Japanese Movies
Japanese movies I've watched
List activity
2.1K views
• 1 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
149 titles
- DirectorTakehiko ShinjôStarsMao InoueMasaki OkadaNatsuki HaradaTakuma knows that his life is shorter than the others and he feels that his demise is getting near. He chose to stay away from the girl that he loves so that she can easily move on. What he didn't know is that he is under-estimating her.
- DirectorAmiy MoriStarsErika TodaKazuki KatôMitsuru FukikoshiNatsuki takes care of her young autistic brother. She then meets her old childhood friend and falls in love, unfortunately he suffers from a serious illness.
- DirectorShûsuke KanekoStarsTatsuya FujiwaraKen'ichi MatsuyamaAsaka SetoA battle between the world's two greatest minds begins when Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to rid the world of criminals.
- DirectorShûsuke KanekoStarsTatsuya FujiwaraKen'ichi MatsuyamaErika TodaPicking up where the first one leaves off, Light joins the task force searching for Kira in an effort to avert suspicion from himself---and get rid of L.
- DirectorHideo NakataStarsKen'ichi MatsuyamaSota AoyamaShunji FujimuraA spin-out sequel to the popular Japanese thriller. This time it focuses on the character "L."
- DirectorHiroshi AndoStarsJun MatsumotoNana EikuraYûta HiraokaIt's a nice lovestory between sister and brother
- DirectorNatsuki ImaiStarsYui AragakiHaruma MiuraYûko AsanoMika is a fresh high school student who starts texting a mysterious boy. She is shocked when he reveals who he is - Hiro, a delinquent attending her school. What she doesn't know is that Hiro isn't as bad as he seems.
- DirectorTakehiko ShinjôStarsAoi MiyazakiHiroshi TamakiMunetaka AokiA photographer named Makoto travels to New York during Christmas to look for his best friend, Shizuru. The two first met when Makoto attended his university entrance ceremony. Due to his inferiority complex, Makoto tends to shy away other people but Shizuru managed to make him open up to her. Because of their friendship, Shizuru also ended up taking an interest in photography and the two often went to the forest to take pictures. Shizuru wants nothing else but to be by Makoto's side, so when he started liking another girl called Miyuki , Shizuru decided that she too will like Miyuki and becomes her friend. One day , Makoto asked Shizuru what present she'd like to receive for her Birthday. Shizuru , who wants to enter a photography competition, had an idea to take a picture of the two of them kissing in a forest. Makoto agreed to do this and the two kissed for the very first time. After that day, however, Shizuru disappears from Makoto's life.
- DirectorNaoto KumazawaStarsMikako TabeHaruma MiuraMisako RenbutsuA girl that resemble "Sadako" of the movie Ring is being feared by her classmates. She is avoided by everyone.While everyone is avoiding her, the popular boy Shota Kazehaya befriends her, and their love begins to grow.
- DirectorYuri KanchikuStarsNozomi SasakiShôsuke TaniharaHikaru YamamotoSeventeen 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 exist only so she can use them for her gains. Rio is only interested in money. She is involved in "compensated dating" and extortion. One day Rio's photographs get mixed up at the store with those of another person of last name Ozawa. She then meets 35 year old college professor Kouki Ozawa, and falls in love for the first time. Rio feels confused by her emotions. She changes from a confident, mature person, to something more like a typical schoolgirl with a huge crush. She follows Kouki around, asks him to tutor her, and wants to date him. Although Kouki becomes interested in Rio, there is a reason he doesn't pursue the relationship. However, Rio is very insistent and starts changing her whole world for the better in order to be with him. Suddenly Kouki disappears without saying goodbye, and Rio is crushed. Her friends, with the help of Kouki's relative, find him working at another school. Rio then finds out that he is dying of brain cancer, which is why he wanted to keep his distance, in order to avoid breaking her heart. She convinces him to get a risky operation, even if it means he cannot remember her, so that they can have more time together. In the end, he survives the operation, and they get together again, though it isn't clear if he remembers her.
- DirectorNami IguchiStarsHiromi NagasakuKen'ichi MatsuyamaYû AoiThe love story of a young male student and a woman lecturer at art college.
- DirectorMasaaki TaniguchiStarsRiisa NakaAkiyoshi NakaoMunetaka AokiA high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel.
- DirectorAnh Hung TranStarsKen'ichi MatsuyamaRinko KikuchiKiko MizuharaToru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.
- DirectorHans CanosaStarsMaki HorikitaKen'ichi MatsuyamaYûya TegoshiDiving to save a camera from a fall down a flight of stairs, high school junior Naomi Sukuse wakes with no memory of the last four years. Naomi must remember who she was and figure out who she wants to be in this story of love and second chances.
- DirectorNobuhiro DoiStarsYui AragakiTôma IkutaNichola GrantThis is a love story of a couple over the span of 10 years. Kouhei fell in love with Sae at first sight and soon they became a couple. But they had to part as Sae aims to go to a college in Tokyo while Kouhei is an aspiring fisherman.
- DirectorShinsuke SatoStarsKazunari NinomiyaKanata HongôKen'ichi MatsuyamaAfter trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.
- DirectorHideo NakataStarsNanako MatsushimaMiki NakataniYûko TakeuchiA reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape that is rumored to kill the viewer seven days after watching it.
- DirectorYasuharu IshiiStarsTomohisa YamashitaMaki HorikitaShô AikawaTomohisa 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).
- DirectorYasuharu IshiiStarsMao InoueJun MatsumotoShun OguriMakino and Domyoji have decided to marry, but are they really ready to take that step? F4 (Flower Four), 4 close friends, are crucial to helping them determine if they are ready to make a lifetime commitment to each other.
- DirectorJôji IidaStarsKôichi SatôMiki NakataniHinako SaekiA young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death of the friend's wife and son, which is haunted by the curse of Sadako, a relentless spirit.
- DirectorShinsuke SatoStarsKazunari NinomiyaKen'ichi MatsuyamaYuriko YoshitakaKato's (Ken'ichi Matsuyama) death changes Kurono's (Kazunari Ninomiya) view of life completely. He decides to keep fighting until he earns 100 points so that he can bring back Kato. GANTZ calls back several other unwilling participants that were allowed to leave after scoring 100 points. Before Kurono succeeds in resurrecting Kato, he unexpectedly comes back. GANTZ and the fighters take on another enemy worse than ever before. To make matters worse, GANTZ starts acting up. GANTZ chooses the next target... this time it's not an alien but a human girl. Each unwilling participant in GANTZ's twisted game has a different motive for fighting, whether to protect a loved one or to do what they think is right.
- DirectorTakehiko ShinjôStarsKeiko KitagawaOsamu MukaiShunji IgarashiA chance encounter leads Yukari, a burnt out high school student, to a group of dedicated fashion design students. She becomes their model for their graduating exhibition and discovers her talent for modeling.
- DirectorKentarô OhtaniStarsYumi EndôImaluMasaki KajiTransfer student Biito Mizorogi, talented in fashion design, brings classmates together to stage a fashion show for the school's annual festival.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShun OguriKyôsuke YabeMeisa KurokiA transfer student attempts to take over the most violent high school in the country, whose students form factions and battle each other for power.
- DirectorSabuStarsKen'ichi MatsuyamaKarinaMana AshidaA man adopts his six-year-old aunt and raises her as his own kid.