Best Japanese movies of 2006

Actors : Yoshino Kimura, Anna Tsuchiya, Kippei Shîna, Hiroki Narimiya,
Directors : Mika Ninagawa,

A young girl is sold into a red-light district brothel and tries to adapt to life as an oiran (courtesan).

Actors : Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Hiroki Yasumoto, Noriaki Sugiyama,
Directors : Noriyuki Abe,

In Karakura Town, unidentifiable spirits begin appearing en mases. While attempting to deal with these strange souls, Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki meet Senna, a mysterious shinigami ...

Actors : Kôji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Manami Konishi, Hiroyuki Hirayama,
Directors : Kiyoshi Kurosawa,

A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since they all are in the same vicinity and by the same method, but as the evidence points ...

Actors : Miki Imai, Takako Matsu, Tarô Ishida, Eiji Wentz,
Directors : Kôichi Chigira,

When eleven-year-old Wataru is told he can change his destiny by entering a magic gateway into another world, he jumps at the chance. But on his quest to find the Tower of Fortune and be granted any wish, he must conjure up all his bravery to battle a world of demons, his own friends and ultimately himself.

Actors : Etsushi Toyokawa, Ko Shibasaki, Mao Daichi, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi,
Directors : Shinji Higuchi,

Japan will sink down to the deep sea. The governments only hope is evacuate all Japanese to some other countries.

Actors : Tetsuji Tamayama, Mika Nakashima, Yui Ichikawa, Nobuo Kyô,
Directors : Kentarô Ohtani,

Follows the struggles through life and relationships of Komatsu Nana and Osaki Nana.

Actors : Kiriko Nananan, Chizuru Ikewaki, Noriko Nakagoshi, Yûko Nakamura,
Directors : Hitoshi Yazaki,

Strawberry Shortcakes (2006) is a Japanese film by director Hitoshi Yazaki. The film, based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Kiriko Nananan, concerns the life of four girls, as ...

Actors : Ayu Kitaura, Kyôko Kishida, Sayuri Fujii, Kazuko Yoshiyuki,
Directors : Mai Tominaga,

A pair of elderly junk collectors find their lives turned upside down when their latest procurement brings them into contact with an obsessive young knitter in the hallucinogenic feature debut of prominent short filmmaker Mai Tominaga.