Best romantic Japanese movies in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
36 movies in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.8. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.
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1. Your Name. (2016)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 46m · U/A 13+ · Animation, Romance · IMDb 8.4 (4.1L votes)
TwistyVisually stunningHeartwarming
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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2. A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 9m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 8.2 (1.5L votes)
Slow-burnHeartwarming
Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, torm
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3. Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 40m · A · Animation, Action · IMDb 8.3 (71.4K votes)
Visually stunningFast-pacedMatureTwisty
In a brutal war between devils, hunters, and secret enemies, a mysterious girl named Reze has stepped into Denji's world, and he faces his deadliest battle yet, fueled by love in a world where survival knows no rules.
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4. Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 20m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 8.3 (15.4K votes)
Visually stunningSlow-burnHeartwarmingTwisty
As the world moves on from the war and technological advances bring changes to her life, Violet still hopes to see her lost commanding officer again.
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5. The Wind Rises (2013)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 6m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.8 (1.2L votes)
Visually stunningSlow-burn
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
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6. Weathering with You (2019)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 52m · UA · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.5 (73.1K votes)
Visually stunningSlow-burnHeartwarming
The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a free
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7. 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 3m · Animation, Romance · IMDb 7.4 (72.3K votes)
Slow-burnVisually stunningLow-stakesFamily-friendly
Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.
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8. The Garden of Words (2013)
Movie · Japanese · 46m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.4 (61.8K votes)
Slow-burnVisually stunningLow-stakesHeartwarming
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open
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9. Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 18m · Action, Adventure · IMDb 7.4 (12.9K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & grittyMature
Before he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who carries a huge burden in her heart, his life will change forever.
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10. Drawing Closer (2024)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 59m · U/A 13+ · Romance, Drama · IMDb 7.7 (4.3K votes)
HeartwarmingLow-stakesSlow-burnStraightforward
With only a year left to live, 17-year-old Akito finds new meaning in life by bringing joy to a terminally ill girl who has just six months remaining.
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11. Voices of a Distant Star (2002)
Movie · Japanese · 25m · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.0 (10.3K votes)
HeartwarmingSlow-burnSerious
It is 2046 when a mysterious alien force begins their annihilation of the human race. Leaving behind the one person she loves, Mikako joins the interstellar battle as a pilot. And so - while Mikako risks her life to save mankind - Noboru waits. The two lovers, worlds apart, desperately strive to remain connected as the
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13. The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 30m · Animation, Adventure · IMDb 6.8 (16.4K votes)
Visually stunningTwistySlow-burnSerious
In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with a self-built airplane and unravel the secret of the tow
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14. Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (2021)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 28m · Animation, Romance · IMDb 6.8 (7.4K votes)
Slow-burnHeartwarmingLow-stakesFamily-friendly
After meeting one day, a shy boy who expresses himself through haiku and a bubbly but self-conscious girl share a brief, magical summer.
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15. A Whisker Away (2020)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 44m · U/A 7+ · Animation, Drama · IMDb 6.7 (18.8K votes)
Slow-burnHeartwarmingVisually stunning
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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16. To Every You I've Loved Before (2022)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 42m · Animation, Romance · IMDb 7.0 (1.5K votes)
TwistyHeartwarmingVisually stunning
While struggling to make friends after his parents’ divorce, Koyomi Takasaki meets Kazune Takigawa, but apparently, they already have. Kazune reveals that she’s from World Line 85, an alternate universe in which she and Koyomi are lovers. But in a reality where moving between dimensions is natural, could Koyomi be the
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17. To Me, the One Who Loved You (2022)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 38m · Animation, Romance · IMDb 7.0 (1.5K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningHeartwarmingSerious
Koyomi Hidaka and Shiori Sato meet at his father’s research center and begin to fall in love, but so do their parents, who eventually marry. To avoid becoming stepsiblings, they decide to run away to a parallel universe. Traveling between dimensions is common in their world, but not without repercussions. Does a univer
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18. Ocean Waves (1993)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 12m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 6.6 (24.0K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyLow-stakesHeartwarming
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that b
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19. Eden of the East Movie I: The King of Eden (2009)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 22m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (1.8K votes)
TwistyVisually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
Takizawa prevented Japan's destruction - and then he vanished. Six months later, clues lead Saki to the Big Apple in search of her missing friend. Meanwhile, the remaining Selecao are plotting their final move. Some of them would prefer Takizawa dead and out of the way. Some might even be willing to help him achieve hi
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20. 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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21. Love Like the Falling Petals (2022)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 8m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 6.6 (1.1K votes)
Slow-burnHeartwarmingFamily-friendlyLow-stakes
Haruto Asakura falls in love with hairdresser Misaki Ariake and asks her out. Watching Misaki Ariake work hard to achieve what she wants, Haruto Asakura, who almost gave up his dream to become a photographer, begins to pursue his dream again, but Misaki Ariake is diagnosed with a disease that ages her 10x faster than n
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22. Theatre: A Love Story (2020)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 16m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 6.6 (900 votes)
Low-stakesSlow-burnHeartwarmingFamily-friendly
The director of a theatre company is in crisis and his actors have lost confidence in him. One day he meets a woman wearing the same shoes as him, immediately sparking chemistry between the two.
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23. SEE HEAR LOVE (2023)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 12m · Romance, Drama · IMDb 6.6 (789 votes)
HeartwarmingSlow-burnLow-stakes
Manga artist "Shinji Izumoto" has secured a movie deal. He should be celebrating, but he's going blind, his manga series has been canceled, and he can no longer care for his grandmother. All alone, Shinji makes the devastating decision to jump off a balcony. When "Hibiki Aida", a deaf fan of his, saves Shinji, they beg
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24. We Couldn't Become Adults (2021)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 4m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 6.5 (1.2K votes)
TwistySlow-burnLow-stakes
Prodded by a friend request, a feckless forty-something recalls his past relationships from the 90s onward, looking for his vanished hopes and dreams.
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25. DAKAICHI - I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year - the Movie: Spain Arc (2021)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 18m · Animation, Drama · IMDb 7.1 (371 votes)
Low-stakesLight-heartedFunnyHeartwarming
Azumaya and Takato are set to star in "Blood Wedding," a two-person play that incorporates flamenco dancing; Takato decides to travel to Spain to learn about passion.
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27. Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (2021)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 50m · Animation, Action · IMDb 6.3 (2.3K votes)
Visually stunningTwistyFast-pacedEdge-of-seat
At the opening ceremony of the WSG (World Sports Games) Tokyo Games, a sports festival held once every four years, it is announced that the world's first vacuum superconducting maglev with a maximum speed of 1,000 kilometers per hour will open. While attracting attention from around the world, top executives of large c
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28. Parasite in Love (2021)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 40m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 6.0 (544 votes)
Slow-burnLow-stakesDialogue-driven
A man named Kengo Kosaka is germaphobe, Due to his disorder, he is also a lonely young man. Meanwhile, high school student Hijiri Sanagi has Ommatophobia. Both Kengo Kosaka and Hijiri Sanagi do not expect to find love with another person.
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29. Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 35m · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.3 (5.1K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seat
It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken. The world balance is tipped when a young boy named Agito stumbles across a machine that glowed in a strange blue hue inside a forbidden san
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30. Babanba Banban Vampire (2025)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 46m · Fantasy, Romance · IMDb 5.8 (227 votes)
FunnyMature
Ranmaru is a 450-year-old vampire who works in a bathhouse. As a vampire he is particularly picky about his blood choices, his main goal being to drink the blood of an 18-year-old virgin. To do so, he has been watching 15-year-old Rihito, the son of the bathhouse owner who saved him from near death. Rihito must not l
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