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19 Best Japanese Movies To Watch - A Good Movie To Watch

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19 Best Japanese Movies To Watch

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Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2017)

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8.2

A whimsical journey through a single night in Kyoto, where love, laughter, and surreal adventures await

Suzume (2022)

7.4

A wonderful adventure and fantasy tale from the director of the anime hit Your Name.

Whisper of the Heart (1995)

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8.3

Finds magic in the ordinary every day—and reminds us the most special art is that which comes from the heart

Only Yesterday (1991)

best

8.0

A quiet drama about nostalgia

Penguin Highway (2018)

best

8.2

A strange yet charming coming-of-age story about life’s mysteries, complete with penguins

Shoplifters (2018)

best

9.1

The Cannes-winning saga from one of Japan's most exciting directors: Hirokazu Koreeda.

Perfect Blue (1997)

best

8.2

A nightmarish psychological thriller from an anime master

Porco Rosso (1992)

7.9

A tale of resisting fascism and reckoning with the lingering burdens of war

Maborosi (1995)

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8.8

Sudden death afflicts Yumiko as she suddenly struggles to cope with her everyday life

Pom Poko (1994)

7.4

An underrated Ghibli film with a hard-hitting environmentalist message

The Wind Rises (2013)

7.9

An illuminative interpretation of the life of Jiro Horikoshi, a Japanese aviation engineer responsible for many World War II fighter designs, including the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter

One Cut of the Dead (2017)

7.8

A one-of-a-kind Japanese zombie comedy that takes the genre to another dimension

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