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1. The Ballad of Narayama (1983)

Not Rated | 130 min | Drama

In a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An elderly woman is reaching close to her cut-off age during her last days with her family.

Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Tonpei Hidari, Aki Takejô

Votes: 9,136

2. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)

R | 102 min | Animation, Action, Drama

59 Metascore

A traumatized member of an elite para-military police force falls for the sister of a female terrorist courier who died in front of him on duty.

Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Hiroyuki Okiura | Stars: Michael Dobson, Yoshikazu Fujiki, Sumi Mutoh, Moneca Stori

Votes: 18,754 | Gross: $0.09M

3. Rhapsody in August (1991)

PG | 98 min | Drama, War

Three generations' responses to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Sachiko Murase, Richard Gere, Hisashi Igawa, Narumi Kayashima

Votes: 7,550 | Gross: $0.52M

4. Kamyu nante shiranai (2005)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama

A group of eccentric students decide to make a movie. But, when their star suddenly quits, this witty ensemble cast begins to live the film, including murder, deception and true love. Japan... See full summary »

Director: Mitsuo Yanagimachi | Stars: Shûji Kashiwabara, Hinano Yoshikawa, Ai Maeda, Hideo Nakaizumi

Votes: 537

5. Stray Dog (1949)

Not Rated | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

During a sweltering summer, a rookie homicide detective tries to track down his stolen Colt pistol.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi

Votes: 18,939

6. A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Ishun is a wealthy but unsympathetic master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out.

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Eitarô Ozawa

Votes: 4,947

7. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

Not Rated | 111 min | Drama

A middle-aged bar hostess, constantly in debt, is faced with numerous social constraints and challenges posed to her by her family, customers and friends.

Director: Mikio Naruse | Stars: Hideko Takamine, Tatsuya Nakadai, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan

Votes: 4,830

8. Vengeance Is Mine (1979)

Not Rated | 139 min | Crime, Drama

85 Metascore

Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run.

Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Ken Ogata, Rentarô Mikuni, Chôchô Miyako, Mitsuko Baishô

Votes: 7,299

9. Summer Days with Coo (2007)

138 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A boy befriends an orphaned water spirit, or Kappa, he found dried up and buried in a riverbank. He and his family help the creature adjust to life in the modern world.

Director: Keiichi Hara | Stars: Kazato Tomizawa, Takahiro Yokokawa, Naoki Tanaka, Naomi Nishida

Votes: 2,157

10. Gururi no koto (2008)

TV-14 | 140 min | Drama

In 1993 Kanao and Shoko are a Tokyo couple awaiting the arrival of their first child. Although both have studied art, Kanao works as a shoe repairman, which doesn't stretch his rather ... See full summary »

Director: Ryosuke Hashiguchi | Stars: Lily Franky, Tae Kimura, Masaaki Akahori, Tamae Andô

Votes: 906

11. Violent Cop (1989)

Not Rated | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A violence prone police officer discovers that his colleague is trafficking drugs.

Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shirô Sano

Votes: 12,997 | Gross: $0.00M

12. When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2002)

Not Rated | 143 min | Drama, History

A samurai goes to extraordinary lengths to provide for his family.

Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Kôichi Satô, Yui Natsukawa, Takehiro Murata

Votes: 5,360

13. Mandei (2000)

100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A simple funeral turns a man's world topsy turvy.

Director: Sabu | Stars: Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Ren Ôsugi, Masanobu Andô

Votes: 2,393

14. Ocean Waves (1993 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 76 min | Animation, Drama, Romance

73 Metascore

As a young man returns home after his first year away at college he recalls his senior year of high school and the iron-willed, big city girl that turned his world upside down.

Director: Tomomi Mochizuki | Stars: Nobuo Tobita, Toshihiko Seki, Yoko Sakamoto, Yuri Amano

Votes: 20,428

15. Pom Poko (1994)

PG | 119 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

77 Metascore

A community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.

Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Shinchô Kokontei, Makoto Nonomura, Yuriko Ishida, Norihei Miki

Votes: 34,597

16. Waterboys (2001)

91 min | Comedy, Sport

In a Japanese high school, a class of adolescent geeks joins the new synchronized swimming teacher and takes up the challenge to take part in the competition, in spite of the mockeries of the "real sportsmen".

Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hiroshi Tamaki, Akifumi Miura, Kôen Kondô

Votes: 3,061

17. Tokyo! (2008)

Unrated | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

63 Metascore

A triptych examines the nature of one unforgettable city as it's shaped by the disparate people who live, work (and even run amok) inside one enormous, constantly evolving, densely populated megalopolis, the ravishing and inimitable Tokyo.

Directors: Leos Carax, Michel Gondry, Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Ayako Fujitani, Ryô Kase, Ayumi Ito, Nao Ômori

Votes: 11,871 | Gross: $0.35M

18. Charisma (1999)

104 min | Drama, Mystery

A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without ... See full summary »

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Ren Ôsugi, Yoriko Dôguchi

Votes: 2,052

19. Blue Spring (2001)

83 min | Drama

A group of a run-down Tokyo high school students face the struggles of growing up, growing apart from their friends and worrying about their future, while living in a highly violent environment.

Director: Toshiaki Toyoda | Stars: Ryûhei Matsuda, Hirofumi Arai, Sôsuke Takaoka, Yûsuke Ôshiba

Votes: 4,384

20. Ao no hono-o (2003)

116 min | Drama, Crime, Romance

A 17 y.o. Japanese secondary school student is living happily with his mom and sister but one day his stepdad returns, drunk much of the time and cruel to his mom and sister. Is there such a thing as the perfect murder?

Director: Yukio Ninagawa | Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Aya Matsuura, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Kansai Yamamoto

Votes: 1,037

21. Kondo wa aisaika (2009)

128 min | Drama

The heart wrenching love story between a married couple. The jobless husband cheats on his wife and has no love for her. The wife wants to go on a trip to get pregnant.

Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Etsushi Toyokawa, Gaku Hamada, Haruka Igawa

Votes: 88

22. The Great Passage (2013)

134 min | Drama

Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, 'The Great Passage.' In the eclectic team, he becomes ... See full summary »

Director: Yûya Ishii | Stars: Ryûhei Matsuda, Aoi Miyazaki, Joe Odagiri, Kaoru Kobayashi

Votes: 2,872

23. Suite Dreams (2006)

136 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

New Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional party, an official ceremony, entertainment and a special dinner planned and yet there is ... See full summary »

Director: Kôki Mitani | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Takako Matsu, Kôichi Satô, Shingo Katori

Votes: 1,382

24. Chronicle of My Mother (2011)

108 min | Drama

Based on an autobiographical novel by Inoue Yasushi, the film chronicles the passage of fifteen years within a family struggling with abandonment, resentment and decline with old age. As ... See full summary »

Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Kaho Minami, Aoi Miyazaki, Kirin Kiki

Votes: 496

25. Nagai sanpo (2006)

136 min | Drama

Matsutaro Yasuda, a retired girl's High School Principal who has lost his wife to alcoholism and is forsaken by his daughter, moves to an old apartment in a country town. Yasuda, at his new... See full summary »

Director: Eiji Okuda | Stars: Ken Ogata, Hana Sugiura, Saki Takaoka, Shôta Matsuda

Votes: 241

26. Hanging Garden (2005)

114 min | Drama

A family struggling to live together even with the outrageous behaviors from each family members.

Director: Toshiaki Toyoda | Stars: Kyôko Koizumi, Anne Suzuki, Itsuji Itao, Masahiro Hirota

Votes: 944

27. 9 Souls (2003)

120 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Nine convicts escape from prison; most are convicted murderers. They commandeer a van from a strip club.

Director: Toshiaki Toyoda | Stars: Yoshio Harada, Ryûhei Matsuda, Michio Akiyama, Yû Fujiki

Votes: 1,913

28. Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death (2008)

113 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Kaneshiro plays a Grim Reaper who appears to his victims in human form and spends a week with them before deciding whether to off them or not.

Director: Masaya Kakehi | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Manami Konishi, Sumiko Fuji, Yuki Enomoto

Votes: 1,247

29. Tokyo Family (2013)

146 min | Drama

In this update of Yasujiro Ozu's "Tokyo Story", a retired schoolteacher and his wife visit their three working children in modern-day Tokyo.

Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa

Votes: 2,237

30. My Sons (1991)

121 min | Drama, Romance

Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. He has always felt jealous of his college- educated brother, but ultimately wins both the girl and ... See full summary »

Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Masatoshi Nagase, Emi Wakui, Mieko Harada

Votes: 351

31. A Chair on the Plains (2013)

Drama

Four friends set off on a journey to what they believe is "Heaven on Earth", the Hunza Valley in Pakistan, to find new meanings to life.

Director: Izuru Narushima | Stars: Kôichi Satô, Masahiko Nishimura, Michiko Kichise, Akira

Votes: 45

32. I Like (2005)

104 min | Drama, Romance

A high school student named Yu has a crush on one of her classmates, Yosuke. The boy spends most of his time sitting outside and playing his guitar, and Yu sits nearby and listens. One day,... See full summary »

Director: Hiroshi Ishikawa | Stars: Aoi Miyazaki, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Hiromi Nagasaku, Eita Nagayama

Votes: 1,207

33. The Demon (1978)

110 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

After a married man stops providing for his mistress, she abandons their three young children with him and his wrathful wife.

Director: Yoshitarô Nomura | Stars: Shima Iwashita, Ken Ogata, Hiroki Iwase, Miyuki Yoshizawa

Votes: 965

34. Begging for Love (1998)

135 min | Drama

A woman with an abusive childhood travels back to taiwan from japan with her daughter in order to find her father's missing ashes, confronting her past along the way, discovering many secrets that were hidden from her throughout her life.

Director: Hideyuki Hirayama | Stars: Mieko Harada, Maho Nonami, Fumiyo Kohinata, Mami Kumagai

Votes: 156

35. A Taxing Woman (1987)

127 min | Comedy, Crime

If tax evasion is an art, wheeler-dealer Hideki Gondo is Rembrandt. And so, a determined taxing woman gets the tough assignment of trying to catch him.

Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Yasuo Daichi

Votes: 2,246

36. Black Rain (1989)

Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, War

The story of the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, based on Masuji Ibuse's novel.

Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Yoshiko Tanaka, Kazuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara, Shôichi Ozawa

Votes: 3,964

37. Our Family (2014)

117 min | Drama

A family drama about a family's struggles as their mother's impending death when she is diagnosed with a brain tumor brings to light financial burdens that need to be shouldered by her sons.

Director: Yûya Ishii | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kyôzô Nagatsuka, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Mieko Harada

Votes: 306

38. Pale Moon (2014)

126 min | Drama

A mellow drama following the moral decline of a housewife turned bank employee who embezzles a fortune from her customers and indulges in an affair with a younger man. Set in 1994, shortly after the burst of Japan's economic bubble.

Director: Daihachi Yoshida | Stars: Rie Miyazawa, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Yûko Ôshima, Seiichi Tanabe

Votes: 949

39. Dogwood Tree (2010)

128 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

This 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.

Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Yui Aragaki, Tôma Ikuta, Nichola Grant, Manatsu Hayashi

Votes: 1,305

40. University of Laughs (2004)

121 min | Comedy, Drama

In wartime Japan, a government censor tries to make the writer for a theater troupe alter his comedic script. As they work with and against each other, the script ends up developing in unexpected ways.

Director: Mamoru Hoshi | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Gorô Inagaki, Masaya Takahashi, Masao Komatsu

Votes: 1,089

41. A Ghost of a Chance (2011)

142 min | Comedy, Crime

When a not-so-stellar lawyer is in need of something to help her case she has to rely on an unconventional witness for testimony. Will the court agree to hear testimony from and will the ... See full summary »

Director: Kôki Mitani | Stars: Eri Fukatsu, Toshiyuki Nishida, Hiroshi Abe, Kyôko Fukada

Votes: 1,250

42. Sharasôju (2003)

100 min | Drama

The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun, the remaining twin, is an art student. ... See full summary »

Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Kohei Fukungaga, Yuka Hyyoudo, Naomi Kawase, Katsuhisa Namase

Votes: 1,817

43. Memories of Tomorrow (2006)

122 min | Drama

68 Metascore

A successful businessman's family life is shattered by an early onset of Alzheimer's.

Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Kanako Higuchi, Kenji Sakaguchi, Kazue Fukiishi

Votes: 921 | Gross: $0.14M

44. The Mourning Forest (2007)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama

A care-giver at a small retirement home takes one of her patients for a drive to the country, but the two wind up stranded in a forest where they embark on an exhausting and enlightening two-day journey.

Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Shigeki Uda, Machiko Ono, Kanako Masuda, Yôichirô Saitô

Votes: 2,898

45. Rakuyôju (1986)

105 min | Drama

Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his kin, he intends to chronicle the family he grew up in.

Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Keiju Kobayashi, Nobuko Otowa, Ichirô Zaitsu, Meiko Kaji

Votes: 1,083

46. Ritual (2000)

128 min | Drama

A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young girl who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorrow is my birthday" everyday. He tries to communicate with her through his video camera.

Director: Hideaki Anno | Stars: Shunji Iwai, Ayako Fujitani, Jun Murakami, Shinobu Ôtake

Votes: 2,696

47. Suzaku (1997)

95 min | Drama

Depicts the dissolution of a small family in a remote Japanese timber village.

Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Jun Kunimura, Machiko Ono, Sachiko Izumi, Kôtarô Shibata

Votes: 1,481

48. 8uppers (2010)

76 min | Drama

A group of gangsters must look after a baby abandoned in their care.

Director: Teppei Nakamura | Stars: Yû Yokoyama, Subaru Shibutani, Ryûhei Maruyama, Shôta Yasuda

Votes: 43

49. An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

Not Rated | 113 min | Drama

91 Metascore

An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.

Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Chishû Ryû, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada

Votes: 10,710

50. Himizu (2011)

129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

66 Metascore

After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.

Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Shôta Sometani, Fumi Nikaidô, Tetsu Watanabe, Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Votes: 4,709

51. Sword of Desperation (2010)

114 min | Action, History

A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, ... See full summary »

Director: Hideyuki Hirayama | Stars: Etsushi Toyokawa, Chizuru Ikewaki, Kôji Kikkawa, Tsumami Edamame

Votes: 851

52. Black Belt (2007)

Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Drama, Sport

A Karate master's three students join the army and go their separate ways, later to unite to battle together against corruption and uphold tradition.

Director: Shunichi Nagasaki | Stars: Akihito Yagi, Tatsuya Naka, Yûji Suzuki, Kenji Anan

Votes: 1,680

53. Myu Will Give Daddy Her Legs (2008 TV Movie)

121 min | Drama

Yamaguchi, is a young man who learns he has a illness which affects the nervous system. He begins to lose the functioning of his limbs, but he is determined to fight the illness with the ... See full summary »

Director: Hiroshi Yoshino | Stars: Rina Hatakeyama, Yoshizumi Ishihara, Karina, Jun Matsumoto

Votes: 66

54. Good Morning (1959)

Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

87 Metascore

Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set.

Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chishû Ryû, Kuniko Miyake

Votes: 11,053

55. Scabbard Samurai (2010)

Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama

A captured masterless samurai has 30 days to make a grieving boy prince smile, or he must commit seppuku.

Director: Hitoshi Matsumoto | Stars: Takaaki Nomi, Sea Kumada, Itsuji Itao, Tokio Emoto

Votes: 1,201

56. Goodbye to Our Kindergarten (2011 TV Movie)

135 min | Drama

A group of kindergarten kids slip out from the school to visit their friend, who dropped out school because of disease.

Director: Nobuo Mizuta | Stars: Mana Ashida, Tomoya Hashimoto, Miyu Honda, Ryôka Ihara

Votes: 273

57. Sensei wa erai! (2008 TV Movie)

Drama

three useless students at a public junior high school. At first, they find their homeroom teacher dull and bothersome, but an incident leads them to take a liking to him. Along with their ... See full summary »

Director: Satoru Nakajima | Stars: Rika Adachi, Daiki Arioka, Riria Baba, Yuri Chinen

Votes: 22

58. The Last Ronin (2010)

R | 133 min | Drama

An army of loyal samurai plot to revenge their unjustly executed lord.

Director: Shigemichi Sugita | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Kôichi Satô, Nanami Sakuraba, Kôji Yamamoto

Votes: 410

59. Yuuki (2006 TV Movie)

107 min | Drama

A drama about friendship that spans ages, this is based on a true story which chronicles the life of a man who died at the age of 23 after an illness that started with the partial collapse ... See full summary »

Director: Hiroshi Yoshino | Stars: Kazue Fukiishi, Kazuya Kamenashi, Megumi, Shun Oguri

Votes: 76

60. Semishigure (2005)

131 min | Drama, Romance

A young swordsman is forced into a tough situation. He must resolve a potential power struggle that involves his adolescent crush Fuku.

Director: Mitsuo Kurotsuchi | Stars: Somegorô Ichikawa, Yoshino Kimura, Kôji Imada, Ryo Fukawa

Votes: 311

61. Oshin (2013)

110 min | Biography, Drama, Family

A young girl named Oshin is sent to work for another family because of her family's financial situation.

Director: Shin Togashi | Stars: Kokone Hamada, Aya Ueto, Kayoko Kishimoto, Manami Igashira

Votes: 818

62. Amida-do dayori (2002)

127 min | Drama

An urban Japanese couple decide to move to the country.

Director: Takashi Koizumi | Stars: Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi, Shoji Arano, Hisashi Igawa

Votes: 296

63. 0.5 mm (2014)

198 min | Drama

Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family of an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him.

Director: Momoko Andô | Stars: Sakura Andô, Miyoko Asada, Bengal, Akira Emoto

Votes: 915

64. The Liar and His Lover (2013)

117 min | Romance

A love story between a famous 25-year-old songwriter, who keeps his identity hidden from the public, and a 16-year-old high school student who possesses a gifted voice.

Director: Norihiro Koizumi | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Ryô Yoshizawa, Masataka Kubota, Takashi Sorimachi

Votes: 1,592

65. Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

Not Rated | 128 min | Drama

76 Metascore

A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.

Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Munetaka Aoki, Naoto Takenaka, Hikari Mitsushima

Votes: 9,156 | Gross: $0.08M

66. The Chef of South Polar (2009)

125 min | Comedy, Drama

Nishimura has a passion for cooking, but never would he have imagined the task before him now: He is unexpectedly assigned to a south polar mission to serve as head chef at the Dome Fuji ... See full summary »

Director: Shûichi Okita | Stars: Kengo Kôra, Masato Sakai, Kôsuke Toyohara, Katsuhisa Namase

Votes: 1,549

67. The Snow White Murder Case (2014)

126 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A young woman who works at cosmetic company becomes the prime suspect after her beautiful co-worker is murdered.

Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura | Stars: Mao Inoue, Gô Ayano, Nanao, Misako Renbutsu

Votes: 2,096

68. Sanjuro (1962)

Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yûnosuke Itô

Votes: 41,136

69. License to Live (1998)

109 min | Drama, Comedy

Yoshi, aged 24, awakes after 10 years in a coma, goes on to start a new life and rebuild his family.

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Shun Sugata, Lily, Kumiko Asô

Votes: 567

70. Dersu Uzala (1975)

G | 142 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Maksim Munzuk, Yuriy Solomin, Mikhail Bychkov, Vladimir Khrulyov

Votes: 33,525

71. The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Not Rated | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi

Votes: 14,023

72. Dreams (1990)

PG | 119 min | Drama, Fantasy

A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams.

Directors: Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baishô, Toshie Negishi, Mieko Harada

Votes: 29,189 | Gross: $1.96M

73. Dolls (2002)

114 min | Drama, Romance

71 Metascore

Three stories of never-ending love.

Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi, Kyôko Fukada

Votes: 17,361 | Gross: $0.00M

74. Dr. Akagi (1998)

Not Rated | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, History

At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war camp.

Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Akira Emoto, Kumiko Asô, Jacques Gamblin, Tomorô Taguchi

Votes: 1,616 | Gross: $0.07M

75. Ôkami shôjo (2005)

107 min | Drama

When new, smart and sweet Tokyo girl, Rumiko, starts at a rural elementary school, Akira finds himself smitten, like every other male pupil. Newcomer's popularity is contrasted with the ... See full summary »

Director: Yoshihiro Fukagawa | Stars: Mao Ohno, Tatsuya Suzuki, Erika Mabuchi, Rena Masuda

Votes: 99

77. Itsuka dokusho suruhi (2005)

127 min | Drama, Romance

A 50-year-old unmarried milkwoman Minako one day delivers milk to the house of her first love Takanashi, who is now married and whose wife is terminally ill. This meeting will bring unexpected changes into their lives.

Director: Akira Ogata | Stars: Den Fujita, Keisuke Horibe, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ittoku Kishibe

Votes: 173

78. 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: 746

79. Sketches of Kaitan City (2010)

Not Rated | 152 min | Drama

In the city of Kaitan, during the winter, the local shipyard is downsized and workers are laid off. Futa (Pistol Takehara) lives with his younger sister Honami (Mitsuki Tanimura). He loses ... See full summary »

Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri | Stars: Mitsuki Tanimura, Pistol Takehara, Ryô Kase, Kaho Minami

Votes: 186

80. Snap (2015)

97 min | Drama, Romance

Pueng, daughter of a military Colonel, has planned to spend her married life with Mann, a young Lieutenant with a promising future. On the day Martial Law was announced, she received a ... See full summary »

Director: Kongdej Jaturanrasamee | Stars: Toni Rakkaen, Waruntorn Paonil, Krisana Panpeng

Votes: 267

81. 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: 849

82. The Rakugo Movie (2012)

110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The Rakugo Movie (2012) is a genre film featuring Japan's traditional art, 'rakugo' as its theme. It is a modern adaptation of three rakugo tales presented by big film star Takayuki Yamada .

Directors: Mikihiro Endô, Issey Matsui, Yûichirô Sakashita | Stars: Tsubasa Honda, Syunputei Ichinosuke, Sanshirô Katsura, Takako Katô

Votes: 714

83. My House (I) (2012)

93 min | Drama

Set in Nagoya, Japan, movie follows homeless man Suzuki.

Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Eri Ishida, Itsuji Itao, Takao Itô, Tae Kimura

Votes: 19

84. Joy of Man's Desiring (2014)

85 min | Drama

12-year-old Haruna endures life as an orphan after her parents are killed in an earthquake.

Director: Masakazu Sugita | Stars: Ayane Ohmori, Nahoko Yoshimoto, Kôichirô Nishi, Hiroshi Araki

Votes: 66

85. Phantom (II) (2013)

Not Rated | 76 min | Drama

In Tokyo, a girl and her boyfriend spend a night talking about their life, their precarious condition and their difficulties in earning a living, finding their place in the world, if they ever have one.

Director: Jonathan Soler | Stars: Yuki Fujita, Masato Tsujioka

Votes: 1,193

86. Leap Year Girl (2015)

89 min | Drama, Fantasy

Emi, a struggling, nearly 30-year-old actress, returns to her hometown for the first time in twelve years. While on the surface all seems to be as she left it, the truth is her childhood ... See full summary »

Director: Chihiro Amano | Stars: Emiri Kosaki, Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Votes: 13

87. Fly, Dakota, Fly! (2013)

109 min | Drama

A British military transport plane makes an emergency landing on Sado Island. The residents on the island take care of the crew members until the plane can take off once again despite knowing that Britishers are their enemies.

Director: Seiji Aburatani | Stars: Manami Higa, Masataka Kubota, Akira Emoto, Yoriko Dôguchi

Votes: 22

88. Cicada (2014)

102 min | Drama

Cicada is the story of Jumpei-- a man who loses sight of his progeny when he finds out he is infertile, but then is given the gift of clairvoyance and begins to see glimpses of the future. ... See full summary »

Director: Dean Yamada | Stars: Masayuki Yui, Yûgo Sasô, Sakae Kimura, Junpei Yasui

Votes: 35

90. Kagura me (2015)

112 min | Drama, Family

A woman bears a 13 year grudge with her father over the traditional dance he was performing that caused him to be absent from her mother's death, until they reconnect over the very same dance.

Director: Yasuo Okuaki | Stars: Tomomitsu Adachi, Mayumi Asaka, Masayuki Imai, Tsunehiko Kamijô

Votes: 11

91. Odayaka (2012)

102 min | Drama

Set after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Yukako and Saeko are neighbours at their small Tokyo apartment. They are both anxious, nervous and uneasy about the world. Yukako worries about ... See full summary »

Director: Nobuteru Uchida | Stars: Kiki Sugino, Yûki Shinohara, Takeshi Yamamoto, Yû Koyanagi

Votes: 71

93. It's a Beautiful Life: Irodori (2012)

112 min | Drama

Based on a true story of elderly women - three childhood friends - who at their old age put up a food garnish business at Tokushima Prefecture.

Director: Osamu Minorikawa | Stars: Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Sumiko Fuji, Mie Nakao, Tatsuya Fuji

Votes: 25

94. Greater Things (2015)

Drama

Four disparate characters each attempt to escape their own existence as citizens of nowhere.

Director: Vahid Hakimzadeh | Stars: Kaori Momoi, Toshinori Kondo, Marius Zaromskis, Nezam Ardalan

Votes: 41

95. Barairo no Bûko (2014)

93 min | Comedy

Sachiko is an university student. Her nickname is Buko, because she has been negative about everything since she was young. Sachiko believes someday she will meet a man like in a romance ... See full summary »

Director: Yûichi Fukuda | Stars: Rino Sashihara, Yûsuke Santamaria, Tsuyoshi Muro, Fuku Suzuki

Votes: 26

96. Giovanni's Island (2014)

102 min | Animation, Drama, History

A dramatic yet heart-warming story of cross-cultural friendship among children in the aftermath of WWII, presented by Tokyo-based award-winning animation studio Production I.G. Based on true events.

Directors: Mizuho Nishikubo, Masaki Tachibana | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Yukie Nakama, Yûsuke Santamaria, Tatyana Sharko

Votes: 2,229

97. The Vortex of Love (2013)

140 min | Comedy

Nine men and women gather at a house party. The men are disappointed with a woman's appearance. People try to lighten the mood, but there is an awkwardness. The house party ends. Dates among the nine men and women begin.

Director: Hitoshi Ône | Stars: Yûmi Gotô, Tokie Hirose, Aya Kunitake, Sadaharu Matsushita

Votes: 137

98. Around Shimanto (2015)

Drama

A very funny, traditional, emotional and enterteining japanese movie.

Director: Daisuke Matsuda | Stars: Makoto Araki, Daichan, Yukinori Dehara, Kentarô Furuyama

Votes: 11

99. The Garden of Sinners: Future Gospel (2013)

90 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Mirai Fukuin is an adaptation of a side story from the Kara no Kyoukai novel series. It is divided into two parts. Möbius ring Shizune Seo and Mitsuru Kamekura are psychics who can see the ... See full summary »

Director: Tomonori Sudô | Stars: Ken'ichi Suzumura, Maaya Sakamoto, Takako Honda, Yuka Iguchi

Votes: 939

100. Good Stripes (2015)

118 min | Drama

Two becoming cold decide to get married because of pregnancy and deal with a lot of trouble when preparing the wedding.

Director: Yukiko Sode | Stars: Juri Ihata, Akiko Kikuchi, Kyoko, Ayumu Nakajima

Votes: 34



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