Top Japanese Movies


The Top Japanese Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Japanese List". Lists are calculated daily.

141. Picture Bride

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kayo Hatta
Actors: Youki Kudoh, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tamlyn Tomita, Akira Takayama

142. Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai ( Ichimei )

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Kôji Yakusho, Naoto Takenaka, Eita, Hikari Mitsushima

143. Ju-On: The Grudge

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Actors: Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Misa Uehara, Yui Ichikawa
Plot: A house with a violent past curses anyone who steps inside.

144. Café Lumière ( Kôhî jikô )

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou
Actors: Yo Hitoto, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara, Kimiko Yo

145. Sword of the Stranger ( Sutorejia: Mukô hadan )

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Masahiro Andô
Actors: Yûki Chinen, Tomoya Nagase, Akio Ôtsuka, Naoto Takenaka

146. Reincarnation ( Rinne )

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Actors: Yûka, Karina, Kippei Shiina, Tetta Sugimoto
Plot: Nagisa Sugiura is a young aspiring actor that lands a role in a horror movie based on a real incident where a man took his familiy on vacation to a hotel. There he first killed his family then he killed the entire staff before he took his own life. From the moment the young actor leaves the audition she begin to see people that nobody else can see.

147. Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal ( Rurôni Kenshin: Meiji kenkaku roman tan: Tsuioku hen )

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Actors: Mayo Suzukaze, Junko Iwao, Nozomu Sasaki, Hirotaka Suzuoki
Plot: A young boy named Shinta is saved from death in the bandit raid by Hiko Seijuro. Hiko offers to properly train him to give him the power to protect. This is the tragic story of how Rurouni Kenshin receives the scar on his face.

148. Twilight Samurai, The ( Tasogare Seibei )

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yôji Yamada
Actors: Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi, Ren Osugi

149. Raccoon War, The aka Pom Poko ( Heisei tanuki gassen pompoko )

Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Isao Takahata
Actors: Shinchô Kokontei, Makoto Nonomura, Shigeru Izumiya, Akira Kamiya
Plot: Urban encroachment threatens a magical, shapeshifting raccoons and they launch a desperate struggle in order to prevent their extinction.

150. Bleach: Fade to Black ( Gekijô ban Bleach: Fade to Black - Kimi no na o yobu )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Noriyuki Abe
Actors: Seiichi Morita

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