Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "japanese-drama"

1. Perfect Days (2023)

PG | 124 min | Drama

Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.

Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Miyako Tanaka

Votes: 41,791

2. Monster (2023)

PG-13 | 127 min | Drama, Thriller

A mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.

Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Sakura Andô, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi

Votes: 22,436

3. Alice in Borderland (2020– )

TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

Obsessed gamer Arisu suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive.

Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Tao Tsuchiya, Nijirô Murakami, Eleanor Noble

Votes: 97,393

4. City Hunter (2024)

TV-MA | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An exceptional marksman and hopeless playboy, private eye Ryo Saeba reluctantly forms an alliance with his late partner's sister to investigate his death.

Director: Yûichi Satô | Stars: Ryohei Suzuki, Misato Morita, Masanobu Andô, Asuka Hanamura

Votes: 3,298

5. Drive My Car (2021)

Unrated | 179 min | Drama

A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.

Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada

Votes: 66,351

6. House of Ninjas (2024– )

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

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: 6,270

7. House of the Owl (2024– )

TV-MA | 51 min | Drama

At the height of his career and powers, Japan's master fixer, who has guided politicians and business heads through some of Japan's biggest scandals, discovers that fixing his family is harder than fixing a country.

Stars: Mackenyu, Min Tanaka, Masanobu Andô, Heidi Berger

Votes: 121

8. Shoplifters (2018)

R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.

Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka

Votes: 86,796 | Gross: $3.31M

9. Yu Yu Hakusho (2023)

TV-14 | 55 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A teenager dies while saving a young kid and is given a chance to be resurrected, provided he works for the Spirit World as an investigator of supernatural crimes with his newly-given powers.

Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Jun Shison, Kanata Hongô, Shûhei Uesugi

Votes: 8,258

10. Unnatural (2018)

54 min | Drama, Mystery

Stories of Unnatural Death Investigation, a Japanese non-governmental organization as they work on unnatural death cases and try to reveal the truth behind the deaths.

Stars: Satomi Ishihara, Masataka Kubota, Yutaka Matsushige, Arata Iura

Votes: 2,095

11. Tampopo (1985)

Not Rated | 114 min | Comedy

A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.

Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Koji Yakusho

Votes: 22,667 | Gross: $0.22M

12. Nobody Knows (2004)

PG-13 | 141 min | Drama

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Yûya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu

Votes: 31,542 | Gross: $0.68M

13. 13 Assassins (2010)

R | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.

Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yûsuke Iseya, Ikki Sawamura

Votes: 68,739 | Gross: $0.80M

14. Death Note (2006)

Not Rated | 126 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A 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.

Director: Shûsuke Kaneko | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto, Yû Kashii

Votes: 31,913

15. Ride or Die (2021)

TV-MA | 142 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Rei helps the woman she's been in love with for years escape her abusive husband. While on the run, their feelings for each other catch fire.

Director: Ryûichi Hiroki | Stars: Kiko Mizuhara, Honami Satô, Shinya Niiro, Shunsuke Tanaka

Votes: 2,550

16. Golden Kamuy (2024)

127 min | Action, Adventure, History

In the early 20th century in Hokkaido, Japan, a treasure hunt between various parties takes place for a hidden stash of gold.

Director: Shigeaki Kubo | Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Anna Yamada, Yûma Yamoto, Gordon Maeda

Votes: 477

17. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (2023)

TV-MA | 128 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Bullied by his boss, worked around the clock, he's nothing more than a corporate drone. All it takes is a zombie outbreak for him to finally feel alive.

Director: Yûsuke Ishida | Stars: Eiji Akaso, Mai Shiraishi, Shuntarô Yanagi, Yui Ichikawa

Votes: 6,342

18. One Cut of the Dead (2017)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies.

Director: Shin'ichirô Ueda | Stars: Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi Shuhama, Kazuaki Nagaya

Votes: 29,892

19. 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: 42,145

20. River (2023)

86 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

On a calm winter's day, a mountain inn becomes trapped in a time loop.

Director: Junta Yamaguchi | Stars: Riko Fujitani, Manami Honjô, Gôta Ishida, Yoshimasa Kondô

Votes: 1,050

21. Sanctuary (2023– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sport

A man who is driven to the edge of a cliff and believes that money, a woman, and fame are all buried in the ring, And goes up to a sumo rikishi.

Stars: Shioli Kutsuna, Koyuki, Ren Hanami, Earl Baylon

Votes: 4,328

22. Noroi (2005)

Not Rated | 115 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon called the "kagutaba."

Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Jin Muraki, Rio Kanno, Tomono Kuga, Marika Matsumoto

Votes: 15,427

23. Tag (2015)

85 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

A girl's life cascades into chaos as everyone around her suffers a gruesome fate while she becomes less certain of who she is and her once-once normal life.

Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Reina Triendl, Mariko Shinoda, Erina Mano, Yuki Sakurai

Votes: 8,132

24. Guilty of Romance (2011)

144 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

A grisly murder occurs in Maruyama-cho, Shibuya, Tokyo - a love hotel district - a woman was found dead in a derelict apartment. Kazuko (Miki Mizuno) is a police officer called to ... See full summary »

Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Miki Mizuno, Makoto Togashi, Megumi Kagurazaka, Kazuya Kojima

Votes: 5,847

25. Love Exposure (2008)

Unrated | 237 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A bizarre love triangle forms between a young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandric girl and a manipulative cultist.

Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima, Sakura Andô, Yutaka Shimizu

Votes: 15,966

26. Teasing Master Takagi-san (2024– )

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Takagi loves playing good-natured pranks on her classmate Nishikata. But try as he might, he can never prank her back - she's just too clever.

Stars: Rui Tsukishima, Soya Kurokawa

Votes: 142

27. Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)

TV-MA | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A former assassin who has resolved to never kill again has his vow sorely tested.

Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Yû Aoi, Munetaka Aoki

Votes: 29,068

28. Love Reset (2023)

119 min | Comedy, Romance

A married couple who received a divorce settlement lose their memories in an accident. With amnesia, they fall in love again, so their families try to restore their memories to finalize the divorce.

Director: Nam Dae-joong | Stars: Kang Ha-neul, Jung So-min, Im Chul-hyung, Song Hae-na

Votes: 1,377

29. The Courier (2024)

Drama

A restaurant owner moonlights as a courier who fulfils delivery requests from various clients, who each have various circumstances that lead to the necessity of requesting his services.

Stars: Seiichi Tanabe, Yuuka Kageyama, Ema Shimizu, Sarutoki Minagawa

30. The Naked Director (2019–2021)

TV-MA | 48 min | Biography, Drama

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: 6,964

31. The Silent Service (2023)

113 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Follows the unpredictable actions of Kaieda Shiro in the Japan's first nuclear submarine, as he attempts to realize his ideal world. The story makes audience think about true peace amidst the complexities of international relations.

Director: Kohei Yoshino | Stars: Takao Osawa, Rick Amsbury, Massimo Biondi, Massimo Biondi

Votes: 228

32. Cold Fish (2010)

Not Rated | 146 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

The lives of a bored suburban couple are changed forever when a seemingly nice old man gives their daughter a job at his fish store, and soon his gruesome hobbies are brought to light.

Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Denden, Asuka Kurosawa, Megumi Kagurazaka

Votes: 14,575

33. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)

121 min | Drama, Romance

An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.

Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Votes: 9,892

34. Tokyo Gore Police (2008)

Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

In future Tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her father's killer while battling against mutant rebels known as engineers.

Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura | Stars: Eihi Shiina, Itsuji Itao, Yukihide Benny, Jiji Bû

Votes: 12,770

35. The Fable (2019)

123 min | Action, Comedy

Trained as a ruthless assassin since childhood, a mob hitman is ordered to become a normal law-abiding citizen.

Director: Kan Eguchi | Stars: Jun'ichi Okada, Fumino Kimura, Mizuki Yamamoto, Sôta Fukushi

Votes: 2,837

36. Gannibal (2022– )

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

There is a rumor about this beautiful village: people get eaten here. Police officer Agawa Daigo uncovers a horrifying truth lurking in everyday life.

Stars: Yûya Yagira, Shô Kasamatsu, Riho Yoshioka, Rairu Sugita

Votes: 1,680

37. My Happy Marriage (2023)

115 min | Drama, Fantasy, History

An unhappy young woman from an abusive family is married off to a fearsome and chilly army commander. But the two learn more about each other, love may have a chance.

Director: Ayuko Tsukahara | Stars: Ren Meguro, Mio Imada, Sato Arata, Manabu Hamada

Votes: 1,266

38. The Days (2023)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, History, Thriller

Blamed by some, hailed as heroes by others, those involved with Fukushima Daiichi face a deadly, invisible threat an unprecedented nuclear disaster.

Stars: Koji Yakusho, Hao Feng, Nobi Nakanishi, Minae Noji

Votes: 6,550

39. Mondays: See You 'This' Week! (2022)

82 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Akemi Yoshikawa discovers that her whole office is stuck in a time loop, repeating the same stressful work week over and over. Together with her colleagues she has to find out how to break the loop.

Director: Ryo Takebayashi | Stars: Ryô Ikeda, Wan Marui, Yûgo Mikawa, Koki Osamura

Votes: 616

40. Re/Member (2022)

102 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A high school student and her friends are trapped in a time loop by a ghost and the only way to escape is to find the corpse of the ghost's previous victim.

Director: Eiichirô Hasumi | Stars: Kanna Hashimoto, Gordon Maeda, Maika Yamamoto, Fûju Kamio

Votes: 3,876

41. Like Father, Like Son (2013)

Not Rated | 121 min | Drama

Ryota is a successful workaholic businessman. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another boy after birth, he faces the difficult decision to choose his true son or the boy he and his wife have raised as their own.

Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yôko Maki, Lily Franky

Votes: 28,240 | Gross: $0.28M

42. Perfect Blue (2002)

103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A girl named Ai gets a major record deal to sing a song written by a friend of hers who is deceased. However an obsessed stalker fan slowly starts becoming more like her and tearing her world apart.

Director: Toshiki Satô | Stars: Ayaka Maeda, Nao Ômori, Masahiro Toda, Makiko Watanabe

Votes: 315

43. Dark Water (2002)

PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A mother and her 6-year-old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water.

Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno, Mirei Oguchi, Asami Mizukawa

Votes: 35,008

44. Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021)

TV-MA | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Kenshin's past catches up to him causing the destruction of Akabeko Restaurant, which was Kenshin's favorite place to eat. There, he finds a note with the word "Junchu" on it.

Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Mackenyu, Emi Takei, Yôsuke Eguchi

Votes: 10,710

45. Shigatsu ni nareba kanojo wa (2024)

108 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

On the morning following the eve of their engagement, the fiancée disappears from the man's side. He is left to reminisce about why she chose to run away.

Director: Tomokazu Yamada | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Masami Nagasawa, Nana Mori, Ayumu Nakajima

Votes: 147

46. Spirited Away: Live on Stage (2022)

Not Rated | 170 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A young girl arriving in a new neighborhood, enters the world of spirits, and when her parents are turned into pigs she must go on a quest to rescue them.

Director: John Caird | Stars: Kotaro Daigo, Kanna Hashimoto, Satoshi Hashimoto, Fu Hinami

Votes: 528

47. Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (2017)

115 min | Drama, Romance

A dying girl meets a nonchalant boy who found out her secret. She decided to fulfill her bucket list with none-other-than the boy who couldn't care less about the world.

Director: Shô Tsukikawa | Stars: Minami Hamabe, Takumi Kitamura, Shun Oguri, Keiko Kitagawa

Votes: 3,240

48. Burn the House Down (2023– )

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Follows Anzu Murata, who thirteen years after the home of the wealthy Mitarai family was burned in an fire, infiltrates the house of the Mitarais as a housekeeper in order to reclaim the house and family that was taken from her.

Stars: Mei Nagano, Asuka Kudô, Taishi Nakagawa, Yuri Tsunematsu

Votes: 1,504

49. 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: 33,285 | Gross: $0.23M

50. Destiny (2024– )

Drama, Mystery, Romance

Follows Kanade Nishimura as she confronts the suspicious death case from her law school days and her father's death.

Stars: Masanobu Andô, Satomi Ishihara, Kazuya Kamenashi, Kuranosuke Sasaki

Votes: 46