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Kanopy
88
7.9
/94138/
79
/3604/
78
/2225/
4.3
/282556/
99
/230/
92
/197/
93
/40/
cc age 16+

Shoplifters (2018)
In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
86
8.3
/23111/
81
/387/
81
/392/
4.4
/32161/
73
/15/
94
/388/
90
/10/

Red Beard (1965)
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.
poster
Kanopy
85
8.0
/34917/
80
/849/
79
/609/
4.4
/103987/
92
/92/
93
/907/
88
/31/

Nobody Knows (2004)
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.
poster
Kanopy
85
7.5
/8285/
76
/241/
74
/186/
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.
poster
MUBI
84
7.8
/39927/
79
/1993/
79
/813/
4.3
/390089/
97
/173/
90
/88/
79
/40/

Monster (2023)
After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.
poster
84
7.5
/75447/
75
/2782/
74
/1433/
4.2
/362811/
97
/216/
78
/269/
91
/42/
cc age 15+

Drive My Car (2021)
Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.
poster
83
8.0
/17662/
80
/721/
80
/500/
4.4
/79537/
90
/21/
88
/243/
78
/11/

Love Exposure (2008)
The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an upskirt photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with Catholic guilt.
poster
82
7.7
/35260/
77
/815/
77
/747/
4.2
/71245/
96
/24/
92
/612/
83
/17/

Fireworks (1997)
Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his wife suffering from leukemia and his business partner paralyzed from a brutal gangster attack, Nishi borrows from a yakuza loan shark and then robs a bank to clear his debt.
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Hoopla
81
7.5
/11142/
74
/428/
72
/345/
4.1
/55278/
99
/115/
81
/18/
86
/19/

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)
An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
81
7.9
/15363/
78
/267/
77
/273/
4.1
/25174/
100
/19/
91
/266/

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.
poster
81
7.6
/13664/
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.
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Kanopy
81
7.8
/30697/
77
/947/
76
/775/
4.2
/62115/
86
/102/
89
/162/
73
/33/

Like Father, Like Son (2013)
Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.5
/71305/
75
/2540/
73
/1220/
3.9
/56367/
95
/129/
88
/1792/
84
/33/
cc age 18+

13 Assassins (2010)
A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.
poster
79
7.6
/18688/
77
/736/
75
/535/
4.1
/49146/
93
/121/
83
/73/
75
/31/

Our Little Sister (2015)
After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.
poster
79
7.7
/44701/
77
/1634/
75
/950/
4.0
/62957/
81
/16/
88
/554/

Confessions (2010)
Devastated at the death of her four-year-old daughter, a grieving middle school teacher is horrified to discover that her students aren't as innocent as she thinks.
poster
82
78
7.6
/7807/
76
/232/
74
/157/
4.2
/21905/
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.
poster
Hoopla
77
7.6
/34714/
76
/2253/
76
/945/
4.1
/139617/
84
86
/14/

One Cut of the Dead (2017)
Real zombies arrive and terrorize the crew of a zombie film being shot in an abandoned warehouse, said to be the site of military experiments on humans.
poster
82
76
7.6
/5881/
79
/226/
78
/141/
4.4
/57340/
91
/218/

Swing Girls (2004)
A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school's brass band.
poster
80
76
7.5
/5615/
79
/225/
75
/137/
4.2
/56976/
88
/16/
87
/247/
74
/6/

Linda Linda Linda (2005)
Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose Korean exchange student Son, though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It's a race against time as the group struggles to learn three songs for the festival's rock concert—including a classic '80s song by the Japanese punk rock band The Blue Hearts called "Linda Linda".
poster
Netflix
76
7.5
/19807/
76
/1344/
75
/635/
3.6
/14024/
84
/63/

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshin, was betrayed, set on fire and left for dead. He survived, and is now in Kyoto, plotting with his gathered warriors to overthrow the new government. Against Kaoru's wishes, Kenshin reluctantly agrees to go to Kyoto and help keep his country from falling back into civil war.
poster
75
7.1
/9515/
74
/469/
73
/312/
4.0
/22566/
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
Netflix
76
75
7.5
/15966/
76
/1111/
77
/548/
3.7
/12118/
81
/36/

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends (2014)
Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.
poster
Netflix
75
7.4
/30991/
75
/2000/
75
/878/
3.5
/21874/
85
/231/

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
poster
Netflix
80
73
7.2
/11994/
74
/997/
77
/530/
3.6
/10818/
100
/5/
89
/18/

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)
In 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their revenge.
poster
73
7.5
/33158/
72
/1767/
70
/762/
3.1
/19794/
80
/5/
83
/1562/

Death Note (2006)
Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the mysterious murderer. An all out battle between the two greatest minds on earth begins and the winner will control the world.
poster
Kanopy
72
6.7
/20460/
69
/1508/
67
/607/
3.5
/23506/
87
/98/
71
/77/
72
/26/

Blade of the Immortal (2017)
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.
poster
76
72
7.0
/4324/
75
/250/
67
/104/
3.8
/20913/
86
/7/
82
/722/

Nana (2005)
Two girls named Nana meet on a train to Tokyo. Nana K. aims to reunite with her boyfriend and Nana O. hopes to make it big in the music business. Despite their differences, the pair hit it off and become roommates.
poster
75
72
6.7
/8667/
72
/831/
74
/488/
3.5
/13884/
91
/11/
76
/31/

I Am a Hero (2016)
A man witnesses a fatal traffic accident on his way home from work, and the victim is clearly killed on impact. A moment later, when the corpse stands up and walks away, it could be a hallucination or something far more extraordinary.
poster
71
7.1
/15877/
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
72
71
7.0
/9506/
73
/415/
70
/375/
3.6
/12957/
77
/84/

Crows Zero (2007)
The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself do it as he reminds him of his youth.
poster
Hoopla
70
6.8
/18789/
69
/853/
69
/400/
3.6
/81481/
74
/155/

Noroi: The Curse (2005)
A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon.
poster
77
70
7.5
/4788/
80
/231/
77
/104/
3.9
/21462/

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021)
Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.
poster
Netflix
70
6.2
/3203/
66
/169/
63
/169/
3.5
/13047/
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
/5256/
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
72
70
7.2
/8928/
76
/300/
70
/219/
4.2
/62427/
62
/29/
87
/654/
56
/14/

Kamikaze Girls (2004)
Momoko, a strange and seemingly emotionless girl obsessed with 18th century France, befriends a Yanki biker and the two experience the ups and downs of their unusual lives in a rural Japanese town.
poster
70
6.7
/37177/
67
/892/
68
/677/
3.5
/49970/
84
/19/
66
/942/

Dark Water (2002)
A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.
poster
Kanopy
69
6.6
/3444/
66
/156/
67
/98/
3.5
/12540/
89
/56/
60
/6/
79
/16/

Wife of a Spy (2020)
It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’s up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into a game in which she enigmatically conceals her intentions.
poster
MUBI
68
6.7
/3297/
66
/125/
61
/74/
3.4
/11530/
74
/58/
71
/8/
68
/17/

Family Romance, LLC (2019)
Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps make his clients’ dreams come true. But when the mother of 12-year-old Mahiro hires Ishii to impersonate her missing father, the line between acting and reality threatens to blur.
poster
79
68
7.8
/5248/
77
/94/
74
/87/
3.7
/2487/
92
/306/

Be with You (2004)
Takumi and his six-year-old son, Yuji, haven't come to terms with their wife and mother's death. One day, they meet a woman with an uncanny resemblance to her sheltering from the rain near their home.
poster
74
67
7.4
/5807/
78
/219/
75
/194/
3.6
/11476/

My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday (2016)
Takatoshi Minamiyama majors in art at an university in Kyoto. On the train to the school, he sees Emi Fukuju and falls in love with her at first sight. Gathering up all his courage, he speaks to her. They begin to date and enjoy happy days together, but Emi reveals her secret to him.
poster
The Roku Channel
67
6.1
/9007/
62
/576/
65
/390/
3.3
/33461/
92
/13/
61
/38/

Tag (2015)
As the sole survivor of a horrendous and rather mysterious accident, teenage Mitsuko's day is off to a bad start. An unstoppable force of nature, a doomed field trip, and a strange case of amnesia easily coexist in a bizarre parallel universe, where a desperate Mitsuko is always on the run from something inexplicable, intangible, and utterly deadly. However, amid piles of fresh corpses, mounds of scorching bullet shells, and rivulets of fragrant adolescent blood, Mitsuko must fight to stay alive, before her already messed-up day becomes even stranger. But one question still remains: who or what is the enemy?
poster
70
66
6.4
/5307/
66
/339/
62
/126/
3.1
/49030/
97
/37/
74
/26/

Exit 8 (2025)
A man gets lost in an underground passage. He follows the "guide" through the passage, but one after another, strange things happen to him. Is this space real? Or an illusion? Will the man be able to escape the passage?
poster
Netflix
66
6.2
/8834/
64
/1015/
68
/285/
3.0
/26536/
67
/33/
71
/41/
63
/5/
cc age 14+

Bullet Train Explosion (2025)
When panic erupts on a Tokyo-bound bullet train that will explode if it slows below 100 kph, authorities race against time to save everyone on board.
poster
Crunchyroll
68
66
6.8
/13177/
70
/330/
65
/168/
3.2
/2111/
76
/891/

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005)
Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each village. Gennosuke and Oboro's love is made even more impossible when they each got picked as the leader of the five to represent their respective villages.
poster
Kanopy
66
6.2
/3090/
63
/138/
65
/96/
3.4
/8145/
82
/51/
54
/11/
64
/14/

Before We Vanish (2017)
Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally different person, and he is now gentle and tender. He goes for a walk every day. Meanwhile, journalist Sakurai covers the story of a family that was brutally murdered, when an unexplained phenomenon takes place.
poster
79
66
7.5
/3258/
78
/167/
77
/90/
4.3
/35323/

Ritual (2000)
A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young woman who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorrow is my birthday" everyday. He tries to communicate with her through his video camera.
poster
74
66
7.1
/4712/
71
/161/
71
/118/
3.8
/21461/
81
/69/

April Story (1998)
In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.
poster
66
6.8
/10004/
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.


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