! (2008)
Unrated | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A triptych examines the nature of one unforgettable city as it's shaped by the disparate people who live, work (and even run amok) inside one enormous, constantly evolving, densely populated megalopolis, the ravishing and inimitable Tokyo.
Directors: Leos Carax, Michel Gondry, Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Ayako Fujitani, Ryô Kase, Ayumi Ito, Nao Ômori
Votes: 11,896 | Gross: $0.35M
2. Fullmetal Alchemist (2017)
TV-14 | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Two alchemist brothers go on a quest for the Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their dead mother goes horribly wrong.
Director: Fumihiko Sori | Stars: Ryôsuke Yamada, Tsubasa Honda, Dean Fujioka, Misako Renbutsu
Votes: 21,143
3. Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
Not Rated | 129 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A renegade film crew becomes embroiled with a yakuza clan feud.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Jun Kunimura, Fumi Nikaidô, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroki Hasegawa
Votes: 9,016 | Gross: $0.03M
4. 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: 497
5. Ring 2 (1999)
Not Rated | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Reiko takes Yôichi into hiding when her son begins to display frightening powers. Meanwhile, Mai Takano and the authorities begin a desperate search for them, as the mysterious Ring curse spreads.
Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Miki Nakatani, Hitomi Satô, Kyôko Fukada, Fumiyo Kohinata
Votes: 14,755
6. One Percenter (2023)
85 min | Action
Two ruthless yakuza gangs interrupt the shooting of an action flick at an abandoned factory. The action star isn't too pleased. One hundred yakuza against one ? Pfff, too easy.
Director: Yûdai Yamaguchi | Stars: Tak Sakaguchi, Kristian Eros, Jacob Eiseman, Shô Aoyagi
Votes: 298
7. Fall Guy (1982)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A lowly obsequious member of a movie star's entourage agrees to marry his boss's pregnant mistress so he can continue his feckless lifestyle. He then takes up dangerous work as a stunt man ... See full summary »
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Keiko Matsuzaka, Morio Kazama, Mitsuru Hirata, Chika Takami
Votes: 794
8. Black Rain (1989)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, War
The story of the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, based on Masuji Ibuse's novel.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Yoshiko Tanaka, Kazuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara, Shôichi Ozawa
Votes: 3,975
9. Toriko (2009–2014)
TV-PG | Animation, Action, Adventure
A master chef travels the world in search of ingredients to make fantastic dishes.
Stars: Todd Haberkorn, Ryôtarô Okiayu, Romi Park, Ian Sinclair
Votes: 628
10. Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)
133 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive company but finds that she is employed by a small auto repair shop owned by ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Maki Horikita, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Koyuki
Votes: 2,471
11. Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1998)
Not Rated | 108 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed as the Gyaos re-emerge. Nagamine and Asagi investigate as an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature. Named Iris, Ayana seeks revenge on Gamera for the death of her family.
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko | Stars: Shinobu Nakayama, Ai Maeda, Yukijirô Hotaru, Ayako Fujitani
Votes: 3,285
12. 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
13. 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
14. Kamen Rider Decade (2009)
TV-PG | 25 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Nine universes of the previous Kamen Riders merging into one that would destroy all the worlds. Tsukasa Kadoya transforms into Kamen Rider Decade and travels to all of the Another Rider's worlds and eliminate the anomalies in those worlds.
Stars: Sarah Hauser, Michael C. Pizzuto, Ryôta Murai, Masahiro Inoue
Votes: 580
15. Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)
133 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Princess Shizu was born under a terrible curse. Only the eight legendary samurai, hailing from across Japan, can protect her from an ancient supernatural clan to fulfill their destinies as foretold by prophecy.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin'ichi Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi
Votes: 1,315
16. Lost Paradise (1997)
119 min | Drama, Romance
Kuki is a veteran newspaper reporter who has been shuffled off to a book-development branch and finds escape in an illicit relationship with Rinko. Together they find the passion no longer present in their marriages.
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Hitomi Kuroki, Akira Terao, Toshio Shiba
Votes: 754
17. Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master (2001)
R | 112 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
When samurai Hiromasa comes to Seimei, Kyoto's court Onmyoji (a fortune teller in commune with the spirits), to warn of a plot against the government, the two discover that the court's formidable magician, Doson, is indeed planning a coup.
Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Mansai Nomura, Hideaki Itô, Hiroyuki Sanada, Eriko Imai
Votes: 1,556
18. Gamera the Brave (2005)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Gamera dies in 1973 during a fight with the Gyaos. Thirty-three years later, a boy finds a mysterious egg from which a new Gamera hatches. When a man-eating creature named Zedus shows up, it's up to the small Gamera to save the world.
Director: Ryuta Tasaki | Stars: Ryô Tomioka, Kaho, Shingo Ishikawa, Shogo Narita
Votes: 1,456
19. Fish Story (2009)
113 min | Action, Comedy, Music
Several seemingly unrelated but surprisingly intertwined tales reveal how a Japanese band that independently invented punk rock in 1975 is, 37 years later, connected to a comet that is about to destroy the world.
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura | Stars: Atsushi Itô, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Noriko Eguchi, Hidekazu Mashima
Votes: 3,438
20. Kamen Rider Saber + Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger: Super Hero Senki (2021)
TV-PG | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Touma, Yuri and Mei somehow ended up in the World of Zenkaiger while the Zenkaigers, except Juran, ended up in the World of Saber. The reason for their swap is due to a man who wishes to ... See full summary »
Director: Ryuta Tasaki | Stars: Shuichiro Naito, Kiita Komagine, Takaya Yamaguchi, Asuka Kawazu
Votes: 109
21. Doctor X (2012– )
Not Rated | 54 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Daimon Michiko is a freelance surgeon who wanders from hospital to hospital because the harsh environment led many doctors to retire. However, Michiko doesn't look like a doctor at all with her flashy clothes and eccentric attitude.
Stars: Ryôko Yonekura, Ittoku Kishibe, Yuki Uchida, Toshiyuki Nishida
Votes: 795
22. Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out 2024 (2024– )
Drama
Mai Hanasaki (Mio Imada) works as a teller for a branch of Tokyo Daiichi Bank. Suddenly, she gets transferred to the Tokyo Daiichi Bank's headquarter office. Her job is to fix problems that... See full summary »
Stars: Mio Imada, Kôji Yamamoto, Kazuki Iio, Jun Kaname
23. Sasuke (1997– )
173 min | Action, Game-Show, Sport
100 competitors test their skills against physically and mentally demanding four-stage obstacle course.
Stars: Shingo Yamamoto, Katsumi Yamada, Keisuke Hatsuta, Toshihiro Takeda
Votes: 715
24. Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen (2012)
TV-PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Kamen Rider is teaming up with Super Sentai for the ultimate superhero collaboration in Super Hero Taisen, a crossover film that finally brings the two franchises together. In addition to ... See full summary »
Director: Osamu Kaneda | Stars: Masahiro Inoue, Kimito Totani, Tatsuhito Okuda, Shu Watanabe
Votes: 230
25. Kamen Rider Den-O (2007–2008)
TV-PG | 25 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Ryotaro Nogami transforms into Kamen Rider Den-O traveling to different times using the time-traveling train DenLiner to battle the Imagin monsters and preventing them from altering the past to affect the present and future.
Stars: Takeru Satoh, Rina Akiyama, Toshihiko Seki, Kenjirô Ishimaru
Votes: 558
26. Jin (2009– )
54 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A brain surgeon named Minakata Jin faints at the hospital and awakens to find himself transported back in time to the Edo period.
Stars: Miki Nakatani, Wayne LeGette, Takao Osawa, Haruka Ayase
Votes: 1,098
27. A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love (2019)
TV-14 | 67 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young academic finds purpose and maybe romance in helping a young student improve his grades.
Stars: Kyôko Fukada, Ryûsei Yokohama, Ai Yoshikawa, Shingo Tsurumi
Votes: 181
28. Na mo Naki Sekai no End Roll (2021)
TV-14 | 101 min | Drama
Kida and Makoto share a powerful bond. The former outcasts spend a decade fighting to both the apex of the underworld and legit society so that Makoto can propose to a certain rich woman, which would be an epic scheme to change the world.
Director: Yûichi Satô | Stars: Takanori Iwata, Mackenyu, Anna Yamada, Anne Nakamura
Votes: 140
29. Kekko Kamen New (2004)
70 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A school that teaches young boys and girls how to become famous anchorpeople in the media. But there is something strange going in this school. The facility takes a sick pride in handing ... See full summary »
Director: Takafumi Nagamine | Stars: Shino Saitô, Nao Eguchi, Kie Ikuta, Juri Inahara
Votes: 326
30. Kita no kuni kara (1981–1982)
45 min | Drama
"From the North" with warmth loving strokes, describing the love of family, love of humanity. Because his wife was having an affair and divorce, Kuroita Goro, with a son and daughter from ... See full summary »
Stars: Kunie Tanaka, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tomoko Nakajima, Keiko Takeshita
Votes: 189
31. Igano Kabamaru (1983–1984)
23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After the death of Saizou, Kabamaru's horribly strict grandfather and Iga ninja teacher, an old lady, Ran Ookubo, claims that she received a letter from him asking her to take care of his grandson.
Stars: Ryûsei Nakao, Eiko Yamada, Mai Tachihara, Akira Kamiya
Votes: 698
32. Seiten wo Tsuke (2021– )
45 min | Drama
It is the life story of Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), the founder of Japanese capitalism during the Meiji period.
Stars: Ryô Yoshizawa, Kengo Kôra, Ai Hashimoto, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Votes: 32
33. Hazard (2005)
103 min | Crime, Drama
Faced by a society of criminals, these three youths avenge their rights.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Joe Odagiri, Jai West, Motoki Fukami, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Votes: 844
34. 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
35. 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009)
139 min | Drama, Fantasy
Childhood friends continue their battle against a dangerous cult.
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa, Muneyoshi Abiko
Votes: 1,978
36. Harmful Insect (2001)
92 min | Drama
Following the divorce of her parents, her mother's suicide attempt, and the rumors of an affair with her teacher, a lonely 7th grader starts skipping school in an attempt to find herself.
Director: Akihiko Shiota | Stars: Aoi Miyazaki, Seiichi Tanabe, Tetsu Sawaki, Ryô Amamiya
Votes: 952
37. Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever (2018)
TV-PG | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
As their "companions" lose their memories, Sougo Tokiwa and Sento Kiryu find that an enemy has appeared in the Kuriogatake mountain.
Director: Kyohei Yamaguchi | Stars: So Okuno, Atsuhiro Inukai, Gaku Oshida, Eiji Akaso
Votes: 182
38. 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
39. Platonic Sex (2001)
104 min | Drama
On her seventeenth birthday Aoi is raped by her friends. Her family rejects her and she runs away from home. Because money and materialistic wealth is now all she cares for, she ends up working in the sex industry.
Director: Masako Matsuura | Stars: Saki Kagami, Joe Odagiri, Maho Nonami, Kenjirô Ishimaru
Votes: 387
40. Kekko Kamen Returns (2004)
70 min | Action, Comedy
The evil is back and this terrorizing the swim team at an all girl school. After turning the Principal into a frog monster they commence with their own brand of twisted training and ... See full synopsis »
Director: Takafumi Nagamine | Stars: Misaki Mori, Aki Hoshino, Kenjirô Ishimaru, Ryûji Komiya
Votes: 78
41. Kamen Rider OOO, Den-O, & All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders (2011)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Eiji and Ankh team up with Kotarou and Momotaros as they travel back in time to stop the Imagin. But Ankh's desire to obtain Core Medals while in the past sets off a chain of events that alters the history of the Riders and the world.
Director: Osamu Kaneda | Stars: Shu Watanabe, Dôri Sakurada, Ryosuke Miura, Riho Takada
Votes: 161
42. Shomuni (1998– )
Comedy, Drama
Tsukahara Sawako, a newcomer in a big company, starts going out with a superior, only to realise that the latter is married. Due to this scandal, she is demoted to Shyomu ni, a department ... See full summary »
Stars: Makiko Esumi, Kotomi Kyôno, Yumiko Takahashi, Keiko Toda
Votes: 280
43. Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born! (2007)
69 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A rogue Kamen Rider named Gaoh hijacks the DenLiner and steals Owner's Master Pass with the intent to travel back in time to Japan's Edo Period to retrieve the legendary God's Train while Ryotaro having lost all memory of Den-O.
Director: Takao Nagaishi | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Yuriko Shiratori, Rina Akiyama, Kenjirô Ishimaru
Votes: 143
44. Kekko Kamen: Surprise (2004)
70 min | Action, Adventure
A special agent is sent to a music school. There she discovers that the faculty is torturing the students and selling them into the sex trade. Kekko Kamen defeats the faculty.
Director: Takafumi Nagamine | Stars: Misaki Mori, Shôichirô Akaboshi, Jirô Dan, Noriko Higashide
Votes: 99
45. Super Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Battleship (2009)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In the 1980s, Ryotaro and the DenLiner gang save a boy when he is attacked by demons that came from the past. The demons want to change the history using a supernatural stone what is a keepsake from the boy's mother.
Director: Ryuta Tasaki | Stars: Dôri Sakurada, Masahiro Inoue, Kimito Totani, Akina Minami
Votes: 117
46. 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
47. Kurokôchi (2013– )
54 min | Mystery
Stars: Tomoya Nagase, Masayuki Itô, Ayame Gôriki, Mantarô Koichi
Votes: 33
48. Tetsuko no heya (1976– )
35 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Meiko Nakamura, Makoto Ôtake, Tomio Umezawa
Votes: 33
49. Gekijôban saraba kamen raidâ Den'ô: Fainaru kauntodaun (2008)
83 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Set after the series, the DenLiner gang learn that Ryotaro has been possessed by an evil Imagin who intent to destroying the timeline and resurrect the dead. The only hope is the new Den-O, Ryotaro's grandson from the future.
Director: Osamu Kaneda | Stars: Dôri Sakurada, Sayaka Kanda, Yûki Matsumura, Takeru Satoh
Votes: 127
50. Ichikei no karasu (2021– )
Drama
Iruma Michio is a devil-may-care, unorthodox criminal judge at the Tokyo District Court's first criminal court. He used to be a lawyer and was deeply involved in a past case that was behind... See full summary »
Stars: Yutaka Takenouchi, Mackenyu, Haru Kuroki, Yuki Sakurai
Votes: 85