Best Japanese movies

Actors : Honoka Matsumoto, Rina Kawaei, Ryôta Katayose, Kentarô Itô,
Directors : Masaaki Yuasa,

A surfer and firefighter meet and fall in love.

Actors : Eiko Masuyama, Makio Inoue, Yasuo Yamada, Kiyoshi Kobayashi,
Directors : Hayao Miyazaki,

A flamboyant thief and his gang struggle to free a princess from an evil count's clutches and to learn the hidden secret to a fabulous treasure that she holds part of a key to.

Actors : Aya Kokumai, Masanobu Katsumura, Tetsu Watanabe, Takeshi Kitano,
Directors : Takeshi Kitano,

Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach.

Actors : Ryuji Aigase, Katsumi Suzuki, Shôtarô Morikubo, Takehito Koyasu,
Directors : Hirotsugu Kawasaki,

An elite superhuman agent must stop a foreign military unit from seizing control of an ancient artifact that holds the key to ultimate power.

Actors : Alex Abbad, Hinata Hiiragi, Sakura Andô, Soya Kurokawa, Marsha Timothy, Anantya Kirana, Eita Nagayama,
Directors : Hirokazu Koreeda, Rako Prijanto,

Alana and Rabin, two friends who were kidnapped by a monster. With no other choice, they had to fight by any means necessary.

Actors : Masami Nagasawa, Kento Yamazaki, Ryô Yoshizawa, Kanna Hashimoto,
Directors : Shinsuke Sato,

In ancient China, a young boy dreams of becoming the greatest general of the Qin Kingdom.

Actors : Jûkichi Uno, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Satô, Nobuko Otowa,
Directors : Kaneto Shindô,

Two women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.

Actors : Kenjirô Tsuda, Yutaka Matsushige, Mirai Moriyama, Avu-chan,
Directors : Masaaki Yuasa,

A fictionalized depiction of the life of Inu-oh ("King Dog"), a 14th-century Japanese performer of music drama at the time of its transition from the folk art of sarugaku ("monkey music") into the formalized traditions of Noh and kyôgen.

Actors : Chris Jai Alex, Jalen K. Cassell, Bill Butts, Zach Aguilar,
Directors : Tetsurô Araki,

After bubbles that broke the laws of gravity rained down upon the world. Cut off from the outside world, Tokyo has become a playground for a group of young people who have lost their families.

Actors : Hiroyuki Sanada, Hideaki Itô, Mansai Nomura, Eriko Imai,
Directors : Yôjirô Takita,

Set in the capital city of Kyoto during the Heian period, a magician and fortune teller Onmyoji Seimei is called in to assist Hiromasa to thwart court wizard and minister Doson who is ...

Actors : Chieko Misaka, Kenji Matsuda, Hideo Sakaki, Tak Sakaguchi,
Directors : Ryûhei Kitamura,

There are 666 portals that connect this world to the other side. These are concealed from all human beings. Somewhere in Japan exists the 444th portal.... The forest of resurrection.

Actors : Rie Kugimiya, Ai Kakuma, Wataru Takagi, Kôichi Yamadera,
Directors : Junpei Mizusaki,

Batman, along with a number of his allies and adversaries, finds himself transplanted from modern Gotham City to feudal Japan.

Actors : Kazuya Nakai, Mayumi Tanaka, Kappei Yamaguchi, Akemi Okamura,
Directors : Hiroaki Miyamoto,

The Straw Hat Pirates are taking on Gild Tesoro, one of the richest men in the world.

Actors : Kumiko Asô, Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi, Yûsuke Iseya,
Directors : Kazuaki Kiriya,

Live-action sci-fi movie based on a 1973 Japanese animé of the same name (Shinzo Ningen Casshân). Theme song by Utada Hikaru.

Actors : Sie Kohinata, Kimie Shingyôji, Tadanobu Asano, Ittoku Kishibe,
Directors : Katsuhito Ishii,

In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from ...

Actors : Akaji Maro, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Tomorô Taguchi, Diamond Yukai,
Directors : SABU,

A salaryman, a drug addict and a yakuza go on a breathless three man chase through the streets of Tokyo, each for a different reason and fighting demons.

Actors : Hinano Yoshikawa, Shinji Takeda, Kaori Mizushima, Tetta Sugimoto,
Directors : Jean-Pierre Limosin,

The police are tracking a man who shoots at people. But the young sister of a detective find that he's not the mad vigilante portrayed in newspapers.

Actors : Keiji Sada, Chishû Ryû, Shima Iwashita, Mariko Okada,
Directors : Yasujirô Ozu,

An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.

Actors : Kayo Matsuo, Minoru Ôki, Shôgen Nitta, Tomisaburô Wakayama,

When the wife of the Shogun's Decapitator is murdered and he is ordered to commit suicide by the paranoid Shogun, he and his four-year-old son escape and become assassins for hire, embarking on a journey of blood and violent death.

Actors : Johnny Yong Bosch, Mirai Shida, Bob Buchholz, Natsuki Hanae,

Miyo Sasaki is in love with her classmate Kento Hinode and tries repeatedly to get Kento's attention by transforming into a cat, but at some point, the boundary between herself and the cat becomes ambiguous.