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Tampopo
(タンポポ)
Two Japanese truck drivers help a widowed restaurant owner learn to cook amazing ramen noodles.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1985
- Director Juzo Itami
- Cast Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Koji Yakusho, Rikiya Yasuoka, Hyôe Enoki
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube
13 Assassins
(十三人の刺客)
Take up your sword.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, United Kingdom • 2010
- Director Takashi Miike
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yusuke Iseya, Gorô Inagaki, Kazue Fukiishi, Hiroki Matsukata
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Action
- Available on Hulu, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex Channel
The Eel
(うなぎ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1997
- Director Shōhei Imamura
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Akira Emoto, Fujio Tokita, Sho Aikawa, Ken Kobayashi
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Tokyo Sonata
(トウキョウソナタ)
When Megumi accidentally finds out Ryûhei's secret and doesn't tell him, her trust in him, and their marriage, suffers.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, Netherlands, Hong Kong • 2008
- Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Cast Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyoko Koizumi, Kai Inowaki, Yū Koyanagi, Koji Yakusho, Haruka Igawa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV
Eureka
(ユリイカ)
Traumatized survivors of a murderous bus hijacking take a road trip as they seek to overcome their damaged selves.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, France • 2000
- Director Shinji Aoyama
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Masaru Miyazaki, Yôichirô Saitô, Sayuri Kokushô, Gô Rijû
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
(一命)
Love. Honor. Revenge.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, United Kingdom • 2011
- Director Takashi Miike
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Naoto Takenaka, Eita, Hikari Mitsushima, Ebizo Ichikawa, Kazuki Namioka
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Cure
(キュア)
A detective and a psychologist must solve a series of murders, but this killing spree is beyond both their fields.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1997
- Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa, Yukijiro Hotaru, Yoriko Douguchi, Denden
- Genre Crime, Thriller, Horror, Mystery
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
(赤い橋の下のぬるい水)
A frustrated unemployed man meets a woman with rare sexual abilities.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, France • 2001
- Director Shōhei Imamura
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho, Mansaku Fuwa, Isao Natsuyagi, Yukiya Kitamura
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
Babel
A tragic accident brings together four families on three continents as they navigate its aftermath.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, United States, Mexico • 2006
- Director Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Cast Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi, Koji Yakusho
- Genre Drama
- Available on Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy, Hoopla
Oh Lucy!
(オー・ルーシー!)
When her new English teacher disappears, lonely office lady Setsuko sets out on an international journey to find him.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, United States • 2017
- Director Atsuko Hirayanagi
- Cast Shinobu Terajima, Josh Hartnett, Kaho Minami, Koji Yakusho, Shiori Kutsuna, Reiko Aylesworth
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Hoopla
The Third Murder
(三度目の殺人)
Everyone has a truth they want to believe.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2017
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast Masaharu Fukuyama, Koji Yakusho, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Mikako Ichikawa, Izumi Matsuoka, Isao Hashizume
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Boy and the Beast
(バケモノの子)
A lonesome beast and an orphan boy join forces in this heartfelt coming-of-age film.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2015
- Director Mamoru Hosoda
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Shota Sometani, Suzu Hirose, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Mamoru Miyano
- Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Apple TV
The World of Kanako
(渇き。)
As former detective Akikazu searches for his missing daughter, he learns she has a mysterious secret life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2014
- Director Tetsuya Nakashima
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Nana Komatsu, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hiroya Shimizu, Fumi Nikaido, Ai Hashimoto
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Shall We Dance?
(Shall We ダンス?)
- ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1996
- Director Masayuki Suo
- Cast Kōji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka, Eri Watanabe, Akira Emoto, Yuu Tokui
- Genre Music, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Bounce Ko Gals
(バウンス ko GALS)
- ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1997
- Director Masato Harada
- Cast Hitomi Satô, Yasue Sato, Yukiko Okamoto, Kōji Yakusho, Kaori Momoi, Jun Murakami
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Silk
Come Back, or I Shall Die...
- ✭ ✭
- Canada, France, Italy • 2007
- Director François Girard
- Cast Keira Knightley, Michael Pitt, Alfred Molina, Koji Yakusho, Sei Ashina, Miki Nakatani
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Hoopla
Perfect Days
The film follows the daily life of Hirayama, who works as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, Germany • 2023
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Arisa Nakano, Aoi Yamada, Tokio Emoto, Yumi Asou, Sayuri Ishikawa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
I Just Didn't Do It
(それでもボクはやってない)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2007
- Director Masayuki Suo
- Cast Ryo Kase, Asaka Seto, Koji Yakusho, Kōji Yamamoto, Masako Motai, Tetsushi Tanaka
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Kamikaze Taxi
(KAMIKAZE TAXI)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1995
- Director Masato Harada
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Kazuya Takahashi, Mickey Curtis, Reiko Kataoka, Taketoshi Naitô
- Genre Crime, Action, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
University of Laughs
(笑の大学)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2004
- Director Mamoru Hoshi
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Goro Inagaki
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Ekiro
(駅路)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2009
- Director Shigemichi Sugita
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Eri Fukatsu, Tae Kimura, Sousuke Takaoka, Hiromi Kitagawa, Kengo Ôkuchi
- Genre TV Movie, Drama, Mystery
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Chronicle of My Mother
(わが母の記)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2012
- Director Masato Harada
- Cast Kōji Yakusho, Kirin Kiki, Aoi Miyazaki, Kaho Minami, Midoriko Kimura, Mimura
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Last Ronin
(最後の忠臣蔵)
An army of loyal samurai plot to revenge their unjustly executed lord.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2010
- Director Shigemichi Sugita
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Koichi Sato, Nanami Sakuraba, Koji Yamamoto, Jun Fubuki, Kunie Tanaka
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Tubi TV
Under the Open Sky
(すばらしき世界)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2021
- Director Miwa Nishikawa
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Taiga Nakano, Masami Nagasawa, Isao Hashizume, Seiji Rokkaku, Yukiya Kitamura
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Days
(THE DAYS)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 0
- Creator
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Yutaka Takenouchi, Fumiyo Kohinata, Kaoru Kobayashi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Sleeping Man
(眠る男)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1996
- Director Kôhei Oguri
- Cast Ahn Sung-ki, Koji Yakusho, Tokie Hidari, Christine Hakim, Jun Hamamura, Masao Imafuku
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Woodsman and the Rain
(キツツキと雨)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2012
- Director Shuichi Okita
- Cast Kōji Yakusho, Shun Oguri, Kengo Kora, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Asami Usuda, Kanji Furutachi
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Rikuoh
(陸王)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2017
- Creator
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Kento Yamazaki, Haruka Uchimura, Ayako Yoshitani, Yasuko Haru, Kotaro Shiga
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Suite Dreams
(THE 有頂天ホテル)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2006
- Director Koki Mitani
- Cast Kōji Yakusho, Takako Matsu, Koichi Sato, Shingo Katori, Ryoko Shinohara, Keiko Toda
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
License to Live
(ニンゲン合格)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1998
- Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Cast Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kōji Yakusho, Shun Sugata, Lily, Kumiko Aso, Sho Aikawa
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Paco and the Magical Book
(パコと魔法の絵本)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2008
- Director Tetsuya Nakashima
- Cast Ayaka Wilson, Koji Yakusho, Ryo Kase, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Anna Tsuchiya, Gekidan Hitori
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Blood of Wolves
(孤狼の血)
Detective Shogo Ogami and his rookie partner Shuichi Hioka investigate mysterious disappearances amidst a growing yakuza turf war.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2018
- Director Kazuya Shiraishi
- Cast Kōji Yakusho, Tori Matsuzaka, Yoko Maki, Kenichi Takitoh, Takuma Otoo, Joey Iwanaga
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Shudder, AMC+ Amazon Channel
Charisma
(カリスマ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1999
- Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Ren Osugi, Yoriko Dōguchi, Yutaka Matsushige, Akira Otaka
- Genre Mystery, Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Séance
(降霊)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2000
- Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Jun Fubuki, Kitaro, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Hikari Ishida, Ittoku Kishibe
- Genre Drama, Horror, TV Movie
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Dora-heita
(どら平太)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2000
- Director Kon Ichikawa
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Yuko Asano, Bunta Sugawara, Ryûdô Uzaki, Tsurutaro Kataoka
- Genre Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
(聯合艦隊司令長官 山本五十六 – 太平洋戦争70年目の真実)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2011
- Director Izuru Narushima
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Hiroshi Abe, Akira Emoto, Hiroshi Tamaki, Teruyuki Kagawa, Bandō Mitsugorō X
- Genre History, War
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
(劔岳 点の記)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2009
- Director Daisaku Kimura
- Cast Tadanobu Asano, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryuhei Matsuda, Aoi Miyazaki, Koji Yakusho, Toru Nakamura
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Toad's Oil
(ガマの油)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2009
- Director Koji Yakusho
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Eita, Satomi Kobayashi, Fumi Nikaido, Kaoru Yachigusa
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Jubaku: Spellbound
(金融腐蝕列島〔呪縛〕)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1999
- Director Masato Harada
- Cast Kōji Yakusho, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yumi Takigawa, Kippei Shiina, Tetsurō Tamba, Jinpachi Nezu
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Lost Paradise
(失楽園)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1997
- Director Yoshimitsu Morita
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Hitomi Kuroki, Akira Terao, Toshio Shiba, Tomoko Hoshino, Yoshino Kimura
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Emperor in August
(日本のいちばん長い日)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2015
- Director Masato Harada
- Cast Kōji Yakusho, Masahiro Motoki, Tori Matsuzaka, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Yajima
- Genre History, War, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
A Samurai Chronicle
(蜩ノ記)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2014
- Director Takashi Koizumi
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Junichi Okada, Maki Horikita, Mieko Harada, Haruto Yoshida
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Kiyosu Conference
(清須会議)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2013
- Director Koki Mitani
- Cast Fumiyo Kohinata, Koji Yakusho, Yo Oizumi, Kyoka Suzuki, Koichi Sato, Eisuke Sasai
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Doppelganger
(ドッペルゲンガー)
What if your worst nightmare… turned out to be you?
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2003
- Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Cast Koji Yakusho, Hiromi Nagasaku, Yusuke Santamaria, Masahiro Toda, Hitomi Satô, Akira Emoto
- Genre Comedy, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Kanopy
Retribution
(叫)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2006
- Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Cast Kōji Yakusho, Manami Konishi, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Riona Hazuki, Joe Odagiri, Hiroyuki Hirayama
- Genre Thriller, Crime, Horror
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Sekigahara
(関ヶ原)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2017
- Director Masato Harada
- Cast Junichi Okada, Kasumi Arimura, Koji Yakusho, Takehiro Hira, Masahiro Higashide, Yasumasa Ohba
- Genre War, History, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Gelatin Silver, Love
(ゼラチンシルバーLOVE)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2009
- Director Kazumi Kurigami
- Cast Masatoshi Nagase, Rie Miyazawa, Koji Yakusho, Yuki Amami, Erina Mizuno
- Genre Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Lakeside Murder Case
(レイクサイド マーダーケース)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2004
- Director Shinji Aoyama
- Cast Kōji Yakusho, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Akira Emoto, Etsushi Toyokawa, Shingo Tsurumi, Kaoru Sugita
- Genre Mystery, Crime
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
(峠 最後のサムライ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2022
- Director Takashi Koizumi
- Cast Kōji Yakusho, Tatsuya Nakadai, Takako Matsu, Kyōko Kagawa, Min Tanaka, Kento Nagayama
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
(ローレライ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2005
- Director Shinji Higuchi, Cellin Gluck
- Cast Kōji Yakusho, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yuu Kashii, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Toshirō Yanagiba, Ken Ishiguro
- Genre Drama, War, Science Fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Wings Over Everest
(冰峰暴)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2019
- Director Fay Yu
- Cast Zhang Jingchu, Koji Yakusho, Austin Lin, Victor Hawk, Noah Danby, Graham Shiels
- Genre Action
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, AsianCrush, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Plex, Plex Channel
History of Jirocho Shimizu
(清水次郎長物語)
- Japan • 1995
- Director Takuji Tominaga
- Cast Ken Matsudaira, Yoichi Hayashi, Koji Yakusho, Kazumi Morohoshi, Shôhei Hino
- Genre Drama, TV Movie
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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