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Best Japanese Horror Movies

Name: Best Japanese Horror Movies
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Japanese horror (J-horror) — the originals that defined modern Asian horror.

Best Japanese Horror Movies — 10 entries in the japanese cinema category, sortable by Title, Year, Director. Every row is ranked by community votes, giving you a crowd-sourced perspective you won't find on Wikipedia or IMDb.

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Title↕	Year↕	Director↕	IMDB Rating↕	Genre↕	Country↕	Runtime (min)↕	Overview↕
Godzilla Minus One	2023	Takashi Yamazaki	7.6	Science Fiction, Horror, Action	Japan	124	In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.
Godzilla	1954	Ishirō Honda	7.6	Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction	Japan	96	Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island soon discovers something far more devastating in the form of a 50 meter tall monster called Gojira.
Shin Godzilla	2016	Shinji Higuchi	7.2	Action, Science Fiction, Horror	Japan	120	When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens while a rag-tag team tries to uncover the monster's weakness.
Audition	2000	Takashi Miike	7.1	Horror, Drama	Japan	115	Seven years after the death of his wife, a widower stages an audition to find a new partner. He is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a terrifying twist.
Ring	1998	Hideo Nakata	7.1	Horror, Thriller	Japan	96	A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.
Dark Water	2002	Hideo Nakata	6.7	Drama, Horror, Mystery	Japan	101	A woman in the middle of a custody battle moves with her daughter into a dilapidated apartment building. Strange water stains appear on the ceiling and a small girl's red bag is found on the roof — a ghost story about a mother's love and grief.
Pulse	2001	Kiyoshi Kurosawa	6.8	Horror, Mystery	Japan	119	Two intertwined stories explore a sinister website that seems to offer a glimpse into the world of the dead, while ghosts begin appearing all over Tokyo.
One Missed Call	2003	Takashi Miike	6.4	Horror, Mystery	Japan	112	Several people receive mysterious cell phone messages from their future selves — the sound of their own deaths. They all have a date with fate that they cannot escape.
Hausu	1977	Nobuhiko Ōbayashi	7	Horror, Comedy, Fantasy	Japan	88	A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her ailing aunt's country home, where they encounter a ravenous supernatural evil — one of the most wildly inventive horror films ever made.
Cure	1997	Kiyoshi Kurosawa	7.5	Crime, Horror, Mystery	Japan	111	A troubled police detective investigates a series of murders in which the killers are ordinary people who remember nothing of their crimes — they all share one disturbing encounter.

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