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1. Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2016–2019)

TV-14 | 24 min | Drama

8.4
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An anthology of human relationship stories connected by the only open in the wee hours diner the characters frequent. Resolutions are often facilitated by the owner/chef.

Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi, Mansaku Fuwa, Asako Kobayashi, Joe Odagiri

Votes: 4,931

2. Garireo (2007– )
Episode: Salvation of a Saint: Part Two (2013)

54 min | Drama, Mystery

8.0
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Director: Kensaku Sawada | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Ikkei Watanabe, Rina Aizawa, Yûki Amami

Votes: 15

3. Sleepeeer Hit! (2016– )

54 min | Comedy, Drama

7.9
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A woman who used to be a contender for the Olympic Judo Team had to give up on her dream due to an injury. She ends up working at manga magazine when the publishing industry is going through a turbulent time.

Stars: Haru Kuroki, Joe Odagiri, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Votes: 511

4. The Naked Director (2019–2021)
Episode: Uncensored (2019)

TV-MA | Biography, Drama

7.9
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Muranishi and Toshi move onto selling porn magazines, starting their own bookstore chain in Hokkaido. But their success attracts unwanted attention.

Director: Eiji Uchida | Stars: Takayuki Yamada, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Misato Morita, Yoshimasa Kondô

Votes: 242

5. The Naked Director (2019–2021)

TV-MA | 48 min | Biography, Drama

7.7
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Follows the story of Toru Muranishi's unusual and dramatic life filled with big ambitions as well as spectacular setbacks in his attempt to turn Japan's porn industry on its head.

Stars: Takayuki Yamada, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Misato Morita, Tokio Emoto

Votes: 6,954

6. Ya Boy Kongming! (2023)

54 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music

7.7
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When ancient strategist Kongming is transported to modern Japan, he employs military tactics to turn his new friend Eiko into a music star and the music industry becomes a battlefield.

Stars: Osamu Mukai, Moka Kamishiraishi, Aoi Okuyama, Dean Fujioka

Votes: 31

7. The Quiz Show (2008–2009)

Action, Drama, Thriller

7.6
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The Quiz Show features tormented characters in twelve episodes, with one common thread - the mysterious relationship between the deviant Producer and enigmatic Host of The Quiz Show. The ... See full summary »

Stars: Shigeyuki Totsugi, Jin Katagiri, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Reika Kirishima

Votes: 60

8. You Made My Dawn (2023)

100 min | Romance

7.5
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Seiji Fukagawa is a high school student with silver-colored hair. He is is free-spirited and fond of painting. He tells people exactly what he thinks, but he also has a mysterious side. His... See full summary »

Director: Mai Sakai | Stars: Takafumi Imai, Rinka Kumada, Ruki Shiroiwa, Mayu Tsuruta

Votes: 89

9. Garireo (2007– )

Drama, Mystery

7.5
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Yukawa Manabu, also known as Detective Galileo, is a genius physicist and university professor who solves unusual mysteries. His partner, Utsumi Kaoru, is a rookie cop.

Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Ikkei Watanabe, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kô Shibasaki

Votes: 1,069

10. The Files of Young Kindaichi (2022– )
Episode: Kindaichi shônen no satsujin kaiketsu-hen (2022)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

7.5
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Kindaichi is charged with assaulting police officers and stealing their service weapons. Kindaichi's quest to find the real killer grows when he learns about Miyuki's concern for him.

Director: Shunpei Maruya | Stars: Shunsuke Michieda, Moka Kamishiraishi, Taisho Iwasaki, Ikki Sawamura

Votes: 6

11. Garireo (2007– )
Episode: Bend (2013)

54 min | Drama, Mystery

7.5
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Director: Mizuki Nishisaka | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Ikkei Watanabe, Rina Aizawa

Votes: 17

12. Garireo (2007– )
Episode: Closed Doors (2013)

54 min | Drama, Mystery

7.5
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Director: Mizuki Nishisaka | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Ikkei Watanabe, Rina Aizawa, Junichi Gamou

Votes: 14

13. Garireo (2007– )
Episode: Disturb (2013)

54 min | Drama, Mystery

7.4
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Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Ikkei Watanabe, Rina Aizawa, Takafumi Imai

Votes: 14

14. House of Ninjas (2024– )
Episode: The Resurrection (2024)

TV-MA | Action, Drama, Thriller

7.4
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Karen confides in Haru about a longstanding suspicion. In the meantime, Soichi receives a shocking phone call that keeps him up at night.

Director: Dave Boyle | Stars: Kento Kaku, Yôsuke Eguchi, Tae Kimura, Nobuko Miyamoto

Votes: 266

15. House of Ninjas (2024– )
Episode: The Eclipse (2024)

TV-MA | Action, Drama, Thriller

7.4
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With a massive attack on the horizon, the Tawaras must band together to save their family, honor and many lives before a solar eclipse.

Director: Dave Boyle | Stars: Kento Kaku, Yôsuke Eguchi, Tae Kimura, Kengo Kôra

Votes: 273

16. 99.9: Criminal Lawyer (2016– )

Drama

7.3
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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: 470

17. House of Ninjas (2024– )
Episode: The Offer (2024)

TV-MA | Action, Drama, Thriller

7.3
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While Haru Tawara develops a crush on a mysterious young woman at work, an unusual opportunity arises at his father's financially struggling brewery.

Director: Dave Boyle | Stars: Kento Kaku, Yôsuke Eguchi, Tae Kimura, Kengo Kôra

Votes: 388

18. Garireo (2007– )
Episode: Camouflage (2013)

54 min | Drama, Mystery

7.3
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Director: Mizuki Nishisaka | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Ikkei Watanabe, Rina Aizawa, Katsuhiko Hamada

Votes: 13

19. House of Ninjas (2024– )
Episode: The Confession (2024)

TV-MA | Action, Drama, Thriller

7.3
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As Riku probes into his family's secrets, information about Gentenkai - a peculiar cult - reminds the Tawaras of a tragedy from six years ago.

Director: Yoshiaki Murao | Stars: Kento Kaku, Yôsuke Eguchi, Tae Kimura, Aju Makita

Votes: 253

20. House of Ninjas (2024– )
Episode: The Stranger (2024)

TV-MA | Action, Drama, Thriller

7.3
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An unexpected reunion stirs up more questions at the Tawara household. Soichi and Yoko inch closer to a sinister conspiracy.

Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto | Stars: Kento Kaku, Yôsuke Eguchi, Tae Kimura, Kengo Kôra

Votes: 253

21. House of Ninjas (2024– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

7.2
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The Tawara family, the last shinobi clan. It had abandoned its roots after an incident in the past, but now the family must take on the greatest crisis in Japanese history, one that threatens to shake the nation to its core.

Stars: Kento Kaku, Yôsuke Eguchi, Tae Kimura, Nobuko Miyamoto

Votes: 6,158

22. ISHIKO and HANEO: You're Suing Me? (2022)

Comedy

7.2
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Ishiko is a legal assistant working at the Ushio firm, which is run by her father Wataro. Ishiko is astonished and concerned when lawyer Habio makes aggressive comments and behaves peculiarly with his clients.

Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Tomoya Nakamura, Eiji Akaso, Oideyasu Oda

Votes: 167

23. Saibanchô! Onaka Sukimashita (2013– )

15 min | Comedy

7.2
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Stars: Hiromitsu Kitayama, Jirô Satô, Shigeyuki Totsugi, Keiichi Noda

Votes: 6

24. Garireo (2007– )
Episode: Delusion (2013)

54 min | Drama, Mystery

7.2
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Director: Mizuki Nishisaka | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kazuki Kitamura, Ikkei Watanabe

Votes: 35

25. Garireo (2007– )
Episode: Guide (2013)

54 min | Drama, Mystery

7.2
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Director: Mizuki Nishisaka | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Ikkei Watanabe, Rina Aizawa

Votes: 15

26. House of Ninjas (2024– )
Episode: The Trail (2024)

TV-MA | Action, Drama, Thriller

7.2
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Haru accompanies Karen to investigate a whistleblower's apartment. Meanwhile, several other Tawaras are tempted to step out of their ordinary lives.

Director: Dave Boyle | Stars: Kento Kaku, Yôsuke Eguchi, Tae Kimura, Kengo Kôra

Votes: 317

27. House of Ninjas (2024– )
Episode: The Flower (2024)

TV-MA | Action, Drama, Thriller

7.2
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As Haru and Yoko's respective missions take unexpected turns, Nagi's mischievous adventures start attracting unwanted attention.

Director: Dave Boyle | Stars: Kento Kaku, Yôsuke Eguchi, Tae Kimura, Kengo Kôra

Votes: 284

28. House of Ninjas (2024– )
Episode: The Trade (2024)

TV-MA | Action, Drama, Thriller

7.2
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To save Karen's life, Haru makes a promise to Hama-san. Riku, Nagi and their grandmother face an unprecedented challenge at home.

Stars: Kento Kaku, Yôsuke Eguchi, Tae Kimura, Kengo Kôra

Votes: 238

29. Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2016–2019)
Episode: Corn Dog (2016)

TV-14 | Drama

7.2
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The arrogance of an old comedian master causes a childish argument over a corn dog, that leads to the breakup between the master and it's assistant, in a roller-coaster of feelings that eventually make the master know a bit of humility.

Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita | Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi, Tamae Andô, Hirofumi Arai, Yûko Daike

Votes: 198

30. The After-Dinner Mysteries (2011– )

54 min | Drama

7.1
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Kageyama is a butler working for a rich heiress, Reiko Hosho. Needed by detectives, Reiko is a novice detective that lacks a few deductive skills. Because of this, Kageyama is relied on by ... See full summary »

Stars: Shô Sakurai, Keiko Kitagawa, Kippei Shîna, Tôru Nomaguchi

Votes: 185

31. The After-Dinner Mysteries (2011– )
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2011)

Drama

7.0
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Director: Masato Hijikata | Stars: Shô Sakurai, Keiko Kitagawa, Kippei Shîna, Anri Ban

Votes: 6

32. The Files of Young Kindaichi (2022– )
Episode: Kindaichi shônen no satsujin (2022)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

7.0
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Saki finds Kindaichi holding a murder weapon next to a dead body.

Director: Shunpei Maruya | Stars: Shunsuke Michieda, Moka Kamishiraishi, Taisho Iwasaki, Ikki Sawamura

Votes: 5

33. Sweat and Soap (2022– )

TV-MA | 24 min | Comedy, Romance

6.9
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Natori Kotaro is a product development planner under cosmetics and bath products manufacturer "Lilia Drop" and is specialized in sniffing various scents. One day, Kotaro encounters an ... See full summary »

Stars: Kanta Satô, Yuno Ohara, Shûzô Ôhira, Mansaku Ikeuchi

Votes: 56

34. Robo-G (2012)

111 min | Comedy, Drama

6.8
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When some technicians with no knowledge of robotics are ordered to quickly design an advanced robot, they concoct a madcap plan to save their jobs.

Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Mickey Curtis, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Gaku Hamada, Chan Kawai

Votes: 798

35. Invisible (2022– )
Episode: Episode #1.8 (2022)

Crime

6.8
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A new mysterious criminal known as the Showman of the Dark is used by Kirihito to live stream his next crime to his clients. The live stream is by invitation, and the police receive an invite.

Stars: Issei Takahashi, Kô Shibasaki, Daiki Arioka, Takenori Gotô

Votes: 6

36. Galileo XX (2013 TV Movie)

120 min | Crime, Mystery

6.7
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A spin-off from popular Japanese TV series "Galileo". Episode XX tells the story of female detective Utsumi Kaoru's final case before she went to Oklahoma for further training.

Director: Hiroshi Nishitani | Stars: Kô Shibasaki, Rina Aizawa, Masaharu Fukuyama, Masatô Ibu

Votes: 354

37. Super Salaryman Saenai-shi (2017)

54 min | Comedy

6.7
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52-year-old Saenai is an ordinary middle management salaryman. One day, he is forcibly handed a super suit by a strange old man and reluctantly takes over as superman. With a wife from hell... See full summary »

Stars: Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Kyôko Koizumi, Haruka Shimazaki, Ayumu Yokoyama

Votes: 44

38. Garireo (2007– )
Episode: Convulsions (2013)

54 min | Drama, Mystery

6.7
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Director: Kensaku Sawada | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Ikkei Watanabe, Rina Aizawa

Votes: 16

39. 99.9: Criminal Lawyer (2016– )
Episode: Episode #1.7 (2016)

54 min | Drama

6.7
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Director: Hisashi Kimura | Stars: Jun Matsumoto, Teruyuki Kagawa, Nana Eikura, Munetaka Aoki

Votes: 8

40. The Files of Young Kindaichi (2022– )

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

6.6
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Follow Kindaichi Hajime, a high school student and a private detective with an IQ of 180 solves murder cases that are riddled with difficult clues with his friend, Nanase Miyuki and Kenmochi Isamu.

Stars: Shunsuke Michieda, Moka Kamishiraishi, Taisho Iwasaki, Ikki Sawamura

Votes: 285

41. Gintama 2 - The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan (2018)

25 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

6.6
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Miniseries based on the movie Gintama 2: Rules are Made to be Broken (2018) which focuses on the strange adventures of the Yorozuya gang and their friends in their daily life.

Stars: Yûya Yagira, Shun Oguri, Kanna Hashimoto, Ryô Yoshizawa

Votes: 389

42. Arisu no toge (2014– )

Thriller

6.6
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A young woman tried to take revenge on the doctors who are responsible for her father's death.

Stars: Juri Ueno, Joe Odagiri, Chiaki Kuriyama, Aoi Nakamura

Votes: 83

43. Bad Girl: Glass Ceiling Crushers (2022– )

Comedy

6.5
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Maririn Tanaka (Mio Imada) is a super positive person. She begins to work at a big IT company and she is assigned to the equipment management division. The employees in that department are ... See full summary »

Stars: Mio Imada, Fumiya Takahashi, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Noriko Eguchi

Votes: 12

44. A Bolt from the Blue (2014)

96 min | Comedy, Drama

6.5
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40 years before Time traveling magician story!

Director: Gekidan Hitori | Stars: Kô Shibasaki, Tasuku Emoto, Yô Ôizumi, Takafumi Imai

Votes: 200

45. Uchi no otto wa shigoto ga dekinai (2017)

54 min | Drama

6.4
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Tsukasa Kobayashi is an ideal husband to his wife Sayaka. Tsukasa possesses a good appearance, impressive educational background and earns a high salary. However, he holds a secret from ... See full summary »

Stars: Ryô Nishikido, Mayu Matsuoka, Ryûta Satô, Mitsu Dan

Votes: 27

46. Tamagawa Kuyakusho of the Dead (2014)

Comedy, Horror

6.2
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16 years ago, there was an occurrence of zombies in western Mexico. They rapidly spread around the world through the transmission of a virus. The world was thrown into panic with the ... See full summary »

Stars: Kento Hayashi, Alice Hirose, Nobuaki Kaneko, Tsutomu Takahashi

Votes: 17

47. Invisible (2022– )

Crime

6.1
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A detective, who has a reputation of not following the rules, becomes obsessed in finding mysterious criminals who are unknown to most police. He encounters a mysterious woman, who seems to... See full summary »

Stars: Issei Takahashi, Kô Shibasaki, Kenta Kiritani, Rihito Itagaki

Votes: 192

48. #Rimorabu: Futsuu no koi wa jadou (2020– )

Romance

5.9
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Mimi is a physician who is diligent, meticulous and uncompromising. She sees her work as critical and refuses to take short-cuts when it comes to anyone's health. Unfortunately, her ... See full summary »

Stars: Dai Watanabe, Haru, Shôtarô Mamiya, Noriko Eguchi

Votes: 29

49. Kichijoji Losers (2022– )

38 min | Comedy, Romance

5.8
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6 people considered "losers" in life begin to live together in a mysterious share house. Satoshi Abiko (Takahisa Masuda) is a high school teacher. His life went by smoothly, until a case ... See full summary »

Stars: Takahisa Masuda, Minami Tanaka, Jin Katagiri, Jun Kunimura

Votes: 12

50. Yôkoso, Wagaya e (2015– )

54 min | Drama

5.8
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Kurata Kenta lives with his father, Taichi, his mother, Keiko, and his younger sister, Nana in an isolated home in the suburbs. He works as an unpopular commercial designer. Kurata Kenta ... See full summary »

Stars: Masaki Aiba, Kasumi Arimura, Kaho Minami, Akira Terao

Votes: 42



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