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    Japanese Romance Movies

    The 40 most popular japanese romance movies, ranked. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

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    Shape of My Heart
    TMDB2.8

    Shape of My Heart

    2024 · 1h 31m

    country: Japan

    A romance about a man and a woman who, due to an unexpected event, end up switching bodies. Despite coming from completely different backgrounds and environments, the two try to overcome the various difficulties that arise from their body swap.

    Your Name.
    TMDB4.3
    FF4.5

    Your Name.

    2016 · 1h 46m

    country: Japan

    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.

    Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc
    TMDB4.3

    Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc

    2025 · 1h 40m

    country: Japan

    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.

    A Silent Voice: The Movie
    TMDB4.2

    A Silent Voice: The Movie

    2016 · 2h 9m

    country: Japan

    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, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?

    In the Realm of the Senses
    TMDB3.3

    In the Realm of the Senses

    1976 · 1h 42m

    country: Japan

    A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.

    Younger Sister
    TMDB1.9

    Younger Sister

    1974 · 1h 32m

    country: Japan

    Akio's sister, Neri has separated from her boyfriend. They lived in Kamakura. She moves in with her brother. Her ex-boyfriend's sister, Eiko comes to see Neri. She wonders if the separation occurred due to her because the three of them used to live together. Eiko's brother has disappeared in the meantime.

    Weathering with You
    TMDB4.0

    Weathering with You

    2019 · 1h 52m

    country: Japan

    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 freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.

    Memoirs of a Geisha
    TMDB3.8

    Memoirs of a Geisha

    2005 · 2h 26m

    country: United States

    In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

    The Star of Cottonland
    TMDB2.8

    The Star of Cottonland

    1984 · 1h 36m

    country: Japan

    After two-month-old kitten Chibi-neko is abandoned by her former owners, she is found by 18-year-old Tokio. Although his mother is allergic to cats and has a great fear of them, she agrees to let him keep the kitten because she fears he is becoming too withdrawn after failing his university entrance exams. Chibi-neko soon falls in love with Tokio. In her own mind, Chibi-neko is a small human who speaks in human words, although people only ever seem to hear her meow, and she believes that all humans were once kittens like her. A stray cat tells Chibi-neko of a paradise called Cottonland, where dreams can come true.

    The Last: Naruto the Movie
    TMDB3.7

    The Last: Naruto the Movie

    2014 · 1h 54m

    country: Japan

    Two years after the events of the Fourth Great Ninja War, the moon that Hagoromo Otsutsuki created long ago to seal away the Gedo Statue begins to descend towards the world, threatening to become a meteor that would destroy everything on impact. Amidst this crisis, a direct descendant of Kaguya Otsutsuki named Toneri Otsutsuki attempts to kidnap Hinata Hyuga but ends up abducting her younger sister Hanabi. Naruto and his allies now mount a rescue mission before finding themselves embroiled in a final battle to decide the fate of everything.

    The Wind Rises
    TMDB3.9
    FF4.0

    The Wind Rises

    2013 · 2h 6m

    country: Japan

    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.

    Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
    TMDB3.8

    Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

    2021 · 2h 18m

    country: Japan

    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.

    Violet Evergarden: The Movie
    TMDB4.1

    Violet Evergarden: The Movie

    2020 · 2h 20m

    country: Japan

    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.

    I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
    TMDB4.1

    I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

    2018 · 1h 48m

    country: Japan

    After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.

    A Whisker Away
    TMDB3.9

    A Whisker Away

    2020 · 1h 44m

    country: Japan

    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.

    The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie
    TMDB4.2

    The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie

    2022 · 2h 16m

    country: Japan

    When five lovely young girls who hate studying hire part-time tutor Futaro, he guides not only their education but also their hearts. Time spent has brought them all closer, with feelings growing within the girls and Futaro. As they finish their third year of high school and their last school festival approaches, they set their sights on what’s next. Is there a future with one of them and Futaro?

    Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. Presage Flower
    TMDB3.7

    Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. Presage Flower

    2017 · 2h

    country: Japan

    Ten years after the Fourth Holy Grail War, a devastating clash between Masters and Servants, another war erupts. Shirou Emiya, whose father fought in the first battle, was leading a peaceful life with the warmhearted Sakura Matou. But when hidden forces begin to stir, Shirou resolves to fulfill his father’s dying wish, protect Sakura, and fight for the Holy Grail.

    The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes
    TMDB3.9

    The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

    2022 · 1h 23m

    country: Japan

    Urashima Tunnel – Once you enter that tunnel, you can get whatever you want, but at a price. Kaoru Tohno, who seems to have an elusive personality and traumatic past, and Anzu Hanashiro, who is struggling to reconcile her ideal image and true-to-heart attitude, team up to investigate the Urashima Tunnel and get what they want. This is an unforgettable summer story of nostalgia and sprinting in a remote countryside.

    The Dangers in My Heart: The Movie
    TMDB4.0

    The Dangers in My Heart: The Movie

    2026 · 1h 41m

    country: Japan

    Kyotaro Ichikawa is a painfully awkward middle school boy deep in the throes of eighth-grader syndrome, spending his days obsessed reading morbid books. His quiet, isolated world is suddenly turned upside down when Anna Yamada, the classroom star, unexpectedly steps into his life. And before he knows it, she is occupying his every day thoughts.

    Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. Spring Song
    TMDB3.9

    Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. Spring Song

    2020 · 2h

    country: Japan

    The battle rages on as Shirou continues to protect Sakura, now consumed by the darkness. He joins forces with Rin to end the Holy Grail War, while Illyasviel, who knows the truth behind it, confronts her fate. Amidst the chaos, Zouken plots to manipulate Sakura for his own desires. The final fight begins.

    Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. Lost Butterfly
    TMDB3.5

    Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. Lost Butterfly

    2019 · 1h 57m

    country: Japan

    Shirou has lost his Servant, Saber, and is no longer a Master in the Holy Grail War. Despite this, he refuses to leave the battle, determined to protect Sakura. Meanwhile, a mysterious shadow engulfs the city, killing Masters and Servants one by one. As Shirou faces new dangers, Sakura is drawn deeper into her own destiny as a mage.

    5 Centimeters per Second
    TMDB3.6

    5 Centimeters per Second

    2007 · 1h 3m

    country: Japan

    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.

    Only Yesterday
    TMDB3.7
    FF5.0

    Only Yesterday

    1991 · 1h 59m

    country: Japan

    In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.

    Love Letter
    TMDB3.9

    Love Letter

    1995 · 1h 57m

    country: Japan

    Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter. Surprisingly, she receives a reply, and discovers it came from his old classmate, a girl who also happens to be called Itsuki Fujii.

    Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie Part 1
    TMDB3.7

    Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie Part 1

    2023 · 1h 20m

    country: Japan

    The Sailor Guardians enjoy a brief moment of peace until Mamoru's Golden Crystal is stolen by Sailor Galaxia and the mysterious Sailor Starlights appear. One by one, Sailor Moon’s friends and loved ones are targeted by a formidable new enemy who threatens to destroy everything and rule over the cosmos.

    Guinea Pig: Mermaid in the Manhole
    TMDB2.7

    Guinea Pig: Mermaid in the Manhole

    1988 · 58m

    country: Japan

    An artist dealing with the grief of his wife leaving him finds solace in painting the squalor of the sewer. He discovers a trapped mermaid, whom he brings home to heal. Her condition worsens, and she asks the artist to paint her before she dies.

    Drawing Closer
    TMDB4.2

    Drawing Closer

    2024 · 1h 59m

    country: Japan

    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.

    Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
    TMDB3.6

    Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

    2021 · 2h 1m

    country: Japan

    An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.

    Ocean Waves
    TMDB3.2

    Ocean Waves

    1993 · 1h 12m

    country: Japan

    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 brought her into his life...

    Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
    TMDB4.1

    Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

    2020 · 1h 38m

    country: Japan

    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.

    Dou kyu sei – Classmates
    TMDB4.2

    Dou kyu sei – Classmates

    2016 · 1h 1m

    country: Japan

    Rihito Sajo, an honor student with a perfect score on the entrance exam and Hikaru Kusakabe, in a band and popular among girls, would have never crossed paths. Until one day they started talking at the practice for their school’s upcoming chorus festival. After school, the two meet regularly, as Hikaru helps Rihito to improve his singing skills. While they listen to each other’s voice and harmonize, their hearts start to beat together.

    The Garden of Words
    TMDB3.8

    The Garden of Words

    2013 · 46m

    country: Japan

    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 up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches.

    Irezumi
    TMDB2.8

    Irezumi

    1982 · 1h 42m

    country: Japan

    To satisfy her lover's fetish for tattooed women, Akane agrees to have her body covered in eloborate tattoos by Kyogoro, an old craftsman. Kyogoro has developed a special technique, by which his assistant, Harutsune, keeps Katsuko's mind off the pain while Kyogoro does his work. After the work is done, Harutsune makes the shocking discovery of how Kyogoro mastered his technique.

    A Fool's Love
    TMDB3.0

    A Fool's Love

    2024 · 1h 46m

    country: Japan

    Kawai Joji, an aspiring screenwriter who has won a screenplay competition but has yet to make his professional debut, meets a beautiful woman, Naomi, in a rundown bar one day. Naomi says she is working at the bar while aiming to become an actress. On another day, Joji is asked by his screenplay instructor if he would like to write a screenplay for a film based on Tanizaki Junichiro's "A Fool's Love" on his behalf. Joji is determined to succeed this time, but struggles to write the script. Meanwhile, Joji meets Naomi again, and the two of them quickly become closer, but...

    Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love
    TMDB2.9

    Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love

    1985 · 1h 33m

    country: Japan

    The third film finds Ataru transformed into a pink hippopotamus, which sends Lum chasing after the wicked magician responsible, with catastrophic results. With Lum gone, her friends decide that there is no reason to remain, and so Tomobiki slowly returns to normal. The highlight of the film is a high speed chase scene with an angry Lum flying after the mysterious Ruu through the city at night and into a hall of mirrors (and illusion ). Ataru's true feelings for Lum are probably more obvious in this film than any of the others.

    The Rose of Versailles
    TMDB3.5

    The Rose of Versailles

    2025 · 1h 53m

    country: Japan

    In an age of revolution, Marie Antoinette and her protector Oscar François de Jarjayes face tough choices as women growing into their distinct roles.

    Urusei Yatsura: Lum the Forever
    TMDB2.9

    Urusei Yatsura: Lum the Forever

    1986 · 1h 33m

    country: Japan

    While performing in a student film, Ataru cuts down Tarozakura, a large, ancient cherry tree. Strange things begin to happen all across Tomobiki: a mountain appears out of nowhere, spring changes to winter, and Lum loses her powers, while those around her act as if she doesn't exist.

    Hello World
    TMDB3.7

    Hello World

    2019 · 1h 38m

    country: Japan

    A shy high schooler in Kyoto meets a man claiming to be his future self, who tells him he’s hacked into the past to save their first love.

    Howards End
    TMDB3.5

    Howards End

    1992 · 2h 22m

    country: United Kingdom

    A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.

    Hyper Misao Produce ~HYPE!4~
    TMDB4.0

    Hyper Misao Produce ~HYPE!4~

    2026 · 2h 16m

    country: Japan

    Chika Nanase trains by herself during a night at the Kanda Myōjin shrine in Tokyo, and after finishing her prayer, she finds Hyper Misao's mask on the ground in front of her. Next thing she knows, she is pulled into another world - instead of Kanda Myōjin, Nanase is now in a realm called Can Do Myōjin! Surprisingly emotional shenanigans ensue.

    About Japanese Romance Movies

    Japanese cinema

    Japanese cinema gave the world Kurosawa's samurai epics, Ozu's domestic dramas, Godzilla and the kaiju film, and the J-horror wave that Hollywood spent the 2000s remaking. It also sustains the most developed animation industry on earth.

    Romance

    Romance is the genre most shaped by its era's ideas about intimacy, which makes watching across decades a genuine education. It spans the screwball comedies, the sweeping melodramas, and the modern indie two-hander.

    In this list

    Years covered
    1974–2026
    Best reviewed
    Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (8.6)
    Often also
    Drama, Animation, Fantasy

    Common questions

    What are the best Japanese romance movies?
    By popularity across Flickfolio and TMDB, the top picks right now are Shape of My Heart, Your Name., and Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc. The full ranked list of 40 sits above — open any movie for ratings, reviews, and streaming availability.
    How is this list ranked?
    Japanese romance movies are ordered by overall popularity, which blends how often a title is viewed, searched, and logged. It updates as viewing habits shift, so the list reflects what people are actually watching rather than a fixed critical canon.
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