Since the 1990s, Japanese filmmaking has been at the forefront of global cinema, and it seems we are entering another golden age. Here are the best movies to stream now featuring the Japanese language.
Dir. Hikari
Since the 1990s, Japan has offered the service of pretending to be one’s family, friend, or lover. Rental Family isn’t…
Dir. Junichi Yasuda
Usually, time travellers journey back to the past. This indie comedy takes the other path instead, with one samurai travelling…
During adolescence, teenagers get to learn and discover themselves and the world, but for most people, this means going through…
Dir. Jang Jae-hyun
For the longest time, land was where people formed strength in community, where people were born, lived, died, and was…
Dir. Shiori Itō
Continuing her fight to tell the world the truth about her sexual assault case, journalist Shiori Ito released Black Box…
Dir. Baltasar Kormákur
With the internet able to connect people from miles away, the concept of the one that got away has become…
Some people can get totally desperate when it comes to their love life, but rarely does this desperation end up…
Regardless of age, most viewers would be familiar with the way alcoholic drinks are portrayed in the media as a…
With a wolf deity, wheat harvesting rituals, and farmtown folklore, it may seem that Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the…
Dir. Wim Wenders
For public toilet cleaner Hirayama, “enjoy the little things in life” is more than just an adage: it’s a philosophy.…
Dir. Yuzuru Tachikawa
2023 was a great year for animation with films like Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Nimona, and The Boy and the…
Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
The Boy and the Heron isn’t Hayao Miyazaki’s best film, nor is it his most accessible, seeing as the director…
Dir. Cheang Pou-Soi & Soi Cheang
If you’re craving for the fast-paced fights, hand-to-hand combat, and insane stunts of Hong Kong action cinema, you might enjoy…
Dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Evil Does Not Exist begins a simple enough parable about the dangers of disrupting the delicate balance of nature, particularly…
In fantasy worlds, races with different lifespans are a given, but rarely does a work actually contemplate how these variations…
Usually, being swallowed up by a dragon means death. However, for Rentt Faina, The Unwanted Undead Adventurer, becoming a skeleton…
Dir. Hideaki Anno
With Marvel and DC monopolizing the superhero landscape with high budgets, big-name actors, and CGI graphics, Shin Kamen Rider feels…
Usually, when whisked away to a fantasy world, there’s usually some grand reason, like a prophecy or a destined quest…
Undead Unluck is such a strange anime with such a strange duo. Named after their respective powers, the undead Andy…
Dir. Jon S. Baird
Who knew that behind the puzzle Tetris lies a political thriller of a backstory that is just as fun and…
For the unfamiliar, isekai is the fantasy subgenre where a character is transported into a different world. Usually, this is…
As one grows older, only then do they realize the benefits of youth. It’s all there in the title, but…
With its slice-of-life approach, A Sign of Affection immediately tugs at the heartstrings with its sweet romance between a deaf…
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