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Live Action Japan (Based on Manga/Anime)

by CryptkeeperFiona • Created 4 years ago • Modified 1 year ago
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  • Kitaro (2007)

    1. Kitaro

    20071h 43m
    5.3 (412)
    Kitaro is half-human and half-yokai (a general term for creatures and supernatural beings), orphaned as a child and dedicated to keeping the peace between the human and yokai worlds. Kitaro tries to save a high school girl named Yumeko and stop a stone with the power to control both worlds from falling into the wrong hands.
    DirectorKatsuhide MotokiStarsEiji WentzMao InoueRena Tanaka
  • Midori Nagatsuki, Wakana Majima, Rio Kiyohara, and Nanami Abe in School-Live! (2019)

    2. School-Live!

    20191h 41m
    5.5 (297)
    It tells the story of Kurumi Ebisuzawa, Yuki Takeya, Yuri Wakasa, and Miki Naoki attending the same high school in Japan, but they also know one another because they reside in the school's dormitory and having a school club. The schoolgirls are having fun until a zombie outbreak occurs, infecting the school population. The four girls must now learn to survive in this new land if they want to stay alive.
    DirectorIssei ShibataStarsNanami AbeHonoraDaichi Kaneko
  • Devilman (2004)

    3. Devilman

    20041h 56m
    3.9 (1.3K)
    Based on Gô Nagai's manga, about mild-mannered teenager Akira Fudô, who merges with a demon to fight other demons.
    DirectorHiroyuki NasuStarsHisato IzakiYûsuke IzakiAyana Sakai
  • Kazuhiko Kanayama, Yoshimasa Akamatsu, Nozomi Maeda, Ryôsuke Ikeoka, Shunsaku Mayama, Yôko Kita, Rina Ikoma, Jun, and Reina Visa in Corpse Party (2015)

    4. Corpse Party

    20151h 33m
    4.6 (561)
    Facing goodbyes and graduation, Naomi Nakashima, her childhood friend Satoshi Mochida, and their classmates, are clearing up after their last ever cultural festival, when horror buff class representative Ayumi Shinozaki decides to perform Sachiko Ever After so they will stay friends forever. Instead, they were whisked away to a haunted graduation ceremony for Heavenly Host Elementary School, forced to close after a series of gruesome murders. What fate awaits Naomi and her friends at the cursed school...?
    DirectorMasafumi YamadaStarsRyôsuke IkeokaRina IkomaJun
  • Blue Demon (2014)

    5. Blue Demon

    20141h 10mNot Rated
    3.9 (246)
    Friends go to a rumored haunted mansion on the outskirts of town and when they get there they get more than they expected.
    DirectorDaisuke KobayashiStarsAnna IriyamaKenta SugaShô Jinnai
  • Bleach (2018)

    6. Bleach

    20181h 48mTV-14
    6.3 (13K)
    A Japanese teenager with the ability to see ghosts gains a soul reaper's powers and begins his duties as a substitute soul reaper.
    DirectorShinsuke SatôStarsSôta FukushiHana SugisakiRyô Yoshizawa
  • Fatal Frame (2014)

    7. Fatal Frame

    20141h 44m
    5.7 (691)
    A student at a conservative all-girls school tries to unravel the connection between a series of deaths and what appears to be a cursed photograph.
    DirectorMari AsatoStarsAoi MorikawaAyami NakajôKôdai Asaka
  • Spiral (2000)

    8. Spiral

    20001h 30m62Metascore
    6.1 (9.6K)
    The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.
    DirectorHiguchinskyStarsEriko HatsuneFhi FanHinako Saeki
  • Nagai yume (2000)

    9. Nagai yume

    200058mTV Movie
    6.2 (542)
    Strange things lurk in dreams. For Mukoda Tetsurou and the doctors tending to him, things have begun to get stranger as Mukoda begins having longer and longer dreams every night. Can one dream infinity in the span of a night?
    DirectorHiguchinskyStarsKen AraiKaei AsanoShima Ashizawa
  • Tomie (1998)

    10. Tomie

    19981h 35mNot Rated
    5.3 (2.2K)
    A traumatized young woman is trying to recover her memories with the help of a psychiatrist. During her hypnosis sessions, she repeats the name "Tomie" but is unable to recall where she knows it from.
    DirectorAtaru OikawaStarsMiho KannoMami NakamuraYoriko Dôguchi
  • The Drifting Classroom (1987)

    11. The Drifting Classroom

    19871h 44m
    5.5 (327)
    An international school in Kobe, Japan is catapulted into the future after a time-slip occurs.
    DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsYasufumi HayashiAiko AsanoVajra Barzaghi
  • Twilight Syndrome: Dead Cruise (2008)

    12. Twilight Syndrome: Dead Cruise

    20081h 18m
    4.0 (59)
    Teens enjoy a Cruise ship trip. Unknown to them they have just become players in a deadly game. The rules of reality are about to be broken.
    DirectorTakeshi FurusawaStarsMegumi SekiNaoki NokuboSaki Terashima
  • Radha Mitchell in Silent Hill (2006)

    13. Silent Hill

    20062h 5mR31Metascore
    6.5 (253K)
    Rose Da Silva takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears and Rose begins a horrific journey to get her back.
    DirectorChristophe GansStarsRadha MitchellLaurie HoldenSean Bean
  • Ranma ½ (2011)

    14. Ranma ½

    20112hTV Movie
    5.9 (381)
    Ranma, who suffers from a curse that turns him into a girl whenever he is splashed with cold water. In order to remove the curse and inherit a dojo, Ranma seeks out a secret hot spring, but he encounters a mysterious enemy.
    DirectorRyo NishimuraStarsYui AragakiKento KakuNatsuna
  • Lisa Nakamura in Midori: The Camellia Girl (2016)

    15. Midori: The Camellia Girl

    20161h 31m
    5.3 (423)
    14-year-old Midori is the constantly abused chore girl for a freak show. Things begin to change for her after a dwarf magician joins the freak show, but not always for the better.
    DirectorToricoStarsLisa NakamuraTakeruShunsuke Kazama
  • Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003)

    16. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

    2003–200450 epsTV Series
    7.2 (734)
    Live-action series which is an original re-telling of the original Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon manga and anime series.
    CreatorNaoko TakeuchiStarsJun MasuoMiyû SawaiRika Izumi
  • Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell (2017)

    17. Ghost in the Shell

    20171h 47mPG-1352Metascore
    6.3 (235K)
    In the near future, Major Mira Killian is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
    DirectorRupert SandersStarsScarlett JohanssonPilou AsbækTakeshi Kitano
  • Hideaki Itô, Masaya Katô, Rinko Kikuchi, Kane Kosugi, Shun Oguri, Eiko Koike, Takayuki Yamada, Tomohisa Yamashita, Ken'ichi Takitô, Emi Takei, and Mariko Shinoda in Terra Formars (2016)

    18. Terra Formars

    20161h 48mNot Rated
    4.7 (3.5K)
    To colonize Mars, 21st century scientists seed the planet with algae and cockroaches. 500 years later, the first manned mission to Mars loses contact with Earth, and a second spacecraft is sent to investigate.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRinko KikuchiRila FukushimaShun Oguri
  • Jennifer Connelly, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali, Eiza González, Rosa Salazar, Ed Skrein, and Keean Johnson in Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

    19. Alita: Battle Angel

    20192h 2mPG-1353Metascore
    7.3 (313K)
    A deactivated cyborg's revived, but can't remember anything of her past and goes on a quest to find out who she is.
    DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsRosa SalazarChristoph WaltzJennifer Connelly
  • Ringu (1998)

    20. Ringu

    19981h 36mNot Rated
    7.2 (82K)
    When her niece is found dead along with three friends after viewing a supposedly cursed videotape, reporter Reiko sets out to investigate. She finds the tape, watches it and receives a phone call informing her that she'll die in a week.
    DirectorHideo NakataStarsNanako MatsushimaMiki NakataniYûko Takeuchi
  • Battle Royale (2000)

    21. Battle Royale

    20001h 54mNot Rated81Metascore
    7.5 (201K)
    In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
    DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTatsuya FujiwaraAki MaedaTarô Yamamoto
  • Yûsuke Iseya, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Takayuki Yamada, Masaki Okada, Kento Yamazaki, Mackenyu, and Nana Komatsu in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable - Chapter 1 (2017)

    22. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable - Chapter 1

    20171h 59mTV-14
    5.8 (2.1K)
    A teen gifted with supernatural power discovers the truth behind his cursed and bizarre bloodline, and the evil that lurks within his town.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKento YamazakiRyûnosuke KamikiNana Komatsu
  • Nat Wolff in Death Note (2017)

    23. Death Note

    20171h 41mTV-MA43Metascore
    4.5 (93K)
    A high school student named Light Turner discovers a mysterious notebook that has the power to kill anyone whose name is written within its pages, and launches a secret crusade to rid the world of criminals.
    DirectorAdam WingardStarsNat WolffLaKeith StanfieldMargaret Qualley
  • Masami Nagasawa, Shun Oguri, Hirofumi Arai, Jirô Satô, Kankurô Nakamura, Yûya Yagira, Ken Yasuda, Tsuyoshi Muro, Masaki Okada, Akari Hayami, Masaki Suda, Nanao, Kanna Hashimoto, and Ryô Yoshizawa in Gintama Live Action the Movie (2017)

    24. Gintama Live Action the Movie

    20172h 11m
    6.1 (2.9K)
    In an era where aliens have invaded and conquered feudal Tokyo, a young samurai seeks work as he can.
    DirectorYûichi FukudaStarsYûya YagiraKôichi YamaderaMasami Nagasawa
  • Takashi Miike, Nao Ômori, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Lily Franky, Atsuko Maeda, Shôta Sometani, Sôta Fukushi, Ryôsuke Yamamoto, Hirona Yamazaki, Mio Yûki, Minori Hagiwara, Nana Komatsu, and Nijirô Murakami in As the Gods Will (2014)

    25. As the Gods Will

    20141h 57mTV-MA
    6.3 (9K)
    A group of high school students are forced to play a game of death without knowing who, why or how.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsSôta FukushiHirona YamazakiRyûnosuke Kamiki

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