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1. The Twilight Samurai (2002)
129 min | Drama, Romance
As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi, Ren Ôsugi
Votes: 25,557
2. The Boy and the Beast (2015)
PG-13 | 119 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When a young orphaned boy living on the streets of Shibuya stumbles upon a fantastic world of beasts, he's taken in by a gruff warrior beast looking for an apprentice.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Shôta Sometani, Suzu Hirose
Votes: 26,974 | Gross: $0.45M
3. 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: 11,745 | Gross: $9.68M
4. Good Morning Call (2016–2017)
TV-14 | 48 min | Comedy, Romance
Nao rents her dream apartment, but things are not what they seem when she finds out she will be sharing it with high school heart throb Uehara.
Stars: Haruka Fukuhara, Shun'ya Shiraishi, Moe Arai, Shûgo Nagashima
Votes: 3,647
5. Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure (2022– )
TV-G | 10 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A lethargic, empathetic road movie about finding one's parents - for everyone who just wants to laze about. Having resigned itself to the fact that it will just end up on someone's plate, Gudetama just wants to be lazy all the time.
Stars: Shunsuke Takeuchi, Seiran Fukushima, Akiyoshi Nakao, Soshina
Votes: 1,637
6. Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004)
138 min | Drama, Romance
While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Takao Osawa, Kô Shibasaki, Masami Nagasawa, Mirai Moriyama
Votes: 3,897
7. Rent-a-Cat (2012)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
A single woman runs a rent-a-cat service to provide companions for lonely people.
Director: Naoko Ogigami | Stars: Mikako Ichikawa, Reiko Kusamura, Ken Mitsuishi, Maho Yamada
Votes: 2,192
8. Aibou: Tokyo Detective Duo (2000–2023)
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
9. 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: 3,435
10. Kenja no ai (2016– )
Drama
Mayuko 43, fondly remembers her happy childhood living with her parents in a waterfront house thirty years ago. A budding writer named Ryoichi lived on the property, but things changed with the arrival of teenager Yuri in the neighborhood.
Stars: Miho Nakayama, Saki Takaoka, Ryô Ryûsei, Yôsuke Asari
Votes: 111
11. Cop Seven (2015– )
54 min | Drama
Yu Amagi was working at the lost and found center of The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) when he was re-assigned to Division 12. Within the MPD, Division 12 is known as the ... See full summary »
Stars: Noriyuki Higashiyama, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Kôtarô Yoshida, Takashi Tsukamoto
Votes: 17
12. Aoi tokugawa sandai (2000– )
Drama, History
The 39th NHK Taiga Drama is Aoi Tokugawa Sandai. It is James Miki's dynamic and colorful tale of three generations of the Tokugawa dynasty--from its founder Ieyasu to Iemitsu, the third Shogun who solidified the Tokugawa power base.
Stars: Baijaku Nakamura, Toshiyuki Nishida, Kazuyo Asari, Machiko Washio
Votes: 38
13. Bitter Blood (2014)
54 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Story of two detectives and their relationship as father and son.
Stars: Takeru Satoh, Atsuro Watabe, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Tetsushi Tanaka
Votes: 411
14. The Sun Does Not Move (2021)
110 min | Sci-Fi
Mr. Takano and Mr. Taoka are spies and work for an industrial espionage organization going by the name An Tsushin. Their current mission is obtainment of sensitive and cutting edge ... See full summary »
Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ryoma Takeuchi, Han Hyo-joo, Byun Yo-han
Votes: 132
15. Lady Maiko (2014)
135 min | Comedy, Musical
Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a geisha, like her now-deceased mother. Initially rebuffed for lack of references, Haruko's strong accent intrigues a linguistics professor, who undertakes to coach her.
Director: Masayuki Suô | Stars: Mone Kamishiraishi, Hiroki Hasegawa, Sumiko Fuji, Tomoko Tabata
Votes: 287
16. Seven Days of Himawari and Her Puppies (2012)
117 min | Drama
Set within an animal shelter, where if the owner of an animal doesn't claim their pet in 7 days, the animal is put to sleep. Himawari, is a female dog and a mother. She tries to desperately save her baby dogs.
Director: Emiko Hiramatsu | Stars: Masato Sakai, Miki Nakatani, Denden, Masayasu Wakabayashi
Votes: 150
17. 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
18. Umechan sensei (2012)
15 min | Drama
The story is set in the devastated area of Kamata, Tokyo, in 1945 just after the end of the war. Horikita plays Shimomura Umeko, the youngest of 3 siblings whose father is a doctor at a ... See full summary »
Stars: Maki Horikita, Orie Tôjô, Kimi Meguro, Kaho Minami
Votes: 31
19. I'm Sorry, I Love You (2017)
54 min | Romance
Ritsu was abandoned by his mother Reiko when he was little, so now he belongs in the lower social strata. One day, Ritsu gets involved in a case and his head is severely injured, so he can ... See full summary »
Stars: Tomoya Nagase, Riho Yoshioka, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Shinobu Ôtake
Votes: 46
20. Home: The House Imp (2012)
109 min | Drama, Family
A family in ruins recovers through their encounter with a "Zasikiwarashi", the japanese spirit.
Director: Akiyoshi Kimata | Stars: Ai Hashimoto, Renji Ishibashi, Tatsuomi Hamada, Yutaka Mizutani
Votes: 106
21. The Clinic on the Sea (2013– )
54 min | Comedy, Drama
Popular Japanese actor, Matsuda Shota (Boys Over Flowers), stars in this picturesque and unique medical drama about a traveling doctor who can't seem to separate business from pleasure. A ... See full summary »
Stars: Shôta Matsuda, Emi Takei, Norika Fujiwara, Sôta Fukushi
Votes: 65
22. Wild Heroes (2015– )
Action
Kiichi Segawa has recently moved back to his hometown due to a business transfer after years of life in Tokyo. Kiichi is a mediocre salesman for a medical-equipment manufacturer. One day, ... See full summary »
Stars: Takahiro, Shô Aoyagi, Takanori Iwata, Taiki Satô
Votes: 13
23. Sleeping Forest (2014 TV Movie)
100 min | Mystery
A man is found dead in a office of Takayanagi Ballet Company. The suspect is a female dancer at the ballet company. The Takayanagi Ballet Company insists that the incident is a self defense... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Christopher Bayon, Kurara Emi, Akira Emoto
Votes: 286
24. Seiun kamen Mashinman (1984– )
30 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a galactic future where humans have taken over several star systems the legendary hero called Machineman arises to defeat the "Tentacle", an evil organization who wishes to eliminate all children in the world.
Stars: Osamu Kobayashi, Kiyomi Tsukada, Osamu Sakuta, Kazuhiko Ohara
Votes: 44
25. Abraxas (2010)
113 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Former punk rocker Jonen, now a Buddhist priest, seems to have lost the meaning of his life. His manic depression handicaps him further. Music seems to be the only solution for him to ... See full summary »
Director: Naoki Katô | Stars: Manami Honjô, Hidetoshi Hoshida, Kaoru Kobayashi, Reiko Kusamura
Votes: 104
26. Ieuru onna (2016– )
54 min | Drama
Machi Sangenya is an excellent real estate agent who will do anything to sell the property to her customers, including meeting their families and solving their personal problems.
Stars: Tôru Nakamura, Ayako Imoto, Yûdai Chiba, Zen Kajihara
Votes: 249
27. Hotel Concierge (2015– )
Drama
At the five star Forumonto Hotel, Toko Amano works as a rookie concierge. Her senior concierge is Kazuma Honjo and the general manager is Ryusuke Washio. They are friendly and restrained ... See full summary »
Stars: Mariya Nishiuchi, Shôhei Miura, Katsunori Takahashi, Toshinori Omi
Votes: 14
28. 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
29. Sanbiki no ossan (2014– )
56 min | Comedy
Kiyokazu Kiyota, Shigeo Tachibana and Norio Arimura are childhood friends. Upon reaching the retirement age, Kiyokazu had to retire from his job, only to take up contract work at a Game ... See full summary »
Stars: Kin'ya Kitaôji, Shigeru Izumiya, Kôtarô Shiga, Yumiko Fujita
Votes: 10
30. Kodomo no kodomo (2008)
122 min | Drama
An elementary school girl ends up pregnant, and she carries her baby to birth with the help of her classmates.
Director: Kôji Hagiuda | Stars: Satoko Abe, Haruna Amari, Kumiko Asô, Tasuku Emoto
Votes: 54
31. Pretty Woman (2003)
111 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Takayoshi Watanabe | Stars: Keiko Awaji, Akiko Kazami, Terue Shôji, Reiko Kusamura
Votes: 22
32. An Innocent Witch (1965)
98 min | Drama
Oshima Ayako, a young woman in her teens, lives in a small, impoverished fishing village. Her father is too ill to work. As a result, her mother sells her to a nearby brothel. There she quickly is stripped of her innocence and illusions.
Director: Heinosuke Gosho | Stars: Jitsuko Yoshimura, Keizô Kawasaki, Taiji Tonoyama, Minori Terada
Votes: 130
33. Yukie (1998)
93 min | Drama, Romance
Romance story about a Korean War veteran and his undying love for a beautiful Japanese nurse.
Director: Hisako Matsui | Stars: Mitsuko Baishô, Bo Svenson, Joe Chrest, Richard Ken Mustered
Votes: 50
34. Soup Opera (2010)
119 min | Comedy
Rui is now in her thirties. She is a librarian and deals with idiosyncratic patrons. She lost her mother in one way and her father in another way and was raised by an aunt instead. In a ... See full summary »
Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto | Stars: Maki Sakai, Mariko Kaga, Takahiro Nishijima, Tatsuya Fuji
Votes: 60
35. 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
36. Koini ochitara (2005– )
54 min | Romance
A success story with depth involving work, love and friendship. Its setting is an IT enterprise which once basked in the limelight because it tried to take over management of a pro-baseball... See full summary »
Stars: Yoshino Kimura, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Kôji Yamamoto, Shôsuke Tanihara
Votes: 20
37. Kabachitare! (2001– )
Drama
Tokiwa stars as Tamura Nozumi, with a cheerful outlook in life, always choosing to believe in everyone. Fukatsu stars as Sakada Chiharu, an amanuensis (daisho) but goes way beyond her ... See full summary »
Stars: Takako Tokiwa, Eri Fukatsu, Takanori Jinnai, Tomohisa Yamashita
Votes: 481
38. Quartet (2001)
113 min
Director: Joe Hisaishi | Stars: Yoshihiko Hakamada, Sachiko Sakurai, Nao Ômori, Kaoru Kukita
Votes: 28
39. Pazuru (2008– )
Drama
Misako Ayukawa, a woman in her 30s, is an English teacher with ironically poor English skills. She values herself over her students and money over love. She displays arrogance in front of ... See full summary »
Stars: Satomi Ishihara, Kento Nagayama, Aki Asakura, Yûsuke Yamamoto
Votes: 58
40. Hontô ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2013 (2013 TV Special)
Mystery
Stars: Mayumi Asaka, Tokio Emoto, Taisuke Fujigaya, Kyôko Fukada
Votes: 15
41. Kamen Rider Super Den-O Trilogy: Episode Blue - The Dispatched Imagin is Newtral (2010)
73 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When Ryotaro and Momotaros are injured in a fight with an Imagin, Kotaro, Kamen Rider New Den-O, and his Imagin partner Teddy return to help solve the case of a stolen ticket and the mystery of a young woman's doppelganger.
Director: Kenzô Maihara | Stars: Takuya Mizoguchi, Tamaki Matsumoto, Wakana Matsumoto, Rina Akiyama
Votes: 67
42. Mahô tsukai ni taisetsu na koto (2008)
100 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Seventeen-year-old girl out of Iwate in Northern japan is not just any high school girl coming to Tokyo for her summer break. She is an apprentice witch travelling to learn and improve her ... See full summary »
Director: Shun Nakahara | Stars: Rio Yamashita, Masaki Okada, Nagisa Akimoto, Hana Kino
Votes: 31
43. Oliver na Inu, (Gosh!!) Konoyarou (2021)
Comedy
Aoba Ippei, an officer from the Forensics Division, takes on a series of odd cases along with his trusty police dog, Oliver. Yet what others see as a lovable furry friend, Ippei inexplicably sees as a full-grown man in a dog suit.
Stars: Sôsuke Ikematsu, Joe Odagiri, Masatoshi Nagase, Kumiko Asô
Votes: 22
44. Chôfu kûkô (2006)
94 min | Drama
Director: Etsurô Imamura | Stars: Keiko Furu, Satomi Ishii, Yôko Ishino, Ryôta Kamiya
45. Tsubaki Bunguten: Kamakura Daishoya Monogatari (2017)
TV-PG | Drama
Hatoko returns to her hometown in Kamakura for the first time in 8 years and inherits her late grandmother's stationery store Tsubaki Bunguten. However, the shop exists only in form and is ... See full summary »
Stars: Mikako Tabe, Katsunori Takahashi, Yusuke Kamiji, Nana Katase
Votes: 18
46. Ore wa Shinji Matta ze! (2023)
Drama
Stars: Rina Kawaei, Sôya Kaya, Reiko Kusamura, Yuki Matsuda
Votes: 6
47. My Home, My Family (2015 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
Sakuragi works for a human rental company called Yujou Monogatari. The company specializes in supplying actors and actresses who act as friends or family for folks who have no one for the ... See full summary »
Director: Hajime Takezono | Stars: Mari Hamada, Masami Horiuchi, Mikako Ichikawa, Kitarô
Votes: 11
48. Onna keiji mizuki: Kyôto rakunishisho monogatari (2005– )
Drama
Mizuki Ohba, a detective at the Kyoto Prefectural Police Rakusai Police Station, solves cases while struggling with prejudice against women in the field and raising children.
Stars: Yutaka Matsushige, Juri Manase, Nenji Kobayashi, Yûko Asano
49. Ns' Aoi (2006– )
Drama
Aoi Misora is a third-year nurse at a prestigious hospital. After she is involved in trouble at the Emergency Center, she is transferred to a medical ward of an affiliated hospital. Unlike ... See full summary »
Stars: Satomi Ishihara, Toshirô Yanagiba, Maria Takagi, Hitomi Takahashi
Votes: 45
50. Neko Taxi the Movie (2010)
106 min | Drama
Director: Tôru Kamei | Stars: Takanori Takeyama, Mayu Tsuruta, Rio Yamashita, Sei Ashina
Votes: 8