List of Japanese-language films

For films shot in Japan, see List of films set in Japan.

This is a partial list of Japanese language films:

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• 2LDK (2002)
• 964 Pinocchio (1991)

A

• About Love (2005)
• Adrenaline Drive (1999)
• After Life (1998)
• Aiki (2002)
• Akira (1988)
• Alakazam the Great (1960)
• Alive (2002)
• All About Lily Chou-Chou (Rirī Shushu no Subete) (2001)
• All Monsters Attack (Gojira, Minira, Gabara: Ōru Kaijū Daishingeki) (1969)
• Another Heaven (2000)

• Angel's Egg (Tenshi no Tamago) (1985)
• Appleseed (2004)
• Appleseed Ex Machina (2007)
• Aragami (2003)
• Assassination Classroom (2015)
• Atragon (1963)
• Audition (1999)
• An Autumn Afternoon (Sanma no Aji) (1962)
• Avalon (2001)
• Azumi (2003)
• Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005)

B

• Backdancers! (2006)
• The Bad Sleep Well (Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru) (1960)
• The Ballad of Narayama (Narayama bushikou) (1958)
• Battle Royale (2000)
• Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003)
• Blood and Bones (2004)
• Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
• Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006)
• Big Man Japan (2007)
• The Bird People in China (Chûgoku no chôjin) (1998)

• Black Rain (Kuroi Ame) (1989)
• Blue Spring (Aoi haru) (2001)
• Boiling Point (3-4X jugatsu) (1990)
• Bounce ko gals (1998)
• Branded to Kill (Koroshi no Rakuin) (1967)
• Bright Future (Akarui Mirai) (2003)
• Brother (2000)
• Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust (2007)
• The Burmese Harp aka Harp of Burma (Biruma no tategoto) (1956, with a remake in 1985)

C

• Casshern (2004)
• Castle in the Sky (Tenkū no Shiro Rapyuta) (1986)
• The Castle of Cagliostro (Rupan Sansei: Kariosutoro no Shiro) (1979)
• The Cat Returns (Neko no Ongaeshi) (2002)
• Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962)

• Cleopatra (1970)
• Cruel Story of Youth (Seishun Zankoku Monogatari) (1960)
• Cure (1997)
• Cutie Honey (2004)

D

• Dark Water (Honogurai mizu no soko kara) (2002)
• Death Note (2006)
• Densha Otoko (2005)
• Dersu Uzala (1975)
• Destroy All Monsters (Kaijū Sōshingeki) (1968)
• Distance (2001)
• Dodesukaden (1970)

• Dogora (1964)
• Dolls (2002)
• Doraemon films
• Double Suicide (Shinjû: Ten no amijima) (1969)
• Dreams (Yume) (1990)
• Drugstore Girl (2003)
• Drunken Angel (Yoidore Tenshi) (1948)

E

• Early Spring (1956)
• Early Summer (1951)
• The Eel (1991)
• Eros Plus Massacre (1970)
• Equinox Flower (1958)
• Eureka (2000)

F

• The Family Game (1983)
• Female Yakuza Tale: Inquisition and Torture (1973)
• Fires on the Plain (Nobi) (1959)
• The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (Ochazuke no aji) (1952)

• Floating Weeds (Ukikusa) (1959)
• Flying Phantom Ship (1969)
• The Funeral (Ososhiki) (1984)

G

• G@me (2003)
• Gamera vs. Jiger (1970)
• Gamera vs. Zigra (1971)
• Genius Party (2007)
• Genius Party Beyond (2008)
• Getting Any? (Minnā, yatteru ka?) (1995)
• Get Up! (Geroppa!) (2003)
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
• Ghost in the Shell (1995)
• Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo (1957)
• Glory to the Filmmaker! (2007)
• Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1955)
• Go (2001)
• Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969)
• Godzilla (1954)
• Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

• Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
• Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
• Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
• Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (aka Ebirah, Horror of the Deep) (1966)
• Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
• Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2000)
• Good Morning (Ohayō) (1959)
• Gonin (1995)
• Gorath (1962)
• Gozu (2003)
• Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka) (1988)

H

• Hana-bi (1997)
• The Happiness of the Katakuris (Katakuri-ke no kōfuku) (2001)
• Harakiri (1962)
• Helen the Baby Fox (Kogitsune Helen) (2006)
• The Hidden Fortress (Kakushi toride no san akunin) (1958)
• High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku) (1963)

• Himitsu (1999)
• Hols: Prince of the Sun (Taiyō no Ōji: Horusu no Daibōken) (1968)
• House of Himiko (Mezon do Himiko, La Maison de Himiko) (2005)
• Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro) (2004)
• The Human Condition trilogy (1959–61)
• Humanity and Paper Balloons (Ninjo Kami Fusen) (1937)

I

• I.K.U. (2001)
• I Can Hear the Sea (Umi ga Kikoeru) (1993)
• I Like You, I Like You Very Much (Anata-ga suki desu, dai suki desu) (1994)
• Ichi the Killer (Koroshiya Ichi) (2001)
• The Idiot (Hakuchi) (1951)
• Ikiru (1952)
• In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no Corrida) (1976)

• Innocence: Ghost in the Shell (2004)
• Inochi (2002 )
• It's Only Talk (2005)
• The Insect Woman (1963)
• Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
• Izo (2004)

J

• Jam Films (2002)
• Jam Films 2 (2003)
• Jam Films S (2005)
• Jin-Roh (1999)
• Ju-on
• Justice (2002)

K

• Kagemusha (1980)
• Kairo (2001)
• Kamen Rider: The First (2005)
• Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love (2006)
• Kanto Wanderer (1963)
• Kids Return (1996)

• Kiki's Delivery Service (Majo no Takkyūbin) (1989)
• Kikujiro (1999)
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
• Kwaidan (1964)
• Kagen no Tsuki (2004)

L

• Lady Joker (2004)
• Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword (On'na hidarizen nuretsubame katate kiri) (1969)
• The Last Dance (Daibyonin) (1993)
• Late Autumn (Akibiyori) (1960)
• Late Chrysanthemums
• Late Spring (Banshun) (1949)
• La Maison de Himiko aka Mezon do Himiko, House of Himiko (2005)
• Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Friends

• The Life of Oharu (1952)
• Longinus (2004)
• Love & Pop (1998)
• Love Is Strength (1930)
• Love Letter (1995)
• The Lower Depths (1957)
• Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo (1978)

M

• Maborosi (1995)
• Maiko Haaaan!!! (2007)
• The Makioka Sisters (1983)
• Matango (1963)
• Memories (1995)
• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
• Metropolis (2001)
• Mezon do Himiko aka House of Himiko, La Maison de Himiko (2005)

• Millennium Actress (2001)
• Minbo (1992)
• Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors (1945)
• Moon Child (2003)
• Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
• Mura no Shashinshuu
• My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no Totoro) (1988)

N

• Naked Blood (1996)
• The Naked Island (1960)
• Nana (2005)
• Nana 2 (2006)

• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Kaze no tani no Naushika) (1984)
• Night and Fog in Japan (Nihon no yoru to kiri) (1960)
• Nobody Knows (Dare mo shiranai) (2004)
• Norwegian Wood (Noruwei no mori) (2010)

O

• One Missed Call (Chakushin Ari) (2003)
• One Missed Call 2 (Chakushin Ari 2) (2005)
• One Missed Call: Final (Chakushin Ari Final) (2006)
• Onibaba (1964)
• Only Yesterday (Omohide poro poro) (1991)

• Onmyoji (2001)
• Onmyoji II (2003)
• Otoko wa Tsurai yo (1969-95)
• Otoko-tachi no Yamato (2005)

P

• Paprika (2006)
• Perfect Blue (1997)
• Pistol Opera (2001)
• Pom Poko (Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko) (1994)

• Ponyo (Gake no Ue no Ponyo) (2008)
• Porco Rosso (Kurenai no Buta) (1992)
• Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime) (1997)
• Princess Raccoon (Operetta Tanuki Goten) (2005)

Q

• Quill (2004)
• Queer Boys and Girls on the Shinkansen (2004)

R

• Ran (1985)
• Rasen (1998)
• Rashomon (1950)
• Red Beard (Akahige) (1965)
• Repast (1951)
• The Return of Godzilla (1984)

• Returner (2002)
• Ring (1998)
• Ring 0: Birthday (2000)
• Ring 2 (1999)
• Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise (1987)
• Ryu ga Gotoku (2007)
• Ringing Bell (1978)

S

• Salaryman Kintarō (1999)
• Samurai I (1954)
• Samurai II (1955)
• Samurai III (1956)
• Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjūrō) (1962)
• Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
• Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
• A Scene at the Sea (1991)
• The Sea Is Watching (2002)
• Seven Samurai (1954)
• Shall We Dance? (1996)
• Shiki-Jitsu (2000)
• Shimotsuma Monogatari (aka Kamikaze Girls) (2004)
• Sky High (2003)
• Son of Godzilla (1967)

• Sonatine (1993)
• Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001)
• Spring Snow (2005)
• Steamboy (2004)
• Stray Dog (Nora-inu) (1949)
• Suicide Club (Jisatsu Sākuru) (2000)
• Suicide Manual (2003)
• Sukiyaki Western: Django (2007)
• Sun Scarred (2006)
• Supermarket Woman (1996)
• Survive Style 5+ (2004)
• Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)
• Swing Girls (2004)
• Sword of Alexander (2007)
• The Sword of Doom (1966)

T

• Taboo (Gohatto) (1999)
• Takeshis' (2005)
• The Tale of the White Serpent (1958)
• Tales from Earthsea (2006)
• Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990)
• Tampopo (1985)
• The Taste of Tea (2004)
• Tattooed Life (Irezumi ichidai) (1965)
• A Taxing Woman (Marusa no onna) (1987)
• A Taxing Woman 2 (1988)

• Tenshi (2005)
• Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
• Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
• Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992)
• Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jō ) (1957)
• Tokyo Decadence aka Topaz (Topāzu) (1992)
• Tokyo Eyes (1998)
• Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
• Tokyo Story (Tokyo Monogatari) (1953)
• Tony Takitani (2004)
• The Twilight Samurai (2002)

U

• Ugetsu (1953)
• Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
• Unlock Your Heart (2021)
• Umizaru (2004)
• Uzumaki (2000)

V

• Vampire Hunter D (1985)
• Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
• Versus (2000)
• Vexille (2007)

• Violent Cop (Sono otoko, kyōbō ni tsuki) (1989)
• Virus (1980)
• Vital (2004)

W

• Waru (2006)
• Waru: kanketsu-hen (2006)
• Waterboys (2001)
• Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
• When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1930)

• When the Last Sword Is Drawn (Mibu gishi den) (2003)
• Whisper of the Heart (Mimi wo Sumaseba) (1995)
• wkw/tk/1996@7'55"hk.net (1996)
• Woman in the Dunes (Suna no Onna) (1964)

Y

• Yojimbo (1961)
• Yumeji (1991)

Z

• Zatōichi series (1962–89)
• Zatōichi (2003)
• Zebraman (2004)
• Zigeunerweisen (Tsigoineruwaizen) (1980)

See also

• List of foreign films set in Japan