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Theme: Japanese Cinema

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Shikoku (1999)

14 October 19994 August 2023

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Ghost Story

Director: Shunichi Nagasaki
Actors: Yui Natsukawa, Michitaka Tsutsui, Chiaki Kuriyama, Toshie Negishi
Category: Horror

Shin Godzilla (2016)

29 April 201725 February 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Giant Atomic Monster

Director: Hideaki Anno
Actors: Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Ren Osugi, …
Category: Science Fiction

Shin Kamen Rider (2023)

30 March 202530 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Superhero Reboot

Director: Hideaki Anno
Actors: Sosuke Ikematsu, Minami Hamabe, Tasuku Emoto, Shinya Tsukamoto, …
Category: Science Fiction

Shin Ultraman (2022)

17 March 202328 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Superhero Reboot

Director: Shinji Higuchi
Actors: Takumi Saitoh, Masami Nagasawa, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Akari Hayami, …
Category: Science Fiction

Short Peace (2013)

10 May 20175 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime Anthology

Director: Shuhei Morita, Katsuhiro Otomo, Hiroaki Ando, Hajime Katoki
Category: Fantasy

Sinking of Japan (2006)

26 August 201415 March 2023

Rating: ★★

Japanese Disaster Movie

Director: Shinji Higuchi
Actors: Etsushi Toyokawa, Ko Shibasaki, Mayuko Fukuda, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Sky Crawlers (2008)

7 August 201127 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Cloned Flyers

Director: Mamoru Oshii
Category: Science Fiction

Slit Mouth Woman in L.A. (2014)

18 July 201612 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Japanese Horror Anthology

Director: Akira Hirose, Hiro Kay, Kazuya Ogawa, Takeshi Sone
Actors: Lauren Taylor, John Klopping, Eiji Inoue, Stefanie Estes, …
Category: Horror

Solar Crisis (1990)

1 June 201519 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Space Mission

Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Actors: Tim Matheson, Charlton Heston, Jack Palance, Corin Nemec, …
Category: Science Fiction

Son of Godzilla (1968)

12 November 20022 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Jun Fukuda
Actors: Akira Kubo
Category: Science Fiction

Space Adventure Cobra (1982)

6 July 201418 November 2023

Rating: ★★★

Anime Space Opera

Director: Osamu Dezaki, Carl F. Macek
Category: Science Fiction

Space Battleship Yamato (2010)

7 September 201120 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Anime TV Series in Live-Action/Space Opera

Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Category: Science Fiction

Space Cruiser Yamato (1977)

11 September 200120 March 2025

Rating: ★★½

Anime Space Opera

Director: Yoshinobu Nishizaki, Gino Tanasescu
Category: Science Fiction

Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013)

15 August 201625 March 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Anime/Space Opera

Director: Shinji Aramaki
Category: Science Fiction

The Spiral (1998)

26 March 200824 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Ring Sequel

Director: Joji Iida
Actors: Koichi Sato, Miki Nakatani, Hinako Saeki, Shingo Surumi, …
Category: Horror

Spirited Away (2001)

12 April 200212 February 2021

Rating: ★★★★★

Anime/Afterlife Bathhouse

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Fantasy

Spriggan (1998)

14 October 20011 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Alien Artefact/Psychic Kid Amok

Director: Hirotsugu Kawasaki
Category: Science Fiction

Stacy (2001)

22 February 202319 September 2024

Rating: ★★

Schoolgirl Zombies

Director: Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Actors: Natsuki Kato, Toshinori Omi, Tomoka Hayashi
Category: Horror

Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)

17 December 201225 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

War with Aliens/Anime

Director: Shinji Aramaki
Category: Science Fiction

Steamboy (2004)

5 August 200528 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Steampunk Anime

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Category: Science Fiction

Strange Circus (2005)

22 September 20206 December 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Twisted Disfigurement Story

Director: Shion Sono
Category: Horror

Submersion of Japan (1973)

21 September 2023

Rating: ★★★

Disaster Movie/Japan Sinks Into the Ocean

Director: Shiro Moritani
Actors: Keiju Kobayashi, Tetsuro Tamba, Hiroshi Fujioka
Category: Science Fiction

Suicide Club (2002)

17 July 200324 August 2021

Rating: ★★

Programmed Mass Suicides

Director: Shion Sono
Actors: Ryo Ishibashi, Masatoshi Nagase, Akaji Maro, Rolly, …
Category: Horror

Summer Time Machine Blues (2005)

6 July 20121 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Japanese Time Travel Comedy

Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro
Actors: Yoko Maki, Tsuyoshi Muro, Kuranosuke Sasaki
Category: Science Fiction

Summer Wars (2009)

12 March 201112 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Amok A.I./Family Saga

Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Category: Science Fiction

Suzume (2022)

4 August 20244 August 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Quest to Close Portals

Director: Makoto Shinkai
Category: Fantasy

Sweet Home (1989)

27 December 201827 January 2020

Rating: ★★½

Gonzo Japanese Haunted House Film

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Category: Horror

Tale of a Vampire (1992)

20 July 200231 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Vampire Romance

Director: Shimako Sato
Actors: Julian Sands, Suzanna Hamilton, Kenneth Cranham
Category: Horror

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)

3 October 201412 November 2021

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Japanese Fairytale

Director: Isao Takahata
Category: Fantasy

Tales from Earthsea (2006)

29 July 20074 August 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Epic Fantasy

Director: Goro Miyazaki
Category: Fantasy

Tamala 2010 (2002)

29 July 20047 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Demented Anime/Girl Cat’s Space Adventures

Director: t.o.L.
Category: Science Fiction

Taro, The Dragon Boy (1979)

28 November 200420 July 2023

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Young Boy’s Adventures

Director: Kirio Urayama
Category: Fantasy

Tekkonkinkreet (2006)

17 August 20078 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/The Lives of Street Kids

Director: Michael Arias
Category: Fantasy

Terra Formars (2016)

18 November 201921 April 2021

Rating: ★★★

Mutated Insects on Mars

Director: Takashi Miike
Category: Science Fiction

Terror Beneath the Sea (1966)

24 July 200610 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Amphibian Cyborgs

Director: Hajime Sato
Actors: Sonny Chiba, Peggy Neal, Enric Nielsen
Category: Science Fiction

Terror of Mechagodzilla (1976)

16 December 200030 January 2024

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Akihiko Hirata, Katsuhiko Sasaki
Category: Science Fiction

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992)

5 November 200126 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Man-Machine Fusion

Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Actors: Tomoroh Taguchi, Shinya Tsukamoto, Sujin Kim
Category: Science Fiction

Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009)

25 July 201126 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Man-Machine Fusion

Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Actors: Eric Bossick, Shinya Tsukamoto
Category: Science Fiction

Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

5 November 200026 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Man-Machine Fusion

Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Actors: Tomoroh Taguchi, Shinya Tsukamoto
Category: Science Fiction

Three … Extremes (2004)

5 August 20059 April 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Asian Horror Anthology

Director: Fruit Chan, Park Chan-Wook, Takashi Miike
Actors: Bai Ling, Miriam Yeung, Tony Leung Ka-fai
Category: Horror

Time of Eve (2010)

28 August 20137 October 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Anime/Cafe for Androids

Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura
Category: Science Fiction

Time Slip (1981)

9 June 200316 April 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Soldiers Thrown Back in Time to Feudal Japan

Director: Kosei Saito
Actors: Sonny Chiba
Category: Science Fiction

The Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2010)

11 September 20122 September 2022

Rating: ★★

Japanese Time Travel Film

Director: Masaaki Tanaguchi
Actors: Riisa Naka, Narumi Yasuda, Masanobu Katsumura
Category: Science Fiction

To the Solitary Me Who Loved You (2022)

3 July 20253 July 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Multiverse Film/Anime

Director: Kenichi Kasai
Category: Science Fiction

Tokyo Fist (1995)

5 November 200625 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Boxing, Body-Piercing and Masochism

Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Actors: Shinya Tsukamoto
Category: Horror

Tokyo Ghoul (2017)

3 June 201916 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Manga Adaptation/Secret World of Ghouls

Director: Kentaro Hagiwara
Actors: Masataka Kubota, Noboyuki Suzuki, Yo Oizumi, Kai Ogasawara, …
Category: Horror

Tokyo Gore Police (2008)

19 May 201311 October 2023

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo Japanese Splatter Film/Cops vs Bio-Mechanoid Mutants

Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura
Actors: Eihi Shiina, Jiji Bu, Shun Sugata
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Tokyo Tribe (2014)

12 July 201722 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Near-Future Gang Warfare

Director: Shion Sono
Actors: Riki Takeuchi, Ryohei Suzuki, Young Dais, Nana Seino, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tomie (1999)

17 July 20146 October 2020

Rating: ★½

Japanese Ghost Story

Director: Ataru Oikawa
Actors: Mami Nakamura, Miho Kanno, Tomorowo Taguchi
Category: Horror

Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)

19 April 200214 May 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Japanese Ghost Story

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyo, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ikio Sawamura
Category: Fantasy

Unico (1981)

8 November 200415 May 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Anime/Young Unicorn Boy’s Adventures

Director: Toshio Hirata
Category: Fantasy

Urotsukidoji II: Legend of the Demon Womb (1989)

31 October 200510 May 2021

Rating: ★★½

Anime/Perverse Demon Wars

Director: Hideki Takayama
Category: Horror

Uzumaki (2000)

21 June 20016 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Spiral Obsession and Mutations/Japanese Horror Film

Director: Higunchinsky
Actors: Erko Hatsune, Ren Osugi, Taro Suwa
Category: Horror

Vampire (2011)

29 August 20131 September 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Serial Killer with a Blood-Drinking Fetish

Director: Shunji Iwai
Actors: Kevin Zegers, Adelaide Clemens, Rachael Leigh Cook, Amanda Plummer, …
Category: Horror

Vampire Bride (1960)

8 May 201314 November 2023

Rating: ★★

Vengeful Creature/Japanese Horror

Director: Kyotaro Namiki
Actors: Junko Ikeuchi, Hiroko Amakusa
Category: Horror

Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl (2009)

24 August 201122 November 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Gonzo Japanese Splatter Film

Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura, Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Actors: Yukie Kamamura, Takumi Saito, Kanji Tsuda, Jiji Bu, …
Category: Horror

Vampire Hunter D (1985)

5 May 20001 January 2023

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Post-Holocaust Vampire Hunter

Director: Toyoo Ashida
Category: Horror

Vampire Hunter D (2000)

30 September 200127 May 2025

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Vampire Hunter

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Actors: Pamela Segall, Wendee Lee, Alex Fernandez, Michael McShane, …
Category: Horror

Varan the Unbelievable (1958)

2 August 201318 June 2020

Rating: ★

Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Myron Healey, Tsuruko Kobayashi, Clifford Kawada, Derick Shimatsu, …
Category: Science Fiction

Versus (2000)

16 January 200510 September 2019

Rating: ★★½

Yakuza Zombies/Splatter

Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
Actors: Tak Sakaguchi, Hideo Sakaki, Chieko Misaka, Kenji Matsuda, …
Category: Horror

Vexille (2007)

24 September 200816 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Future Android Japan

Director: Fumihiko Sori
Category: Science Fiction

Village of Dreams (1996)

28 November 200425 April 2023

Rating: ★★

Mischievous Twins’ Childhood/Magical Realism

Director: Yoichi Higashi
Category: Fantasy

Visitor Q (2001)

21 March 201020 November 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Catalogue of Perversions/Mysterious Visitor/Black Comedy

Director: Takashi Miike
Category: Horror

War of the Gargantuas (1966)

20 May 201518 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Russ Tamblyn, Kumi Mizuno, Kenji Sahara, Jun Tazaki
Category: Science Fiction

Warning from Space (1956)

12 October 202012 October 2020

Rating: ★

Japanese Alien Visitors Film

Director: Koji Shima
Category: Science Fiction

Weathering With You (2019)

13 January 202513 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Girl Who Can Control Weather

Director: Makoto Shinkai
Category: Fantasy

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

When Marnie Was There (2014)

14 June 20152 September 2021

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Ghost Story

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Category: Fantasy

A Whisker Away (2020)

15 November 20204 December 2023

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Girl Transforms Into a Cat

Director: Junichi Sato, Tomotaka Shibayama
Category: Fantasy

Wicked City (1987)

15 February 20017 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/War with Demon Dimension

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Category: Fantasy

Willy McBean and His Magic Machine (1965)

12 May 20049 September 2021

Rating: ★★★

Children’s Time Travel Film

Director: Arthur Rankin Jr
Actors: Billie Richards, Larry Mann, Paul Soles, James Doohan
Category: Science Fiction

The Wings of Honneamise (1987)

12 March 201017 May 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Anime/Alternate World Spacelaunch

Director: Hiroyuki Yamaga
Category: Science Fiction

Wolf Children (2012)

19 October 201312 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Werewolf Children

Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Category: Fantasy

World Apartment Horror (1991)

29 January 20146 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Strange Apartment Building Comedy/Haunting

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Category: Horror

X (1996)

16 December 200117 April 2022

Rating: ★★½

Anime Superheroics

Director: Rintaro
Category: Fantasy

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

Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)

8 May 201610 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Gonzo Yakuza Vampire Film

Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Hayato Ichihara, Lily Frankie, Yayan Ruhian, Riko Narumi, …
Category: Fantasy

Yakuza Weapon (2011)

18 April 202418 April 2024

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Japanese Splatter Film/Yakuza With Cyborg Attachments

Director: Tak Sakaguchi, Yudai Yamaguchi
Actors: Tak Sakaguchi, Shingo Tsurumi, Mei Kurokawa, Akaji Maro
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

Yog – The Monster from Outer Space (1970)

2 September 200318 June 2020

Rating: 0­

Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Akira Kubo, Atsuko Takahashi, Kenji Sahara
Category: Science Fiction

Your Name. (2016)

17 April 201727 December 2023

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Cross-Time Bodyswap

Director: Makoto Shinkai
Category: Fantasy

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie – Pyramid of Light (2004)

4 October 200424 December 2023

Rating: ★★

Anime/Playing Card Dueling

Director: Hatsuki Suji
Actors: Dan Green, Eric Stuart
Category: Fantasy

Yuki: Snow Fairy (1981)

18 October 200418 June 2025

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Young Goddess Comes to Earth

Director: Tadashi Imai
Category: Fantasy

Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City (2010)

15 July 202129 April 2024

Rating: ★★

Japanese Superhero

Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Sho Aikawa, Riisa Naka, Tsuyoshi Abe
Category: Science Fiction

Zebraman (2004)

3 September 201330 April 2021

Rating: ★★

Japanese Superhero

Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Sho Aikawa, Kyoka Suzuki, Yui Ichikawa
Category: Science Fiction

Zombie Ass: The Toilet of the Dead (2011)

14 January 20149 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Japanese Horror/Zombie Ass Parasites

Director: Noboru Iguchi
Category: Horror

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