Japanese Movies
by muhammaddarus | created - 27 Mar 2023 | updated - 2 months ago | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Rashomon (1950)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 180,604 | Gross: $0.10M
2. To Live (1952)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama
A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Shin'ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka
Votes: 87,652 | Gross: $0.06M
3. Tokyo Story (1953)
Not Rated | 136 min | Drama
An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Chishû Ryû, Chieko Higashiyama, Sô Yamamura, Setsuko Hara
Votes: 68,680
4. 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: 23,140 | Gross: $0.09M
5. The Neighbor No. Thirteen (2005)
R | 115 min | Horror, Thriller
Jûzô Murasaki is a boy miscast in his classroom, being frequently abused, tortured, beaten and humiliated by the bully Tôru Akai and his gang of juvenile punks. After years of repression, ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuo Inoue | Stars: Shidô Nakamura, Shun Oguri, Hirofumi Arai, Yumi Yoshimura
Votes: 1,307
6. From Me to You (2010)
128 min | Drama, Romance
A girl that resemble "Sadako" of the movie Ring is being feared by her classmates. She is avoided by everyone.While everyone is avoiding her, the popular boy Shota Kazehaya befriends her, and their love begins to grow.
Director: Naoto Kumazawa | Stars: Mikako Tabe, Haruma Miura, Misako Renbutsu, Haru Aoyama
Votes: 2,945
7. One Missed Call (2003)
R | 112 min | Horror, Mystery
People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, foretelling their deaths.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kô Shibasaki, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Kazue Fukiishi, Anna Nagata
Votes: 19,326
8. The Promised Neverland (2020)
119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A group of the smartest kids at a seemingly perfect orphanage uncover its dark secret, and set in motion a dangerous and desperate escape plan.
Director: Yûichirô Hirakawa | Stars: Miyu Andô, Minami Hamabe, Rihito Itagaki, Jyo Kairi
Votes: 833
9. Tokyo Ghoul: 'S' (2019)
M | 101 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A sketchy ghoul named Gourmet invites a college student named Kaneki to dine with him at a special restaurant where the young man may find himself on the menu.
Directors: Kazuhiko Hiramaki, Takuya Kawasaki | Stars: Masataka Kubota, Maika Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Kai Ogasawara
Votes: 609
10. Midsummer's Equation (2013)
129 min | Mystery
An adaptation of Higashino Keigo's sixth novel in the popular Galileo series. Professor Yukawa Manabu must solve the mysteries of seemingly accidental death of another guest at the countryside motel he was spending his vacation in.
Director: Hiroshi Nishitani | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kazuki Kitamura, Anne Watanabe
Votes: 1,236
11. Kisaragi (2007)
108 min | Comedy, Mystery
Five devoted fans of a late idol gather for a commemorative meeting, only to uncover surprising revelations about her untimely death, leading them to question what they thought they knew.
Director: Yûichi Satô | Stars: Shun Oguri, Yûsuke Santamaria, Keisuke Koide, Muga Tsukaji
Votes: 1,303
12. Murder at Shijinso (2019)
119 min | Crime
Every student is encouraged to join an extracurricular club and this one joins the university's Mystery Club.The club has a couple of veterans, but the real thing - an actual detective - is... See full summary »
Director: Hisashi Kimura | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Shôno Hayama, Yûma Yamoto
Votes: 270
13. 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: 60,081 | Gross: $0.02M
14. Bayside Shakedown (1998)
119 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierarchy and red tape that plague the system. His friend Muroi is climbing the ladder of the ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro | Stars: Yûji Oda, Toshirô Yanagiba, Eri Fukatsu, Miki Mizuno
Votes: 950
15. Signal 100 (2019)
88 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A group of high school students are forced into a game where they are hypnotized to commit suicide on an unknown command. Where no one is safe from a sudden death, how can they avoid their fates?
Director: Lisa Takeba | Stars: Kanna Hashimoto, Yûta Koseki, Toshiki Seto, Shôma Kai
Votes: 368
16. One Missed Call 2 (2005)
R | 105 min | Horror, Mystery
A Japanese restaurant cook/owner dies after answering his daughter's cellphone. Other people are getting strange, same ringtone calls as well and dying painfully. It happened in Taiwan as well. Can the police stop it if it's a ghost?
Director: Renpei Tsukamoto | Stars: Rie Mimura, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Chisun, Asaka Seto
Votes: 3,631
17. Another (2012)
109 min | Horror, Mystery
After a chain of deaths at a junior high school, new transfer student Koichi Sakakibara turns to a mysterious girl who holds the key to the dark mystery.
Director: Takeshi Furusawa | Stars: Natsumi Takamori, Mika Akizuki, Ayana, Guin Poon Chaw
Votes: 891
18. Kuroyuri danchi (2013)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Nursing student Asuka (Atsuko Maeda) has just moved into an apartment complex with her parents and younger brother. On the first night in her new room, she is awoken by a strange scratching... See full summary »
Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Atsuko Maeda, Hiroki Narimiya, Ryô Iwamatsu, Masanobu Katsumura
Votes: 1,284
19. 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: 8,310
20. Another Gantz (2011 TV Movie)
99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
This film is an alternate perspective version of the first Gantz film from an investigative journalists point of view and depicts the secrets of Kurono and Kato's childhood, and also other ... See full summary »
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Kanata Hongô, Haruhiko Katô, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Natsuna
Votes: 451
21. 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: 4,674
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