IMDb: Japanese

Most Popular Japanese-Language Feature Films

1.		Spirited Away (2001) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.6/10 X During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki With: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino Animation \| Adventure \| Family \| Fantasy 125 mins.
2.		The Boy and the Beast (2015) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X When a young orphaned boy living on the streets of Shibuya stumbles upon a fantastic world of beasts, he's taken in by a gruff warrior beast looking for an apprentice. Dir: Mamoru Hosoda With: Bryn Apprill, Kumiko Asô, Morgan Berry Animation \| Action \| Adventure \| Fantasy 119 mins.
3.		Princess Mononoke (1997) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10 X On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki With: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka Animation \| Adventure \| Fantasy 134 mins.
4.		Howl's Moving Castle (2004) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10 X When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki With: Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin Animation \| Adventure \| Family \| Fantasy 119 mins.
5.		Seven Samurai (1954) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.7/10 X A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. Dir: Akira Kurosawa With: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima Drama 207 mins.
6.		Grave of the Fireflies (1988) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10 X A tragic film covering a young boy and his little sister's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II. Dir: Isao Takahata With: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi Animation \| Drama \| War 89 mins.
7.		My Neighbor Totoro (1988) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wonderous forest spirits who live nearby. Dir: Hayao Miyazaki With: Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto Animation \| Family \| Fantasy 86 mins.
8.		Akira (1988) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 X A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two kids and a group of psychics can stop. Dir: Katsuhiro Ôtomo With: Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Mitsuo Iwata Animation \| Action \| Sci-Fi 124 mins.
9.		Battle Royale (2000) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act. Dir: Kinji Fukasaku With: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto Action \| Drama \| Sci-Fi \| Thriller 114 mins.
10.		Attack on Titan: Part 1 (2015) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.2/10 X In a world where giant humanoid Titans prey on humans, Eren joins the scouting legion to get revenge on the monsters who killed everyone in his town. Dir: Shinji Higuchi With: Haruma Miura, Kiko Mizuhara, Kanata Hongô Action \| Adventure \| Drama \| Fantasy \| Horror 98 mins.