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Battle League Horumo (2009)

13 June 20124 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Combat Tournaments with Miniature Creatures

Director: Katsuhide Motoki
Actors: Takayuki Yamada, Sei Ashina, Chiaki Kuriyama, Gaku Hamada, …
Category: Fantasy

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006)

27 November 201215 July 2021

Rating: ★

Prison Murder Mystery with Surreal SF Elements

Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Ryuhei Matsuda, Masanobu Ando, Ryo Ishibashi
Category: Science Fiction

Big Man Japan (2007)

8 September 201115 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Giant Japanese Superhero Mockumentary

Director: Hitoshi Matsumoto
Actors: Hitoshi Matsumoto
Category: Fantasy

Casshern (2004)

19 April 200731 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Future Superhero/Anime Remade in Live-Action

Director: Kazuaki Kiriya
Actors: Yusuke Iseya, Akira Terao, Kumiko Aso, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, …
Category: Science Fiction

Cube (2021)

29 April 202229 April 2022

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Labyrinth

Director: Yashukiko Shimizu
Actors: Masaki Suda, Kotaro Yoshida, Takumi Saito, Masaki Okada, …
Category: Science Fiction

Death Note: The Last Name (2006)

17 August 20071 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Notebook with Killing Powers

Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Actors: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kenichi Matsuyama, Erika Toda, Takeshi Kaga, …
Category: Horror

Demon Pond (1979)

20 November 200120 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Haunted Pond/Japanese Legend

Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Actors: Tamasaburo Bando, Go Kato, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Yatsuko Tanami
Category: Fantasy

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011)

13 July 201214 June 2023

Rating: ★★

Anime TV Series Spinoff/Magician Heroes

Director: Kazuya Murata
Category: Fantasy

The Ghost of Yotsuya [Parts 1 and II] (1949)

16 May 202416 May 2024

Rating: ★★½

Japanese Ghost Story

Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
Actors: Ken Uehara, Hisako Yamane, Kinuyo Tanaka, Jukichi Uno
Category: Horror

Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)

27 March 201818 October 2021

Rating: ★★★

Body-Snatching Alien Vampire

Director: Hajime Sato
Category: Science Fiction

The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)

5 May 200718 January 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Gonzo Black Comedy

Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Tetsuro Tamba, Naomi Nishida
Category: Fantasy

It’s All About Love (2003)

20 January 20167 November 2022

Rating: ★★★

Near-Future/Reconciliation Drama

Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Actors: Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Douglas Henshall, Sean Penn, …
Category: Science Fiction

L: Change the World (2008)

19 January 200918 April 2024

Rating: ★★

Death Note Spinoff

Director: Hideo Nakata
Actors: Kenichi Matsuyama, Youki Kudoh, Mayuko Fukuda, Masanobu Takashima, …
Category: Horror

Memories (1995)

9 March 20017 January 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Anime Anthology

Director: Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura, Katsuhiro Otomo
Category: Science Fiction

Parallel World Love Story (2019)

3 July 20253 July 2025

Rating: ★★

Man Leads Two Parallel Lives

Director: Yoshitaka Mori
Actors: Yuta Tamamori, Riho Yoshioka, Shota Sometani, Michitaka Tsutsui, …
Category: Science Fiction

Vexille (2007)

24 September 200816 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Future Android Japan

Director: Fumihiko Sori
Category: Science Fiction

What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? (2022)

29 October 202329 October 2023

Rating: ★★

The Aftermath of a Giant Monster Attack

Director: Satoshi Miki
Actors: Ryosuke Yamada, Tao Tsuchiya, Gaku Hamada, Eri Fuse, …
Category: Science Fiction

The X from Outer Space (1967)

26 January 202226 January 2022

Rating: ★★

Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Kazui Nihonmatzu
Actors: Toshiya Wazaki, Peggy Neal, Eiji Okada
Category: Science Fiction

YatterMan (2009)

19 May 201129 March 2023

Rating: ★★★

Anime TV Series in Live-Action/Gonzo Giant Robot Heroics

Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Sho Sakurai, Kyoko Fukada, Saki Fukuda, Sadao Abe, …
Category: Science Fiction

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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