Top Japanese Movies


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

91. Sword of Doom, The ( Dai-bosatsu tôge )

Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Yuzo Kayama, Michiyo Aratama, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Naito, Tadao Nakamaru
Plot: A talented but remorseless samurai kills without feeling - but the brother of a man murdered in a duel vows revenge as the samurai succumbs to madness.

92. Ronin Gai ( Rônin-gai )

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kazuo Kuroki
Actors: Yoshio Harada, Kanako Higuchi, Shintarô Katsu, Takui Aoki, Hiroyuki Nagato, Kunie Tanaka

93. Love Com

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kitaji Ishikawa
Actors: Ema Fujisawa, Teppei Koike, Shosuke Tanihara, Nami Tamaki, Risa Kudo, Yusuke Yamazaki

94. Supermarket Woman ( Sûpâ no onna )

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Juzo Itami
Actors: Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Tsugawa, Noborou Yano, Shirô Itô, Ryunosuke Kaneda, Naomasa Rokudaira

95. Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead ( Zonbi asu )

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Noboru Iguchi
Actors: Arisa Nakamura, Mayu Sugano, Asana Mamoru, Yûki, Kentaro Kishi, Demo Tanaka

96. Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer ( Ningen no joken III )

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yusuke Kawazu, Taketoshi Naitô, Kyôko Kishida, Reiko Hitomi
Plot: The final part in the trilogy: Kaji and his remaining men flee following a Russian defeat as he plans to lead his men back home. But behind enemy lines, he faces new dangers and, ultimately, winds up as a POW - prisoner of the Russians whose communist ideals he once held are far different than what he ever expected.

97. Eel, The ( Unagi )

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shohei Imamura
Actors: Kôji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho, Akira Emoto, Fujio Tsuneta, Sho Aikawa
Plot: After finding out his wife is having an affair while he is working,
Yamashita strikes out - murdering her in a crime of passion. Eight years
later, he is out of prison and moves to a village to begin again. Working
as a barber (a trade he picked up in prison) he leaves everyone alone -
until a young woman comes into is life - one that reminds him very much of
his dead wife.

98. Taxing Woman, A ( Marusa no onna )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Juzo Itami
Actors: Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Shinsuke Ashida, Mariko Okada, Moeko Ezawa

99. Lady Snowblood ( Shurayukihime )

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Toshiya Fujita
Actors: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza, Shinichi Uchida, Takeo Chii
Plot: A family is brutalized by a group of criminals who wipe nearly everyone out. Yuki is the only survivor after her mother dies in childbirth - her dying wish to maker sure her daughter is raised as the perfect assassin. Knowing no family or love, Yuki is molded as such and becomes the perfect instrument for revenge.

100. Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon ( Doragon bôru Z 13: Ryûken bakuhatsu!! Gokû ga yaraneba dare ga yaru )

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto
Actors: Masako Nozawa, Takeshi Kusao, Mayumi Tanaka, Hiromi Tsuru, Masaharu Satô, Yûko Minaguchi
Plot: The Z warriors are surprised when a mysterious being named Hoy arrives with a portent of destruction by the great monster Hildegarn. He says the only way to stop it is to use the Dragon Balls to free an ancient warrior, Tapion, and stop the beast. But Hoy isn't all he appears to be - and soon the warriors come to know the true threat.

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