Best Japanese movies of 2000s

Actors : Christopher Bevins, Ayumi Asakura, Clint Bickham, Ryan Bijan,

The Axis Powers must band together to save the world from aliens who are painting everything white.

Actors : Kanako Momota, Ayaka Sasaki, Akari Hayami, Momoka Ariyasu,
Directors : Kôji Shiraishi,

Horror mockumentary about a school haunted by a wish-granting ghost that drags people off into hell if it deems their wish to be impure.

Actors : Hiro Abe, Toshiya Agata, Mariko Denda, Mari Endo,
Directors : Jason Cuadrado,

Tales From The Dead is anthology of four stories that looks at the quiet terror lurking inside the human soul, showing us that evil does not end when life departs. These original stories ...

Actors : Etsushi Toyokawa, Naomasa Musaka, Shinobu Ohtake, Akira Emoto,
Directors : Kaneto Shindô,

Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the war ends, Keita visits his comrade's wife ...

Actors : Anna Easteden, Morgan Snyder, Rinko Kikuchi, Griffin Gluck,
Directors : Cellin Gluck,

A middle-aged Japanese man travels to California to attend the wedding of his American-based friend. Prior to the big event, they take one last trip to Napa Valley, where they taste wine, dally with romance.

Actors : Kei Tanaka, Kyôsuke Yabe, Shun Oguri, Yuki Shibamoto,
Directors : Hiroyuki Nakano,

TAJOMARU is the famous 'bandit' of the forest from RASHOMON. Whoever kills Tajomaru inherits his name, status and sword. A royal brother leaves his kingdom to protect the princess he loves,...

Actors : Hiroshi Mikami, Maho Toyota, Shûji Kashiwabara, Yukiko Ikari,
Directors : Shinji Aoyama,

Nagai, a software industry expert is an absolute slave to his work. It is no wonder that his personal life is a complete mess. His wife and daughter left him but he has kept a camera with him to preserve their memory.

Actors : Yutaka Matsushige, Teruyuki Kagawa, Tomorô Taguchi, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Yôichi Sai,

A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of the cell-mates to abandon their individuality.

Actors : Tôru Emori, Ryôhei Abe, Katsutaka Furuhata, Cleve Gray,
Directors : Taku Shinjô,

Young Japanese pilots are trained to sink Allied warships by flying into them.

Actors : Makiko Watanabe, Masahiro Kobayashi,
Directors : Masahiro Kobayashi,

Coincidence and the aftermath of violence. A man's middle-school daughter has been murdered. His wife is already deceased. He tells a counselor he wants to live in anonymity, working with ...

Actors : Shunsuke Matsuoka, Yôko Moriguchi, Tôru Nakamura,
Directors : Kunitoshi Manda,

Mitsuko, a thirty-something Japanese secretary, lives a very simple life devoid of ambition. She has an affair with Eiji, a rich, arrogant and newly divorced businessman who is intrigued by...

Actors : Kenji Yamauchi, Kiki Sugino, Kanji Furutachi, Bryerly Long,
Directors : Kôji Fukada,

The film follows the follies that ensue when a man and his wife shack up with a family that owns a printing press in their building, the husband takes it over, and the couple begin inviting a motley crew of friends.

Actors : Barclay Iversen, Yuri Nanami, Joe Amos, Linden Young,
Directors : Immanuel Martin,

Miyuki tells the story of the McKenzie's, an American family who take in a young female Japanese exchange student. At first their expectations of a sweet and innocent Japanese girl are ...

Actors : Hoshi Ishida, Min-jong Kim, Min-jun Kim, Soji Arai,
Directors : Ryûsuke Hamaguchi,

Be-hwan is a famous Korean fashion photographer visiting Japan at the request of his friend Gil-su to take pictures of his wedding. On the day of Gil-su's wedding, however, the bride ...

Actors : Sayuri Iwata, Miu Nakamura, Yôko Chôsokabe, Hatsune Matsushima,
Directors : Kôji Shiraishi,

The story of TekeTeke, the ghost woman with no legs, continues. Conflict arises between a group of high school classmates, and TekeTeke starts hunting them down one by one.

Actors : Keiko Matsuzaka, Mariya Ito, Makoto Kakeda, Miyuki Komagata,
Directors : Eiji Okuda,

In 1838, on the penal colony of Hachijo Island, the ex-courtesan Toyogiku, convicted of arson in the capital, holds court over a motley assembly of criminals and corrupt officials. There ...

Actors : Gaku Hamada, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Etsushi Toyokawa, Haruka Igawa,
Directors : Isao Yukisada,

he heart wrenching love story between a married couple. The jobless husband cheats on his wife and has no love for her. The wife wants to go on a trip to get pregnant. This mismatched ...

Actors : Tomori Abe, Hirofumi Arai, Toyotaka Hanazawa, Natsumi Kamata,
Directors : Hisayasu Satô,

A timid young woman who lives with her domineering mother accepts an Adult Video scout's offer to "become somebody else" by performing in porn videos. As she rises in popularity, the boundaries between her two lives begin to disintegrate.

Actors : Manami Honjô, Reiko Kusamura, Hidetoshi Hoshida, Kaoru Kobayashi,
Directors : Naoki Katô,

Former punk rocker Jonen, now a Buddhist priest, seems to have lost the meaning of his life. His manic depression handicaps him further. Music seems to be the only solution for him to ...