Japanse movies
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1. Keshin (1986)
105 min | Drama, Romance
It depicts the sadness of a man who tries to transform himself into a good woman and is flirted with her who has gone beyond her hopes. Generally, men are women.
Director: Yôichi Higashi | Stars: Hitomi Kuroki, Tatsuya Fuji, Yôko Aki, Keiko Awaji
Votes: 78
2. Loft (2005)
R | 115 min | Horror
Reiko, a prize-winning writer, moves to a quiet isolated house to finish up her new novel. One night she sees the man next door transporting an object wrapped in cloth. She finds out he is ... See full summary »
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Miki Nakatani, Etsushi Toyokawa, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yumi Adachi
Votes: 1,223
3. Jigyaku no uta (2007)
115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Despite all signs pointing toward potential heartbreak, a woman and man begin a romance.
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Miki Nakatani, Hiroshi Abe, Maki Carousel, Dante Carver
Votes: 353
4. Hôtai kurabu (2007)
118 min | Comedy, Drama
A high school girl, Wara, looks cheerful, but she conceals darkness deep in her mind. On a sudden impulse, she nearly climbs over a fence on the hospital roof, when an unacquainted boy, ... See full summary »
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Yûya Yagira, Satomi Ishihara, Kei Tanaka, Shihori Kanjiya
Votes: 105
5. Lupin III: Sweet Lost Night (2008 TV Movie)
91 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Lupin encounters a magic lamp.
Director: Tetsurô Amino | Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue, Eiko Masuyama
Votes: 217
6. The Yellow Handkerchief (2011 TV Movie)
TV-MA | Drama
Director: Hitoshi Iwamoto | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Maki Horikita, Gaku Hamada, Yui Natsukawa
Votes: 38
7. Kamu onna (1988)
102 min
Yuichi Koga is an upper-class business executive, running his own adult video company, and living a successful life with his wife and daughter. Outwardly, his family seems really happy, but... See full summary »
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro | Stars: Kaori Momoi, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Mitsuru Hirata, Kimiko Yo
Votes: 30
8. 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
9. Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
103 min | Comedy
Just before the live airing of a radio play, an actress decides to change the name of her character. This cascades into a battle of egos by all involved that causes continual script changes while the play is on-air live.
Director: Kôki Mitani | Stars: Toshiaki Karasawa, Kyôka Suzuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Keiko Toda
Votes: 2,095 | Gross: $0.01M
10. 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
11. Typhoon Club (1985)
115 min | Drama, Romance
The movie takes place in the five-day period before, during and after a ferocious, seemingly liberating typhoon, which several students endure while marooned in their school gymnasium.
Director: Shinji Sômai | Stars: Yuichi Mikami, Yûki Kudô, Tomokazu Miura, Tomoko Aizawa
Votes: 977
12. Tegami (2006)
121 min | Drama
How have you been? Takeshi's letter is delivered one each month to his younger brother, Naoki. Takeshi is serving a life term in prison for the crime that he had committed to save his ... See full summary »
Director: Jirô Shôno | Stars: Takayuki Yamada, Tetsuji Tamayama, Erika Sawajiri, Kazue Fukiishi
Votes: 428
13. Reiruweizu: 49-sai de densha no untenshi ni natta otoko no monogatari (2010)
130 min | Drama
Hajime is in line to be the next head of a prominent electronics company. He toils day and night over his work and has no time for his family. But one day, his mother in Shimane falls ill, ... See full summary »
Director: Yoshinari Nishikôri | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Reiko Takashima, Yuika Motokariya, Shirô Sano
Votes: 218
14. Pinpon (2002)
114 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
The film traces the growth and friendship of two very different high-school ping-pong players. "Peco" Hoshino is a brash, arrogant player, determined to turn pro. He taught his quiet, nerdy... See full summary »
Director: Fumihiko Sori | Stars: Yôsuke Kubozuka, Arata Iura, Sam Lee, Shidô Nakamura
Votes: 3,487
15. Ekeb of Dekye (2010)
111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Takahiko Tokito is a doctor at a big medical corporation. He has decided to run away with his lover, the wife of the president of his company. But before he is able to leave, he has to kill her husband and make it look like suicide.
Director: Akira Ogata | Stars: Michiko Kichise, Hiroshi Abe, Keiko Kitagawa, San Willie
Votes: 164
16. Golden Slumber (2010)
139 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Aoyagi meets an old friend and ends up framed for the murder of the prime minister.
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura | Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Nao Ômori, Teruyuki Kagawa, Masato Sakai
Votes: 1,375
17. G@me (2003)
112 min | Crime, Thriller
Kidnapping and deceit abound in this thriller. From romance to mild-action, this movie has it all.
Director: Satoshi Isaka | Stars: Naohito Fujiki, Yukie Nakama, Ryûdô Uzaki, Izam
Votes: 479
18. Mamiya kyodai (2006)
119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
What do two nerdy brothers have to do to finally gain acceptance, become popular and meet women? Why, throw a curry party of course. Who to invite? How about the girl at the video store, the co-worker and the girls we could never ever get?
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Kuranosuke Sasaki, Muga Tsukaji, Miyuki Nakajima, Takako Tokiwa
Votes: 244
19. Dare mo mamotte kurenai (2008)
118 min | Drama
Ryoichi Kimizuka's riveting exploration of the Japanese media's feeding frenzy focuses on a15-year-old girl forced into police protection to escape from the journalistic hordes after her ... See full summary »
Director: Ryôichi Kimizuka | Stars: Kôichi Satô, Mirai Shida, Ryûhei Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida
Votes: 358
20. Yûkai hôdô (1982)
134 min | Crime
Hideyuki Mitamura, a student at a private school near Osaka, is kidnapped on his way home from school.
Director: Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Rumiko Koyanagi, Kaori Takahashi, Kumiko Akiyoshi
Votes: 39
21. Ganbatte ikimasshoi (1998)
120 min | Drama, Sport
Etsuko - a typical Japanese high school student, who's unlucky in love, an academic failure, and plain bored with life. That's until one day, the view of a boat gliding gracefully in the ... See full summary »
Director: Itsumichi Isomura | Stars: Rena Tanaka, Mami Shimizu, Wakana Chizaki, Kirina Mano
Votes: 286
22. Lost Paradise (1997)
119 min | Drama, Romance
Kuki is a veteran newspaper reporter who has been shuffled off to a book-development branch and finds escape in an illicit relationship with Rinko. Together they find the passion no longer present in their marriages.
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Hitomi Kuroki, Akira Terao, Toshio Shiba
Votes: 749
23. Lost Lovers (1971)
123 min | Drama
Takeru, a young rebel, is traveling alone in the North of Honshu. He once used to practice pole vaulting but he gave up and became a robber. Along his trip he crosses the path of a young ... See full summary »
Directors: Kunio Shimizu, Sôichirô Tahara | Stars: Renji Ishibashi, Tatsuharu Iwabuchi, Keizô Kanie, Tenmei Kano
Votes: 55
24. Mohou-han (2002)
124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Leopold and Loeb-styled thriller about serial murders.
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Masahiro Nakai, Kanji Tsuda, Takashi Fujii, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Votes: 204
25. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
G | 86 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi
Votes: 380,715 | Gross: $1.11M
26. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
G | 103 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 165,737
27. Porco Rosso (1992)
PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Bunshi Katsura VI, Tsunehiko Kamijô
Votes: 102,252
28. Princess Mononoke (1997)
PG-13 | 134 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka, Billy Crudup
Votes: 434,130 | Gross: $2.38M
29. Spirited Away (2001)
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi
Votes: 850,339 | Gross: $10.06M
30. Ponyo (2008)
G | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Tomoko Yamaguchi
Votes: 163,719 | Gross: $15.09M
31. Zigeunerweisen (1980)
Not Rated | 144 min | Horror, Mystery
A surreal period film following an university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in peculiar ways.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Yoshio Harada, Naoko Ôtani, Kisako Makishi, Akaji Maro
Votes: 1,500
32. Hachi-ko (1987)
107 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The true story about a dog's loyalty to its master, even after his death.
Director: Seijirô Kôyama | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaoru Yachigusa, Toshinori Omi, Toshirô Yanagiba
Votes: 5,841
33. Keiho (1999)
133 min | Crime, Drama
Masaki Shibata Sinichi is a theater actor who murders a man and his wife. Masaki confesses the crime and alleges that the reason for it was that the woman, five months pregnant, had ... See full summary »
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Kyôka Suzuki, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Ittoku Kishibe, Naoki Sugiura
Votes: 216
34. Sorobanzuku (1986)
109 min | Comedy
A buddy comedy centered on a couple of 'salarymen' working for an Advertising Agency, who battle the unscrupulous practices of a rival agency. In classic Yoshimitsu Morita style, it's done ... See full summary »
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Takaaki Ishibashi, Noritake Kinashi, Narumi Yasuda, Kaoru Kobayashi
Votes: 43
35. Chi-n-pi-ra (1984)
102 min | Action, Drama
Shibuya, Tokyo. Yoichi and Michio are a pair of hoodlums who make their living as bookies at horse races. One day, Yoichi's companion commits a crime, which leads him to become a real yakuza.
Director: Tôru Kawashima | Stars: Kyôhei Shibata, Johnny Ohkura, Eri Ishida, Ikue Masudo
Votes: 35
36. Saya no iru tousizu (1986)
102 min | Thriller
The flamboyant editor of an underground porn magazine asks his star photographer to convince a mysterious woman from his past to model for them.
Director: Akiyoshi Kimata | Stars: Ikue Masudo, Tatsuo Nadaka, Masami Tsuchiya, Mariko Kaga
Votes: 36
37. Trick: The Movie (2002)
119 min | Comedy, Mystery
Disaster befalls a village's inhabitants every 300 years. A popular self-styled magician named Naoko (Yukie Nakama) is summoned as a deity to rid the people of their anxiety. But there are ... See full summary »
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Kazuyuki Aijima, Bengal, Eri Fuse
Votes: 401
38. Trick: The Movie 2 (2006)
111 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Ueda and Naoko accept to hear a proposal from a young man (Yuta Hiraoka) living in Fumo-mura village. The proposal is to bring back his childhood friend, Misako (Maki Horikita), who was ... See full summary »
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Yukie Nakama, Hiroshi Abe, Yûta Hiraoka, Maki Horikita
Votes: 336
39. The Glory of Team Batista (2008)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Toho university hospital has established an outstanding coronary surgery team under the leadership of a up and coming, star, U.S. trained surgeon (Kiji Kikkawa) that specializes in the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura | Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Hiroshi Abe, Sei Hiraizumi, Haruka Igawa
Votes: 245
40. Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale (2010)
119 min | Mystery
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Yukie Nakama, Hiroshi Abe, Naohito Fujiki, Kaho
Votes: 270
42. Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)
133 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive company but finds that she is employed by a small auto repair shop owned by ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Maki Horikita, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Koyuki
Votes: 2,464
43. Honey & Clover (2006)
117 min | Drama, Romance
The lives of four art students change forever when gifted young artist Hagumi arrives at their school and befriends their group as each student experiences turbulence in love.
Director: Masahiro Takada | Stars: Shô Sakurai, Yû Aoi, Yûsuke Iseya, Ryô Kase
Votes: 925
44. Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
122 min | Drama
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
45. Metro ni notte (2006)
121 min | Drama
When Shinji Hasebe got off a subway, he finds himself in 1964 on the day of his brother's death. He travels between present and past and comes to know of his father's past. Going back to the past shows him the truth about his parents.
Director: Tetsuo Shinohara | Stars: Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Aya Okamoto, Min Tanaka, Takashi Sasano
Votes: 188
46. Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo (1978)
PG-13 | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
While attempting to win the affections of a beautiful rival, a master thief risks death to learn the secret intentions of a wealthy and seemingly immortal, but certainly ruthless, recluse.
Directors: Sôji Yoshikawa, Yasuo Ôtsuka | Stars: Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue
Votes: 1,702
47. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A dashing thief, his gang of desperadoes and an intrepid cop struggle to free a princess from an evil count, and learn the secret of a treasure that she holds part of the key to.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue
Votes: 33,603
48. Cyborg She (2008)
115 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
A lonely university student develops a romance with a beautiful interesting woman, who turns out to be a cyborg from the future.
Director: Jae-young Kwak | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Keisuke Koide, Risa Ai, Nya Daigo
Votes: 4,251
49. Princess Toyotomi (2011)
119 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A trio of Tokyo-based auditors set out to review the accounts of the city of Osaka and its affiliated agencies. The audit is proceeding well the trio head out for lunch one day. When one of... See full summary »
Director: Masayuki Suzuki | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroshi Tamaki, Kiichi Nakai
Votes: 368
50. House (1977)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror
A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ôba, Ai Matsubara
Votes: 33,763
51. No More Easy Life (1979)
103 min | Drama
A wistful slice-of-life drama about a college student's attempts to manage her relations with two men.
Director: Yôichi Higashi | Stars: Kaori Momoi, Eiji Okuda, Leo Morimoto, Jûzô Itami
Votes: 132
52. Yomigaeru kinrô (1979)
131 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night. In a delicious scheme of payback, he seeks to dominate the corporation that employs him by day.
Director: Tôru Murakawa | Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Jun Fubuki, Kei Satô, Mikio Narita
Votes: 294
53. Fall Guy (1982)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A lowly obsequious member of a movie star's entourage agrees to marry his boss's pregnant mistress so he can continue his feckless lifestyle. He then takes up dangerous work as a stunt man ... See full summary »
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Keiko Matsuzaka, Morio Kazama, Mitsuru Hirata, Chika Takami
Votes: 791
54. I Want To (1979)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the ... See full summary »
Director: Kôsei Saitô | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Jun Etô, Moeko Ezawa, Ryô Hayami
Votes: 1,119
55. I Are You, You Am Me (1982)
113 min | Comedy
9th-graders Kazuo (boy) and Kazumi (girl) take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies are switched, and the result... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Satomi Kobayashi, Toshinori Omi, Makoto Satô, Sayuri Ishibashi
Votes: 527
56. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983)
104 min | Romance, Sci-Fi
A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Tomoyo Harada, Ryôichi Takayanagi, Toshinori Omi, Toshie Negishi
Votes: 953
57. The Family Game (1983)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
Japanese parents hire a tutor for their foolish son and get a critic of their lifestyle.
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Jûzô Itami, Saori Yuki, Ichirôta Miyakawa
Votes: 1,116
58. Lonely Heart (1985)
112 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Lonely and love-struck, high-school student Hiroki pursues one girl but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his lonely psyche, or real? An intricate triangle ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Yasuko Tomita, Toshinori Omi, Yumiko Fujita, Nenji Kobayashi
Votes: 388
59. Sorekara (1985)
130 min | Drama
Daisuke (Yusaku Matsuda) is supposed to be out looking for a respectable job and equally respectable wife. He is 30 years old and devotes his attention to music and literature; his family ... See full summary »
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Miwako Fujitani, Kaoru Kobayashi, Morio Kazama
Votes: 359
60. Bokura no nanoka-kan sensô (1988)
94 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Junior-high students are restrained by their teachers and parents... One day, they plan a rebellion.
Director: Hiroshi Sugawara | Stars: Rie Miyazawa, Kenichiro Kikuchi, Miho Igarashi, Rika Abiko
Votes: 151
61. Crest of Betrayal (1994)
106 min | Action, Drama, Horror
When Tamiya Iyemon joins the Asano Clan, he brings with him a legacy of death. Aside from Horibe Yasubei, he is the only one with fighting experience and could help the group carrying out their long-awaited vendetta against Lord Kira.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Kôichi Satô, Saki Takaoka, Keiko Oginome, Renji Ishibashi
Votes: 280
62. School in the Crosshairs (1981)
90 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Mitamura Yuka (Hiroko Yakushimaru) is a normal shy middle school student that has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show her skills by stealing the student ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Ryôichi Takayanagi, Masami Hasegawa, Miyoko Akaza
Votes: 502
63. Main Theme (1984)
101 min | Drama, Romance
A former kindergarten teacher has quit her job. One day she meets a magician at the beach and undertake to travel together in his car. She wants to travel to Osaka to meet a man - whose son... See full summary »
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Kaori Momoi, Hironobu Nomura, Kazuo Zaitsu
Votes: 91
64. Yajû shisubeshi (1980)
119 min | Drama, Crime, Action
A journalist steals a gun from a cop after killing him and goes on a spree of robbery and murder.
Director: Tôru Murakawa | Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Mako Midori, Akemi Mari, Toshio Kurosawa
Votes: 312
65. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
TV-PG | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura, Ayami Kakiuchi
Votes: 70,915
66. Nodame Cantabile in Europe (2008 TV Movie)
240 min | Drama
This 2 night special takes off during their graduation, where Chiaki-senpai & Nodame left for Europe. The first special centered on Chiaki's story, the story tells about Chiaki's dream to ... See full summary »
Director: Hideki Takeuchi | Stars: Juri Ueno, Hiroshi Tamaki, Eita Nagayama, Asami Mizukawa
Votes: 805
67. Viyon no tsuma (2009)
114 min | Drama
This enticing period melodrama depicts a long-suffering woman's relationship with her brilliant but self-destructive writer husband in postwar Tokyo. Based on a semi-autobiographical 1947 ... See full summary »
Director: Kichitarô Negishi | Stars: Takako Matsu, Tadanobu Asano, Shigeru Muroi, Masatô Ibu
Votes: 426
68. Pandora no hako (2009)
94 min | Drama
Set shortly after Japan's defeat in WWII, the story follows a young man named Risuke who has contracted tuberculosis. He travels to the countryside to a unique nursing facility to receive treatment for his disease.
Director: Masanori Tominaga | Stars: Shôta Sometani, Mieko Kawakami, Riisa Naka, Yôsuke Kubozuka
Votes: 43
69. Summer Wars (2009)
PG | 114 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A student tries to fix a problem he accidentally caused in OZ, a digital world, while pretending to be the fiancé of his friend at her grandmother's 90th birthday.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Takahiro Yokokawa
Votes: 31,803 | Gross: $0.08M
70. Villain (2010)
139 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young woman's murder provokes reflection on the ugliness and villainy of modern society.
Director: Sang-il Lee | Stars: Eri Fukatsu, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Denden, Akira Emoto
Votes: 2,000
71. Time Traveller (2010)
Not Rated | 122 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel.
Director: Masaaki Taniguchi | Stars: Riisa Naka, Akiyoshi Nakao, Munetaka Aoki, Anna Ishibashi
Votes: 1,721
72. Hero (2007)
130 min | Drama
Kohei Kuryu returns to Tokyo and reunites with his former colleagues. He will be up against one of the famous lawyers in Tokyo to solve a new case and team up with his best partner, Maiko Amemiya.
Director: Masayuki Suzuki | Stars: Takuya Kimura, Takako Matsu, Hiroshi Abe, Zoe Aggeliki
Votes: 1,111
73. 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: 3,979
74. The Magic Hour (2008)
136 min | Comedy
A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman -- an assassin the hustler has ... See full summary »
Director: Kôki Mitani | Stars: Kôichi Satô, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Eri Fukatsu, Haruka Ayase
Votes: 1,740
75. Happy Flight (2008)
103 min | Comedy
A great variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They... See full summary »
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Seiichi Tanabe, Saburô Tokitô, Haruka Ayase, Kazue Fukiishi
Votes: 1,040
76. Oppai barê (2009)
102 min | Comedy, Sport
A female teacher takes charge of a high school volleyball club and promises to show the students her breasts if they can win the next game.
Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Munetaka Aoki, Tôru Nakamura, Seiji Fukushi
Votes: 724
77. Gantz (2010)
Not Rated | 130 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
After 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.
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Kanata Hongô, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Natsuna
Votes: 8,311
78. Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011)
Not Rated | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Kato'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 ... See full summary »
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Ayumi Ito
Votes: 4,675
79. Confessions (2010)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Thriller
A psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima | Stars: Takako Matsu, Yoshino Kimura, Masaki Okada, Yukito Nishii
Votes: 42,094
80. Hankyu Railways - A 15-minute Miracle (2011)
119 min | Comedy
"Hankyu Densha" follows the lives of various people who commute on Hankyu Railway's Imazu Line - connecting the cities of Nishinomiya and Takarazuka in Hyogo prefecture. One of the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Yoshishige Miyake | Stars: Nobuko Miyamoto, Kasumi Arimura, Kaho Minami, Mana Ashida
Votes: 245
81. Mizu no nai pûru (1982)
103 min | Crime, Drama
Inspired by an actual crime involving chloroform, this revolutionary film shows the everyday madness of a railroad employee.
Director: Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Yûya Uchida, Mie, Reiko Nakamura, Yumiko Fujita
Votes: 600
82. Tôkyô Daigaku monogatari (2006)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
The intelligent high school student Naoki Murakami asks Haruka Mizuno, who is both pretty and smart, to date him. She surprisingly accepts. They become a couple, but have to worry about ... See full summary »
Director: Tatsuya Egawa | Stars: Yôko Mitsuya, Kei Tanaka, Kazuki Namioka, Sasa Handa
Votes: 37
83. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
R | 123 min | Drama, War
During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano
Votes: 20,039 | Gross: $2.31M
84. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Yui Natsukawa, Michiyo Yasuda
Votes: 51,557 | Gross: $0.85M
85. Kikujiro (1999)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, Comedy
A young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Kayoko Kishimoto, The Great Gidayû
Votes: 22,184 | Gross: $0.20M
86. Fireworks (1997)
103 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ôsugi, Susumu Terajima
Votes: 33,213 | Gross: $0.23M
87. Boiling Point (1990)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two disquieted junior baseball players seek revenge on the local yakuza for attacking their coach.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Yûrei Yanagi, Yuriko Ishida, Taka Guadalcanal
Votes: 7,502 | Gross: $0.00M
88. 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: 13,000 | Gross: $0.00M
89. Rikyu (1989)
135 min | Biography, Drama, History
Legendary tea master Sen no Rikyu is faced with his warmongering lord's unrealistic pretensions.
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Yoshiko Mita, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kyôko Kishida
Votes: 833
90. Sunshine Ahead (2010)
120 min | Drama
Director: Toshio Lee | Stars: Takashi Okamura, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Jun Kunimura
Votes: 32
91. Tôkyô-jima (2010)
129 min | Drama
Men and one woman have drifted to an uninhabited island. The only woman will try to survive by taking advantage of her own sexual attractiveness.
Director: Makoto Shinozaki | Stars: Tae Kimura, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Ryôhei Abe, Tasuku Emoto
Votes: 55
92. Into the White Night (2010)
149 min | Drama, Mystery
Based on a novel with the same name, years pass and the unsolved mystery of the case of the death of a man puzzles the police detective. With more death, suicide and murder within the ... See full summary »
Director: Yoshihiro Fukagawa | Stars: Kengo Kôra, Maki Horikita, Keiko Toda, Tetsushi Tanaka
Votes: 503
93. Tsugaru hyakunen shokudou (2011)
106 min | Drama
Director: Kazuki Ômori | Stars: Shingo Fujimori, Atsuhiko Nakata, Masatô Ibu, Kumiko Fujiyoshi
Votes: 16
94. Disciples of Hippocrates (1980)
126 min | Comedy, Drama
A medical student wonders if he's really cut out to be a doctor.
Director: Kazuki Ômori | Stars: Masato Furuoya, Ran Itô, Masahiro Mitsuta, Tsutomu Kariba
Votes: 63
95. Virus (1980)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
After a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Masao Kusakari, Tsunehiko Watase, Isao Natsuyagi, Shin'ichi Chiba
Votes: 3,045
96. The Triple Cross (1992)
108 min | Drama, Action, Crime
Three old gangsters pull off one last heist to raise much-needed cash for their various debts. However, the money obtained is not enough to keep them all happy.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Kazuya Kimura, Keiko Oginome, Shin'ichi Chiba
Votes: 327
97. Ballad: Na mo naki koi no uta (2009)
127 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A movie examining a young boy's first encounter with true fear in his endless pursuit of courage.
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Yui Aragaki, Akashi Takei, Michitaka Tsutsui
Votes: 302
98. Rebirth (2011)
147 min | Drama
After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was having an affair with. Raising the child as her own, it is four years before the authorities catch up with her and the young child.
Director: Izuru Narushima | Stars: Hiromi Nagasaku, Mao Inoue, Eiko Koike, Konomi Watanabe
Votes: 885
99. Hotaru the Movie: It's Only a Little Light in My Life (2012)
109 min | Drama, Romance
Hotaru Amemiya learns that her boss and now husband Seichi Takano has dreamed of vacationing in Rome like in the movie "Roman Holiday". Hotaru makes plans to go to Rome for their honeymoon.
Director: Hiroshi Yoshino | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Naohito Fujiki, Yûya Tegoshi, Mateo Pio Albanese
Votes: 320
100. Inshite miru: 7-kakan no desu gêmu (2010)
107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Ten people who agree to take the same lucrative "job" find themselves locked in an underground complex and forced to play a murder game for seven days.
Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Kin'ya Kitaôji, Nagisa Katahira, Shinji Takeda, Masanori Ishii
Votes: 1,388
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