Best Japanese movies of 2000s

Actors : Joe Odagiri, Tomokazu Miura, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kyôko Koizumi,
Directors : Satoshi Miki,

Takemura has no friends and no family. He's a student but he doesn't have any particular ambitions. In other words, he isn't going anywhere fast. Were all this not enough, the sorry sad ...

Actors : Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Ren Ôsugi, Masanobu Andô,
Directors : SABU,

A simple funeral turns a man's world topsy turvy.

Actors : Sayaka Ohara, Kana Hanazawa, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Eri Sendai,
Directors : Kazuyoshi Katayama,

A virus begins to grip the Earth's population and a group of hopeful survivors are cryogenically frozen in attempt to find a cure. But when the group awakens they are flung into a horrifying situation.

Actors : Leehom Wang, Hyde, Tarô Yamamoto, Gackt,
Directors : Takahisa Zeze,

The story of love and friendship on the harsh streets of 2014 Mallepa, a small corner in Asia.

Actors : Takao Ohsawa, Masaya Katô, Tak Sakaguchi, Kanae Uotani,
Directors : Ryûhei Kitamura,

A raging god of battle and a master samurai duke it out in a series of sword fights in a remote temple.

Actors : Donpei Tsuchihira, Mika Hijii, Shûji Kashiwabara, Masanori Mimoto,
Directors : Seiji Chiba,

A comet crashes into a Japanese forest and a group of mighty ninjas must fight a group of killer Aliens before they reach their village and kill everyone.

Actors : Misako Renbutsu, Haruma Miura, Mikako Tabe, Haru Aoyama,
Directors : Naoto Kumazawa,

A girl that resemble "Sadako" of the movie Ring is being feared by her classmates. She is avoided by everyone.While everyone is avoiding her, the popular boy Shota Kazehaya befriends her, and their love begins to grow.

Actors : Arata Furuta, Noriko Nakagoshi, Yuka Itaya, Eriko Hatsune,
Directors : Ataru Oikawa,

A modern ghost story which turns a love hate relationship between mother and daughter into a tale of horror.

Actors : Norman England, Yukijirô Hotaru, Ryôichi Inaba, Tomoka Hayashi,
Directors : Naoyuki Tomomatsu,

Girls surrounding 17 years old are affected by an illness that make her to be 'Stacies': they feel a strange and momentary happiness until they become zombies.

Actors : Takao Ohsawa, Shôsuke Tanihara, Yuka Itaya, Yumiko Shaku,
Directors : Ryûhei Kitamura,

A detective hunts a killer who is removing girls hearts. When his own fiancée falls victim to the killer, the detective discovers the otherworldly intentions of the killer and is helped from beyond the grave by his fiancée.

Actors : Miki Imai, Takako Matsu, Tarô Ishida, Eiji Wentz,
Directors : Kôichi Chigira,

When eleven-year-old Wataru is told he can change his destiny by entering a magic gateway into another world, he jumps at the chance. But on his quest to find the Tower of Fortune and be granted any wish, he must conjure up all his bravery to battle a world of demons, his own friends and ultimately himself.

Actors : Etsushi Toyokawa, Ko Shibasaki, Mao Daichi, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi,
Directors : Shinji Higuchi,

Japan will sink down to the deep sea. The governments only hope is evacuate all Japanese to some other countries.

Actors : Ken Mitsuishi, Hikari Mitsushima, Tasuku Nagaoka, Eriko Nakamura,
Directors : Momoko Andô,

The story of the relationship between a college student whose relationship with her boyfriend is going nowhere and a bisexual medical artist who makes prosthetic body parts.

Actors : Hilary Haag, David Matranga, Andy McAvin, David Wald,
Directors : Susumu Kudo,

In a futuristic society, a 15-year-old prostitute named Rune Balot is rescued after being nearly killed. She is subconsciously given the choice to continue living due to an emergency ...

Actors : Noriaki Sugiyama, Jun'ichi Suwabe, Kana Ueda, Ayako Kawasumi,
Directors : Ken'ichi Takeshita,

The war for the Holy Grail is on. Master/Servant team pairs made up of Magi and the summoned spirits of legendary warriors do battle to the death in their quest for the right to claim the ...

Actors : Kenji Nojima, Mai Nakahara, Ryôtarô Okiayu, Kikuko Inoue,
Directors : Osamu Dezaki,

Okazaki Tomoya is a delinquent who finds life dull and believes he'll never amount to anything. Along with his friend Sunohara, he skips school and plans to waste his high school days away.

Actors : Tetsuji Tamayama, Mika Nakashima, Yui Ichikawa, Nobuo Kyô,
Directors : Kentarô Ohtani,

Follows the struggles through life and relationships of Komatsu Nana and Osaki Nana.

Actors : Kumiko Asô, Takaaki Enoki, Leona Hirota, Teisui Ichiryûsai,
Directors : Hideo Nakata,

Japan, 250 years ago. Soetsu is a moneylender who is killed by the cruel samurai Shinzaemon. His body is dumped in the Kasenega-Fuchi river. According to legend, all who drown in the river ...

Actors : Arata Furuta, Akiko Suzuki, Shôko Takada, Urara Takano,

A series of short animations by some of Japan's best animators comments to life in this collage of beautiful works of art.

Actors : Nao Ohmori, Riho Makise, Jun Murakami, Shinobu Terajima,
Directors : Ryuichi Hiroki,

(Japanese with English subtitles) After meeting a handsome truck driver (Nao Omori) in the midst of an urban mini-mart, a 30-something freelance writer (Shinobu Terajima) embarks on a ...