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1. Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Godzilla's fiftieth Anniversary project, in which Godzilla travels around the world to fight his old foes and his allies plus a new, mysterious monster named Monster X.
Directors: Ryûhei Kitamura, Koji Hashimoto, Shûsuke Kaneko, Toshio Masuda, Takao Okawara, Masaaki Tezuka, Kenshô Yamashita, Kazuki Ômori | Stars: Masahiro Matsuoka, Rei Kikukawa, Don Frye, Maki Mizuno
Votes: 9,633
2. Tokyo Gore Police (2008)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
In future Tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her father's killer while battling against mutant rebels known as engineers.
Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura | Stars: Eihi Shiina, Itsuji Itao, Yukihide Benny, Jiji Bû
Votes: 12,734
3. The Ramen Girl (2008)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
Director: Robert Allan Ackerman | Stars: Brittany Murphy, Toshiyuki Nishida, Tammy Blanchard, Soji Arai
Votes: 11,097
4. Versus (II) (2000)
R | 119 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
There are 666 portals that connect this world to the other side. These are concealed from all human beings. Somewhere in Japan exists the 444th portal.... The forest of resurrection.
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura | Stars: Tak Sakaguchi, Hideo Sakaki, Chieko Misaka, Kenji Matsuda
Votes: 13,728
5. Crows Zero (2007)
130 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A transfer student attempts to take over the most violent high school in the country, whose students form factions and battle each other for power.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Shun Oguri, Kyôsuke Yabe, Meisa Kuroki, Kenta Kiritani
Votes: 8,918
6. Azumi (2003)
Not Rated | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Raised to deal in cold blooded death, the teenage assassin girl Azumi must defeat three evil warlords while also battling her own heart.
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura | Stars: Aya Ueto, Kenji Kohashi, Hiroki Narimiya, Takatoshi Kaneko
Votes: 15,158
7. Meatball Machine (2005)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Full-throttle splatter-ific Japanese cyberpunk science fiction/horror at its most aggressive, this mind-blower about alien parasites that turn their human hosts into slave "Necroborgs" will leave you dizzy and drained - in a good way.
Directors: Yûdai Yamaguchi, Jun'ichi Yamamoto | Stars: Issei Takahashi, Aoba Kawai, Kenichi Kawasaki, Shôichirô Masumoto
Votes: 2,279
8. Goemon (2009)
128 min | Action, Drama, History
Based on a Japanese folk legend that echoes the tale of Robin Hood, this ninja thriller follows the exploits of Goemon Ishikawa (Yôsuke Eguchi), who leaves his fighting clan after its chief... See full summary »
Director: Kazuaki Kiriya | Stars: Yôsuke Eguchi, Takao Osawa, Ryôko Hirosue, Jun Kaname
Votes: 5,551
9. Yami shibai (2013– )
5 min | Animation, Short, Horror
Every week at 5 p.m. an old man in a yellow mask shows up at a children's playground and tells them ghost stories based on myths and urban legends of Japanese origin. The man tells the ... See full summary »
Stars: Kanji Tsuda, Sara, Shôichirô Masumoto, Ryôta Murai
Votes: 906
10. Reincarnation (2005)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery
A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Yûka, Karina, Kippei Shîna, Tetta Sugimoto
Votes: 6,766
11. Crows Zero II (2009)
133 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Tension escalates and violence ensues when a young student unwittingly breaks a non-aggression pact between two rival high schools.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Shun Oguri, Kyôsuke Yabe, Meisa Kuroki, Kenta Kiritani
Votes: 5,414
12. High & Low: The Worst Episode.0 (2019)
22 min | Action, Comedy
After a fight, Fujio leaves Oya High to live with his grandfather. At the institute, new students vie for control while Tsukasa continues his studies.
Stars: Kazuma Kawamura, Hokuto Yoshino, Yuki Yamada, Gôki Maeda
Votes: 58
13. Love My Life (2006)
96 min | Drama
Ichiko and Eri are two Japanese university students who are in a lesbian relationship. Ichiko comes out to her father who tells her he is also gay and her mother was a lesbian. Her best ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Kawano | Stars: Rei Yoshii, Asami Imajuku, Naomi Akimoto, Miyoko Asada
Votes: 917
14. Ichi (2008)
R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Ichi is a blind woman who roams about town with her shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese guitar), but she has exceptional sword skills with which she fights off yakuza and other villains.
Director: Fumihiko Sori | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Shidô Nakamura, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Takao Osawa
Votes: 3,980
15. 6 from High & Low: The Worst (2020)
22 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Fujio Hanaoka, Seiji Kirihara, Shinya Oochi, Masaya Oochi, Madoka Ishii, and Arata Maekawa are close friends who grew up together. While celebrating Seiji's birthday, the group unearths ... See full summary »
Stars: Kazuma Kawamura, Jin Shirasu, Masato Yano, Hayato Komori
Votes: 47
16. High & Low: The Worst X (2022)
119 min | Action
The film is set 3 years after the events of 'High and Low: The Worst' which follows the rivalry between Oya High's street fighters and delinquents of Housen Academy.
Directors: Norihisa Hiranuma, Daisuke Ninomiya, Masaki Suzumura, Takahito Ôuchi | Stars: Atsushi Arai, Suzuki Higa, Kento Imamura, Kazuma Kawamura
Votes: 759
17. Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005)
Not Rated | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, ... See full summary »
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko | Stars: Aya Ueto, Yûma Ishigaki, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shun Oguri
Votes: 5,715
18. Back Street Girls: Gokudols (2019)
87 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Three male gangsters are forced by their boss into becoming a trio of female pop singers.
Director: Keinosuke Hara | Stars: Nana Asakawa, Masato Hanazawa, Nana Inoue, Kôichi Iwaki
Votes: 268
19. Kurosagi (2006)
45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Kurosaki, aka Kurosagi (Yamashita Tomohisa), is a swindler who cheats other professional con artists to help their victims and avenge the death of his own family. Kurosaki buys information ... See full summary »
Stars: Tomohisa Yamashita, Maki Horikita, Yui Ichikawa, Kôji Katô
Votes: 1,451
20. Ten Nights of Dreams (2006)
Not Rated | 100 min | Fantasy
Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and ... See full summary »
Directors: Yoshitaka Amano, Kon Ichikawa, Akio Jissôji, Masaaki Kawahara, Suzuki Matsuo, Miwa Nishikawa, Atsushi Shimizu, Takashi Shimizu, Keisuke Toyoshima, Yûdai Yamaguchi, Nobuhiro Yamashita | Stars: Kyôko Koizumi, Suzuki Matsuo, Harumi Ogawa, Masami Horiuchi
Votes: 465
21. Aragami (2003)
78 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A raging god of battle and a master samurai duke it out in a series of sword fights in a remote temple.
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura | Stars: Takao Osawa, Masaya Katô, Kanae Uotani, Tak Sakaguchi
Votes: 2,296
22. Ushiro kara mae kara (2010)
75 min | Comedy
Momoko is a taxi driver with a bad sales record. She and her co-worker Ranko try to project their sexual attractions to gain customers. Male passengers surge into their taxi's to get their ... See full summary »
Director: Shôichirô Masumoto | Stars: Yoshiki Kanahashi, Hôka Kinoshita, Kotono, Ini Kusano
Votes: 79
23. Tôkyô shôjo (2008)
98 min | Fantasy, Romance
The occurrence of an earthquake in Japan is not unusual. What would be, however, is the existence of a hole through time and the passage of a phone through which two people - one hundred ... See full summary »
Directors: Kôdai Hama, Kazuya Konaka | Stars: Kaho, Naomi Akimoto, Marika Fukunaga, Yoshimasa Kondô
Votes: 237
24. Taiyo no uta (2006– )
54 min | Drama, Romance
While working at a seaside inn with his high school buddies, Fujishiro Koji meets Kaoru Amane, a street musician. Kaoru is suffering from an incurable disease called XP (xeroderma ... See full summary »
Stars: Takayuki Yamada, Erika Sawajiri, Nao Matsushita, Naoto Takenaka
Votes: 217
25. Battlefield Baseball (2003)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Battlefield Baseball is a tough game--it doesn't end until all the members on the opposing team are dead. In this game the Gedo High team is composed of blue-faced zombies, and their ... See full summary »
Director: Yûdai Yamaguchi | Stars: Tak Sakaguchi, Atsushi Itô, Hideo Sakaki, Yoshikazu Ebisu
Votes: 1,522
26. Senritsu meikyû 3D (2009)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of teenagers take a sick girl to a hospital only to find out it is a horrific labyrinth.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Yûya Yagira, Misako Renbutsu, Daniel Garcia, Ai Maeda
Votes: 1,174
27. Orpheus' Lyre (2013)
106 min | Drama
Yoko loses her young daughter Kanako through an accident and she grieves heavily. The guilt that Yoko feels drives her to commit suicide in her daughter's bedroom. Yoko is saved, but, since then, acts strange.
Director: Minoru Kurimura | Stars: Ryôko Hirosue, Gorô Inagaki, Sei Andô, Kyôko Enami
Votes: 48
28. LoveDeath (2006)
158 min | Action
A man and a woman are together on the 'Chrysalis Day', the fatal day everything in your life will be decided depends on how you spend the day. A violent man holding pure love, Sai and a ... See full summary »
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura | Stars: Shinji Takeda, Nori Satô, Eiichirô Funakoshi, Kôhei Ôtomo
Votes: 219
29. Kaiki daikazoku (2004–2005)
25 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Kiyoshi Imawano and his family move into a haunted house. The entire family, except the occult-obsessed father, gains the power to see ghosts and spirits. An undead monk, secret government ... See full summary »
Stars: Issei Takahashi, Asuka Shibuya, Moro Morooka, Shunji Fujimura
Votes: 69
30. Chromartie High - The Movie (2005)
85 min | Comedy
A satire comedy of a misfit high school with punks, robots, gorillas and much more.
Director: Yûdai Yamaguchi | Stars: Takamasa Suga, Ryûji Akiyama, Ruben Arvizu, Kai Atô
Votes: 412
31. Judas (2013)
109 min | Drama
High school student Erika is sick and tired of her weakness. By chance, Erika begins working at a cabaret night club. She eventually becomes the top lady in the night world and is known by ... See full summary »
Director: Izumi Ohtomi | Stars: Ayame Misaki, Kenji Mizuhashi, Yusei Tajima, Nori Satô
Votes: 10
32. Meatball Machine: Reject of Death (2007 Video)
10 min | Short, Action, Horror
Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura | Stars: Asami, Maki Hamada, Kika, Oppe Ma
Votes: 99
33. Always the Two of Us (2003– )
13+ | 45 min | Drama
Mizuho Tanimachi has big dreams of living in Daikanyama and becoming a famous writer. In the middle of the winter, this strong-willed 26-year-old moves to Tokyo from the snowy countryside. ... See full summary »
Stars: Takako Matsu, Kenji Sakaguchi, Kyoko Hasegawa, Aya Hirayama
Votes: 24
34. Brother Beat (2005– )
Comedy, Drama
They don't know when to stop, and live life to the fullest meet the never-a-dull-moment Sakurai family, where nobody holds their feelings back. Returning to serial drama for the first time ... See full summary »
Stars: Misako Tanaka, Tetsuji Tamayama, Ryôko Kuninaka, Mokomichi Hayami
Votes: 58
35. Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale (2010)
119 min | Mystery
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Yukie Nakama, Hiroshi Abe, Naohito Fujiki, Kaho
Votes: 271
36. Gekijô-ban: Erîto Yankî Saburô (2009)
66 min | Comedy
The story of Saburo Nagakami.. Saburo goes on a journey with his sidekick Avarice in order to find the fresh brownies by using their Kung Fu Powers.
Director: Yûdai Yamaguchi | Stars: Hideo Ishiguro, Toshiyuki Itakura, Hitoshi Ozawa, Hikaru Yamamoto
Votes: 34
37. Itao Itsuji no datsugoku-ô (2009)
94 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Masayuki Suzuki is an escape artist. He subsequently becomes a national icon because there isn't a prison that can hold him. He is eventually sent to the Confined (Prison) Island. Can he escape this time, or is he trapped forever?
Director: Itsuji Itao | Stars: Kôji Ishizaka, Itsuji Itao, Jun Kunimura, Shôichirô Masumoto
Votes: 66
38. Ghost vs. Alien 03 (2007)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Directors: Takashi Shimizu, Keisuke Toyoshima | Stars: Takako Fuji, Keisuke Horibe, Meimei Kikuchi, Ken'ichi Kobayashi
Votes: 47
39. The Death Game on the Yamanote Line (2005 Video)
76 min | Action
Director: Shôichirô Masumoto | Stars: Kôsei Amano, Akiko Monô, Karin Akiyama, Shingo Eguchi
40. Moonlight Mask (2011)
102 min | Comedy
Director: Itsuji Itao | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Shôta Chiyo, Tasuku Emoto, Mitsuru Hirata
Votes: 24
41. New Type: Tada ai no tame ni (2008)
90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Yuri, who works at the ticket window at a ferry terminal, is one-eyed. One day, she is held at knifepoint and locked away in captivity by an enigmatic man named Kwon, who has missed a ferry... See full summary »
Director: Ryûichi Hiroki | Stars: Shôichirô Masumoto, Aya Ohmasa, Kazuma Sano, Terunosuke Takezai
Votes: 45
42. Kagehinata ni saku (2008)
129 min | Comedy, Drama
Deeply mired in debt, compulsive gambler Maya resorts to joining a scam ring to pay off his loans. While living in the gutters, he meets Hisako, a young woman tracing the story of her ... See full summary »
Director: Yûichirô Hirakawa | Stars: Jun'ichi Okada, Aoi Miyazaki, Atsushi Itô, Aya Hirayama
Votes: 143
43. Maicchingu Machiko! Biginzu (2005)
Comedy
Director: Kôsuke Suzuki | Stars: Takuya Fuji, Yasuhito Hida, Sayaka Isoyama, Katô
44. Men's Egg Drummers (2011)
99 min | Drama
Yuki Furukawa (Keita) is suddenly the overseer of a Shinto shrine. The young man is suddenly in charge when his father unexpectedly falls ill and cannot organize the annual moon festival. ... See full summary »
Director: Yûdai Yamaguchi | Stars: Yûki Furukawa, Chikako Hara, Teruko Hôrai, Mari Iriki
Votes: 13
45. Oppai seijin (2005)
Director: Kôsuke Suzuki | Stars: Ken'ichi Endô, Yasuhito Hida, Noboru Iguchi, Chisato Morishita
47. Honô no keibi taichô Igarashi Morio 3 (2005 TV Movie)
111 min | Mystery
Director: Toshihiro Itô | Stars: Nenji Kobayashi, Kôtarô Koizumi, Sachiko Kokubu, Takako Katô
48. Gôsuto furenzu (2009– )
45 min | Drama
A comedy story about a teenage girl who runs into mysterious happenings through her communicating with ghosts. Asuka suddenly develops her supernatural ability after her traffic accident. ... See full summary »
Stars: Saki Fukuda, Takahiro Nishijima, Ayame Misaki, Yoshinori Okada
Votes: 28
49. Happy dâtsu (2008)
86 min | Comedy, Sport
30-year-old office lady Minako bolts from work every day at exactly 5 o'clock to rush over to the local dart bar, simply to be near her crush Shinozuka. One night she plays darts against an... See full summary »
Director: Tomoko Matsunashi | Stars: Emiri Henmi, Hitomi Satô, Eri Nitta, Seminosuke Murasugi
Votes: 13
50. Mahiru no hana (2005)
Drama
Director: Masatoshi Akihara | Stars: Emi Eleonola, Steve Etou, Yûko Itô, Kei Kobayashi