Japanese comedy movies

List of the best Japanese comedy movies selected by visitors to our site: Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Hail, Caesar!, One Piece: Stampede, The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, Despicable Me 2, Achilles and the Tortoise, Detroit Metal City, The Grinch, Hetalia: Axis Powers: Paint It, White!.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan

In Fujisawa, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. Blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted by the appearance of his first crush, Shoko Makinohara.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration01:38

When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, drama, detective, music
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Japan
Duration02:31

Tells the comedic tale of Eddie Mannix, a fixer who worked for the Hollywood studios in the 1950s. The story finds him at work when a star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genreaction, comedy, adventure, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan

One Piece: Stampede is a stand-alone film that celebrates the anime's 20th Anniversary and takes place outside the canon of the "One Piece" TV series. Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat pirate crew are invited to a massive Pirate Festival that brings many of the most iconic characters from throughout the franchise to participate in competition with the Straw Hats to find Roger's treasure. It also pits the Straw Hats against a new enemy named Bullet, a former member of Roger's crew.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, drama, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan

Sorata Kanda, a high school sophomore living in Sakurasou, the den of their academy's problem children, spends his days being dragged around by the strange residents, swearing he's going to escape Sakurasou one day.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, crime
CountryUSA, France, Japan
Duration01:38

Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryJapan
Duration01:59

Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks. Machisu, the only son of a rich collector, has a childs love for painting. Praise from a famous artist friend of his father inspires the young boy to dream of becoming a painter himself. s a young man, poor loner Machisu manages to attend art school with money earned from working. He is introduced to an unconventional world of bold creativity but he also gets his first bitter taste of harsh criticism from a dealer. Encouragement comes in the form of attractive clerk Sachiko who is convinced that she alone understands him. Marriage is soon followed by a daughter, as love and hope drive Machisu to commit even more deeply to his art ...

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, drama, music
CountryJapan
Duration01:44

Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal City, or DMC, as the costumed and grotesquely made-up "demon emperor" Johannes Krauser II. Although he hates the role and the things he has to do as a member of the band, he has a definite talent for it.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrefantasy, comedy, family, cartoon
CountryFrance, Japan, USA

The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure, cartoon, history, anime
CountryJapan

The Pictorians have arrived from deep in space. They also have dangly glow-balls on their heads, which is kinda cool, but still. The freaky aliens are using use their crazy rainbow-beam-thingy to paint everything on Earth the same color: white! See, now the title of the movie makes more sense, right? Anyway, if the Pictorians are to be stopped, the Allied guys and the Axis boys - plus some new characters, too - must set aside their differences, unite against their common foe, and hopefully get together for a sweaty workout to make sure they're super-ready to save the world!

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, comedy
CountryJapan

After a group of girls get murdered, they come back as ghosts and seek revenge.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrefantastic, comedy, family, cartoon, short
CountryUSA, Japan, France
Duration00:05

Two Minions are busy at work in the mailroom. One of them, bored, decides to throw a box of expired PX-41 samples into its designated chute.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryJapan

At the wedding reception of an old friend's daughter, Hirayama congratulates the younger generation on the freedom to choose their partners. However, at the post-wedding drinks, he agrees to let his friends find a suitable match for his daughter Setsuko. Hirayama intercedes on behalf of two young women who defy their parents plans for an arranged marriage, but when Setsuko's boyfriend makes a surprise call to ask for her hand, he is furious.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, comedy, crime
CountryJapan

Fable is a legendary yakuza hitman equal to none—but his boss orders him and his sultry associate to lay low and learn how to live a "normal life" in Osaka.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, Japan
Duration02:33

    Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantasy, comedy, cartoon, anime
    CountryJapan

    In order to take over her grandmother's Dagashi store, art student Kumi Honamanuma moved to Kyoto. She met Harami Mino, K Kusanagi, Mai Haisaka, and a dog who lives in the store, which supposed to be empty. Kumi ended up living with these girls, who claim that they are heroes reincarnated to contemporary period to chase after the demon king. Harami and others seem to live in a peaceful life with no missions to to do anymore, Ran, who was demon king in the past and appears to be an elementary school girl from failing to reincarnate, one day. The story begins with Ran requesting to collect demon king's fragments.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrecomedy, drama, music
    CountryJapan

    A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the schools brass band.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryJapan
    Duration01:49

    Set two years after after "Hotaru no Hikari" drama series, Hotaru Amemiya learns that her boss and now husband Seichi Takano has dreamed of vacationing in Rome, Italy like in the movie "Roman Holiday". Hotaru then makes plans to go to Rome for their honeymoon. Rome, Italy prepare ... Hotaru Amemiy and Seichi Takano are coming!

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, musical
    CountryJapan

    The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a famous sumo wrestler, dies while having sex with his underage girlfriend and the grave behind the house starts to fill up more and more.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, cartoon, anime
    CountryJapan
    Duration01:43

    The film follows Nishi, a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, the film follows Nishi as he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, drama, cartoon, anime
    CountryJapan

    An anthology of various tales told in various styles with robots being the one common element among them.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryJapan

    Ryoko Itakura is a government tax agent who has just landed a big promotion. Her first assignment is to catch wheeler-dealer Hideki Gondo. She has a tough job, since in Japan tax evasion is an art and Gondo is, in effect, Rembrandt.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, anime
    CountryJapan

    In the Diamond Ore Country lies the powerful Holy Diamond, which has served as the kingdom's source of energy and maintained the Diamond Ore Country for centuries. Many Melecie live in the Diamond Ore Country, including their princess - the Jewel Pokémon, Diancie, who created the Heart Diamond. Diancie no longer has the power to control the Holy Diamond and her country is falling into chaos as a result. One day, Diancie meets with Satoshi and his friends and asks them to go on a journey to find the Life Pokémon, Xerneas, in order to restore the Holy Diamond. Standing in their way is the Pokémon of Destruction, Yveltal, who once stole all of the life in the Kalos Region. During their journey they are attacked by the Rocket Gang, as well as the jewel thieves Marilyn Flame and Ninja Riot. They are aided by Millis Steel and her father Argus, travelers who also encounter the Cocoon of Destruction.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryJapan

    A high school girl, Sayaka Kudō was the bottom of the class. After a year, she improved her deviation value from 30 to 70, then passed Keio University that is considered one of the most difficult to enter in Japan.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrehorror, comedy
    CountryJapan

    Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip to the country to visit her aunt at their ancestral house. She invites her six friends, Prof, Melody, Mac, Fantasy, Kung Fu, and Sweet, to join her. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than meets the eye.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, comedy, crime
    CountryJapan
    Duration02:09

    A month after Genji Takiya graduates, a new battle for supremacy at Suzuran All-Boys High School begins. Transfer student Kaburagi Kazeo combats Kagami Ryohei for the coveted top spot, amidst a brewing inter-school conflict with Kurosaki Industrial High.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, China, United Kingdom, Japan

    After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England, hermits himself away behind the high walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company. But when the young queen falls gravely ill, a reluctant Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island in search of a cure, regaining his wit and courage as he crosses old adversaries and discovers wondrous creatures.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, cartoon
    CountryJapan

    Yugi and Kaiba have a special duel that transcends dimensions.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryJapan

    When she was a middle school student, Futaba Yoshioka liked Kou Tanaka who was unlike the other boys and quite gentle. Kou Tanaka then moved away and they lost contact. At the end of Futaba Yoshioka's first year as a high school student she meets Kou Tanaka again. Kou Tanaka’s name has changed to Kou Mabuchi and his personality seems different from his middle school days.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantasy, comedy, cartoon, anime
    CountryJapan, USA

    12-year-old Oriko Seki, who lost her parents in a car accident, ended up living in her grandmother's Onsen Ryokan "Haru no Ya." With the ghost "Uribou" cohabitating with her and all the other odds, she ended up training to be a young female innkeeper. At first, she didn't like the training, but gradually felt her admiration for her title and began to train seriously. Thus, the growth of the young warrior Oriko begins.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, cartoon, anime
    CountryJapan
    Duration02:45

    The Private Aichi Symbiosis Academy was originally a high school for high-class girls. When it became co-ed, the girls, out of fear, asked to be permitted to bring weapons to school. When that was enforced, a five-member vigilante corps-like organization called the "Supreme Five Swords" was also formed.After many generations, the five swords eventually became a group which corrected problematic students, and the academy started proactively accepting such students in order to correct them.Nomura Fudou was sent to this school after being part of a huge brawl. What will he do when the only options he has after enrolling are being expelled from that school or being corrected the way the rest of the male students there were...by being forced to dress and act like a girl!

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, cartoon, anime
    CountryJapan

    Kido Tatsuhiko moved to Tokyo to attend an art school and start his new life. In his new room, there\'s a small hole in the wall. At first he can see nothing through the small hole, but one night, through the peeping hole, he saw a girl named Ikuno Emiru, a perverted voyeur who ropes him into her peeping fetish... But each winds up getting more than they bargained for.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, comedy, cartoon, crime, detective, anime
    CountryJapan

    Ryo Saeba works the streets of Tokyo as the City Hunter. He's a "sweeper" and with his sidekick Kaori Makimura, he keeps the city clean. People hire the City Hunter to solve their dangerous problems, which he does with a Colt Python. When Ryo's not working on a case, he's working on getting the ladies, and Kaori must keep him in check with her trusty 10 kg hammer.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrefantasy, comedy, cartoon, anime
    CountryJapan

    Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, the founders of Christianity and Buddhism, are living together as roommates in a Tokyo apartment while taking a vacation on Earth. The comedy often involves jokes about Christianity, Buddhism, and all things related, as well as the main characters' attempts to hide their identities and understand modern society in Japan.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, musical
    CountryJapan

    Suzuki Shizuka is an office lady at a conglomerate who is treated by a hypnotist and left under the spell. Thereafter she cannot but sing and dance whenever she hears any melody whatsoever. She heads back to the hypnotist for relief, but he is nowhere to be found.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrehorror, comedy
    CountryJapan

    An aspiring hair dresser (Kuriyama) becomes the infatuation of a tricophilic man who sells hair extensions to nearby hair salons. The source of the hair is the corpse of a girl whose dead body continues to grow beautiful, voluminous, black hair that comes alive, driving those who use the extensions insane or killing them.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryJapan, Canada

    Rudolf, a black stray cat, is suddenly separated from his beloved master. He unexpectedly wakes up in a long-distance truck that takes him to metropolis Tokyo. There, he meets Ippai-attena, a big boss cat feared by everyone in town. Unable to return home, Rudolf starts a life as a stray with Ippai-attena, but Ippai-attena isn't all that he seems to be.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, action, comedy, crime
    CountryJapan
    Duration01:30

    Hiroya Munakata (Sho Aikawa) is the leader of the yakuza group Munakata-gumi. After 10 years since the big fight, Hiroya Munakata's non blood-related younger brother Takashi (Shingo Tsurumi) is released from prison, but Takashi’s daughter, Hyuga (Maika Yamamoto) says she does not want to meet her father and runs away from home. Hiroya, Takashi and Hiroya’s subordinate Shinya (Red Rice) go to Zeni Island where Hyuga is headed to. Something they never expected is waiting for them.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryJapan

    Naho Takamiya is a 2nd year high school student. During the spring, Naho Takamiya receives a letter sent by herself from 10 years in the future. In the letter, she liked transfer student Kakeru Naruse. Kakeru Naruse carried emotional scars from his mother's suicide and he died one year later. 26-years-old Naho Takamiya thinks about Kakeru Naruse often. 2nd year high school student Naho Takamiya, with the knowledge of what she feels 10 years in the future, takes action to change her future.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantastic, action, comedy
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Japan
    Duration01:49

    Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.

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