The best Japanese films of 2025 (Kinema Junpo Best Ten)
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Two Seasons, Two Strangers · Kokuho · Teki Cometh. (Updated Jul 22, 2026.)
The ten Japanese films of the 99th Kinema Junpo Best Ten (2025). Number one is Sho Miyake's Two Seasons, Two Strangers; the blockbuster Kokuho came second.
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Top 10
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1
Two Seasons, Two Strangers
Sho Miyake's quiet film about travelling; Shim Eun-kyung won the best actress award.
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2
Kokuho
Lee Sang-il's kabuki epic starring Ryo Yoshizawa, one of the biggest hits ever in Japan.
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3
Teki Cometh
Daihachi Yoshida adapts Yasutaka Tsutsui's novel, with Kyozo Nagatsuka as a retired professor.
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4
Futsu no kodomo (Ordinary Kids)
Miho O's film about a group of children.
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5
Takarajima
Keishi Otomo adapts Junjo Shindo's prize-winning novel about postwar Okinawa.
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6
Orokamono no mibun
Directed by Koto Nagata.
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7
Kirishima desu
Banmei Takahashi's film about a man who spent decades on the run.
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8
Umibe e iku michi
Directed by Satoko Yokohama.
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9
Kyo no sora ga ichiban suki
Akiko Ohku's coming-of-age film.
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10
Miharashi sedai
Directed by Yuiga Danzuka.
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