Movies Set in Japan

Kinora's catalogue lists 47 films set in Japan, spanning 1949–2023. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 2000

  Battle Royale

  Japan — Near Future
  Island · Wildernessdir. Kinji Fukasaku
• 1989

  Black Rain

  Osaka · New York City — 1980s
  Urbandir. Ridley Scott
• 1997

  Contact

  New Mexico · Puerto Rico · Hokkaido · Florida — 1990s
  Desert · Off Worlddir. Robert Zemeckis
• 1997

  Cure

  Tokyo — 1990s
  Urbandir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• 2008

  Departures

  Yamagata — 2000s
  Ruraldir. Yojiro Takita
• 1990

  Dreams

  Japan — 1800s · 1940s · Near Future · Timeless
  Rural · Mountain · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Akira Kurosawa
• 2021

  Drive My Car

  Tokyo · Hiroshima — 2020s
  Urbandir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
• 1995

  Ghost in the Shell

  Japan — Near Future
  Urbandir. Mamoru Oshii
• 1988

  Grave of the Fireflies

  Kobe — 1940s
  Urbandir. Isao Takahata
• 1963

  High and Low

  Yokohama — 1960s
  Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
• 1959

  Hiroshima Mon Amour

  Hiroshima — 1950s
  Urbandir. Alain Resnais
• 1952

  Ikiru

  Tokyo — 1950s
  Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
• 2016

  In This Corner of the World

  Hiroshima · Kure — 1930s · 1940s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Sunao Katabuchi
• 2018

  Isle of Dogs

  Japan — Near Future
  Island · Urbandir. Wes Anderson
• 1980

  Kagemusha

  Japan — Early Modern
  Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa
• 2003

  Kill Bill: Vol. 1

  Tokyo — 1990s · 2000s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino
• 2016

  Kubo and the Two Strings

  Japan — Medieval
  Rural · Mountaindir. Travis Knight
• 1965

  Kwaidan

  Kyoto — Timeless
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Masaki Kobayashi
• 1949

  Late Spring

  Tokyo · Kyoto — 1940s
  Urbandir. Yasujirō Ozu
• 2013

  Like Father, Like Son

  Japan — 2010s
  Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
• 2003

  Lost in Translation

  Tokyo — 2000s
  Urbandir. Sofia Coppola
• 2002

  Millennium Actress

  Japan · Manchuria — 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Satoshi Kon
• 1988

  My Neighbor Totoro

  Japan — 1950s
  Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki
• 2004

  Nobody Knows

  Tokyo — 2000s
  Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
• 2006

  Paprika

  Japan — Near Future
  Urbandir. Satoshi Kon
• 1998

  Perfect Blue

  Tokyo — 1990s
  Urbandir. Satoshi Kon
• 2023

  Perfect Days

  Tokyo — 2020s
  Urbandir. Wim Wenders
• 1997

  Princess Mononoke

  Japan — Medieval
  Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Hayao Miyazaki
• 1985

  Ran

  Japan — Medieval
  Mountain · Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa
• 1950

  Rashomon

  Kyoto — Ancient
  Wildernessdir. Akira Kurosawa
• 1998

  Ring

  Japan — 1990s
  Urban · Islanddir. Hideo Nakata
• 1954

  Sansho the Bailiff

  Japan — Medieval
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. Kenji Mizoguchi
• 1954

  Seven Samurai

  Japan — Medieval
  Rural · Mountaindir. Akira Kurosawa
• 2018

  Shoplifters

  Tokyo — 2010s
  Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
• 2016

  Silence

  Japan · Macau — Early Modern
  Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Martin Scorsese
• 2023

  The Boy and the Heron

  Tokyo — 1940s
  Rural · Undergrounddir. Hayao Miyazaki
• 2013

  The Wind Rises

  Japan · Germany — 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki
• 1957

  Throne of Blood

  Japan — Medieval
  Mountaindir. Akira Kurosawa
• 2003

  Tokyo Godfathers

  Tokyo — 2000s
  Urbandir. Satoshi Kon
• 1953

  Tokyo Story

  Tokyo · Onomichi — 1950s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Yasujirō Ozu
• 1953

  Ugetsu

  Japan — Medieval
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. Kenji Mizoguchi
• 1992

  Unforgiven

  Hokkaido — 1800s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Clint Eastwood
• 2021

  Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

  Japan — Near Future
  Urbandir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
• 1995

  Whisper of the Heart

  Tokyo — 1990s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Yoshifumi Kondo
• 2000

  Yi Yi

  Taipei · Tokyo — 1990s
  Urbandir. Edward Yang
• 1961

  Yojimbo

  Japan — 1800s
  Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa
• 2016

  Your Name.

  Tokyo · Gifu — 2010s · 2020s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Makoto Shinkai