Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "american-in-japan"

1. Tokyo Vice (2022– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo takes on one of the city's most powerful crime bosses.

Stars: Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Shô Kasamatsu

Votes: 45,645

2. The Last Samurai (2003)

R | 154 min | Action, Drama

Nathan Algren, a US army veteran, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques. Nathan finds himself trapped in a struggle between two eras and two worlds.

Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, William Atherton

Votes: 472,164 | Gross: $111.11M

3. Furious 7 (2015)

PG-13 | 137 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.

Director: James Wan | Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham

Votes: 415,323 | Gross: $353.01M

4. Tetris (2023)

R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History

Video game designer Henk Rogers seeks to secure global rights for Tetris (1984), leading to tense negotiations in the Soviet Union, involving creators, government, and corporate intrigues.

Director: Jon S. Baird | Stars: Taron Egerton, Mara Huf, Miles Barrow, Rick Yune

Votes: 84,636

5. Sayonara (1957)

Not Rated | 147 min | Drama, Romance

A US Air Force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women when he falls for a beautiful performer.

Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Ricardo Montalban, Patricia Owens, James Garner

Votes: 7,756 | Gross: $26.30M

6. Black Rain (1989)

R | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw

Votes: 59,775 | Gross: $46.21M

7. The Sea of Trees (2015)

PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A suicidal American befriends a Japanese man lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji and the two search for a way out.

Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Naomi Watts, Ken Watanabe, Ryoko Seta

Votes: 17,852 | Gross: $0.02M

8. Old Dogs (I) (2009)

PG | 88 min | Comedy, Family

Two friends and business partners find their lives turned upside-down when strange circumstances lead them to be the temporary guardians of 7-year-old twins.

Director: Walt Becker | Stars: Robin Williams, John Travolta, Seth Green, Kelly Preston

Votes: 39,592 | Gross: $49.49M

9. Everyone Is Psychic!: The Movie (2015)

114 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

After receiving a cosmic blast while masturbating, a virginal teenager gains psychic powers and joins a group of ESP virgins in order to defend the world from evil psychics.

Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Mika Akizuki, Tokio Emoto, Motoki Fukami, Mizuki Hoshina

Votes: 1,094

10. Mr. Baseball (1992)

PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

Jack Elliot, once a great baseball player, is forced to play in Japan where his brash, egotistical ways cause friction with his new teammates and friends.

Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura, Aya Takanashi, Dennis Haysbert

Votes: 12,202 | Gross: $20.88M

11. Tokyo Joe (1949)

Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An American returns to Tokyo try to pick up threads of his pre-WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.

Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Alexander Knox, Florence Marly, Sessue Hayakawa

Votes: 2,729

12. The Hunted (1995)

R | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

An American businessman visiting Nagoya, Japan, meets a woman in a hotel bar. Returning to her room, 3 ninjas kill her and wound him, but he sees the ninja boss' face. Now, he's the prime target of a dangerous ninja cult.

Director: J.F. Lawton | Stars: Christopher Lambert, John Lone, Joan Chen, Yoshio Harada

Votes: 5,701 | Gross: $6.61M

13. The House Where Evil Dwells (1982)

R | 88 min | Horror

A young American family moves to a House in Kyoto, Japan. It turns out to be haunted by the ghosts of a woman and her lover, who were killed by the woman's husband, as well as the ghost of the husband, who killed himself afterward.

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Edward Albert, Susan George, Doug McClure, Amy Barrett

Votes: 1,390

14. No Way Back (1995)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When an op goes wrong and FBI agent Zack's partner dies, his search for the one responsible takes him to a yakuza in Japan. A mob boss wants revenge for his son's death and Zack's his target.

Director: Frank A. Cappello | Stars: Russell Crowe, Helen Slater, Etsushi Toyokawa, Michael Lerner

Votes: 3,177

15. Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)

Unrated | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

An American scientist and his Japanese colleagues study a mysterious feral boy who is seemingly resistant to radiation, while a subterranean dinosaur ravages the Japanese countryside.

Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Nick Adams, Kumi Mizuno, Tadao Takashima, Yoshio Tsuchiya

Votes: 2,436

16. Fukushima 50 (2020)

TV-PG | 122 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Takumi Saitô, Riho Yoshioka

Votes: 3,382

17. Harukana Receive (2018– )

Animation, Drama, Sport

In beach volleyball, there is no room for aces. To achieve victory, each player must find their one, irreplaceable partner that they can rely on in the court of sand. At least, that is what... See full summary »

Stars: Kana Yûki, Saki Miyashita, Tia Lynn Ballard, Sarah Wiedenheft

Votes: 334

18. Oh Lucy! (2017)

95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A lonely woman living in Tokyo decides to take an English class, where she discovers her alter-ego, Lucy.

Director: Atsuko Hirayanagi | Stars: Shinobu Terajima, Soseki Yamatoya, Miyu Yagyu, Kayano Masuyama

Votes: 3,364 | Gross: $0.38M

19. Tokyo Pop (1988)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Aspiring singer Wendy hops on a plane to Tokyo with dreams of making it big in the music business. She soon finds romance with Hiro, a rock 'n' roll musician who convinces her to become the lead singer in his band.

Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui | Stars: Carrie Hamilton, Diamond Yukai, Taiji Tonoyama, Tetsurô Tanba

Votes: 369 | Gross: $0.13M

20. Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 - Sustainable War (2021)

119 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

In the year 2045, cybernetic mercenary Motoko Kusanagi returns to Section 9 to face a dangerous new threat: the posthumans. A feature-length recut of the first season of Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045.

Directors: Shinji Aramaki, Michihito Fujii, Kenji Kamiyama | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Osamu Saka, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera

Votes: 498

21. Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)

PG | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

The survivors of a plane crash in a remote area are attacked by blob-like alien creatures that turn their victims into blood-thirsty vampires.

Director: Hajime Satô | Stars: Teruo Yoshida, Tomomi Satô, Hideo Kô, Masaya Takahashi

Votes: 1,956

22. Stopover Tokyo (1957)

Approved | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An American intelligence agent is sent to Tokyo to track down a Communist spy ring.

Director: Richard L. Breen | Stars: Robert Wagner, Joan Collins, Edmond O'Brien, Ken Scott

Votes: 326

23. The Harimaya Bridge (2009)

TV-G | 120 min | Drama

After the sudden death of his estranged son in rural Japan, an American man must go there to claim some important family items. While there, he discovers some secrets his son left behind.

Director: Aaron Woolfolk | Stars: Bennet Guillory, Saki Takaoka, Misa Shimizu, Danny Glover

Votes: 222 | Gross: $0.05M

24. Zubeko banchô: Hamagure kazoe uta (1971)

84 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The local yakuza gangs dominating the port of Yokohama do not take well the invasion of their territory by a daring biker gang, led by a girl in black leather outfit and cowboy hat - ... See full summary »

Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Stars: Reiko Ôshida, Yukie Kagawa, Shuushibo, Yôko Ichiji

Votes: 40

25. Geisha Girl (1952)

Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Romance

"Rocky" Wilson and his sidekick, Archer McGregor, American soldiers en route home from Korea, stop over in Tokyo. They instantly get involved in a sabotage plot and, inadvertently, end up ... See full summary »

Directors: George P. Breakston, C. Ray Stahl | Stars: Steve Forrest, Martha Hyer, Archer MacDonald, Tetsu Nakamura

Votes: 81

26. Psycho Sushi (1997)

Comedy

Harper, a young blonde American girl modeling in Japan, has become involved with Hashimoto, a notorious Japanese gangster. She has an affair with the sexy philandering Carlo (one of ... See full summary »

Director: Lisa Haisha | Stars: Ricky Dean Logan, Hiroyuki Konishi, Sarah Trigger, Gedde Watanabe

Votes: 47

27. Taberu Onna (2018)

111 min | Drama

Following the premise of the novel of the same name, Taberu Onna, the film zooms in on the ins and outs and comings and goings of the daily lives of eight women in Japan including a Western... See full summary »

Director: Jirô Shôno | Stars: Kyôko Koizumi, Erika Sawajiri, Atsuko Maeda, Alice Hirose

Votes: 135

28. Okinawa: Urizun no ame (2015)

148 min | Documentary, History, War

'Okinawa: The Afterburn' is the first documentary film to provide a comprehensive picture of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa and the ensuing 70-year occupation of the island by the U.S. military.

Director: John Junkerman

Votes: 237

29. Oriental Evil (1951)

Not Rated | 64 min | Drama

Set in post war Japan, an American woman tries to clear her brother's reputation as a drug smuggler after his apparent suicide. She gets help from a seemingly kind Englishman.

Directors: George P. Breakston, C. Ray Stahl | Stars: Byron Michie, Martha Hyer, Tetsu Nakamura, Richard Binge

Votes: 78

30. Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home' (1989 Video)

83 min | Documentary

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Director: Yoshiki Satô | Stars: Hiroshi Takeda, Nobuko Miyamoto, Nobuhiro Kubota, Nokko

31. Karaage USA (2014)

95 min | Comedy, Family

She does not favour deep fried chicken, but her father runs a shop selling it. She is back with a black girl called Shirley in tow after being away from the hometown of Usa in Oita for five... See full summary »

Director: Naoki Segi | Stars: Ken Kaitô, Ai Takahashi, Miyoko Asada, Kenjirô Ishimaru

32. Kaettekita wakadaishô (1981)

98 min | Comedy

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Director: Tsugunobu Kotani | Stars: Yûzô Kayama, Kunie Tanaka, Ichirô Arishima, Agnes Lum

33. Alcoa Theatre (1957–1960)
Episode: Medals for Harry (1959)

30 min | Drama

After winning medals for bravery while fighting in the Korean War, an ex-GI returns stateside and shortly thereafter goes on trial for burglary. He then refuses to defend himself by saying why he committed the crime.

Director: Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: John Dennis, Ron Foster, Ruta Lee, Freeman Lusk

34. It Takes a Thief (1968–1970)
Episode: Mad in Japan (1969)

TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

After receiving the message "Dangerous Weapon Inside: Code 409" from two S.I.A. agents in the Far East, who may be have been killed, Noah sends Al and Dr. Hopkins to Japan to retrieve the prototype for a portable, hand-held laser gun.

Director: George Tyne | Stars: Robert Wagner, Malachi Throne, Alex Dreier, Sharon Acker

Votes: 35

35. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023– )
Episode: Aftermath (2023)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Cate travels to Japan to get answers about her father and uncovers a shocking secret. Keiko, Lee, and Billy pursue a theory about Titans.

Director: Matt Shakman | Stars: Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe, Mari Yamamoto

Votes: 3,429

36. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode: Mako Tanida (No. 83) (2014)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Tom struggles to keep his secret safe. Ressler goes after the man who's taking down his old team one by one, Mako Tanida.

Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold

Votes: 2,549

37. Iron Fist (2017–2018)
Episode: A Duel of Iron (2018)

TV-MA | 52 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

In the season finale, Iron Fists collide as the fate of New York City hangs in the balance.

Director: Jonas Pate | Stars: Finn Jones, Jessica Henwick, Tom Pelphrey, Jessica Stroup

Votes: 2,246

38. Blindspot (2015–2020)
Episode: Hella Duplicitous (2018)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The FBI team hunts a dangerous enemy operative, and a deadly new foe emerges.

Director: Martin Gero | Stars: Jaimie Alexander, Sullivan Stapleton, Rob Brown, Audrey Esparza

Votes: 632