Tokyo, also referred to as the “Eastern Capital,” is the capital of Japan and the most populous metropolitan city in the world, as of 2024. It is also the seat of the Imperial Palace, which houses the Japanese government, and is the most expensive city to live in if you’re an expatriate. Tokyo also happens to hold dozens of Fortune 500 companies. It’s no wonder, then, that so many films have been set in this bustling, cosmopolitan city.
The movies on this crowd-ranked list are some of the most recognizable within cinema, and have had a influential affect on the industry at large. Many science fiction films have featured Tokyo as their settings, as have a number of comedies, thrillers, dramas, romances, and adventures. Which ones are your favorites? Be sure to vote them up!
- 1Tokyo Story is a 1953 Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. It tells the story of an aging couple who travel to Tokyo to visit their grown children. The film contrasts the behavior of their children, who are too busy to pay them much attention, and their widowed daughter-in-law, who treats them with kindness. It is often regarded as Ozu's masterpiece, and has appeared several times in the British Film Institute lists of the greatest films ever made.
- Released: 1953
- Directed by: Yasujirō Ozu
- 2A lonely, aging movie star named Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and a conflicted newlywed, Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), meet in Tokyo. Bob is there to film a Japanese whiskey commercial; Charlotte is accompanying her celebrity-photographer husband. Strangers in a foreign land, the two find escape, distraction and understanding amidst the bright Tokyo lights after a chance meeting in the quiet lull of the hotel bar. They form a bond that is as unlikely as it is heartfelt and meaningful.
- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Sofia Coppola
- 3In 1988 the Japanese government drops an atomic bomb on Tokyo after ESP experiments on children go awry. In 2019, 31 years after the nuking of the city, Kaneda, a bike gang leader, tries to save his friend Tetsuo from a secret government project. He battles anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader until Tetsuo's supernatural powers suddenly manifest. A final battle is fought in Tokyo Olympiad exposing the experiment's secrets.
- Released: 1988
- Directed by: Katsuhiro Ohtomo
- 4This is Spinal Tap, a 1984 mockumentary, chronicles the fictitious British rock band Spinal Tap. The film stars Michael McKean (David St. Hubbins), Christopher Guest (Nigel Tufnel), and Harry Shearer (Derek Smalls) as members of the band. Directed by Rob Reiner (Marty DiBergi), the film cleverly parodies the wild lifestyle and musical pretensions of hard rock and heavy metal bands. It's known for its satirical insight into the music industry, presenting hilarious scenarios like a Stonehenge stage prop disastrously undersized. This cult classic won the Best Comedy Film award at Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film in 1985.
- Released: 1984
- Directed by: Rob Reiner
- 5Samurai Assassin is a 1965 Japanese movie directed by Kihachi Okamoto and starring Toshiro Mifune, Koshiro Matsumoto, Yunosuke Ito, and Michiyo Aratama. Samurai Assassin is set in 1860, immediately before the Meiji Restoration changed Japanese society forever by doing away with the castes in society and reducing the position of the samurai class. The film tells the story of Niiro Tsurichiyo as the illegitimate son of a powerful nobleman, and the way of his life that made him a swordfighter but also a social outcast. He joins forces with the multiple clans against the Lord of Hikone, Sir Ii Kamonnokami Naosuke. Ii is the right hand of the shogunate and brought upon himself the wrath of the Satsuma, Mito, and Choshuu provinces after making an unpopular choice for the appointment of the 14th shogunate. Many critics arouse after the controversial appointment, and Ii initiated the Ansei Purge to quiet critics of his choices. This in turn, lead to an assassination plot hatched by the three provinces in order to remove Li from his position of power. The shoguns also weeding out Ii's spies from the plot.
- Released: 1965
- Directed by: Kihachi Okamoto
- 6Drunken Angel is a 1948 Japanese yakuza film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is notable for being the first of sixteen film collaborations between director Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune.
- Released: 1948
- Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
- 7A fire-breathing behemoth terrorizes Japan after an atomic bomb awakens it from its centuries-old sleep.
- Released: 1954
- Directed by: Ishirô Honda
- 8A former assassin, known simply as The Bride (Uma Thurman), wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill (David Carradine) attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, she vows to get even with every person who contributed to the loss of her unborn child, her entire wedding party, and four years of her life. After devising a hit list, The Bride sets off on her quest, enduring unspeakable injury and unscrupulous enemies.
- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
- 9Stray Dog is a 1949 Japanese police procedural film noir directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura. The film is considered a precursor to the contemporary police procedural and buddy cop film genres.
- Released: 1949
- Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
- 10Long ago, legions of monstrous creatures called Kaiju arose from the sea, bringing with them all-consuming war. To fight the Kaiju, mankind developed giant robots called Jaegers, designed to be piloted by two humans locked together in a neural bridge. However, even the Jaegers are not enough to defeat the Kaiju, and humanity is on the verge of defeat. Mankind's last hope now lies with a washed-up ex-pilot, an untested trainee and an old, obsolete Jaeger.
- Released: 2013
- Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
- 11Austin Powers in Goldmember is a 2002 American spy comedy film. It is the third installment of the Austin Powers film series starring Mike Myers in the title role. The film was directed by Jay Roach, and co-written by Mike Myers and Michael McCullers. Myers also plays the roles of Dr. Evil, Goldmember, and Fat Bastard. The movie co-stars Beyoncé Knowles in her theatrical film debut, as well as Robert Wagner, Seth Green, Michael York, Verne Troyer, Michael Caine, Mindy Sterling and Fred Savage. There are a number of cameo appearances including Steven Spielberg, Kevin Spacey, Britney Spears, Quincy Jones, Tom Cruise, Danny DeVito, Katie Couric, Gwyneth Paltrow, John Travolta, Nathan Lane, and The Osbournes. In a self-parody of the Austin Powers series, there is a film within the film in the opening. Austin Powers is featured in a bio-pic called Austinpussy directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise as Austin Powers, Gwyneth Paltrow as Dixie Normous, Kevin Spacey as Dr. Evil, Danny DeVito as Mini-Me, and John Travolta as Goldmember.
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Jay Roach
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- 12Ikiru is a 1952 Japanese film directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa. The film examines the struggles of a minor Tokyo bureaucrat and his final quest for meaning. The script was partly inspired by Leo Tolstoy's 1886 novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich, although the plots are not similar beyond the common theme of a bureaucrat struggling with a terminal illness. It stars Takashi Shimura as Kanji Watanabe.
- Released: 1952
- Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
- 13Photographer Ben (Joshua Jackson) and his new bride, Jane (Rachael Taylor), turn their honeymoon into a working vacation when he snags a prestigious assignment in Japan. As they make their way up a mountain road at night, they slam into a woman who suddenly appears in their path. Unable to find her body, Ben and Jane continue onward. Soon, eerie reminders of the accident emerge when Ben sees ghostly images in the photographs he develops.
- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Masayuki Ochiai
- 14Lured to a Japan he hasn't seen since World War II, century-old mutant Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) finds himself in a shadowy realm of yakuza and samurai. Wolverine is pushed to his physical and emotional brink when he is forced to go on the run with a powerful industrialist's daughter (Tao Okamoto) and is confronted -- for the first time -- with the prospect of death. As he struggles to rediscover the hero within himself, he must grapple with powerful foes and the ghosts of his own haunted past.
- Released: 2013
- Directed by: James Mangold
- A bored young businessman's chance meeting with a woman in distress propels him out of his ennui.
- Released: 2020
- Directed by: Koji Fukada
- 16The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is a thrilling ride, steeped in the underground world of Japanese street racing. Sean Boswell (Lucas Black), an outsider with a penchant for speed, finds himself marooned in Tokyo. Here, he discovers 'drifting', a risky high-speed cornering technique that redefines his understanding of racing. Under the tutelage of Han (Sung Kang), a seasoned drifter, Sean embarks on an adrenaline-fueled journey through Tokyo's neon-lit streets. His path intersect with Takashi (Brian Tee), the Drift King, setting off an explosive rivalry. Amidst roaring engines and screeching tires, this movie carves its niche in the action genre, making it an unforgettable entry in the Fast and Furious franchise.
- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Justin Lin
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Tokyo Twilight
Setsuko Hara, Chishū Ryū, Isuzu YamadaTokyo Twilight is a 1957 Japanese drama film by Yasujirō Ozu. It is the story of two sisters who are reunited with a mother who left them as children. The film is considered amongst Ozu's darkest and most melodramatic postwar films.- Released: 1957
- Directed by: Yasujirō Ozu
- 18In the chilling horror film The Grudge, Karen Davis (Sarah Michelle Gellar), an exchange student and care worker, finds herself entangled in a haunting curse that grips a house in Tokyo. The curse, born from a grudge held by a vengeful spirit, promises a violent death to anyone who enters. As Karen tries to unravel the mystery behind the curse, her reality becomes intertwined with terror. Director Takashi Shimizu weaves together multiple storylines, creating an intricate plot that keeps viewers on edge until the very end. With its sinister atmosphere and relentless scares, The Grudge has become a classic staple within the horror genre.
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Takashi Shimizu
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Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night
Aoi Nakamura, Noriko AoyamaParanormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night is a 2010 Japanese independent supernatural horror film written and directed by Toshikazu Nagae. Commissioned by the Japanese distributor Presidio Corporation, the film is based on the 2007 American film Paranormal Activity and documents events that follow from the original film. Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night was screened at various locations across Japan by Cinema Sunshine. It was later screened in various other countries.- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Toshikazu Nagae
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Tokyo Sonata
Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Kai InowakiRyûhei Sasaki (Teruyuki Kagawa) is keeping a secret from his wife, Megumi (Kyôko Koizumi), and his two teenage sons. Even though he leaves the house every day, he's not really going to work. He's going to an employment office. He recently lost his job due to outsourcing, but is determined to find another position, all while supporting an old friend who is also out of work. But when Megumi accidentally finds out Ryûhei's secret and doesn't tell him, her trust in him, and their marriage, suffers.- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- 21The Wind Rises is a 2013 Japanese animated historical drama film directed by Hayao Miyazaki and based on the life of Jiro Horikoshi. The film follows the life and romance of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.
- Released: 2013
- Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
- 22Suicide Club, known in Japan as Suicide Circle is a 2002 Japanese independent horror film that gained a considerable amount of notoriety in film festivals around the world for its controversial subject matter and gory presentation. The film has developed a significant cult following, and won the Jury Prize for "Most Ground-Breaking Film" at the Fantasia Film Festival. The movie was written and directed by Sion Sono. It deals with a wave of seemingly unconnected suicides that strikes Japan and the efforts of the police to determine the reasons behind the strange behavior.
- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Sion Sono
- 23Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra team up to save mankind from the deadliest threat of all -- a fire-breathing space monster.
- Released: 1964
- Directed by: Ishirô Honda
- 24In the animated adventure Cars 2, Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) finds himself competing in the first-ever World Grand Prix, a high-octane race to determine the world's fastest car. Alongside him is his trusty friend Mater (Larry the Cable Guy), who unwittingly gets drawn into international espionage. As they navigate treacherous terrains across different continents, Mater must balance his loyalty to Lightning with his newfound role. This sequel adds a dash of mystery and action to its racing roots. With its vibrant animation and star-studded cast, the movie won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film in 2011.
- Released: 2011
- Directed by: John Lasseter
- 25Armed with the latest in military and spy technology, the team of elite soldiers known as G.I. Joe travel around the globe to wherever their services are needed. In their latest assignment Gen. Hawk (Dennis Quaid), Duke (Channing Tatum) and the rest of the G.I. Joe team take on Destro (Christopher Eccleston), a corrupt arms dealer, and fight the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization.
- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Stephen Sommers
- 26As Umbrella Corp.'s deadly T-virus continues to turn the world's population into legions of flesh-eating zombies, Alice (Milla Jovovich), the human race's last hope, awakes deep within Umbrella's secret operations facility. The further she delves into the complex, the more of her mysterious past is unveiled. Her global hunt for those responsible for the outbreak leads to a mind-blowing revelation; Aided by friends old and new, Alice fights to escape from a world on the edge of oblivion.
- Released: 2012
- Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
- Tokyo Olympiad is a 1965 documentary film directed by Kon Ichikawa which documents the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Like Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia, which documented the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Ichikawa's film was considered a milestone in documentary filmmaking. However, Tokyo Olympiad keeps its focus more on the atmosphere of the games and the human side of the athletes instead of concentrating only on the winners and the results. It is one of the few sports documentaries included in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die.
- Released: 1965
- Directed by: Kon Ichikawa
- 28An accident connects four groups of people on three different continents: two young Moroccan goatherds, a vacationing American couple (Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett), a deaf Japanese teen and her father, and a Mexican nanny who takes her young charges across a border without parental permission.
- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu
- 29One Wonderful Sunday is a 1947 Japanese film co-written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is in black-and-white and runs 108 minutes. Yuzo and his fiancée, Masako, spend a Sunday together in Tokyo. Between them they have 35 yen and are determined to make it last. The film was made during the Occupation and shows some of the challenges facing post-war Tokyo. It is notable in the Kurosawa canon because Masako breaks the fourth wall near the end of the film.
- Released: 1947
- Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
- 30Youth of the Beast is a 1963 Japanese yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki. Much of the film is set in Tokyo.
- Released: 1963
- Directed by: Seijun Suzuki
- Earthquake Bird is a 2019 American mystery film directed by Wash Westmoreland, based on the novel of the same name by Susanna Jones. In 1989 Toyko, Lucy Fly (Alicia Vikander) is a young female expat and becomes the main suspect when her friend Lily (Riley Keough) goes missing.
- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Wash Westmoreland
- First Love (a.k.a. Hatsukoi) is a 2019 British-Japanese drama film directed by Takashi Miike. A young boxer, Leo (Masataka Kubota) and a call girl, Monica (Sakurako Konishi) meet one night in Tokyo and become involved in a drug-smuggling scheme, the two are pursued by a corrupt cop, a yakuza and a female assassin sent by the Chinese triads.
- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Takashi Miike
- 33This dramatic retelling of the Pearl Harbor attack details everything in the days that led up to that tragic moment in American history. As United States and Japanese relations strain over the U.S. embargo of raw materials, Air Staff Officer Minoru Genda (Tatsuya Mihashi) plans the preemptive strike against the United States. Although American intelligence agencies intercept Japanese communications hinting at the attack, they are unwilling to believe such a strike could ever occur on U.S. soil.
- Released: 1970
- Directed by: Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda, Kinji Fukasaku
- 34Departures is a 2008 Japanese drama film directed by Yōjirō Takita and starring Masahiro Motoki, Ryōko Hirosue, and Tsutomu Yamazaki. Loosely based on Coffinman, a memoir by Shinmon Aoki, the film follows a young man who returns to his hometown after a failed career as a cellist and stumbles across work as a nōkanshi—a traditional Japanese ritual mortician. He is subjected to prejudice from those around him, including from his wife, because of strong social taboos against people who deal with death. Eventually he earns their respect and learns the importance of interpersonal connections through the beauty and dignity of his work. The idea for Departures arose after Motoki, affected by having seen a funeral ceremony along the Ganges when travelling in India, read widely on the subject of death and came across Coffinman. He felt that the story would adapt well to film, and Departures was finished a decade later. However, because of Japanese prejudices against those who handle the dead, distributors were reluctant to release it—until a surprise grand prize win at the Montreal World Film Festival in August 2008.
- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Yōjirō Takita
- 35Branded to Kill is a 1967 Japanese yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki and starring Joe Shishido, Koji Nanbara, Annu Mari and Mariko Ogawa. It was a low budget, production line number for the Nikkatsu Company, originally released in a double bill with Shōgorō Nishimura's Burning Nature. The story follows Goro Hanada in his life as a contract killer. He falls in love with a woman named Misako, who recruits him for a seemingly impossible mission. When the mission fails, he becomes hunted by the phantom Number One Killer, whose methods threaten his sanity as much as his life. The studio was unhappy with the original script and called in Suzuki to rewrite and direct it at the last minute. Suzuki came up with many of his ideas the night before or on the set while filming, and welcomed ideas from his collaborators. He gave the film a satirical, anarchic and visually eclectic bent which the studio had previously warned him away from. It was a commercial and critical disappointment and Suzuki was ostensibly fired for making "movies that make no sense and no money".
- Released: 1967
- Directed by: Seijun Suzuki
- 36It has razor sharp teeth in a gargantuan mouth; claws that can cut through steel; a roar that echoes back through the centuries; dorsal fins that resemble crimson lightning bolts; and fiery breath that incinerates everything it comes into contact with. Soon, all in the creature's wake is utterly destroyed, and a terrified Japan can only wonder where this monstrous beast will next appear. Godzilla, king of the monsters, is back.
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Takao Okawara
- 37All Monsters Attack, released in Japan as Gojira-Minira-Gabara: Oru Kaijū Daishingeki, is a 1969 Japanese Kaiju film produced by Toho. Directed by Ishirō Honda, the film starred Tomonori Yazaki, Eisei Amamoto, and Kenji Sahara. The tenth film in the Godzilla series, this was also the first film specifically geared towards children. While credited with the special effects work, Eiji Tsuburaya was not directly involved with the production of this film. The "Special Effects Supervised by" credit was given out of respect, since he was still the head of the Visual Effects Department. The effects were handled by Ishirō Honda himself, with assistance from Teruyoshi Nakano. The film was released theatrically in the United States in the winter of 1971 by Maron Films as "Godzilla's Revenge", where it was paired up nationwide on a double bill with "Night of the Big Heat".
- Released: 1969
- Directed by: Ishirō Honda
- 38Tokyo Drifter is a 1966 yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki. The story follows Tetsuya Watari as the reformed yakuza hitman "Phoenix" Tetsu who is forced to roam Japan avoiding execution by rival gangs.
- Released: 1966
- Directed by: Seijun Suzuki
- 39A psychedelic acid trip in which a young man takes a wild journey into the afterlife. A visceral journey set against the thumping, neon club scene of Tokyo, which hurls into an astonishing trip through life and death.
- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Gaspar Noé
- 40Jonathan (Chris Klein) is the most popular player in the fastest and most extreme sport of all time: rollerball. Along with teammates Marcus (LL Cool J) and Aurora (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos), Jonathan is giving viewers what they want: visceral thrills, breakneck speed, and head-slamming action. Things go wrong when rollerball's creator, Petrovich (Jean Reno), realizes that serious on-court accidents bring higher ratings. Soon Jonathan and his friends are playing for their lives.
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: John McTiernan
- 41In the disaster movie 2012, the world faces an apocalyptic cataclysm of biblical proportions. Jackson Curtis (John Cusack), a science fiction writer, stumbles upon these unsettling predictions and embarks on a race against time to save his family. Alongside him is Adrian Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a government scientist who also discovers the impending doom. Directed by Roland Emmerich, this film combines elements of action and science fiction genres, bringing together a star-studded cast in a thrilling narrative about survival and resilience amidst global catastrophe.
- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Roland Emmerich
- 42In the thrilling disaster film, The Day After Tomorrow, Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), a paleoclimatologist, sets out on a daring mission to rescue his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) amidst a sudden and extreme shift in global climate. The world plunges into a new Ice Age almost overnight, leaving cities frozen and societies in chaos. Meanwhile, Sam and his friends hunker down in the New York Public Library, battling against time and the biting cold. Directed by Roland Emmerich, this movie is a chilling tale of survival against nature's most brutal forces.
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Roland Emmerich
- A janitor in Japan drives between jobs listening to rock music.
- Released: 2023
- Directed by: Wim Wenders
- Slipped a fatal poison on her final job, a ruthless Tokyo assassin has less than 24 hours to find out who ordered the hit and exact revenge.
- Released: 2021
- Directed by: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
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Slashers
Neil Napier, Tony Curtis Blondell, Sofia de MedeirosSlashers is a 2001 horror film written and directed by Maurice Devereaux.- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Maurice Devereaux
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Funeral Parade of Roses
Peter, Masato Harada, Toshiya FujitaFuneral Parade of Roses is a 1969 Japanese drama film directed by Toshio Matsumoto. It is a loose adaptation of Oedipus Rex set in the underground gay counterculture of 1960s Tokyo. The film was released by ATG on 13 September 1969 in Japan; however, it did not receive a US release until October 29, 1970. Matsumoto's earlier film For My Crushed Right Eye contains some of the same footage and could almost be seen as a trailer for Funeral Parade of Roses, although a true trailer was also made. The film was a major influence on Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film A Clockwork Orange.- Released: 1969
- Directed by: Toshio Matsumoto
- 47Arriving in Tokyo two days before the Olympic Games, Sir William Rutland (Cary Grant) struggles to find accommodations due to the number of tourists. When Rutland responds to a roommate-wanted ad posted at the British Embassy, he meets Christine Easton (Samantha Eggar), who reluctantly allows him to move in. Soon, Rutland decides to offer half of his room to an American athlete, Steve Davis (Jim Hutton) -- and when he notices Easton and Davis hitting it off, he tries to bring them together.
- Released: 1966
- Directed by: Charles Walters
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The Last War
Yumi Shirakawa, Nobuko Otowa, Frankie SakaiThe Last War, known in Japan as Sekai Daisensō, is a tokusatsu film produced and released by Toho Studios in 1961. Its special effects were created by Eiji Tsuburaya who is also known for working on Godzilla and Ultraman. Toshio Yasumi's script for the film was reused for Prophecies of Nostradamus, which also included re-edits of the film's special effects, in addition to its family melodrama center. The film is not to be confused with the 1960 Toei film The Final War, which told the story of a nuclear accident over North Korea that starts war with Japan caught as an innocent victim. The said film is also known as World War III Breaks Out.- Released: 1961
- Directed by: Shūe Matsubayashi
- 49Two apelike brothers stomp around Tokyo; an American scientist (Russ Tamblyn) and his helper (Kumi Mizuno) advise.
- Released: 1966
- Directed by: Ishirô Honda
- 50American and Japanese military officials join forces to remove a fire-breathing monster from the Pacific islands.
- Released: 1965
- Directed by: Noriaki Yuasa, Sandy Howard
- 51A teenager tries to use her newfound ability to travel through time to her advantage.
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Mamoru Hosoda, Masaaki Taniguchi
- 52When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson (Michael Keaton) faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultures. At one end is the Japanese plant manager (Gedde Watanabe) and the sycophant (Sab Shimono) who is angling for his position. At the other, a number of disgruntled long-time union members (George Wendt, John Turturro) struggle with the new exigencies of Japanese quality control.
- Released: 1986
- Directed by: Ron Howard