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Kanopy
90
8.1
/76222/
81
/1411/
82
/1162/
4.4
/133439/
100
/52/
93
/871/
100
/19/

Tokyo Story (1953)
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
poster
Kanopy
88
7.9
/93485/
79
/3517/
78
/2201/
4.3
/274626/
99
/230/
91
/198/
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
Criterion Channel
87
8.0
/11733/
78
/264/
78
/309/
4.2
/31049/
95
/21/
90
/81/
91
/17/

An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
poster
Hulu
86
7.9
/95334/
79
/3884/
78
/1683/
4.3
/685551/
96
/186/
93
/34/
80
/38/
cc age 12+

Perfect Days (2023)
Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.
poster
Kanopy
85
8.0
/34601/
80
/839/
79
/599/
4.4
/93537/
92
/92/
93
/906/
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
Criterion Channel
84
7.7
/520056/
75
/13466/
73
/7770/
3.8
/1270938/
95
/234/
85
/22275/
91
/44/
cc age 16+

Lost in Translation (2003)
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.8
/39400/
80
/2034/
77
/748/
4.0
/56122/
99
/93/
91
/1008/
77
/27/
cc age 11+

Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)
Revered sushi chef Jiro Ono strives for perfection in his work, while his eldest son, Yoshikazu, has trouble living up to his father's legacy.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
82
8.0
/10470/
78
/204/
78
/199/
4.2
/20005/
100
/11/
92
/97/
94
/5/

Early Summer (1951)
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
poster
Hoopla
81
7.8
/52588/
80
/2388/
79
/1420/
4.2
/211788/
92
/77/
91
/913/
75
/25/
8.2
/160371/
cc age 13+

Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.7
/4405/
72
/70/
74
/103/
4.0
/9074/
86
/437/

The Only Son (1936)
A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo to visit her son.
poster
fuboTV
83
81
7.8
/20429/
76
/366/
75
/336/
4.0
/35861/
100
/21/
91
/405/

Stray Dog (1949)
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.6
/44412/
75
/1602/
76
/1060/
4.0
/135464/
94
/78/
89
/1066/
79
/20/

Godzilla (1954)
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
poster
Hoopla
80
7.5
/67062/
78
/4505/
79
/2508/
3.7
/252540/
91
/98/
96
/36/
72
/30/
8.2
/661977/
cc age 13+

Weathering with You (2019)
The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.5
/34991/
76
/1596/
75
/703/
4.3
/289177/
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
Disney Plus
80
7.8
/543006/
80
/37918/
77
/16197/
3.8
/1404496/
90
/226/
91
/5917/
74
/39/
cc age 7+

Big Hero 6 (2014)
A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
poster
79
7.6
/13552/
75
/347/
74
/263/
4.2
/37668/
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
Crunchyroll
79
7.6
/29226/
79
/2307/
79
/1552/
3.9
/66994/
90
/67/
88
/141/
65
/15/
8.2
/237035/
cc age 11+

The Boy and the Beast (2015)
Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.
poster
78
6.9
/1503/
72
/53/
65
/23/
4.0
/22468/
98
/52/
75
/10/

Happyend (2025)
In a near-future Japanese city bracing for a devastating earthquake, a group of teenage friends navigate personal struggles and fractured bonds amid rising tension.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
77
8.0
/5252/
79
/114/
79
/121/
4.2
/9665/
100
/16/
93
/93/

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.
poster
80
76
IMDb 96
7.9
/4395/
80
/121/
72
/21/
3.9
/53067/
87
/144/
96
/471/
68
/30/
cc age 13+

Rental Family (2025)
An American actor in Tokyo struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese 'rental family' agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients' worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
76
6.9
/43909/
70
/3784/
72
/1479/
3.9
/227715/
87
/86/
80
/856/
66
/15/
cc age 13+

Shin Godzilla (2016)
When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.5
/326575/
72
/5555/
71
/3944/
3.7
/193959/
68
/203/
77
/19782/
69
/38/
cc age 16+

Babel (2006)
Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
6.7
/8675/
68
/496/
67
/320/
3.5
/26974/
98
/121/
88
/3/
77
/25/

First Love (2019)
One night in Tokyo, Leo, a young boxer, meets his first love, Monica, an imprisoned sex worker. Caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, they find themselves pursued by a corrupt cop, a yakuza, his nemesis, and a female assassin.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
74
7.1
/10377/
73
/282/
71
/200/
3.8
/40471/
93
/14/
79
/283/

Tokyo Drifter (1966)
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.4
/58879/
75
/3360/
75
/2139/
3.4
/156580/
7.8
/548605/

The Garden of Words (2013)
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches.
poster
73
7.0
/5008/
69
/92/
64
/130/
3.2
/2208/
91
/33/
77
/134/
75
/17/

Fear and Trembling (2003)
Amélie, a young Belgian woman, having spent her childhood in Japan, decides to return to live there and tries to integrate in the Japanese society. She is determined to be a "real Japanese" before her year contract runs out, though it precisely this determination that is incompatable with Japanese humility. Though she is hired for a choice position as a translator at an import/export firm, her inability to understand Japanese cultural norms results in increasingly humiliating demotions. Though Amelie secretly adulates her, her immediate supervisor takes sadistic pleasure in belittling her all along. She finally manages to break Amelie's will by making her the bathroom attendant, and is delighted when Amelie tells her the she will not renew her contract. Amelie realizes that she is finally a real Japanese when she enters the company president's office "with fear and trembling," which could only be possible because her determination was broken by Miss Fubuki's systematic torture.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
73
7.7
/4162/
77
/75/
75
/91/
4.0
/7487/
100
/9/
87
/45/
84
/7/

Early Spring (1956)
A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
73
7.8
/4795/
74
/110/
78
/124/
4.1
/8470/
94
/18/
91
/37/

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully follows him.
poster
Kanopy
73
6.8
/3514/
72
/164/
66
/98/
3.5
/4710/
98
/55/
82
/43/
69
/18/

Oh Lucy! (2018)
A lonely, chain-smoking office lady in Tokyo falls for her teacher when she decides to take English lessons. When her teacher disappears, she sets out on a journey to find him.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
7.0
/7584/
71
/607/
79
/440/
3.6
/26555/
76
/239/
cc age 8+

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (2006)
After a battle with a high-tech villain named, Saiko-Tek, the Teen Titans travel to the city of Tokyo where they find themselves embroiled in a conflict with an ancient enemy.
poster
73
7.5
/33052/
72
/1736/
70
/758/
3.1
/18769/
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
Amazon Prime Video
72
6.8
/4523/
66
/181/
74
/158/
3.6
/12484/
78
/152/

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.
poster
Kanopy
72
7.2
/93268/
71
/2742/
72
/1915/
3.8
/225364/
73
/97/
72
/1373/
69
/19/

Enter the Void (2010)
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police during a bust gone bad, his spirit journeys from the past -- where he sees his parents before their deaths -- to the present -- where he witnesses his own autopsy -- and then to the future, where he looks out for his sister from beyond the grave.
poster
Hoopla
70
6.5
/14127/
62
/183/
63
/178/
3.5
/10761/
68
/56/
80
/623/
64
/20/

The Pillow Book (1995)
A woman with a body writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.
poster
69
6.7
/3699/
67
/269/
67
/152/
3.5
/7390/
93
/59/
70
/26/
74
/16/
7.1
/15349/
cc age 13+

Miss Hokusai (2015)
A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own mark in the world.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
69
6.6
/22820/
65
/1489/
64
/936/
3.1
/140250/
89
/18/
64
/166/
73
/4/
6.5
/82818/
cc age 12+

Ocean Waves (1993)
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...
poster
Criterion Channel
81
68
7.6
/4198/
75
/76/
76
/97/
4.0
/10299/
93
/15/
89
/30/

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)
The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.
poster
68
6.8
/3586/
68
/223/
65
/127/
3.6
/6789/
62
/618/
7.0
/14473/

Roujin Z (1991)
Mr. Takazawa, an elderly invalid who is cared for at his home by Haruko, a young nursing student, is chosen by the Japanese Ministry of Public Welfare to test the Z-001, a computerized hospital bed with robotic features that allegedly displays more efficiency and skills than any human nurse, but Haruko mistrusts a machine unable to consider human feelings.
poster
73
68
7.3
/16834/
70
/250/
67
/228/
3.5
/9847/
86
/5798/

The Apartment (1996)
Max is a former playboy who has decided to settle down by marrying his current love, Muriel. However, when Max catches a glimpse of the great lost love of his life, he becomes obsessed with rekindling their relationship.
poster
Kanopy
68
7.0
/12551/
68
/286/
69
/250/
3.6
/18513/
76
/66/
71
/501/
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
Kanopy
68
6.6
/30224/
66
/1160/
66
/622/
3.7
/147421/
76
/54/
60
/811/
68
/21/

Pulse (2001)
In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants who are desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.
poster
YouTube TV
76
67
7.2
/6952/
74
/115/
66
/60/
3.4
/1733/
100
/5/
75
/52/
77
/8/

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
67
7.8
/5300/
77
/86/
77
/143/
4.1
/11253/
80
/10/
82
/31/

Street of Shame (1956)
The lives of five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
67
7.3
/4167/
73
/83/
69
/85/
3.8
/9082/
86
/7/
90
/95/

Youth of the Beast (1963)
When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
66
7.2
/3634/
63
/53/
66
/66/
3.8
/6718/
100
/5/
87
/40/

Gate of Flesh (1964)
In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining tenuous friendships and a semblance of order in a world of chaos. But when a renegade ex-soldier stumbles into their midst, lusts and loyalties clash, with tragic results. With Gate of Flesh, visionary director Seijun Suzuki delivers a whirlwind of social critique and pulp drama, shot through with brilliant colors and raw emotions.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
66
7.2
/4049/
73
/79/
72
/88/
3.8
/7470/
88
/8/
75
/49/

One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
Two broke sweethearts wander war-scarred Tokyo on a single Sunday, stretching 35 yen as they chase housing, small pleasures, and a little hope.
poster
70
66
6.6
/6014/
69
/236/
71
/174/
3.5
/15885/
80
/15/
64
/101/

Mothra (1961)
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.
poster
69
66
6.4
/5703/
66
/246/
71
/192/
3.2
/12766/
80
/5/
72
/212/

Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
Mothra and her fairies return to Japan to warn mankind that they must return Kiryu to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. However Godzilla has survived to menace Japan leaving Kiryu as the nation's only defense.


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