Best Japanese Thriller Movies of 2021

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Best Japanese Thriller Movies of 2021
Best Japanese Thriller Movies of 2021
TOP Movies: Old (2021), Nobody (2021), Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021), Character (2021), Ride or Die (2021), Homunculus (2021), Bright: Samurai Soul (2021), Missing (2021), Cube (2021).

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 5.8
 159K
Old (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.
Style: suspense, mysterious, tense, psychological, psychedelic ...
Plot: island, vacation, rapid aging, time, aging, medical experiment, island prison, ocean, race against time, family vacation, held captive, trap ...
Time: 2020s
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 7.4
 320K
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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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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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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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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 6.5
 1K
Character (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A kind man aspires to become a manga writer, but villains and evil deeds do not come easily to him, for he has little experience or natural inclination for them. Things take a surprise turn when he comes across a family who were described as ...
Style: manga, tense, scary, stylized, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, law enforcement, murder mystery, investigation, violence, meeting, chase, victim, murder investigation, youth, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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 5.6
 2K
Ride or Die (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Rei helps the woman she's been in love with for years escape her abusive husband. While on the run, their feelings for each other catch fire.
Style: tense, romantic, captivating, suspense, sexy ...
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, lesbian romance, lesbian friend, lesbianism, naked woman, lesbian couple, lesbian relationship, lesbian sex, girlfriend, road trip ...
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 5.5
 4K
Homunculus (2021)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A homeless man meets a medical school student who pays him to volunteer for a surgical procedure known as trepanation, drilling a hole in his skull, which ends up giving him the ability to communicate with the dark side of people’s subconscious ...
Style: suspenseful, contemplative, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot: medicine, supernatural, youth, society, escapades, rivalry, violence, male protagonist, mission, cyberpunk, eye surgery, yakuza ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Kakegurui Part 2: Desperate Russian Roulette (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A school appears peaceful from a distance, but a fierce gambling battle takes place once again. Yumeko Jabami is involved in the battle.
Style: tense, captivating, talky, suspenseful, clever ...
Plot: gambling, school, secret, organized crime, money, gambler, gangster, card playing, thug life, illegal gambling, poker player, gang warfare ...
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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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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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The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window (2021)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Kosuke Mikado, who works at a bookstore, has been suffering from a peculiar constitution that ghosts can see from an early age. One day, Kosuke was invited by a exorcist, Rihito Hiyakawa, who came to the bookstore and decided to work with him. The ...
Style: psychological, tense, sexy, sentimental, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: gay, exorcism, exorcist, love and romance, couples, friendship, fall in love, lgbt teen, love, gay interest, friends, ghost ...
Place: japan
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 6.8
 956
Missing (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Depressed and in debt, Santoshi tells his young daughter that he is going to find an infamous serial killer and collect a reward. However, when Santoshi disappears without a trace, she starts to fear the worst and begins searching for him.
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: missing father, father daughter relationship, investigation, mysterious disappearance, murder investigation, vanished man, murderer, killings, problem, puzzle, disappearance, uncover truth ...
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 4.4
 2K
Cube (2021)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Six complete strangers with widely varying personalities are involuntarily placed in an endless maze of interlocking cube-shaped rooms containing deadly traps.
Style: suspense, intense, scary, stylized, tense ...
Plot: locked in a room, trap, maze, isolation, trapped, stranger, life & death, mistrust, murder, death, japanese woman, survival ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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