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  • Harakiri (1962)

    1. Harakiri

    19622h 13mNot Rated85Metascore
    8.6 (80K)
    When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.
    DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira IshihamaShima Iwashita
  • Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka, Miyu Sasaki, Jyo Kairi, and Mehdi Taleghani in Shoplifters (2018)

    2. Shoplifters

    20182h 1mR93Metascore
    7.9 (92K)
    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.
    DirectorHirokazu KoreedaStarsLily FrankySakura AndôKirin Kiki
  • Masaki Suda and Satoshi Fukase in Character (2021)

    3. Character

    20212h 5m
    6.5 (1.5K)
    A kind man aspires to become a comic creator, but villains and evil deeds do not come easily to him. Things take a surprise turn when he comes across a family who were described as idealized that are no more.
    DirectorAkira NagaiStarsMasaki SudaSatoshi FukaseMitsuki Takahata
  • 1 Litre of Tears (2005)

    4. 1 Litre of Tears

    2005–200712 epsTV-14TV Mini Series
    8.7 (3K)
    The story of a 15-year-old high school student, Ikeuchi Aya, who soon discovers she has an incurable disease that affects the cerebellum of the brain. Aya lived her life to the fullest until her death at 25.
    StarsErika SawajiriRyo NishikidoHiroko Yakushimaru
  • The Hours of My Life (2014)

    5. The Hours of My Life

    201411 epsTV Mini Series
    8.1 (516)
    Sawada Takuto is an ordinary university student, who one day learns that he has A.L.S. (Lou Gehrig's disease) with not much time left to live. Instead of wallowing in despair, Takuto tries to live his life to the fullest.
    StarsHaruma MiuraMikako TabeShunsuke Kazama
  • Haru Kuroki in Nagi's Long Vacation (2019)

    6. Nagi's Long Vacation

    2019– 10 epsTV Series
    7.2 (546)
    Nagi seems to have it all: a good job, a boyfriend, friends at work. Unfortunately, she overhears her coworkers and boyfriend dissing her, so she stays home from work, and no one comes to see her. She decides to quit, and move to the country, and let her curly hair hang free.
    StarsHaru KurokiTomoya NakamuraYoshiko Mita
  • Love Letter (1995)

    7. Love Letter

    19951h 57mPG
    7.9 (12K)
    After losing her fiance in a fatal mountain-climbing incident, Hiroko was devastated. She comes across his childhood address in a school yearbook and impulsively writes to him. But what happens when she receives a reply?
    DirectorShunji IwaiStarsMiho NakayamaEtsushi ToyokawaBunjaku Han
  • Shôsuke Tanihara and Nozomi Sasaki in My Rainy Days (2009)

    8. My Rainy Days

    20091h 59m
    6.8 (2.5K)
    High schooler Rio Ozawa, falls for professor Kouki Ozawa. Though he reciprocates feelings, he's dying of cancer, explaining his distance. Rio convinces him to get risky surgery, even if he forgets her, to prolong their time together.
    DirectorYuri KanchikuStarsNozomi SasakiShôsuke TaniharaHikaru Yamamoto
  • Departures (2008)

    9. Departures

    20082h 10mPG-1368Metascore
    8.0 (56K)
    Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding. He moves back to his hometown with his wife, where he answers an ad for what Daigo thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary.
    DirectorYôjirô TakitaStarsMasahiro MotokiRyôko HirosueTsutomu Yamazaki
  • Ima, ai ni yukimasu (2004)

    10. Ima, ai ni yukimasu

    20041h 59m
    7.8 (5.1K)
    A young woman returns from the dead to her guilt-ridden husband and son, but she cannot remember them.
    DirectorNobuhiro DoiStarsYûko TakeuchiShidô NakamuraAkashi Takei
  • Yûya Yagira and Ayu Kitaura in Nobody Knows (2004)

    11. Nobody Knows

    20042h 21mPG-1388Metascore
    8.0 (34K)
    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.
    DirectorHirokazu KoreedaStarsYûya YagiraAyu KitauraHiei Kimura
  • Threads of Destiny (2008)

    12. Threads of Destiny

    20081h 46m
    5.9 (161)
    A drama that follows the emotional and spiritual growth of teenage girl as she wrestles with love, family, and other matters.
    DirectorShôsuke MurakamiStarsNao MinamisawaJunpei MizobataNaoki Abe
  • Hatsuyuki no koi (2007)

    13. Hatsuyuki no koi

    20071h 42m
    6.4 (985)
    Min is a Korean boy moves to Japan with his father who is a potter. One day at a local shrine, he meets Nanae, a beautiful Japanese girl with stunning eyes who is aspiring to be a painter. Min falls in love at first sight and finds out that Nanae attends the school to which he has just transferred. Their friendship develops fast despite their cultural and language difference. When Min's grandmother falls ill, Min returns to Korea and Nanae is nowhere to be found. Had his true feelings for Nanae not been apparent to her? Why has Nanae disappeared without a word?
    DirectorHan Sang-heeStarsLee Joon-giAoi MiyazakiSeon-Yeong Baek
  • Aya Ueto in Azumi (2003)

    14. Azumi

    20032h 8mNot Rated49Metascore
    6.7 (15K)
    Raised to deal in cold blooded death, the teenage assassin girl Azumi must defeat three evil warlords while also battling her own heart.
    DirectorRyûhei KitamuraStarsAya UetoKenji KohashiHiroki Narimiya
  • Yûma Ishigaki, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shun Oguri, and Aya Ueto in Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005)

    15. Azumi 2: Death or Love

    20051h 48mNot Rated
    6.2 (5.8K)
    Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a remarking resemblance with former friend Nachi.
    DirectorShûsuke KanekoStarsAya UetoYûma IshigakiChiaki Kuriyama
  • Sôsuke Takaoka, Shun Oguri, Kyôsuke Yabe, Kenta Kiritani, Takayuki Yamada, Motoki Fukami, and Hiroshi Watanabe in Crows Zero (2007)

    16. Crows Zero

    20072h 10m
    7.0 (9.3K)
    A transfer student attempts to take over the most violent high school in the country, whose students form factions and battle each other for power.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShun OguriKyôsuke YabeMeisa Kuroki
  • Sôsuke Takaoka, Shun Oguri, Kenta Kiritani, Takayuki Yamada, Yû Koyanagi, and Nobuaki Kaneko in Crows Zero II (2009)

    17. Crows Zero II

    20092h 13m
    7.2 (5.7K)
    Tension escalates and violence ensues when a young student unwittingly breaks a non-aggression pact between two rival high schools.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShun OguriKyôsuke YabeMeisa Kuroki
  • Battle Royale (2000)

    18. 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
  • Q.10 (2010)

    19. Q.10

    20109 epsTV Mini Series
    6.7 (198)
    High school student Heita discovers an android girl only identified with a tattoo Q10 (Kyuuto) and the pair gets into all sorts of trouble at school. But was his discovery really accidental or part of a larger plan?
    StarsTakeru SatohAtsuko MaedaMisako Renbutsu
  • Heavenly Forest (2006)

    20. Heavenly Forest

    20061h 56m
    7.4 (3.7K)
    Amateur photographer Makoto and the homely but endearing Shizuru meet during their university entrance ceremony and become instant friends. Shy by nature, Makoto finds himself opening up around Shizuru, who is secretly in love with him.
    DirectorTakehiko ShinjôStarsAoi MiyazakiHiroshi TamakiMunetaka Aoki
  • Kazuya Kamenashi in Kami no Shizuku (2009)

    21. Kami no Shizuku

    20099 epsTV Series
    6.7 (96)
    The son of a wine critic is set a challenge: he must identify thirteen of the best wines in the world.
    StarsKazuya KamenashiSeiichi TanabeRiisa Naka
  • Zettai reido: Mikaiketsu jiken tokumei sôsa (2010)

    22. Zettai reido: Mikaiketsu jiken tokumei sôsa

    2010– 22 epsTV Series
    6.8 (80)
    Sakuragi Izumi is a new police sergeant with the Special Investigations Office, which was set up within the Metropolitan Police in November last year. The new investigation team uses DNA analysis and the latest in forensics science to investigate cold cases as well as cases suspected to involve missing persons.
    StarsAya UetoSayaka YamaguchiTomomi Maruyama
  • Izumi Inamori, Takeshi Kaga, Masahiro Matsuoka, Norito Yashima, Ryûhei Ueshima, Satoshi Ohno, Umika Kawashima, and Tatsuomi Hamada in Kaibutsu-kun (2010)

    23. Kaibutsu-kun

    2010– 10 epsTV Series
    7.3 (43)
    StarsHiroki MiyakeKôjun ItôSatoshi Ohno
  • Bandeiji (2010)

    24. Bandeiji

    20101h 59m
    6.6 (480)
    Four boys have their friendship and musical talents tested in the ever changing worlds of the music industry and real life in 1990s Japan.
    DirectorTakeshi KobayashiStarsJin AkanishiKie KitanoKengo Kôra
  • Ties of Shooting Stars (2008)

    25. Ties of Shooting Stars

    200810 epsTV Series
    7.4 (606)
    Three grifting siblings do everything they can to solve the murder of their parents before the statute of limitations runs out.
    StarsKazunari NinomiyaRyo NishikidoErika Toda

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