Best Japanese movies on MUBI in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
19 movies on MUBI in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.9. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. Perfect Days (2023)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 4m · Drama · IMDb 7.9 (1.1L votes)
Slow-burnLow-stakesFamily-friendlyHeartwarming
Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.
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2. Monster (2023)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 5m · Mystery, Thriller · IMDb 7.8 (44.0K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.
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3. Battle Royale (2000)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 53m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 7.5 (2.1L votes)
MatureFast-pacedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
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4. Godzilla (1954)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 36m · Thriller, Horror · IMDb 7.6 (46.7K votes)
Visually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not o
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5. Drive My Car (2021)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 59m · Drama · IMDb 7.5 (78.5K votes)
Slow-burnLow-stakesTwistyHeartwarming
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 conf
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6. Linda Linda Linda (2005)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 55m · Comedy, Music · IMDb 7.5 (6.6K votes)
HeartwarmingLight-heartedLow-stakesFunny
Only three days before the school festival, a newly formed high school band rushes to put together a set for their big show — including a hit single by '80s by the Japanese punk rock band The Blue Hearts.
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7. Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 45m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 7.0 (8.4K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatCold & detachedDark & gritty
Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits within Godzilla that seek to destroy both the nation and it
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8. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 43m · Action, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.9 (8.9K votes)
Visually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla.
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9. The Return of Godzilla (1984)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 43m · Science Fiction, Action · IMDb 6.8 (3.9K votes)
Visually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japa
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10. Ramen Shop (2018)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 30m · Drama · IMDb 6.8 (2.8K votes)
Slow-burnHeartwarmingFamily-friendlyLow-stakes
Masato is a young ramen chef in Japan. When he finds his late mother's journal after the sudden death of his emotionally distant father, he takes it with him to her native country, Singapore, hoping to piece together the story of his family and his life.
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11. Tatsumi (2011)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 34m · Animation, History · IMDb 7.0 (929 votes)
Slow-burnDark & grittyMature
Animated film based on the life and stories of Manga writer Yoshihiro Tatsumi who revolutionised the art form with darker, more adult stories. The film animates several of his stories.
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12. Super Happy Forever (2024)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 34m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (1.1K votes)
TwistySlow-burnLow-stakesHeartwarming
Accompanied by his friend Miyata, Sano returns to Izu, a seaside resort in Japan where five years before he fell in love with his wife Nagi.
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13. Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 29m · Drama, Action · IMDb 6.5 (12.2K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatCold & detached
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide i
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14. Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 45m · Action, Horror · IMDb 6.5 (8.7K votes)
Visually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
After the previous Godzilla attack, a miniature arms race ensues to collect his cells. Concerned over Godzilla's possible return, the Japanese government uses the cells to create a new bio-weapon, ANEB (Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria). They seeks the aid of geneticist Genshiro Shiragami, who's experiments result in a new
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15. Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 29m · Science Fiction, Action · IMDb 6.3 (9.1K votes)
Visually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seatFast-paced
At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the monsters across the world.
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16. Yuki's Sun (1972)
Movie · Japanese · 5m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 5.9 (1.8K votes)
Slow-burnFamily-friendlyLow-stakesHeartwarming
TV pilot based on an original manga by Tetsuya Chiba, about a 10-year old girl named Yuki. An orphan who's being adopted by a family.
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17. Sexual Drive (2021)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 10m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 5.6 (1.1K votes)
MatureSlow-burnLow-stakesTwisty
Designer Enatsu worries about his sexless life. Office worker Akane is getting ready to return to work while undergoing rehab at home for panic attacks. Elite advertising agent Ikeyama wants to end his relationship with his lover. A shabby man named Kurita appears before all three with a secret.
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18. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 24m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 6.2 (9.3K votes)
Visually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seatTwisty
An Okinawan prophecy that foretells the destruction of the Earth is seeming fulfilled when Godzilla emerges to return to his destructive roots. But not all is what it seems after Godzilla breaks his ally Anguirus's jaw. Matters are further complicated when a second Godzilla emerges, revealing the doppelgänger as a mech
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19. Godzilla 1985 (1985)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 27m · Action, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.1 (7.4K votes)
Visually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scen
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