Best award winning movies with wonderful writing from Japan
Check out today’s highest ranked movies with wonderful writing from Japan! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with wonderful writing from Japan, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Drive My Car (2021)
Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.
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- 2021-08-18 | Drama
Cast
- Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura
Rating
- 7.42
2 Broker (2022)
Sang-hyun is always struggling from debt, and Dong-soo works at a baby box facility. On a rainy night, they steal the baby Woo-sung, who was left in the baby box, to sell him at a good price. Meanwhile, detectives were watching, and they quietly track them down to capture the crucial evidence.
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- 2022-06-08 | Drama / Comedy
Cast
- Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won
Rating
- 7.18
3 Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020)
With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.
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- 2020-12-25 | Animation / Drama
Cast
- Taishi Nakagawa, Kaya Kiyohara
Rating
- 8.26
4 Shoplifters (2018)
After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them.
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- 2018-06-02 | Drama / Crime
Cast
- Lily Franky, Sakura Ando
Rating
- 7.865
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5 One Piece Film Red (2022)
Uta — the most beloved singer in the world. Her voice, which she sings with while concealing her true identity, has been described as “otherworldly.” She will appear in public for the first time at a live concert. As the venue fills with all kinds of Uta fans — excited pirates, the Navy watching closely, and the Straw Hats led by Luffy who simply came to enjoy her sonorous performance — the voice that the whole world has been waiting for is about to resound.
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- 2022-08-06 | Animation / Adventure
Cast
- Kaori Nazuka, Ado
Rating
- 7.281
6 Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train (2020)
Tanjiro Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, boards the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Fire Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, to defeat a demon who has been tormenting the people and killing the demon slayers who oppose it!
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- 2020-10-16 | Action / Animation
Cast
- Natsuki Hanae, Akari Kito
Rating
- 8.23
7 A Whisker Away (2020)
A peculiar girl transforms into a cat to catch her crush's attention. But before she realizes it, the line between human and animal starts to blur.
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- 2020-06-18 | Animation / Drama
Cast
- Mirai Shida, Natsuki Hanae
Rating
- 7.896
8 Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)
Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a curse and won't leave him alone. Since Rika is no ordinary curse, his plight is noticed by Satoru Gojo, a teacher at Jujutsu High, a school where fledgling exorcists learn how to combat curses. Gojo convinces Yuta to enroll, but can he learn enough in time to confront the curse that haunts him?
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- 2021-12-24 | Animation / Action
Cast
- Megumi Ogata, Kana Hanazawa
Rating
- 8.205
9 Your Name. (2016)
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.
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- 2016-08-26 | Animation / Romance
Cast
- Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi
Rating
- 8.496
10 Mountains May Depart (2015)
The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.
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- 2015-10-30 | Romance / Drama
Cast
- Zhao Tao, Zhang Yi
Rating
- 6.907