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1. Moving (1993)
125 min | Drama
Renko, a girl in the sixth grade, is at first unperturbed by her parents' decision to separate. With the companionship of her boyfriend, Minoru, and Sally, a classmate in the same boat, ... See full summary »
Director: Shinji Sômai | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Junko Sakurada, Tomoko Tabata, Mariko Sudo
Votes: 658
2. The Great War of Archimedes (2019)
130 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
In 1933, a young naval officer and math prodigy uncovers a conspiracy regarding the construction of Japanese warships for the ongoing World War 2.
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Minami Hamabe, Masaki Suda, Jun Kunimura, Min Tanaka
Votes: 1,195
3. Hanzawa Naoki (2013– )
54 min | Drama, News
An idealistic banker takes on corruption and wrongdoing at his corporate bank. He must use his financial expertise, his instincts about human nature, and his skills of improvisation to try to stay one step ahead of his powerful enemies.
Stars: Masato Sakai, Aya Ueto, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Teruyuki Kagawa
Votes: 2,459
4. My Rainy Days (2009)
119 min | Drama, Romance
Seventeen year old high school student Rio Ozawa is always the center of attention due to her beauty. Yet Rio has never cared about anyone but herself due to her traumatic past. Her friends... See full summary »
Director: Yuri Kanchiku | Stars: Nozomi Sasaki, Shôsuke Tanihara, Hikaru Yamamoto, Mitsuki Ôishi
Votes: 2,384
5. Furuhata Ninzaburô (1994– )
46 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The cases of Furuhata Ninzaburô, a Japanese detective inspired by Columbo who solves inverted mysteries with the help of his bumbling sidekick Shintaro Imaizumi.
Stars: Masakazu Tamura, Masahiko Nishimura, Takashi Kobayashi, Masanori Ishii
Votes: 276
6. Tiger & Dragon (2005– )
Comedy, Drama
The show revolves around Rakugo, a traditional Japanese comedy that can look back on a 400 year long history. It tells about a Yakuza who goes to a Rakugo performer to collect debts, and a talented comedian who tries to change his destiny.
Stars: Yû Aoi, Jun'ichi Okada, Tomoya Nagase, Gen Hoshino
Votes: 504
7. Here Comes the Morning (2015–2016)
15 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
In the late Tokugawa Shogunate, Asa was born as the second daughter of a wealthy merchant in Kyoto, Japan. Later, in Osaka, Asa entered various business fields like coal mines, banks, life ... See full summary »
Stars: Hiroshi Tamaki, Haru, Keiko Sugiura, Tomochika
Votes: 62
8. Kabei: Our Mother (2008)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama
Based on childhood days of Teruyo Nogami.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Mayumi Tanaka, Chieko Baishô, Mirai Shida
Votes: 1,516 | Gross: $0.01M
9. Tales of the Bizarre (1990–1992)
54 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Stars: Tamori, Junji Takada, Ryô Iwamatsu, Toshiya Sakai
Votes: 64
10. Segodon (2018– )
45 min | Drama
Segodon follows the life of historical figure Takamori Saigo. He was born the first son of a lower-class samurai. He was exiled two times and went through three marriages. Takamori Saigo ... See full summary »
Stars: Ryohei Suzuki, Eita Nagayama, Arata Horii, Mitsuomi Takahashi
Votes: 83
11. 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie (2021)
120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Hiroto Miyama works with rookie lawyer Honoka Kono on a team that specializes with criminal cases for Madarame Law Firm. Atsuhiro Sada has become the director of the law firm. One day, the ... See full summary »
Stars: Jun Matsumoto, Teruyuki Kagawa, Hana Sugisaki, Jin Katagiri
Votes: 150
12. Cape Nostalgia (2014)
117 min | Drama
A story set in a café situated along a small cape and run by an elderly woman named Etsuko and aided her nephew Koji.
Director: Izuru Narushima | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Yûko Takeuchi, Renji Ishibashi, Kyûsaku Shimada
Votes: 205
13. Family of Strangers (2019)
117 min | Crime, Drama
Three patients of different backgrounds, illnesses and stages are being treated at a psychiatric clinic in Nagano Prefecture. Their cases range from the criminal to merely asocial. That ... See full summary »
Directors: Hideyuki Hirayama, Park Gyu Taek | Stars: Tsurube Shôfukutei, Gô Ayano, Nana Komatsu, Toshiki Ayata
Votes: 276
14. Yoru no Shanghai (2007)
110 min | Drama, Romance
A Japanese make-up artist is in Shanghai working at the NEAsian Music Awards. Later he's hit by a woman taxi driver. Despite language problems they spend the night together driving around Shanghai etc.
Director: Yibai Zhang | Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Wei Zhao, Naomi Nishida, Takashi Tsukamoto
Votes: 671
15. Umbrella Flower (2000)
116 min | Drama
A government employee meets a hostess of a "pink club," and together they set out on a journey.
Director: Shinji Sômai | Stars: Kyôko Koizumi, Tadanobu Asano, Kumiko Asô, Akira Emoto
Votes: 343
16. Natsu no niwa: The Friends (1994)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
A delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing interest in an eccentric old man who lives alone in a house surrounded by an overgrown garden. ... See full summary »
Director: Shinji Sômai | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Naoki Sakata, Yasutaka Oh, Ken'ichi Makino
Votes: 180
17. Dear Doctor (2009)
127 min | Drama
A young medical intern student is dismayed when he is assigned to work in a remote countryside village.
Director: Miwa Nishikawa | Stars: Tsurube Shôfukutei, Eita Nagayama, Teruyuki Kagawa, Haruka Igawa
Votes: 747
18. Ken Shimura's Idiot Feudal Lord (1986–2020)
120 min | Comedy
Stars: Yukina Sugihara, Ken Shimura, Takeshi Kitano, Chieko Baishô
Votes: 16
19. 99.9: Criminal Lawyer (2016– )
Drama
The conviction rate for criminal offenses in Japan is 99.9%. This is a drama about a team of criminal lawyers trying to find the truth that may have been hidden in the other 0.1%.
Stars: Jun Matsumoto, Mei Hata, Teruyuki Kagawa, Jin Katagiri
Votes: 469
20. Sakura Guardian in the North (2018)
126 min | Drama
In 1945, the mother fled with her two sons from the Russians to Hokkaido. In 1972, her son returns to Japan after finding success in the U.S.
Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Ittoku Kishibe, Katsuya Maiguma, Toshiyuki Nagashima
Votes: 85
21. Dreams for Sale (2012)
134 min | Crime, Drama
After losing their restaurant in a fire, a husband and wife come up with a strange plan to rebuild their shattered finances: marrying the husband off to a series of lonely women and defrauding them.
Director: Miwa Nishikawa | Stars: Yûsuke Iseya, Rena Tanaka, Takako Matsu, Teruyuki Kagawa
Votes: 527
22. Red Medaka (2015 TV Movie)
145 min | Comedy, Drama
When 17-year-old high school student Danshun is acquainted by the doodling and drawing art, known as Rakugaki, of Tatekagwa who is at the school for an educational session, he determines ... See full summary »
Director: Hideta Takahata | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Kazunari Ninomiya, Hirofumi Arai, Tokio Emoto
Votes: 211
23. Tetsuko no heya (1976– )
35 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Meiko Nakamura, Makoto Ôtake, Tomio Umezawa
Votes: 33
24. What a Wonderful Family! (2016)
108 min | Comedy
For her birthday, the grandma of a traditional Tokyo family asks her apathetic husband a gift: divorce. This shocks not only the incredulous husband, but the whole family, and they all will try to prevent the catastrophe at any cost.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa
Votes: 1,282
25. Smap×Smap (1996–2016)
Comedy, Game-Show, Music
SMAP×SMAP is a Japanese iconic television show hosted by boy band SMAP. Debuting on April 15, 1996(produced by Kansai TV and Fuji TV, aired on Fuji TV) until it ended on December 26, 2016. ... See full summary »
Stars: Masahiro Nakai, SMAP, Takuya Kimura, Gorô Inagaki
Votes: 191
26. Seven Secretaries: The Movie (2022)
118 min | Mystery
The seven secretaries who consist of the "Shadow Army" enjoy peaceful days. They receive a new request from Koichi Ogata, who runs a ramen restaurant in Nagano prefecture. He is furious at ... See full summary »
Director: Naoki Tamura | Stars: Yôsuke Eguchi, Shim Eun-kyung, Gaku Hamada, Alice Hirose
Votes: 46
27. What a Wonderful Family (2017)
113 min | Comedy
In this sequel to the first It's A Wonderful Family, the characters who are still based on those in Tokyo Family (which itself was based on Tokyo Story), are a couple of years older with ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Shôzô Hayashiya
Votes: 780
28. Tôkyô jôkû irasshaimase (1990)
109 min | Drama
A pampered young model is killed in a traffic accident. Given the chance to return to earth, she becomes involved with the advertising executive who is trying to cover up her death.
Director: Shinji Sômai | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Riho Makise, Tsurube Shôfukutei, Takatoshi Takeda
Votes: 125
30. Love, Life and Goldfish (2021)
92 min | Musical, Romance
Makoto Kashiba is an elite bank clerk and works for a big bank at its Tokyo HQ. Due to a minor mistake, he is demoted to a small branch office in a country town. He is devastated by his ... See full summary »
Director: Yukinori Makabe | Stars: Nicole Ishida, Hayato Kakizawa, Naoki Kawano, Masayasu Kitayama
Votes: 74
31. Kôshoku: Genroku (maruhi) monogatari (1975)
67 min | Drama
An ironic and tragic story about the love adventures of young Natsu and her married sister Oshichi. Love gives them a chance to escape a decaying house. Natsu's cynicism and practicality contrasts with Oshichi's naivety and selflessness.
Director: Ikuo Sekimoto | Stars: Yuriko Hishimi, Maki Tachibana, Masanao Yamada, Akira Nakabayashi
Votes: 48
32. Yoyochu in the Land of the Rising Sex (2010)
116 min | Documentary
Director: Masato Ishioka | Stars: Kyôko Aizome, Kohei Chida, Yukari Fujimoto, Seiji Fujimura
Votes: 19
33. Jigoku Sensei Nube (2014– )
Comedy
Meisuke Nueno (Ryuhei Maruyama) is the homeroom teacher of a 2nd grade 3 class in high school. He is referred to as Nube. He sometimes carries himself as an idiot, but he does care about ... See full summary »
Stars: Mirei Kiritani, Mokomichi Hayami, Mizuki Yamamoto, Hideki Takahashi
Votes: 53
34. Boku tachi to chûzai san no 700 nichi sensô (2008)
110 min | Comedy
After one of their group is caught for speeding a group of trouble-making teenagers decide to prank the local police officer. It starts with simple speeding pranks but gradually moves to more elaborate and bizarre pranks.
Director: Renpei Tsukamoto | Stars: Hayato Ichihara, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Kumiko Asô, Tamae Andô
Votes: 592
35. Two Homelands (2019 TV Movie)
History
Kenji Amo is a 2nd generation Japanese-American. He was born in America but went to school in Japan. He returned to America to study at UCLA. Now, Kenji Amo works as a reporter for a newspaper in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles.
Director: Hideta Takahata | Stars: Robert Anderson, Antonio Angelov, Yumi Asô, Thane Camus
Votes: 72
36. Ah haru (1998)
100 min | Drama
A happily married and well-educated executive meets a beggar who claims to be his father.
Director: Shinji Sômai | Stars: Kôichi Satô, Yuki Saitô, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Shiho Fujimura
Votes: 147
37. About Her Brother (I) (2010)
126 min | Drama
Ginko seems to be living the good life: She's the respectable owner of a neighborhood drug store in Tokyo, and her daughter Koharu is about to get married to a doctor. However, Koharu's ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tsurube Shôfukutei, Yû Aoi, Ryô Kase
Votes: 850
38. Gôruden bouru (2002– )
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Shu Akutagawa,is a security analyst who relieves the stress with nightly sessions at local bowling alley.But when it comes to life and relationships,are focus,concentration all that it takes?
Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Hitomi Kuroki, Saburô Shinoda, Hideji Ôtaki
Votes: 78
39. Naoko (2008)
120 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Naoko and Yusuke happen about one another while she is receiving treatment at an isolated location. He is good looking and athletic and she desires him, but it is not to be when his father ... See full summary »
Director: Tomoyuki Furumaya | Stars: Juri Ueno, Haruma Miura, Tsurube Shôfukutei, Gô Ayano
Votes: 148
40. Genroku ryôran (1999– )
Drama
The 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best-loved stories of Japan's history.
Stars: Kanzaburô Nakamura, Hiroaki Murakami, Kôji Ishizaka, Eisaku Yoshida
41. It's Okay to Laugh! (1982–2014)
Comedy, Game-Show, Talk-Show
Morita Kazuyoshi Hour: Waratte Iitomo. (Morita Kazuyoshi Hour: It's Okay to Laugh!) was a Japanese variety show aired every weekday on Fuji TV. The show was hosted by Tamori (Kazuyoshi ... See full summary »
Stars: Tamori, Yuki Nozawa, Yûma Sanada, Adeyto
Votes: 147
42. Watashi wa kai ni naritai (2008)
139 min | Drama, War
One relatively peaceful post-war day in Japan, a barber and good family man, is unexpectedly arrested by the Prefectural Police, declared a suspected war criminal, and subsequently sued for murder by the American occupation forces.
Director: Katsuo Fukuzawa | Stars: Masahiro Nakai, Yukie Nakama, Yuki Shibamoto, Masahiko Nishimura
Votes: 108
43. Ore wa otokoda! kanketsu-hen (1987)
102 min | Comedy
There is a man who is a Japanese teacher in Saipan, an area occupied by the Americans. He receives a letter from his previous school's headmaster one day. It says, the teachers and students... See full summary »
Director: Akinobu Ishiyama | Stars: Kensaku Morita, Hiroko Aota, Yukiji Asaoka, Shigeru Emoto
44. Red Cross: Onna tachi no akagami (2015– )
Drama
Stars: Nanako Matsushima, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Rin Takanashi, Yuki Shibamoto
Votes: 25
45. Aiko jûroku-sai (1983)
98 min | Drama
Director: Akiyoshi Imazeki | Stars: Yasuko Tomita, Yumi Asano, Yumiko Fujita, Sakae Igami
Votes: 34
46. Eiga: Kurosagi (2008)
127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tomohisa Yamashita is a swindler who deceives other swindlers who have evil intentions: The swindlers who deceive others with words (Shirosagi/White Swindler) and the swindlers who play with people's mind and body (Akasagi/Red Swindler).
Director: Yasuharu Ishii | Stars: Tomohisa Yamashita, Maki Horikita, Shô Aikawa, Mao Daichi
Votes: 982
47. What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life (2018)
123 min | Comedy, Drama
Not everyone values the housewife enough. When the local friendly neighbourhood burglar hits their house, the husband and wife descend into a quarrel that ends up with the woman departing ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa
Votes: 466
48. Jittemai (1986)
Not Rated | 115 min | Action
After their executions are faked by the authorities, three criminals are forced to become assassins under the Shogun's command
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Mariko Ishihara, Masanori Sera, Mari Natsuki, Takuzô Kawatani
Votes: 254
49. Battle League Horumo (2009)
113 min | Comedy
University students play an ancient game that involves calling spirits to attack one's opponent.
Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Takayuki Yamada, Chiaki Kuriyama, Gaku Hamada, Sei Ashina
Votes: 209