Movies by Lists - Japanese Crime and Thrillers (72 [72]) 
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| 13 AssassinsA group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord. | 2010 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama | 7.6 (64.5K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| 100 Yen Love [Hyakuen no koi]32-year-old Ichiko (Sakura Ando) lives at home with her parents, passing the days in self-indulgent grunginess. Ichiko's recently divorced younger sister Fumiko has moved back home with her young son. One day, after a particularly he | 2014 | Masaharu Take | Comedy, Drama | 7.1 (2K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Aristocrats [Anoko wa kizoku]Hanako is looking for stability with her man. She gets dumped instead. She begins dating. Miki studied and worked hard to get to where she is and is holding down a job. They are introduced through an intermediary man | 2020 | Yukiko Sode | Drama, Family | 6.9 (1.2K votes) | 124 | 20240501 |
| AuditionA widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all. | 1999 | Takashi Miike (*) | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 7.2 (78.6K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Bad Sleep Well, TheA vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide. | 1960 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.0 (12.3K votes) | 151 | 20211228 |
| Battle Royale [Batoru rowaiaru]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. | 2000 | Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (178.9K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Battle Royale 2 [Batoru rowaiaru II - Chinkonka]Three years after the failure of the last BR program, a second act is forged and a class of students are sent to an island with one objective: kill international terrorist Shuya Nanahara. | 2003 | Kenta Fukasaku, Kinji Fukasaku | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 4.7 (20.2K votes) | 155 | 20211228 |
| Blade of the Immortal [Mugen no jûnin]Cursed with a life of immortality, a samurai is tasked by a young girl to help avenge the death of her father. Based on the manga series by Hiroaki Samura. | 2017 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Drama, Fantasy | 6.8 (17.1K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| Blood of Wolves, The [Korô no chi]Hiroshima Police detective Ogami Shogo and his partner Hioka Shuichi are investigating the disappearance of a company's employees amidst an escalating yakuza turf war in 1988. Blood, shooting and death is everywhere. At the same time | 2018 | Kazuya Shiraishi | Crime, Drama | 7.0 (1.2K votes) | 126 | 20220414 |
| Brain Man, The [Nô Otoko]A not-too-bright cop searches for a serial bomber. | 2013 | Tomoyuki Takimoto | Crime, Mystery | 6.4 (1.1K votes) | 123 | 20220414 |
| Cold Fish [Tsumetai nettaigyo]The lives of a bored suburban couple are changed forever when a seemingly nice old man gives their daughter a job at his fish store, and soon his gruesome hobbies are brought to light. | 2010 | Sion Sono | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 7.1 (12.6K votes) | 146 | 20211228 |
| ConfessionsA psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death. | 2010 | Tetsuya Nakashima | Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (38.1K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Creepy [Kurîpî Itsuwari no rinjin]Takakura is a former detective. He receives a request from his ex-colleague, Nogami, to examine a missing family case that occurred six years earlier. Takakura follows Saki's memory. She is the only surviving family member from the c | 2016 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.3 (5.1K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Crimes That Bind, The [Inori no maku ga oriru toki]Michiko came to Tokyo to visit Hiromi, but is instead found murdered. The renter of Michiko's place is missing. The police is having a hard time finding clues and solving the case. There are not any clues and a connection between ... | 2018 | Katsuo Fukuzawa | Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (1.4K votes) | 119 | 20230619 |
| CureA frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done. | 1997 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (14K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Cure, The [Cure]A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done. | 1997 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (14K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Doppelganger [Dopperugengâ]Hayasaki is an inventor working on an Artificial Body. It is not going well and he is stressed out and on the verge of being fired from the research division of his company. His doppelganger appears to help him out of the rut he has | 2003 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller | 6.4 (1.4K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Drive My Car [Doraibu mai kâ]A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima. | 2021 | Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Drama | 7.6 (61.2K votes) | 179 | 20231116 |
| Face of Another, TheA businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality. | 1966 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 8.0 (8.6K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Fireworks [Hana-bi]Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions. | 1997 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.7 (29.8K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Forest of Love, The [Ai-naki mori de sakebe]A small group of student filmmakers and a shy young girl with strict parents are simultaneously manipulated, seduced and abused by an older man. They follow his bidding, even when murder is involved. | 2019 | Sion Sono | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 6.3 (2.7K votes) | 151 | 20230328 |
| Forgiven Children [Yurusareta kodomotachi]It follows the story of Kira, a boy who accidentally kills his classmate Itsuki. Young Kira is found innocent because of lack of evidence, but he is guilty in the eyes of society and must face the trial of the public. | 2020 | Eisuke Naitô | Drama | 6.6 (64 votes) | 131 | 20240501 |
| Guilty of Romance [Koi no tsumi]A grisly murder occurs in Maruyama-cho, Shibuya, Tokyo - a love hotel district - a woman was found dead in a derelict apartment. Kazuko (Miki Mizuno) is a police officer called to investigate on this case, she will discover the story | 2011 | Sion Sono | Drama, Horror, Romance | 6.8 (5.1K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| Gukoroku Traces of SinAn investigations on murder didn't reach to any results, until a journalist discover new information that get on the trail of the criminal. | 2016 | Kei Ishikawa | Drama, Mystery | 6.7 (1K votes) | 120 | 20220415 |
| Harakiri [Seppuku]When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity. | 1962 | Masaki Kobayashi | Action, Drama, Mystery | 8.6 (51.1K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| I Just Didn't Do It [Soredemo boku wa yattenai]A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent. | 2006 | Masayuki Suô | Drama | 7.5 (1.7K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| Ichi The KillerAs sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving. | 2001 | Takashi Miike (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Horror | 7.0 (55K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Late Spring [Banshun]Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father. | 1949 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 8.3 (16.5K votes) | 108 | 20220315 |
| Like Someone in LoveIn Tokyo, a young sex worker develops an unexpected connection with a widower over a period of two days. | 2012 | Abbas Kiarostami, Banafsheh Modaressi | Drama | 7.0 (12.7K votes) | 109 | 20230830 |
| Linda Linda LindaA music group of girls need to learn to play a song before the school festival. | 2005 | Nobuhiro Yamashita | Comedy, Drama, Music | 7.5 (3.9K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Love Exposure [Ai no mukidashi]A bizarre love triangle forms between a young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandric girl and a manipulative cultist. | 2008 | Sion Sono | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance | 8.1 (13.4K votes) | 237 | 20211228 |
| Mother [Mazâ]Akiko (Masami Nagasawa) is a single mother and her son is Shuhei (Sho Gunji). Akiko casually has sex with other men, including Ryo (Sadao Abe). Akiko is the only person whom Shuhei can rely on. One day, Shuhei makes a shocking dec... | 2020 | Tatsushi Ômori | Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (3.4K votes) | 1 | 20240501 |
| Night's Tightrope [Shôjo]Based on the novel Shojo by Kanae Minato, watch for the story of high school student Yuki who plans to see a dead body. She is more than just a little jealous of another student who has seen the corpse of a person. The morbidity has | 2016 | Yukiko Mishima | Mystery | 6.1 (243 votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Nobody Knows [Dare mo shiranai]In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning. | 2004 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Drama | 8.1 (27K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| Noriko's Dinner Table [Noriko no shokutaku]A teenager called Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Tokoyama, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's "family circle", which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 | 2005 | Sion Sono | Drama, Horror | 7.1 (4.5K votes) | 159 | 20211228 |
| Noroi - The CurseA documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon called the "kagutaba." | 2005 | Kôji Shiraishi | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (11.8K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Outrage [Autoreiji]The boss of a major crime syndicate orders his lieutenant to bring a rogue gang of drug traffickers in line, a job that gets passed on to his long-suffering subordinate. | 2010 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (13.2K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Pale Moon [Kami no tsuki]A mellow drama following the moral decline of a housewife turned bank employee who embezzles a fortune from her customers and indulges in an affair with a younger man. Set in 1994, shortly after the burst of Japan's economic bubble. | 2014 | Daihachi Yoshida | Drama | 6.8 (866 votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Pulse [Kairo]Two groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits may be trying to invade the human world through the Internet. | 2001 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.6 (19.3K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Rage [Ikari]A grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different Japanese cities. | 2016 | Sang-il Lee | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (2.8K votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
| RanIn Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him. | 1985 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Action, Drama, War | 8.2 (121.7K votes) | 162 | 20211228 |
| RashomonThe rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter. | 1950 | Akira Kurosawa (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 8.2 (163.2K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Rebirth [Yôkame no semi]After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was having an affair with. Raising the child as her own, it is four years before the authorities catch up with her and the young child. | 2011 | Izuru Narushima | Drama | 7.2 (885 votes) | 147 | 20240501 |
| RinguA reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape that is rumored to kill the viewer seven days after watching it. | 1998 | Hideo Nakata | Horror, Mystery | 7.2 (68K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Sansho the BailiffIn medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression. | 1954 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama | 8.4 (16K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Scrap HeavenThe lives of a young cop, a sanitation worker and a brooding pharmacist violently intersect on a bus that's hijacked by a suicidal political flunky, then cross paths again months later. | 2005 | Sang-il Lee | Drama | 6.9 (453 votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Scythian Lamb, The [Hitsuji no ki]Suffering from population decline, the small seaside town of Uobuka decides to welcome 6 strangers into the community. A malevolent fishing boat operator (Kazuki Kitamura), a sexy caregiver, a frightening launderer, a timid barber, a | 2017 | Daihachi Yoshida | Thriller | 6.2 (558 votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Shinjuku Triad Society [Shinjuku kuroshakai - Chaina mafia sensô]Amidst a Chinese and Japanese mafia war, a lawyer for the Chinese mob finds a rift forming between him and his corrupt police office brother. | 1995 | Takashi Miike (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.7 (2.3K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Shoplifters [Manbiki kazoku]A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold. | 2018 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.9 (75.5K votes) | 121 | 20220822 |
| Snow White Murder Case, The [Shirayuki hime satsujin jiken]A young woman who works at cosmetic company becomes the prime suspect after her beautiful co-worker is murdered. | 2014 | Yoshihiro Nakamura | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.9 (2.1K votes) | 126 | 20240501 |
| SonatineSeveral yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war then escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach. | 1993 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.5 (20.8K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Strange CircusThe erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear. | 2005 | Sion Sono | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (5.6K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Suicide Club [Jisatsu sâkuru]A detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides. | 2001 | Sion Sono | Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (20.2K votes) | 99 | 20220315 |
| Suspect X [Yôgisha X no kenshin]It's another battle of the wits for the brilliant but eccentric physicist, Yukawa, and detective, Kaoru. | 2008 | Hiroshi Nishitani | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 7.3 (3.4K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Sway [Yureru]On the anniversary of the death of the mother of a hip and happening Tokyo-based photographer, the son returns to his hometown for the funeral. What follows is a return to the past that is more than just a trek home. Old relationship | 2006 | Miwa Nishikawa | Crime, Drama | 7.0 (1.1K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| TampopoA truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food. | 1985 | Jûzô Itami | Comedy | 8.0 (18K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Themis [Himizu]After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty. | 2011 | Sion Sono | Crime, Drama | 7.0 (4K votes) | 129 | 20220315 |
| Third Murder, The [Sandome no satsujin]A courtroom drama centered around the murder of a factory president. | 2017 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.7 (6.4K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Tokyo Slaves [Doreiku - Boku to 23-nin no dorei]Brother and sister are drawn into a thrilling game of survival, in which they use a bizarre device called SCM to turn others into their slaves. | 2014 | Sakichi Sato | Mystery | 4.2 (159 votes) | 100 | 20240501 |
| Tokyo Story [Tôkyô monogatari]An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention. | 1953 | Yasujirô Ozu (*) | Drama | 8.2 (59.2K votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
| Tora! Tora! Tora!The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness. | 1970 | Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda, Akira Kurosawa | Action, Drama, History, War | 7.5 (35.8K votes) | 144 | 20230619 |
| Traces of Sin [Gukôroku]An investigations on murder didn't reach to any results, until a journalist discover new information that get on the trail of the criminal. | 2016 | Kei Ishikawa | Drama, Mystery | 6.7 (1K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Ugetsu [Ugetsu monogatari]A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century. | 1953 | Kenji Mizoguchi (*) | Drama, Fantasy, War | 8.2 (22.8K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Villain [Akunin]A young woman's murder provokes reflection on the ugliness and villainy of modern society. | 2010 | Sang-il Lee | Crime, Drama, Romance | 7.0 (2K votes) | 139 | 20240501 |
| Violent Cop [Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki]A violence prone police officer discovers that his colleague is trafficking drugs. | 1989 | Takeshi Kitano (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (11.6K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Visitor Q [Bijitâ Q]A troubled and perverted family find their lives intruded by a mysterious stranger who seems to help find a balance in their disturbing natures. | 2001 | Takashi Miike (*) | Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 6.6 (15.9K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Voice of Sin, The [Tsumi no koe]A newspaper reporter is working on an investigative piece regarding an unsolved mystery dating back thirty years. there was gangsterism and extortion at play. As part of his work the man comes across a riddle of a cassette tape. A... | 2020 | Nobuhiro Doi | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.6 (645 votes) | 142 | 20240511 |
| Wilderness - Part One [Ah, kôya] The year is 2021 and years of mismanagement have left Japan a broken society riddled with poverty and underemployment. Kenji is visibly disabled and has an inferiority complex. Shinji is released from prison and has time in his ha... | 2017 | Yoshiyuki Kishi | Drama | 7.2 (358 votes) | 157 | 20240511 |
| Wilderness - Part Two [Ah, kôya 2] In the sequel to the first part, which was released simultaneously to this film, Shinji and Kenji join a boxing club. The former is just released from a prison for young offenders. The latter has a speech disability and suffers bo... | 2017 | Yoshiyuki Kishi | Drama | 7.1 (283 votes) | 147 | 20240511 |
| Woman in the Dunes [Suna no onna]An entomologist on vacation is trapped by local villagers into living with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them. | 1964 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | Drama, Thriller | 8.5 (19.3K votes) | 147 | 20211228 |
| Wood Job! [Ujjobu; Kamisari nânâ nichijô]After failing to get into university, a soft city boy randomly picks a job in forestry. | 2014 | Shinobu Yaguchi | Adventure, Comedy | 7.5 (3.1K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| World of Kanako, The [Kawaki]As former detective Akikazu searches for his missing daughter, Kanako, he soon learns she has a mysterious secret life. | 2014 | Tetsuya Nakashima | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (5K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |