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1. Mr. Long (2017)
129 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Professional hitman Long takes on an assignment in Japan. When things go awry, he has to flee. Badly injured, he takes refuge in a deserted part of a small town.
Director: Sabu | Stars: Chang Chen, Shô Aoyagi, Yi Ti Yao, Run-yin Bai
Votes: 1,689
2. Outrage (2010)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The boss of a major crime syndicate orders his lieutenant to bring a rogue gang of drug traffickers in line, a job that gets passed on to his long-suffering subordinate.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Kippei Shîna, Ryô Kase, Fumiyo Kohinata
Votes: 14,646
3. Onibaba (1964)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Two women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Satô, Jûkichi Uno
Votes: 21,818
4. 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: 28,099 | Gross: $0.28M
5. Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Not Rated | 147 min | Drama, Thriller
An entomologist on vacation is trapped by local villagers into living with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara | Stars: Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida, Kôji Mitsui, Hiroko Itô
Votes: 22,656
6. 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: 29,132 | Gross: $1.96M
7. 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: 96,415
8. 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: 68,549 | Gross: $0.80M
9. Mother (2020)
126 min | Drama, Thriller
Akiko (Masami Nagasawa) is a single mother and her son is Shuhei (Sho Gunji). Akiko casually has sex with other men, including Ryo (Sadao Abe). Akiko is the only person whom Shuhei can rely on. One day, Shuhei makes a shocking decision.
Director: Tatsushi Ômori | Stars: Masami Nagasawa, Sadao Abe, Halo Asada, Sho Gunji
Votes: 3,384
10. Eyes (2015)
TV-14 | 94 min | Horror
A student is haunted by chilling visions surrounding her, leading to sinister acts that put her life and those around her in danger.
Director: Yôhei Fukuda | Stars: Kôsuke Endô, Marika Itô, Aika Kobayashi, Hiroki Konno
Votes: 102
11. Pulse (2001)
R | 119 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits may be trying to invade the human world through the Internet.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Haruhiko Katô, Kumiko Asô, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka
Votes: 25,533 | Gross: $0.05M
12. 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: 34,896
13. 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: 15,289
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: 31,854
15. Homunculus (I) (2021)
TV-MA | 115 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Truth and illusion blurs when a homeless amnesiac awakens from an experimental medical procedure with the ability to see people's innermost traumas.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Gô Ayano, Edward Bosco, Amber Lee Connors, Lucien Dodge
Votes: 3,656
16. Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)
R | 92 min | Horror
A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Megumi Okina, Misaki Itô, Misa Uehara, Yui Ichikawa
Votes: 48,015 | Gross: $0.33M
17. Ju-on: Origins (2020)
TV-MA | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Honjo Haruka is a rookie actress. She hears the sounds of footsteps at night in her house. When she learns of psychic researcher Odajima Yasuo from a TV variety program, she seeks counseling from him about her problem.
Stars: Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Yuina Kuroshima, Seiko Iwaidô, Brock Powell
Votes: 5,343
18. Memoirs of a Murderer (2017)
118 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A television reporter and a detective try to track down a serial killer known as the Tokyo Strangler.
Director: Yû Irie | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Hideaki Itô, Tôru Nakamura, Paolo Andrea Di Pietro
Votes: 2,220
19. Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
Not Rated | 67 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A businessman accidentally kills The Metal Fetishist, who gets his revenge by slowly turning the man into a grotesque hybrid of flesh and rusty metal.
Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Stars: Tomorô Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka, Shin'ya Tsukamoto
Votes: 25,879
20. Nemesis (2021)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Naoki Kazama (Sho Sakurai) is a private detective and he works at Private Detective Office Nemesis in Yokohama. The private detective office is run by Kazuaki Kurita. Naoki Kazama is known ... See full summary »
Stars: Suzu Hirose, Shô Sakurai, Yôsuke Eguchi, Tôru Nakamura
Votes: 34
21. Dragon Head (2003)
R | 122 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A teenage boy wakes up and finds himself on a train. He vaguely remembers being on a class trip when something terrible happened, and he is one of the few survivors.
Director: Jôji Iida | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Sayaka Kanda, Takayuki Yamada, Naohito Fujiki
Votes: 833
22. Gang (2019)
94 min | Action
After getting into a big trouble, Choi Ji-hoon is transferred to Daehoon High, the worst school in Korea. Ji-hoon's goal is simple, he wants to become the top dog of the new school. Once he... See full summary »
Director: Bareun Jo | Stars: Jaemin Baek, Ji-Hyuk Cha
Votes: 62
23. 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: 28,980
24. Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
TV-MA | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Kenshin Himura goes up against pure evil Makoto Shishio who is attempting to overthrow the Meiji government. The fate of the country hangs in the balance as Kenshin Himura takes up the sword that he vowed to never draw again.
Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Yôsuke Eguchi
Votes: 18,321
25. Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014)
TV-MA | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Shishio has set sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the Meiji government and return Japan to chaos, carrying Kaoru with him. In order to stop him in time, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.
Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Emi Takei, Munetaka Aoki
Votes: 14,579
26. Rurôni Kenshin: Sai shûshô - The Beginning (2021)
TV-MA | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Before becoming a protector, Kenshin is a fearsome assassin known as Battosai, but his story changes when he meets the gentle Tomoe Yukishiro.
Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Kasumi Arimura, Yôsuke Eguchi, Kazuki Kitamura
Votes: 10,772
27. 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: 10,635
28. Under the Open Sky (2020)
126 min | Crime, Drama
A lifelong Yakuza, released from prison after 13 years, journeys to find the mother who abandoned him as a child. He is hindered by his gangster past and struggles to adapt to his new life outside of prison.
Director: Miwa Nishikawa | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Seiji Rokkaku, Yukiya Kitamura, Hakuryû
Votes: 1,798
29. Yakuza and the Family (2020)
136 min | Crime, Drama
Kenji Yamamoto's father died from using a stimulant drug. His life fell into desperation. Kenji then joined a crime syndicate. There, he meets the gang's boss Hiroshi Shibasaki. Hiroshi ... See full summary »
Director: Michihito Fujii | Stars: Gô Ayano, Naoyuki Fernandez, Hayato Ichihara, Hayato Isomura
Votes: 3,208
30. Spiral (2000)
90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.
Director: Higuchinsky | Stars: Eriko Hatsune, Fhi Fan, Hinako Saeki, Shin Eun-kyung
Votes: 8,977
31. Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru (2021)
102 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
Two psychics team up to solve a string of murders, and along their investigations develop a romantic connection.
Director: Yukihiro Morigaki | Stars: Masaki Okada, Jun Shison, Yurina Hirate, Makita Sports
Votes: 236
32. Suicide Forest Village (2021)
117 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
One day a mysterious box arrived and a curse began to spread all over. The source of the box is 'Jukai Village'. The village is hidden in Jukai Forest, a suicide spot that once you enter it, you can never come out.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Yumi Adachi, Hideko Hara, Fûju Kamio, Haruka Kudo
Votes: 809
33. Kodokushi (2020)
88 min | Documentary, Drama
Norihito, who works at a company that cleans up the houses of people who die alone, begins to question his own life and past due to all the lonely deaths he saw.
Director: Ensar Altay | Stars: Kuniaki Muramatsu, Norihito Oikawa, Aiko Oshima
Votes: 182
34. Na mo Naki Sekai no End Roll (2021)
TV-14 | 101 min | Drama
Kida and Makoto share a powerful bond. The former outcasts spend a decade fighting to both the apex of the underworld and legit society so that Makoto can propose to a certain rich woman, which would be an epic scheme to change the world.
Director: Yûichi Satô | Stars: Takanori Iwata, Mackenyu, Anna Yamada, Anne Nakamura
Votes: 137
35. 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.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Reina Triendl, Mariko Shinoda, Erina Mano, Yuki Sakurai
Votes: 8,080
36. Suicide Club (2001)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Ryo Ishibashi, Masatoshi Nagase, Mai Hosho, Tamao Satô
Votes: 22,184
37. Yan (2019)
86 min | Drama
Young Japanese architect Tsubame has to face his family history: His Taiwanese mother took his brother Ryushin back to her home country during their childhood. In order to follow the last ... See full summary »
Director: Keisuke Imamura | Stars: Long Mizuma, Takashi Yamanaka, Ryushin Tei, Satomi Nagano
Votes: 17
38. Double Fantasy (2018)
Drama
Natsu Takato (Asami Mizukawa) is a 35-year-old popular screenwriter. She lives with her husband Shogo (Hidekazu Mashima) in the outskirts of Saitama. Shogo used to work as a TV station ... See full summary »
Stars: Asami Mizukawa, Shuntarô Yanagi, Kei Tanaka, Hidekazu Mashima
Votes: 27
39. Brave: Gunjyo Senki (2021)
115 min | Adventure, Fantasy, History
Like most students Aoi is a member of an extracurricular club at school and practices archery. Due to ample practice, Aoi is good at it. The members are mostly good friends. All is well ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro | Stars: Mackenyu, Haruma Miura, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Suguru Adachi
Votes: 239
40. Stars in the Deep (2015– )
60 min | Mystery
Miyuki Amagai becomes the first female pilot of the Shinkai 6500 in Japan. The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) had put effort into her first submersible ... See full summary »
Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Yoshio Inoue, Yuka Itaya, Michitaka Tsutsui
Votes: 13
41. Hydra (I) (2019)
77 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Hydra - a small bar in the middle of Tokyo. There's Takashi, standoffish guy working where he hides his another identity of a highly skilled hit man now has to face a brutal killing game that he has been pointed as a target.
Director: Kensuke Sonomura | Stars: Masanori Mimoto, Miu, Tasuku Nagase, Takaya Aoyagi
Votes: 271
42. Chûgoku no chôjin (1998)
TV-PG | 118 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A salaryman and yakuza are each sent by their bosses to a remote Chinese village but discover more than they expected.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Renji Ishibashi, Mako, Michiko Kichise
Votes: 4,920
43. Tokyo Fist (1995)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Suspecting that his childhood friend, a professional boxer, is having a love affair with his fiancée, a businessman starts training rigorously in order to take him down.
Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Stars: Kaori Fujii, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Kôji Tsukamoto, Naomasa Musaka
Votes: 4,005
44. Grotesque (2009)
Not Rated | 73 min | Horror, Thriller
A doctor kidnaps a young couple and forces them into a game of torment that slowly extinguishes their hopes for survival.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Kotoha Hiroyama, Hiroaki Kawatsure, Shigeo Ôsako, Tsugumi Nagasawa
Votes: 7,447
45. 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: 42,017
46. Psychic Agents (2017)
89 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
Keitaro is the leader of the Masuyama Psychic Bureau. His team and he deploy their special powers to solve riddles and tackle crime. Atsushi, who is one of the psychics, comes across Aoba ... See full summary »
Director: Shinji Kuma | Stars: Takaya Aoyagi, Kôdai Asaka, Chisun, Jirô Dan
Votes: 5
47. As the Gods Will (2014)
TV-MA | 117 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of high school students are forced to play a game of death without knowing who, why or how.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Nijirô Murakami, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Shôta Sometani, Lily Franky
Votes: 8,043
48. Lesson of the Evil (2012)
Unrated | 129 min | Horror, Thriller
A popular high school teacher concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Takehiro Hira, Hideaki Itô, Shôta Sometani
Votes: 6,779
49. Lesson of the Evil: Prologue (2012– )
108 min | Drama, Thriller
Seiji Hasumi has become a ruthless murderer and psychopath.
Stars: Anthony Comis, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Steven Tyler Hunt, Hideaki Itô
Votes: 83
50. Audition (1999)
R | 115 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura
Votes: 89,105
51. Ichi the Killer (2001)
R | 129 min | Action, Crime, Drama
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Nao Ômori, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Paulyn Sun
Votes: 59,991 | Gross: $0.02M
52. Fukushima 50 (2020)
TV-PG | 122 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Riho Yoshioka, Takumi Saitô, Tomorô Taguchi
Votes: 3,363
53. Over Your Dead Body (2014)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Fiction begins to bleed into reality for actors (Ebizo Ichikawa, Ko Shibasaki, Hideaki Ito) as they rehearse a stage production of a classic Japanese ghost story.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kô Shibasaki, Hideaki Itô, Ebizô Ichikawa, Toshie Negishi
Votes: 1,591
54. Yogen (2004)
R | 95 min | Horror
A newspaper predicts the deaths of a man's (Hiroshi Mikami) family members and friends.
Director: Norio Tsuruta | Stars: Hiroshi Mikami, Noriko Sakai, Maki Horikita, Mayumi Ono
Votes: 4,602
55. Kansen (2004)
R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
INFECTION takes place in a dark, isolated hospital, where a doctor's mistake has led to dire consequences for a patient.
Director: Masayuki Ochiai | Stars: Michiko Hada, Mari Hoshino, Tae Kimura, Yôko Maki
Votes: 5,761
56. Marebito (2004)
R | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman (Shinya Tsukamoto) investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Tomomi Miyashita, Kazuhiro Nakahara, Miho Ninagawa
Votes: 5,695 | Gross: $0.01M
57. Ju-on: The Curse (2000 Video)
TV-PG | 70 min | Horror, Mystery
A teacher visits the house of one of his students after the boy goes missing, only to have a horrifying excuse for his absence from school.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Yûrei Yanagi, Yue, Ryôta Koyama, Hitomi Miwa
Votes: 8,960
58. 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: 14,499
59. GARO: Versus Road (2020)
25 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
This time it will be transmitted as a commemorative work of 15 years, it brings a new world view of the previous series, it is a completely new original series.
Stars: Kyoko Hinami, Kôya Matsudai, Tomomi Maruyama, Yûhi
Votes: 21
60. Liar Game (I) (2007–2010)
36 min | Drama
Trusting, gullible Nao suddenly finds herself participating in the mysterious Liar Game, a game where the players are issued large sums of money which they then have to cheat each other out... See full summary »
Stars: Erika Toda, Shôta Matsuda, Michiko Kichise, Kazuma Suzuki
Votes: 2,347
61. Alice in Liar Game (2012– )
10 min | Mystery
Spin-off drama "Alice in Liar Game" depicts the past history of genius girl Alice (Mana Ashida) and her relationship with Omega (Makiko Esumi) of the Liar Game organization.
Star: Mana Ashida
Votes: 46
62. Raiâ gêmu: Za fainaru sutêji (2010)
133 min | Drama, Thriller
It's time for the final challenge of the Liar Game. Only Akiyama and Fukunaga had earned tickets to participate, but when Yokoya decides to drop out, Nao gets invited to join. Unwilling at ... See full summary »
Director: Hiroaki Matsuyama | Stars: Erika Toda, Kento Nagayama, Shôta Matsuda, Michiko Kichise
Votes: 1,351
63. Liar Game: Reborn (2012)
131 min | Drama
College graduate Yu Shinomiya is invited to the Liar Game, which has been restarted by funding from new investors. She turns to her psychology professor for help, who is none other than ... See full summary »
Director: Hiroaki Matsuyama | Stars: Shôta Matsuda, Mikako Tabe, Hirofumi Arai, Mana Ashida
Votes: 686
64. 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: 9,768
65. The Brain Man (2013)
123 min | Crime, Mystery
A not-too-bright cop searches for a serial bomber.
Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Yôsuke Eguchi, Shôta Sometani, Renji Ishibashi
Votes: 1,125
66. Superpower Girl (2017)
16+ | 25 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
'Superpower girl' Mina. Top of her class, the center of attention and envy. 'No-power girl' Juri. Her classmates sometimes forget she even exists. One day, Mina can't seem to close her ... See full summary »
Director: Soo-Young Kim | Stars: Kim Hye-jun, In-seo Kim, Lee Yoo-mi
Votes: 121
67. Nana (II) (2005)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A chance encounter between two girls of the same name, "Nana," triggers a series of events and relationships.
Director: Kentarô Ohtani | Stars: Mika Nakashima, Aoi Miyazaki, Hiroki Narimiya, Yûta Hiraoka
Votes: 4,011
68. 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: 65,561
69. The Scissors Massacre (2008)
98 min | Drama, Horror
Three sisters grow up on a chicken farm in a small town of Gifu. The oldest sister, Sachiko Sawada, is engaged to be married, the middle sister, Yukie works at a beauty salon and the ... See full summary »
Director: Kôtarô Terauchi | Stars: Rin Asuka, Yukie Kawamura, Akihiro Mayama, Yôsuke Saitô
Votes: 449
70. Battle Royale (2000)
Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama
Votes: 194,258
71. Strange Circus (2005)
Unrated | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Masumi Miyazaki, Issei Ishida, Rie Kuwana, Seiko Iwaidô
Votes: 6,242
72. XX: Utsukushiki karyuudo (1994 Video)
85 min | Action
Shion is the most merciless assassin of the Magnificat crime group. However, when her hand and heart hesitate to murder the man she loves, her superior marks her for death. Torn from the ... See full summary »
Director: Masaru Konuma | Stars: Makiko Kuno, Johnny Ohkura, Katsuo Tokashi, Maiko Kazama
Votes: 229
73. Beautiful Weapon (1993 Video)
93 min
Director: Kazuo 'Gaira' Komizu | Stars: Masumi Miyazaki, Masao Kusakari, Takeshi Katô, Kunio Murai
Votes: 43
74. XX: Beautiful Prey (1996)
99 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A policewoman becomes entangled in Japan's S&M underground, while investigating a gruesome murder.
Director: Toshiharu Ikeda | Stars: Kei Marimura, Makiko Watanabe, Ren Ôsugi, Atsushi Okuno
Votes: 100
75. Beautiful Target (1995 Video)
88 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A doctor/policewoman is stalked by a madman who rapes girls, photographs them and kills them in various ways.
Directors: Toshiharu Ikeda, Naosuke Kurosawa | Stars: Yôko Natsuki, Shiho, Michihiro Yamanishi, Taka Higuchi
Votes: 58
76. A Watcher in the Attic (1993)
74 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The landlord of a boarding house in 1923 Tokyo, is keen on spying on the bizarre close encounters taking place beneath his roof. One day he sees a prostitute killing a customer, and decides he's found his soulmate.
Director: Akio Jissôji | Stars: Hiroshi Mikami, Kan'ichi Hiraga, Masami Horiuchi, Keiko Kaga
Votes: 106
77. Yaneura no sanposha (2007)
Horror
Director: Mitsuhiro Mihara | Stars: Denden, Yôko Kamon, Hôka Kinoshita, Shunsuke Kubozuka
Votes: 15
78. Antiporno (2016)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama, Horror
Japan's oldest major movie studio asks a batch of venerable filmmakers to revive its high-brow soft-core Roman Porno series.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Ami Tomite, Mariko Tsutsui, Fujiko, Sayaka Kotani
Votes: 4,989
79. 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: 5,829
80. Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)
Not Rated | 159 min | Drama, Horror
A teenager called Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Tokoyama, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's "family circle", ... See full summary »
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Kazue Fukiishi, Tsugumi, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Shirô Namiki
Votes: 4,986
81. Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021)
173 min | Adventure, Drama, History
When Japan surrenders at the end of World War II, soldier Hiroo Onoda retreats into the jungles of the Philippines to continue the war himself for another 10,000 days.
Director: Arthur Harari | Stars: Yûya Endô, Kanji Tsuda, Yûya Matsuura, Tetsuya Chiba
Votes: 2,882
82. I Am Ichihashi: Journal of a Murderer (2013)
83 min | Drama
Tatsuya Ichihashi became a notorious and wanted fugitive criminal after murdering Lindsay Ann Hawker who had moved to Japan where she was teaching English as a second language. Ichihashi ... See full summary »
Director: Dean Fujioka | Stars: Dean Fujioka, Ryuma Matsuzaka, Takashi Nishina, Shin'ichi Tsuha
Votes: 104
83. Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (2011)
140 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from the early 1930's to his death at the hands of the US military in 1943.
Director: Izuru Narushima | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Hiroshi Abe, Shûichi Azumaya, Mitsugorô Bandô
Votes: 1,255
84. Kami no Kiba: Jinga (2018)
25 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After the former Makai Knight turned Horror Jinga was defeated by Ryuga Dougai as Garo during the events of Garo: Kami no Kiba.
Star: Masahiro Inoue
Votes: 13
85. Suspect X (2008)
128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
It's another battle of the wits for the brilliant but eccentric physicist, Yukawa, and detective, Kaoru.
Director: Hiroshi Nishitani | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Kô Shibasaki, Kazuki Kitamura, Yasuko Matsuyuki
Votes: 4,052
86. 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: 29,637
87. 2LDK (2003)
Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Two actresses who have auditioned for one part, sharing the same apartment with opposite personalities equals a night which either neither of them will forget - if they survive!
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Maho Nonami, Eiko Koike, Maki Tsujimura, Runa Tsukishima
Votes: 3,901
88. Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Not Rated | 139 min | Crime, Drama
Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Ken Ogata, Rentarô Mikuni, Chôchô Miyako, Mitsuko Baishô
Votes: 7,284
89. The Eel (1997)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After the release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking almost to no one except an eel he befriended while in prison.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baishô, Akira Emoto
Votes: 6,393 | Gross: $0.41M
90. Killers (2014)
Not Rated | 137 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A psychopathic Japanese executive accidentally triggers a journalist's 'dark side'. They begin to connect over the Internet and make a complicated bond.
Directors: Kimo Stamboel, Timo Tjahjanto | Stars: Kazuki Kitamura, Oka Antara, Rin Takanashi, Luna Maya
Votes: 5,337
91. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After spending a year in solitary confinement, Matsu escapes from prison with six more convicts, followed by the guards led by the vengeful warden who wants her dead at all costs.
Director: Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Fumio Watanabe, Yukie Kagawa, Kayoko Shiraishi
Votes: 3,368
92. Haze (2005)
Not Rated | 49 min | Horror, Mystery
A man wakes up to find himself locked in a cramped concrete maze of corridors, in which he can barely move. He doesn't remember why he is there or how he got there. He has a terrible stomach injury and is slowly bleeding to death.
Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Stars: Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Takahiro Murase, Takahiro Kandaka, Masato Tsujioka
Votes: 3,090
93. Ringu (1998)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Mystery
A reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape that is rumored to kill the viewer seven days after watching it.
Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Yûko Takeuchi, Hitomi Satô
Votes: 77,387
94. A Snake of June (2002)
R | 77 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A woman is being stalked by a stranger. His stalking turns to blackmail when he sends her copies of photos of her in an embarrassing position. Now he controls her and she has to do anything he says. Anything.
Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Stars: Asuka Kurosawa, Yûji Kôtari, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Yukino Asai
Votes: 5,246
95. Hell Dogs (2022)
TV-MA | 138 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A traumatized former officer hell-bent on revenge receives an order to go undercover within the Yakuza by befriending their most frenetic member.
Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Jun'ichi Okada, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Mayu Matsuoka, Miyavi
Votes: 2,072
96. Cure (1997)
Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Masato Hagiwara, Koji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa
Votes: 22,909 | Gross: $0.09M
97. The Third Murder (2017)
Not Rated | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A courtroom drama centered around the murder of a factory president.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Koji Yakusho, Suzu Hirose, Shinnosuke Mitsushima
Votes: 7,981 | Gross: $0.09M
98. This Child Is Evil (2022)
100 min | Drama, Thriller
Their way back home from an amusement park. The family members are Hana Kubo (Sara Minami), her mother Mayuko (Yuki Sakurai), her father Shiro (Hiroshi Tamaki) and her younger sister Runa. ... See full summary »
Director: Shô Kataoka | Stars: Qyoko Kudo, Sara Minami, Yuki Sakurai, Hiroshi Tamaki
Votes: 96
99. 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: 1,645
100. Don't Call it Mystery (2022–2023)
54 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follows mystery-solving college student Kuno Totono. At the beginning of the story, the police bring him in for questioning on suspicion of murdering his classmate.
Stars: Masaki Suda, Sairi Itô, Matsuya Onoe, Michitaka Tsutsui
Votes: 477
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