Best Japanese Action Movies of 2021

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Best Japanese Action Movies of 2021
Best Japanese Action Movies of 2021
TOP Movies: Nobody (2021), Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021), Bright: Samurai Soul (2021), Hell's Garden (2021), Gintama: The Final (2021), Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021), Tokyo Revengers (2021), Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai (2021), Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway (2021), Free Guy (2021), Sailor Moon Eternal (2021), Revue Starlight: The Movie (2021), The Deer King (2021), Lupin's Daughter (2021).

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Nobody (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark ...
Style: brutal, suspense, action thriller, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: adult
Plot: one man army, tough guy, martial arts, retribution, secret identity, home invasion, revenge, one against many, twists and turns, secret organization, vigilante, vengeance ...
Time: 2020s
Place: america, usa, pentagon
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Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story: In 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their revenge.
Style: tense, captivating, exciting, historical drama, perverse ...
Plot: medieval, swordsman, katana, master warrior, fight, destruction, combat, showdown, escapades, character change, confronting the past, changing lives ...
Place: japan
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Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Kenshin Himura goes up against mysterious weapons dealer Enishi. He controls the underworld of China. The secret of Kenshin Himura’s "Jujishou" is also revealed.
Style: captivating, tense, perverse, manga, anime ...
Plot: samurai, one man army, shogun, fight, martial arts, secret, organized crime, gang leader, gang, warrior, arms dealer, bandit ...
Time: 1860s
Place: japan, china, kyoto japan
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The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Akira is the legendary killer known as The Fable. Following the order of his boss and due to being overworked, he lives peacefully with his partner Yoko as ordinary siblings. Akira still works part-time at design company Octopus with CEO Takoda and ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, satirical, psychological, exciting ...
Plot: hitman, workplace, battles, satire, criminal, murderer, murder, fight, investigation, yakuza, asian, one man army ...
Place: japan
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Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a curse and won't leave him alone. Since Rika is no ordinary curse, his plight is noticed by Satoru Gojo, a ...
Style: anime, captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: supernatural, demon, paranormal, spirit, curse, high school life, supernatural power, warrior, supernatural being, magical creature, supernatural ability, evil spirit ...
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Kamen Rider: Beyond Generations (2021)
Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Ikki, Touma, and their allies fight against a Devil with ties to Shocker while attempting to help a Kamen Rider from the future reconcile with his now elderly son.
Style: exciting, captivating, entertaining, super sentai
Plot: kamen rider, superhero, superpower, scientist, time travel, superhero team, battles, teamwork, super powers, fight, save the world, crossover ...
Time: future
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Asakusa Arc (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Tanjiro ventures to Asakusa, Tokyo for his second mission with the Demon Slayer Corps.
Style: anime, captivating, tense, suspenseful
Plot: mission, hunting, monster hunter, combat, hunter, battles, demon, supernatural, teamwork, demon hunter
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Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 154 min.
Story: The fourth and final film in the Rebuild of Evangelion series.
Style: mecha, anime, captivating, disturbing, futuristic ...
Plot: technology, fight, violence, battles, hi-tech, space station, spacecraft, showdown, outer space, fantasy world, dream world, college ...
Place: paris france, south pole, france
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Bright: Samurai Soul (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Izo, a Ronin, and Raiden, an orc, work to bring a young elf girl and the wand she carries to the land of the elves in the north.
Style: anime, disturbing, tense, captivating, perverse ...
Plot: samurai, battles, fight, magic, wizard, magical, wizards and magicians, warrior, elf, feudal japan, sword, girl ...
Place: japan, asia
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Mashin Sentai Kiramager vs Ryusoulger (2021)
Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min.
Story: It's the power of Kiramentality and chivalry in the 27th entry of the Super Sentai VS film series! The Mashin Sentai Kiramager and the Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger team-up as they end up in a variety of movie worlds produced by Yodonna and ...
Style: super sentai, entertaining, captivating, feel good
Plot: multiverse, crossover, teamwork, superhero, fight, epic battle, fantasy world, power rangers, transformation, heroes, good versus evil, protector ...
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Hell's Garden (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Naoko Tanaka is a 26-year-old office lady (OL). Her job is typical, but her workplace has fierce fights among different cliques. Other OLs are absorbed in the daily clique fighting. One day, due to an OL at the company, Naoko Tanaka's company ...
Style: semi serious, entertaining, satirical, captivating
Plot: office, workplace intrigue, coworker, workplace situations, competitor, female protagonist, satire, office work, office worker, workplace, battles
Place: japan
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Gintama: The Final (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The concluding film to the Gintama anime series, adapting the final chapters of the manga series of the same name written by Hideaki Sorachi. The film covers chapters 699-704 of the original manga, with original material added in.
Style: anime, parody, disturbing, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot: friendship, culture clash, rebelliousness, heroes, investigation, society, fight, rivalry, violence, law enforcement, good versus evil, martial arts ...
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My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A mysterious group called Humarize strongly believes in the Quirk Singularity Doomsday theory which states that when quirks get mixed further in with future generations, that power will bring forth the end of humanity. In order to save everyone, the ...
Style: anime, exciting, captivating, tense, manga ...
Plot: heroes, superhero, superpower, supernatural power, fight, battles, save the world, showdown, good versus evil, supernatural ability, terrorist, fighting crime ...
Place: japan
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Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town, a ruthless bank robber is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor, whose adopted granddaughter Bernice has gone missing. The Governor offers the prisoner his freedom in exchange for ...
Style: suspense, exciting, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: curse, investigation, rescue, criminal, geisha, disappearance, inheritance, heroes, heroic mission, escapades, mission, brutality ...
Place: usa, japan
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Tokyo Revengers (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: An unemployed man learns that his ex-girlfriend was murdered. He suddenly finds himself travelling through time to his middle school years and has chance to change the future and save the girl. He aims to rise to the top of the most brutal ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating, slang ...
Audience: date night
Plot: time travel, time jump, character change, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, revenge, gang, gangster, school, changing the past or future, changing lives, time traveler, time paradox ...
Time: future
Place: tokyo
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Sword Art Online: Progressive Aria of a Starless Night (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: One month after Kayaba Akihiko's game of death began, the death toll continues to rise, two thousand players having already lost their lives to the ultra-difficult VRMMO world of Sword Art Online. On the day of the strategy meeting to plan out ...
Style: anime, entertaining, captivating
Plot: virtual reality, sword fight, video game, fantasy world, virtual world, dream world, fight, virtuality, battles, technology, monster, survival ...
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Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 148 min.
Story: Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji Restoration.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, period drama
Plot: samurai sword, battles, life is a bitch, intrigue, empire, power struggle, fight, warrior, emperor, martial arts, samurai, life
Time: 19th century
Place: japan
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Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In the year 2045, after an economic disaster known as the Synchronized Global Default, rapid developments in AI propelled the world to enter a state of "Sustainable War". However, the public is not aware of the threat that AI has towards ...
Style: anime, futuristic, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot: female warrior, cyborgs, fight, cyberpunk, battles, technology, save the day, humanity, hi-tech, warrior, artificial intelligence, ghost in the shell ...
Time: future, 2040s, 21st century
Place: kyoto japan, japan
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Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After Char's rebellion, Hathaway Noa leads an insurgency against Earth Federation, but meeting an enemy officer and a mysterious woman alters his fate.
Style: anime, mecha, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Plot: military, space colony, robot, robot vs. robot, terrorism, terrorist, fight, showdown, power struggle, uninhibited rivalry, against humanity, fight for supremacy ...
Place: the philippines
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Tsuzumi Mansion Arc (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Tanjiro ventures to the south-southeast where he encounters a cowardly young man named Zenitsu Agatsuma. He is a fellow survivor from Final Selection and his sparrow asks Tanjiro to help keep him in line.
Style: anime, tense, exciting, captivating
Plot: supernatural, supernatural ability, martial arts, demonic possession, supernatural power, teamwork, warrior, demon, fight, battles, young
Time: 2020s
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The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 79 min.
Story: With the help of the "Dragon Sin of Wrath" Meliodas and the worst rebels in history, the Seven Deadly Sins, the "Holy War", in which four races, including Humans, Goddesses, Fairies and Giants fought against the Demons, is ...
Style: anime, tense, captivating, entertaining, perverse ...
Plot: magic, magical power, good versus evil, battles, fight, group of friends, wizard, friends, wizards and magicians, magical, showdown, teamwork ...
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Free Guy (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A bank teller realizes he's a background character in an open world action game.
Style: entertaining, humorous, exciting, feel good, heroic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, family friendly, kids, adult
Plot: virtual reality, video game, game, gamer, changing lives, career change, heroes, fantasy world, bank teller, code, programmer, altering history ...
Time: 2020s, future, 21st century
Place: new york, seattle, tokyo
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Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 58 min.
Story: In a world where humans and fearsome monsters live in an uneasy balance, young hunter Aiden fights to save his village from destruction by a dragon.
Style: anime, captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: monster, hunter, creature, monster hunter, rescue mission, fantasy world, magic, teamwork, protector, friendship, supernatural being, monster terrorizes city ...
Time: 2020s
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Sailor Moon Eternal (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 160 min.
Story: The two-part film project will take the place of a fourth season for Sailor Moon Crystal. The films will cover the "Dead Moon" arc of Takeuchi's original manga.
Style: anime, humorous, tense, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: friendship, female protagonist, good versus evil, magic, heroes, girl, superhero, rivalry, friends, protector, heroic mission, supernatural power ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Fate Grand Order: The Grand Temple of Time (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The Chaldea Organization must deal with the Grand Temple of Solomon, the King of Magic, which has come to destroy the world.
Style: anime, exciting, captivating, disturbing
Plot: save the world, good versus evil, battles, god, rescue, heroes, magic, fantasy world, fate of humanity, fight, magical
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Revue Starlight: The Movie (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The stage emulates life and compresses it, setting free skills learned over lifetimes in brief but dazzling displays for the amusement and judgment of others. For the performers, it is the ultimate risk, and some will rise while others must fall. ...
Style: anime, surreal, postmodern, crying
Plot: theater, train, tokyo tower, giraffe, high school life, surrealism, stage actor, hostess, laundry, kindergarten, school, rehearsal ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s
Place: japan, london, tower bridge london, england, tokyo
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Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: 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. ...
Style: anime, tense, disturbing, captivating, detective ...
Plot: detective conan, technology, secret revealed, advanced technology, sabotage, hi-tech, investigation, mysterious disappearance, sleuth, uncover truth, cold case, unsolved crime ...
Place: japan
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The Deer King (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Following a brutal war, former soldier Van toils in a mine controlled by the ruling empire. One day, his solitary existence is upended when a pack of wild dogs carrying a deadly and incurable disease attack, leaving only Van and a young girl named ...
Style: anime, tense, thrilling, captivating, beautiful
Audience: family outing
Plot: wolf attack, medieval, epidemic, illness, deer, disease, survival, teamwork, save the day, warrior, rescue, protector ...
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Lupin's Daughter (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Am I really the daughter of a thieves family? Hana Mikumo, daughter of the "L family", a family of thieves, unexpectedly falls in love with Kazuma Sakuraba, the son of a family of police officers. She spends her days dreaming of a normal ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, entertaining, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: thief, family business, family relations, abroad, young woman, young girl, family affairs, masked robber, burglar, heist, robbery, honeymoon
Place: europe
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The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: South Korea, USA, Japan, Poland, China
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Escaping from poverty to become a witcher, Vesemir slays monsters for coin and glory, but when a new menace rises, he must face the demons of his past.
Style: adult animation, dark fantasy, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: one man army, violence, medieval, monster, fantasy world, evil, mutant, massacre, creature, battles, magic, heroes ...
Time: 2020s
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