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Kanopy
85
7.5
/8304/
76
/241/
74
/187/
4.1
/27259/
100
/24/
83
/101/
92
/8/

Maborosi (1995)
A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.
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Disney Plus
79
7.9
/884754/
79
/55839/
75
/21694/
3.7
/2147905/
93
/438/
87
/7465/
74
/51/
cc age 12+

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his home-world and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of a powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.
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Kanopy
78
7.4
/53108/
74
/1280/
72
/927/
3.7
/26261/
87
/123/
88
/1672/
75
/33/
cc age 17+

Zatoichi (2003)
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
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Kanopy
78
7.5
/20407/
78
/1642/
75
/536/
4.1
/87339/
70
/10/
90
/42/
8.2
/222871/

Redline (2009)
A daredevil driver is determined to compete in Redline, the most popular race in the galaxy. The race only occurs every five years, but in order to participate he must overcome the mafia, the government and even love.
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Kanopy
78
6.7
/987/
67
/45/
66
/26/
3.9
/5300/
93
/30/
78
/2/
82
/9/

Labyrinth of Cinema (2020)
When lightning strikes a theater about to close its doors, three moviegoers are thrust back in time to the world inside the screen.
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82
78
7.6
/7813/
76
/239/
74
/157/
4.2
/22179/
100
/18/
87
/130/
77
/5/

The Taste of Tea (2004)
A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
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Kanopy
78
7.2
/132325/
71
/6230/
71
/3229/
4.0
/251238/
83
/288/
70
/1043/
79
/48/
cc age 16+

Silence (2016)
In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
poster
78
76
7.4
/10456/
75
/304/
72
/215/
4.0
/8470/
93
/539/

Survive Style 5+ (2004)
Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one another eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.
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Kanopy
76
6.9
/3079/
67
/95/
65
/96/
3.6
/4281/
100
/40/
77
/4/
84
/16/

Harmonium (2016)
Toshio hires Yasaka to work in his workshop. But then this old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life.
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78
73
7.4
/11893/
74
/176/
72
/157/
3.9
/11019/
90
/40/
90
/608/
73
/15/

Last Life in the Universe (2003)
An obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian living in Bangkok spends most of his days contemplating suicide in his apartment. His life changes when he witnesses the death of a young girl and becomes acquainted with her elder sister.
poster
73
7.2
/51179/
70
/1214/
67
/744/
3.5
/13848/
86
/102/
76
/3263/
74
/27/

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.
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Kanopy
72
6.9
/63475/
71
/1697/
69
/1065/
3.6
/128489/
64
/39/
82
/3776/
55
/10/

Ichi the Killer (2001)
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.
poster
70
6.8
/8426/
64
/131/
64
/119/
3.6
/7987/
71
/21/
71
/193/
75
/17/

Taboo (1999)
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
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Amazon Prime Video
69
7.2
/24800/
72
/717/
69
/315/
3.6
/13320/
78
/80/
91
/103/
55
/16/
cc age 15+

Minamata (2020)
War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.
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69
7.1
/2804/
70
/98/
67
/74/
3.8
/19813/
82
/63/

Picnic (1996)
Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best vantage point to view the final event.
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79
67
7.5
/4840/
76
/85/
75
/94/
4.0
/7865/
89
/105/

Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)
The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.
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74
65
6.8
/3502/
64
/59/
67
/56/
3.7
/6721/
90
/21/
77
/135/
80
/9/

Café Lumière (2004)
In a distinctly contemporary Tokyo that looks backwards to the city’s disappearing past, Yoko is a writer investigating the life of a modernist composer of the 1930s. She is pregnant by a man she does not want to marry and has found a kindred spirit in a used bookstore owner who aids her research.
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73
63
6.8
/3161/
66
/80/
65
/89/
3.7
/6685/
100
/5/
70
/55/

Gemini (1999)
When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.
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Disney Plus
63
7.0
/957636/
71
/44872/
68
/22040/
2.8
/1439063/
77
/292/
76
/19865/
57
/40/
cc age 13+

Thor (2011)
Against his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.
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62
6.7
/104115/
71
/7687/
71
/2634/
2.9
/75937/
42
/175/
92
/2705/
47
/28/
cc age 13+

Midway (2019)
The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.
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Kanopy
72
62
6.7
/3640/
69
/82/
68
/108/
3.6
/6724/
86
/7/
71
/130/

Vital (2004)
A young man awakens in the hospital after an accident wipes his memory. Fascinated by a textbook full of drawings of dissections, Hiroshi is drawn to medical school. There he catches the eye of a fellow student, but it's another who becomes his obsession: the dead woman on the cadaver table.
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Disney Plus
62
6.7
/770968/
68
/39505/
65
/18070/
2.3
/1197731/
67
/289/
74
/9275/
54
/44/
cc age 13+

Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.
poster
68
61
6.8
/5874/
67
/415/
70
/302/
3.2
/4316/
73
/19/

Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)
Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.
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60
6.8
/2936/
70
/100/
68
/70/
3.8
/10153/
81
/137/

Electric Dragon 80000V (2001)
A violent, guitar-playing, electrically charged boxer faces off against an electronic wizard half-merged with a metallic Buddha.
poster
The Roku Channel
59
6.1
/202529/
63
/13801/
70
/6182/
2.5
/267428/
55
/300/
85
/1910/
44
/43/
cc age 16+

Mortal Kombat (2021)
Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out and trains with Earth's greatest champions as he prepares to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.
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Fandor
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59
6.7
/3236/
66
/48/
68
/53/
3.7
/6557/
71
/21/
73
/144/
64
/11/

Bright Future (2003)
Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They become fascinated with a deadly jellyfish.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
77
59
7.4
/2445/
74
/118/
77
/84/
4.1
/31284/
81
/27/

Love & Pop (1998)
Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates. Hiromi plunges deeper into this world to raise money for an expensive ring.
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Amazon Prime Video
68
55
6.1
/2005/
62
/104/
66
/90/
3.4
/11145/
86
/14/

Broken Rage (2024)
A seemingly unremarkable man called “Mouse” is caught by the police. In exchange for his freedom, he goes undercover, infiltrates a drug ring, and arranges a fake deal, but an unexpected turn of events occurs.
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64
55
6.6
/2828/
69
/123/
63
/58/
3.6
/3971/
40
/10/
78
/131/

Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005)
An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
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Netflix
54
6.3
/76283/
66
/5221/
66
/1659/
2.9
/76592/
45
/95/
52
/278/
47
/22/
cc age 16+

Kate (2021)
A ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.
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63
53
6.3
/4222/
66
/73/
61
/84/
3.5
/3599/
60
/133/

TAKESHIS' (2005)
Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, who, still an unknown actor, is waiting for his big break. After their paths cross, Kitano seems to begin hallucinating about becoming Beat.
poster
63
52
6.7
/2447/
67
/51/
68
/50/
3.6
/2760/
45
/11/
80
/153/
44
/6/

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1999)
In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from some slayers. What follows is a wild chase that leads the audience into a comically violent world.
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66
51
6.4
/1520/
54
/53/
69
/36/
3.4
/3853/
75
/12/
67
/7/

Kubi (2023)
Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.
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69
51
6.8
/1964/
67
/57/
67
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3.6
/4269/
80
/5/
75
/16/
58
/6/

Distance (2001)
On the third anniversary of a cult's failed chemical attack on Tokyo and their subsequent mass suicide, family members of those affected gather at the cult's former base on the shores of a lake to observe the anniversary of their loved ones' deaths.
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78
50
7.6
/1581/
77
/28/
73
/40/
3.7
/647/
88
/16/
80
/37/

Kabei: Our Mother (2008)
Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist. His wife Kayo works frantically from morning to night to maintain the household and bring up her two daughters with the support of Shigeru's sister Hisako and Shigeru's ex-student Yamazaki, but her husband does not return. WWII breaks out and casts dark shadows on the entire country, but Kayo still tries to keep her cheerful determination, and sustain the family with her love. This is an emotional drama of a mother and an eternal message for peace.
poster
50
5.8
/267992/
63
/11677/
58
/5813/
2.2
/110837/
34
/223/
54
/8961/
41
/39/
cc age 12+

Battleship (2012)
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of an international naval coalition which becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage the hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. While taking on the invaders, Hopper must also try to live up to the potential that his brother, and his fiancée's father—an Admiral—expect of him.
poster
67
49
6.5
/3559/
65
/298/
70
/204/
3.1
/2684/
73
/1/

Parasyte: Part 2 (2015)
Humanity is under attack by human-mimicking flesh-eating alien parasites. One parasite bonds with his young high school student host, and he convinces the parasite to help him stop the others.
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Netflix
48
6.3
/31363/
64
/1839/
61
/681/
2.7
/22232/
13
/23/
67
/255/
30
/12/
cc age 17+

The Outsider (2018)
A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.
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63
47
6.6
/2028/
66
/53/
66
/61/
3.3
/2181/
55
/60/

Hana (2006)
In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.
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60
43
5.6
/3040/
55
/199/
56
/108/
2.7
/2063/
60
/5/
79
/6/

Detective Chinatown 3 (2021)
Tang Ren and Qin Feng travel to Japan to investigate the death of a mafia head. As they suspect foul play, they engage in a battle of wits against foreign detectives.
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63
42
6.2
/1336/
65
/33/
56
/31/
3.4
/2033/
68
/71/

Rampo Noir (2005)
An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo.
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Kanopy
59
42
6.3
/2166/
63
/79/
65
/69/
3.5
/5389/
54
/24/
46
/2/
52
/6/

Journey to the Shore (2015)
Mizuki's husband Yusuke has been missing for three years. He suddenly comes back home as a ghost and asks Mizuki to go on a trip with him. Their trip consists of visiting the people that helped Yusuke on his previous travel.
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Starz
42
6.2
/178757/
67
/9626/
62
/4047/
2.6
/86227/
16
/88/
48
/2670/
28
/21/
cc age 14+

47 Ronin (2013)
Kai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honour to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.
poster
57
41
5.9
/2160/
56
/68/
54
/47/
3.1
/1359/
58
/193/

Tokyo Zombie (2005)
Two Japanese friends accidentally kill their boss and dump his remains in Black Fuji, a mountain/landfill hybrid. This leads to poor results when the chemicals of the landfill mix with the corpse (and many other corpses) to give rise to a zombie infestation in Tokyo.
poster
57
39
5.5
/1873/
59
/158/
59
/103/
2.8
/1271/

Lupin the 3rd (2014)
Interpol Inspector Zenigata begins a world-wide hunt for the infamous thief Arsène Lupin III, who, with his cavalcade of collaborators infiltrate a highly secured fortress-like safe named the 'Ark of Navarone' to claim the "Crimson Heart of Cleopatra".
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63
38
6.5
/1735/
66
/28/
57
/36/
3.5
/918/
61
/66/

Invisible Waves (2006)
After inadvertently killing his girlfriend, a man flees Macau for Thailand in an attempt to cope with his guilt, and avoid possible arrest. But the relocation doesn't prevent his problems from following him, as his new friends could be potential enemies.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
61
36
6.9
/2179/
67
/81/
69
/54/
3.5
/1318/
20
/5/
75
/7/

The Wasted Times (2016)
Shanghai gangsters grapple with lust and loyalty on the eve of war with Japan as they try to navigate an alliance with the enemy's army.
poster
Kanopy
64
35
6.1
/490/
55
/22/
61
/15/
3.3
/1624/
80

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore (2014)
Somewhere in Manila, a crime boss rules with an iron fist. To his most loyal henchman he gives the task of guarding his woman. Before long, she falls in love with the henchman, and the star-crossed lovers decide to leave town. Fighting ensues. It is while on the run that they finally get to know each other for the first time.


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