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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.
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Criterion Channel
82
7.6
/18156/
76
/658/
75
/400/
4.1
/65916/
100
/10/
86
/416/
80
/6/

Lady Snowblood (1973)
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.
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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.
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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.
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The Roku Channel
81
79
6.9
/8351/
72
/352/
78
/275/
3.8
/21907/
100
/6/
92
/92/

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla.
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Netflix
80
74
7.2
/11884/
74
/984/
77
/523/
3.6
/10322/
100
/5/
89
/19/

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.
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Amazon Prime Video
77
74
7.1
/4428/
73
/439/
71
/242/
3.6
/13623/
100
/24/
77
/24/
82
/4/
7.5
/36858/
cc age 11+

Penguin Highway (2018)
A fourth-grader investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguins in his village, which is somehow related to a power from a young woman working at a dental clinic.
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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
74
68
7.2
/5446/
70
/205/
70
/169/
3.9
/18642/
83
/3018/

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cahoots with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
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Amazon Prime Video
68
67
6.4
/8526/
65
/362/
69
/265/
3.3
/25999/
82
/11/
66
/213/

Destroy All Monsters (1968)
At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the monsters across the world.
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Kanopy
66
6.2
/3057/
63
/134/
65
/94/
3.4
/7550/
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
66
6.8
/124577/
69
/4840/
65
/2355/
3.2
/90019/
73
/52/
69
/2103/
61
/14/
cc age 14+

You Only Live Twice (1967)
A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.
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Amazon Prime Video
68
66
6.9
/8950/
68
/319/
69
/271/
3.7
/19695/
66
/41/
65
/164/
65
/11/

Air Doll (2009)
A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store where he works. Everything seems to be going perfectly for her until something unexpected happens.
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74
64
7.1
/3703/
70
/114/
70
/101/
3.9
/9337/
83
/101/

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
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Crunchyroll
64
5.9
/13689/
62
/556/
59
/345/
3.4
/23697/
80
/10/
61
/678/

Tokyo Gore Police (2008)
In future Tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her father's killer while battling against mutant rebels known as engineers.
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Netflix
66
62
6.3
/5985/
65
/840/
65
/236/
3.2
/9937/
59
/17/
81
/27/
cc age 15+

City Hunter (2024)
An exceptional marksman and hopeless playboy, private eye Ryo Saeba reluctantly forms an alliance with his late partner's sister to investigate his death.
poster
62
6.4
/3778/
66
/183/
65
/160/
3.5
/8522/
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. The simmering tension between them is about to boil over into all-out war.
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Amazon Prime Video
62
6.7
/7693/
70
/292/
70
/272/
3.5
/8258/
47
/17/
58
/32/
53
/12/

Beyond Outrage (2012)
As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now become a nationwide war in Outrage Beyond.
poster
68
59
6.8
/4398/
70
/78/
61
/67/
3.5
/5834/
85
/20/
58
/62/

House of Bamboo (1955)
Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.
poster
65
59
6.6
/7168/
69
/304/
66
/225/
3.4
/8219/
59
/26/

Lesson of the Evil (2012)
Seiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and sociopathic killer who concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body.
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Hoopla
59
6.6
/63318/
68
/1603/
65
/1173/
3.2
/36339/
52
/25/
55
/740/
56
/18/
cc age 15+

Black Rain (1989)
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.
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Criterion Channel
63
56
6.3
/4635/
66
/163/
64
/134/
3.3
/11708/
59
/110/

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.
poster
65
56
6.4
/4339/
72
/319/
66
/157/
3.9
/79378/
46
/11/

Helter Skelter (2012)
Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.
poster
72
53
7.0
/2400/
68
/81/
67
/73/
3.7
/6050/
84
/27/

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)
Following her successful prison break, Scorpion begins this third episode in the series hiding out in a brothel. Her prostitute friend tries to keep her identity secret, but the brothel's madam discovers that Scorpion is the ex-girlfriend of the vice officer who killed her lover.
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Hoopla
83
52
7.4
/2446/
80
/164/
85
/497/
3.9
/23529/
100
/3/

Your Eyes Tell (2020)
A tragic accident lead to Kaori's blindness, but she clings to life and the smaller pleasures it can still afford her. She meets Rui and begins to talk to him. Rui was once a promising kickboxer, but something happened in his past. Kaori's smile brings out a change in Rui. However, the two are connected in more than one way. Rui attempts to do what is right.
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Crunchyroll
71
52
6.5
/2183/
75
/188/
78
/233/
3.2
/3974/
57
/7/
89
/13/

Tokyo Revengers (2021)
An unemployed man learns that his ex-girlfriend was murdered. He suddenly finds himself travelling through time to his middle school years and has chance to change the future and save the girl. He aims to rise to the top of the most brutal delinquent gang.
poster
56
52
6.4
/11818/
68
/195/
65
/243/
3.1
/2066/
38
/34/
65
/555/
36
/17/

Returner (2002)
A young woman from the future forces a local gunman to help her stop an impending alien invasion which will wipe out the human race.
poster
77
51
7.6
/1963/
73
/31/
73
/39/
3.7
/1066/
91
/84/

I Just Didn't Do It (2007)
A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent.
poster
74
51
7.2
/3318/
73
/168/
72
/139/
3.6
/4421/
82
/5/

Survival Family (2017)
A world wide electrical outage occurs. Everything that requires electricity comes to a stop. Tokyo is nearly ruined. Yoshiyuki Suzuki decides to escape from Tokyo with his family.
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FlixHouse
65
50
6.8
/2138/
66
/73/
68
/62/
3.5
/2773/
57
/152/

The Bullet Train (1975)
A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb.
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73
50
7.2
/2236/
75
/77/
70
/55/
4.0
/27027/
71
/19/

One Million Yen Girl (2008)
A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.
poster
76
50
7.5
/2712/
76
/145/
75
/60/
3.9
/3627/
80
/4/

Midnight Diner (2014)
A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and personality of the owner draw a series of flawed patrons including Tamako, whose boyfriend has passed away, live-in worker Michiru, and ruckus-raising Kenzo.
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Criterion Channel
73
49
7.0
/1292/
59
/19/
61
/36/
3.7
/2320/
100
/10/
79
/17/

Violence at Noon (1966)
Two young women must come to terms with the fact that a man they're deeply linked to is a murdering rapist.
poster
77
49
7.6
/1572/
77
/27/
73
/38/
3.7
/624/
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.
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AMC+ Amazon Channel
80
48
7.0
/1849/
73
/56/
72
/34/
3.6
/2017/
100
/9/
93
/3/

The Blood of Wolves (2018)
Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exists that Detective Shogo Ogami has ties with the yakuza. He is partnered with Detective Shuichi Hioka and they investigate a missing person case involving a financial company employee. Conflicts between opposing yakuza groups become more serious.
poster
72
45
7.0
/1603/
75
/70/
72
/43/
3.4
/802/
75

The Crimes That Bind (2018)
Michiko Oshitani, who lived in Shiga Prefecture, is found dead at an apartment in Tokyo. She was strangled to death. Mutsuo Koshikawa is the owner of the apartment and he goes missing. Detectives including Yuhei Matsumiya who is a cousin of Detective Kyoichiro Kaga , have difficulties in solving the case. They can't find a connection between Michiko Oshitani and Mutsuo Koshikawa. They soon learn that Michiko Oshitani came to Tokyo to visit Hiromi Asai . They graduated from the same school, but there isn't a connection between Hiromi Asai and Mutsuo Koshikawa. Detective Yuhei Matsumiya finds something near Michiko Oshitani's body. That something has the names of 12 bridges surrounding the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo. Detective Kyoichiro Kaga learns of the clue and becomes agitated. There's a connection with his late mother
poster
64
43
6.3
/2395/
63
/70/
66
/40/
3.2
/1507/

Masquerade Hotel (2019)
Three murder cases take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scenes, possibly hinting at where the next murder will take place. An investigation begins of the serial killer and Detective Kosuke Nitta works on the case. He believes the next murder will take place at Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. To catch the killer, Kosuke Nitta goes undercover and begins working at the front desk of the hotel. Naomi Yamagishi works at the front desk of Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. She is selected to train Kosuke Nitta for his front desk job, but they can't get along. Kosuke Nitta is focused on catching the killer, but Naomi Yamagishi prioritizes the safety of the guests. As they begin to understand each others differences, they also begin to build a trust between each other. Who is the murderer?
poster
74
42
7.6
/1169/
74
/67/
70
/62/
3.6
/1331/
80
/6/
7.4
/17541/

Ajin: Demi-Human – Compel (2015)
For high schooler Kei—and for at least forty-six others—immortality comes as the nastiest surprise ever. Sadly for Kei, such a feat doesn't make him a superhero. In the eyes of both the general public and governments, he's a rare specimen who needs to be hunted down and handed over to scientists to be experimented on for life—a demi-human who must die a thousand deaths for the benefit of humanity.
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Criterion Channel
71
41
6.5
/809/
64
/15/
60
/20/
3.4
/1485/
100
/52/

Walk Cheerfully (1930)
Kenji is a small-time thief who likes drinking and fighting. When he falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, and she finds out what kind of guy he really is, she leaves him "until he becomes an honest person." Kenji soon finds it's not easy to get rid of one's past.
poster
75
40
6.5
/497/
66
/32/
73
/6/
3.7
/4195/
97
/37/

We Were Dangerous (2024)
Nellie, Daisy and Lou attend an institution for delinquent girls on an isolated island in 1954. The trio rail against the system, finding strength in their friendship but this is challenged when the school's matron divides them.
poster
64
40
6.8
/1061/
61
/17/
63
/29/
3.4
/2893/
61
/103/

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963)
Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.
poster
68
40
6.4
/1022/
70
/44/
64
/39/
3.7
/3580/

The Red Spectacles (1987)
Summer 1995. With the arrival of the "Age of Cats", the former Kerberos police unit is now disbanded. However one member remains, a stray dog who returns to his old roost after a three-years exile. This wild dog no longer has a master, but now the "Young Lady of Fate" will guide him on his journey.
poster
54
40
6.2
/2816/
65
/95/
63
/115/
3.2
/1680/
45
/11/
44
/13/
35
/6/

Shield of Straw (2013)
Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never apprehend the suspect in the prior killing.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
39
6.9
/828/
66
/17/
61
/19/
3.8
/2056/
71
/104/

Japanese Girls at the Harbor (1933)
Set in the port city of Yokohama, two girls, Sunako and Dora who attend a Christian school, pledge to be friends. But when a youth named Henry appears on his motorcycle and offers to take Sunako for a ride, we know that this friendship won't last and that the lives of both girls will change in ways they are barely able to comprehend, and can do little to change.
poster
65
37
6.6
/1163/
63
/37/
64
/54/
3.5
/1569/

Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974)
Agent Zero is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills a rapist in a violent fashion, she is sent to prison and stripped of her badge. But very soon after, a rich politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang. Agent Zero is let out of prison with the mission of going undercover to find the politician's daughter and return her safely. Using her deadly red handcuffs, she disposes of the criminals one by one.
poster
68
37
7.0
/2021/
71
/37/
67
/50/
3.3
/795/

Too Beautiful to Lie (2004)
A professional lady con makes herself the pharmacist's fiancée overnight, and faces a disastrous blemish in her impeccable con-woman career.
poster
79
35
7.3
/1050/
73
/69/
68
/30/
4.1
/15333/
100
/1/

August in the Water (1995)
A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.
poster
71
35
7.0
/1466/
71
/45/
70
/51/
3.6
/859/
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.


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