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81
7.6
/13675/
75
/364/
74
/267/
4.2
/39170/
94
/87/
80
/389/
80
/22/

Tokyo Sonata (2008)
A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.5
/36262/
76
/1714/
75
/729/
4.3
/311627/
94
/66/
85
/255/
70
/13/

Cure (1997)
A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.
poster
82
75
7.7
/4646/
77
/114/
77
/97/
4.3
/10729/
91
/44/
91
/64/
79
/22/

Eureka (2001)
In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.
poster
75
7.2
/9526/
74
/477/
73
/312/
4.0
/22655/
83
/41/
80
/73/
68
/11/

Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.
poster
73
7.0
/13717/
69
/359/
68
/267/
3.8
/31522/
83
/99/
61
/111/
76
/31/

Like Someone in Love (2012)
An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. But the web that is woven between them in the space of twenty four hours bears no relation to the circumstances of their encounter.
poster
Kanopy
72
7.0
/12608/
68
/295/
69
/255/
3.6
/19206/
94
/87/
80
/389/
63
/18/

Tokyo! (2008)
Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.
poster
71
7.1
/15893/
72
/547/
69
/382/
3.7
/25843/
75
/24/
74
/142/
66
/5/

Cold Fish (2011)
When fish shop owner Shamoto's teenage daughter Mitsuko is caught stealing, a generous middle-aged man named Murata helps resolve the situation. The man and his wife offer to have Mitsuko work at their opposing fish store. Shamoto soon discovers that something far more sinister lives behind Murata's friendly demeanor.
poster
Netflix
70
6.2
/3206/
66
/170/
63
/169/
3.5
/13076/
100
/11/
56
/19/
cc age 17+

The Forest of Love (2019)
A con man and a would-be filmmaking crew force themselves into the lives of two grief-scarred young women. But nothing is as it seems.
poster
75
70
7.1
/5263/
72
/194/
70
/168/
4.0
/25283/
100
/21/
71
/36/
66
/9/

Himizu (2011)
Two 14-year-olds from troubled, abusive homes come together sharing misery and pain. In the aftermath of an earthquake, the classmates learn how to survive while relying on one another for emotional and physical support.
poster
66
6.8
/10016/
66
/412/
67
/296/
3.4
/19014/
64
/14/
66
/2237/

Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
When elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of an anonymous suburban house that harbours a horrible secret, and into which all who enter are doomed.
poster
The Roku Channel
62
6.4
/3795/
66
/184/
65
/160/
3.5
/8686/
58
/33/
46
/24/
58
/13/

Tokyo Tribe (2014)
In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of Bukuro, joins forces with heavy-hitting gangster Buppa of Buppa Town. With Buppa's support, Merra aims to initiate a gang war between the Wu-Ronz and the Musashino Saru, and in a confrontation between the two attempts to kill Kai of the Musashino Saru. The inadvertent murder of Kai's friend Tera (a Musashino Saru member beloved by all Tribes since before their formation) leads to the joining of forces between all of the Tribes in an all-out war against Merra and Buppa.
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Plex
63
60
6.4
/5618/
61
/212/
64
/120/
3.2
/3991/
75
/16/
65
/74/
51
/4/

Killers (2014)
A psychotic executive triggers a journalist's dark side, and they begin to form a strange bond through the internet.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
59
6.1
/9899/
60
/411/
59
/254/
3.0
/23225/
61
/28/
57
/442/
62
/9/

Uzumaki (2000)
The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.
poster
The Roku Channel
59
5.5
/4749/
60
/284/
60
/175/
3.1
/7362/
62
/39/
40
/26/
62
/16/

Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)
When young protege Akira Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, Genyo Kamiura, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge.
poster
60
54
6.0
/4633/
60
/221/
62
/171/
2.9
/8699/

Ju-on: The Curse 2 (2000)
On his request, the sensitive sister of a real estate agent visits a house he intends to put up for sale, only to cross paths with its resident curse.
poster
72
51
6.9
/1951/
68
/99/
70
/74/
3.6
/9716/
100
/7/
53
/3/

A Man (2022)
Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.
poster
69
51
5.9
/1031/
62
/32/
67
/31/
3.2
/2110/
100
/5/
67

Destruction Babies (2016)
Taira is a disaffected youth from a seaside town reveling in violence. Enamored by his strength, Yuya joins his crusade in attacking strangers. Meanwhile, Taira's brother looks for him.
poster
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
66
50
6.4
/3105/
70
/159/
70
/145/
3.2
/877/
65
/274/

Dororo (2007)
Hyakkimaru, a warrior on a quest to reclaim 48 of his body parts which were each taken by a demon, is joined by Dororo, a thief on a quest to avenge the death of her parents.
poster
67
43
6.6
/2547/
67
/66/
65
/42/
3.3
/422/
75

Mumon: The Land of Stealth (2017)
Raised suckling poison arrows among the sparring Iga ninja factions, Mumon is a carefree 16th-century mercenary. When the ninja council makes a power play to defeat the young Nobukatsu Oda struggling to step into his father’s warlord shoes as they expand rule across the country, Mumon jumps into the fray to satisfy his new bride Okuni’s demand that he make good on his promises of wealth. Yet Mumon soon finds what is worth fighting for beyond money or nation.
poster
Netflix
72
42
6.6
/1032/
76
/63/
76
/34/
3.6
/3978/
60
/5/
87
/8/
cc age 13+

The Parades (2024)
A mother searches for her missing son after a devastating calamity, only to realize that she has died and is now confined to a realm of restless spirits.
poster
71
35
7.0
/1477/
71
/46/
70
/52/
3.6
/888/
74
/12/

Golden Slumber (2010)
When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from corrupt cops. It's only the beginning of what quickly becomes the worst, weirdest day of his life. But he'll get by with a little help from his friends, who include a famous pop diva, a rockabilly deliveryman, a crippled old gangster, and the world's most cheerful serial killer.
poster
67
34
6.4
/523/
65
/26/
60
/32/
3.4
/705/
80
/5/

Lowlife Love (2016)
Tetsuo is a lowlife. A film director with a small indie hit many years back, yet he has never gotten any further as he refuses to go against his 'artistic integrity'.
poster
64
29
5.5
/119/
53
/9/
60
/12/
3.0
/745/
96

Spirit World (2025)
Legendary singer Claire Emery flies to Japan for a final sold-out concert. But when the show ends, so does Claire’s life on earth. However, an unexpected new life in the spirit world - where she will be guided by Yuzo, one of her biggest fans - awaits.
poster
64
26
6.2
/405/
61
/23/
67
/25/
3.3
/1210/

Love and Other Cults (2017)
Ai's mother sends her to live with a cult commune, where she remains for seven years. After the cult is broken up by the police, Ai struggles to fit in with society.
poster
66
20
6.3
/421/
60
/32/
75
/14/
3.3
/893/

Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie (2023)
Kuno Totono, a curly-haired college student, visits Hiroshima and becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding the inheritance of the Kariatsumari family's assets, using his intelligence and loquaciousness to unravel the case.
poster
68
19
6.6
/744/
67
/18/
65
/15/
3.5
/838/
75
/5/

Unlucky Monkey (1998)
A dark and strange comedy about a bank robber with bad luck. Bungling a bank robbery turns out to be a profitable mistake for Yamazaki, an amateur crook who ends up with 80 million yen after a string of improbable accidents. But having so much cash doesn't make his life is any easier. In fact, it gets much more complicated when Yamazaki stabs a hairdresser by mistake and instantly becomes a hunted fugitive. He's just one unlucky monkey but can he turn his luck around?
poster
67
19
6.0
/404/
70
/25/
71
/27/
3.4
/304/

SPEC: Heaven (2012)
Saya Toma is a female detective with an IQ of 201. Takeru Sebumi is a career detective with a distinguished background. They work on cases by postulating the "SPEC" of the unknown criminals and then deduce the criminal's unknown "SPEC" to make arrests. A mystery occurs when bodies are found on a cruiser in the ocean. Saya Toma and Ryo Kase of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department are brought in to solve the case.
poster
74
17
7.2
/378/
89
/12/
63
/18/
3.6
/531/

Wilderness: Part 1 (2017)
Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.
poster
66
17
6.2
/504/
69
/25/
65
/22/
3.4
/270/

Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie (2016)
Saburo is a high school student good in sports, but not very good with his studies. One day, Saburo travels back in time and arrives in the Sengoku period of 1549. There, Saburo meets Nobunaga Oda who looks and sounds just like Saburo. Nobunaga Oda is the son of a warlord and magistrate of the lower Owari Province. Nobunaga Oda though is physically weak and he asks Saburo to take his place. Then, Saburo as Nobunaga Oda attempts to unify the country of Japan.
poster
63
16
6.5
/858/
59
/12/
71
/13/
3.6
/741/
50
/3/

Cut (2011)
Shuji is an uncompromising young filmmaker at odds with Japanese society. One day he learns that his loan shark brother, who had helped to finance his films, has been executed by his own yakuza gang for failing to repay his debts.
poster
64
15
6.6
/194/
65
/20/
60
/4/
3.4
/1228/

Insomniacs After School (2023)
To keep using their school's abandoned observatory as a refuge, two sleepless high school students decide to revive the defunct astronomy club.
poster
64
15
6.4
/705/
62
/14/
69
/25/
3.4
/286/
57
/1/

The Kiyosu Conference (2013)
After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneoki Ikeda meet to decide on a successor. The conference would become Japan's first group made political decision. The meeting was known as the Kiyosu Kaigi.
poster
68
15
6.7
/524/
71
/20/
66
/17/
3.4
/260/

Last Winter, We Parted (2018)
An ambitious, young freelance journalist takes on the closed case of a famous fine arts photographer whose beautiful female subject died on set in a gruesome fire.
poster
71
14
7.1
/233/
71
/7/
71
/6/
3.6
/875/

Living in Two Worlds (2024)
Dai grows up in a small town, interpreting for his loving deaf parents, until he moves to Tokyo in search of his own independent life.
poster
68
14
6.9
/474/
68
/9/
65
/12/
3.5
/484/

Be Sure to Share (2009)
Shiro's struggle with his father's cancer and impending death leads to a realization that he must communicate his love and admiration for him before it's too late. A series of flashbacks reveals their relationship over time, and the trouble Shiro faced connecting to his strict father who was also his teacher and soccer coach. With a consuming secret of his own, Shiro, now in his late twenties and about to get engaged, must eventually learn how to share the pain of it with his loved ones.
poster
74
13
7.1
/295/
89
/11/
64
/14/
3.6
/404/

Wilderness: Part 2 (2017)
Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.
poster
60
13
6.3
/483/
65
/16/
72
/21/
3.2
/236/
38
/1/

Judge! (2014)
After taking the blame for another disastrous advertising campaign, Ota Kiichiro is asked by his arrogant boss Otaki Ichiro to take his place as a judge at the world's biggest advertising competition in Los Angeles.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
13
6.3
/174/
57
/8/
76
/10/
3.5
/641/

It Stopped Raining (2020)
A young bioarchaeologist Yukisuke is attracted to a girl Koyomi, who runs a small stand of taiyaki pastry that he often buys. Koyomi is hospitalized, however, by a car accident on a rainy day after they go out together, and wakes up with short term memory loss, where she cannot remember anything beyond the present day. Yukisuke tries to live close to her as before but the lack of collective memory starts to stagger him.
poster
63
13
6.2
/297/
55
/5/
67
/9/
3.4
/688/

Blue Hour (2019)
Trapped in her anemic career and love relationship, a 30-year-old TV commercial director returns to her countryside home in the company of a free-spirited friend. In a bittersweet reunion with an alienated family, her childhood memories of freedom and yearnings creep in the dreamlike blue hour, transcending into a lyricism of self-realization – at once whimsical, agonizing and yet hopeful.
poster
68
12
6.7
/381/
71
/8/
50
/14/
3.4
/327/
85
/7/

Boys on the Run (2010)
A socially awkward salesman for a toy-capsule company tries to change his nerdy ways when a slick rival moves in on the beautiful co-worker he loves.
poster
?
6.9
/11/

Early Autumn (2011)
As summer gives way to autumn, Matsubara Tatsuhira (played by Yakusho Koji), who runs a wine specialty store in Nagano, feels a mix of emotions as he sends his daughter off to her wedding. Since his wife passed away 20 years ago, Matsubara has dedicated himself to raising his daughter, even sacrificing another chance at love. However, his daughter's marriage seems to have left this strong man feeling a sense of emotional loss and loneliness. Afterward, he temporarily sets aside his work and travels to Kyoto to visit his old friend, the writer Shigeo Shuzuki (played by Iwasaki Ryō), and also reunites with his high school friend Yamabe Kōsuke (played by Ten Ten). At Yamabe's request, Matsubara went to a nightclub to investigate the other man's daughter—who was also Matsubara's daughter's friend—Reiko (played by Nakagawa Noriko). Reiko had secretly loved Matsubara since childhood, and the hidden emotions in this middle-aged man seemed to be awakening once again...
poster
?
7.7
/28/
83
/3/

A Moon in the Ordinary (2025)
Kensho Aoto reunites with Yoko Sudo, whom he had feelings for in junior high school, for the first time in 35 years. On the second floor window sill of a small apartment. Yoko was leaning against the window and looking up at the moon in the night sky, then Kensho was watching her from outside. Kensho “What were you thinking back then?” Yoko “...Something like a dream. Just about something like a dream.” The two of them are naturally attracted to each other for the first time at the age of 50. They eventually start talking about the future...
poster
?
50
/2/

Watcher in the Attic (2006)
A 2006 film.
poster
?
20
/1/

Shooting Stars in the Twilight (2002)
Hiromi works in a posh French restaurant. One day, he meets an ordinary-looking old man who has a discerning palate. He is no ordinary cook, and can pinpoint the exact problems with Hiromi's dishes. His name is Tatematsu Ippei, a legendary chef renowned for his work in France once upon a time. After a food poisoning mishap, his fiance Sophie had left him and he cut himself off from the culinary world. Hiromi is engrossed with Ippei's cuisine and asks for lessons. Meanwhile, Sophie, now the wife of the director of a top tableware manufacturer, comes to Japan. Ippei cooks a banquet for her using Hiromi's restaurant as a front. Sophie notices that the food is made by Ippei, her former lover. The two meet and enjoy a short-lived reunion, but go on to live their own separate lives.
poster
?
20
/1/

Kunoichi Financial Road (1999)
Sacho the financial ninja saves the common folk from corporate villains with the use of her "financial ninjutsu."
poster
?
10
/1/

Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case (1995)
The fourth 'Gotoshi' film.
poster
?
10
/1/

Gotoshi Co. Ltd. III (1994)
The third 'Gotoshi' film.


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