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The Japanese Comedies category on Netflix is identified by the secret code 1747 . Below are 100 Japanese Comedies titles currently traceable on Netflix, sorted by rating. Top picks include Mischievous Kiss: The Movie Part 2 Campus Ver (2017), Her Father, My Lover (2015), Chibi Maruko-chan Movie (1990).
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Last updated: 28 Sep 2021. Independent reference, not affiliated with Netflix.
Mischievous Kiss: The Movie Part 2 Campus Ver (2017) Kotoko is elated to start college with Irie, but their majors separate them, and there's a new rival for Irie's affections.
Year: 201780117076 · IMDb
Her Father, My Lover (2015) Maya's reckless romantic pursuit of her friend Taeko’s father spirals out of control, creating rifts between everyone involved.
Year: 201580200446 · IMDb
Chibi Maruko-chan Movie (1990) Elementary schooler Momoko Sakura and her friends Ono and Sugiyama get into a variety of scrapes as they grow up together in the 1960s.
Year: 199080171723 · IMDb
Love Exposure (2008) Desperate to please his sin-obsessed Catholic priest father, young Yu takes to sinning big time, becoming a master of up-skirt photography and perfecting the ninja moves required to get just the right angle on his subjects in this four-hour epic.
Year: 200870122132 · IMDb
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010) SOS Brigade chief Haruhi Suzumiya announces that they are going to hold a Christmas party, but a couple of days later, Haruhi goes missing.
Year: 201070223722 · IMDb
Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro: Special Edition (1979) Lupin, his sidekick, Jigen, and the samurai warrior Goemon set out to take over an evil counterfeit operation at Count Cagliostro's fortress.
Year: 197970050576 · IMDb
The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2017) One strange night in Kyoto seems to last a year. One hapless college student wants to confess his love to his classmate, but she's on her own journey.
Year: 201780990742 · IMDb
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I (2009) Young conductor Chiaki and his girlfriend, student pianist Nodame, confront the challenges of their first professional gigs together.
Year: 200980114831 · IMDb
Ping Pong (2002) Two completely opposite high school students who were once childhood pals, 'Peco' Hoshino and 'Smile' Tsukimoto, find themselves pitted against one another in an extreme sports version of ping pong.
Year: 200270028595 · IMDb
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II (2010) Young conductor Chiaki moves out of the apartment he shares with pianist Nodame to concentrate on his career, which may mean curtains for their love.
Year: 201080114832 · IMDb
Survival Family (2017) When Tokyo's electrical grid fails, a father must lead his family to safety while facing the devastating reality of an emerging dystopian society.
Year: 201780192009 · IMDb
Mischievous Kiss: The Movie Part 1 High School Ver (2016) Kotoko confesses her feelings for her brainy classmate Naoki, only to be rejected. But his feelings change when her family moves in with his.
Year: 201680117075 · IMDb
The Chef of South Polar (2009) When eight men are assigned to live 14,000 kilometers from home in inhumanly cold conditions, food becomes their new existence.
Year: 200980061891 · IMDb
Fall Guy (1982) A fading star convinces a loyal underling to marry his pregnant girlfriend to avoid a scandal, then insists he act as his double in a dangerous stunt.
Year: 198270020769 · IMDb
Hula Girls (2006) When a Japanese mining company announces the closure of a coal mine in Iwaki, a group of brave young women defies their community by signing up to become hula dancers at the company's new Hawaiian tourist center in this heartwarming dramedy.
Year: 200670075009 · IMDb
700 Days of battle: us vs. the police (2008) Given a speeding ticket for riding his bike too fast, prankster Saijo and his pals hatch an elaborate scheme to get even with the overzealous cop.
Year: 200880077212 · IMDb
The Woodsman and the Rain (2012) A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him.
Year: 201280081094 · IMDb
What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017) After a minor accident, a family intervention with patriarch Shuzo fails. Then an incident with an old friend forces him to reconsider his choices.
Year: 201780178468 · IMDb
Seto and Utsumi (2016) Despite their very different personalities, classmates Seto and Utsumi ponder about life and everything else while sitting by the river after school.
Year: 201681006629 · IMDb
Be-Bop High School (1985) Held back a year, happy-go-lucky delinquents Hiroshi and Toru fill their second second-year of high school with more fistfights and heartaches.
Year: 198581019446 · IMDb
Happily Ever After (2007) Waitress Yukie's ex-yakuza boyfriend has difficulty expressing his feelings in any way but overturning tables, putting their future in doubt.
Year: 200770111609 · IMDb
Love Strikes! (2011) Struggling news writer Yukiyo has never been popular with women, until suddenly one day, Miyuki, Rumi, Ai and Motoko all set their sights on him.
Year: 201180142038 · IMDb
Hankyu Railways: A 15-minute Miracle (2011) Small miracles of love affect the troubled passengers riding in one car of a beautiful vintage commuter train as their lives briefly overlap.
Year: 201180061864 · IMDb
One Third (2014) A cabaret club manager, worker and patron pull off a bank heist, but greed drives each of them to attempt to cheat the others out of their share.
Year: 201480135473 · IMDb
DROP (2009) A shiftless youth bails out of private school and joins a gang of hooligans that indulges in violent fights, carousing and general hell-raising.
Year: 200970204983 · IMDb
Blindly in Love (2013) A shy social misfit with only a pet frog for a companion is matched up by his parents with a blind woman, with whom he quickly falls in love.
Year: 201380062002 · IMDb
Happy flight (2008) A co-pilot hoping for a promotion is evaluated by an intimidating superior during a flight to Hawaii, but they're both tested by a malfunction.
Year: 200880065836 · IMDb
The Magnificent Nine (2016) Residents of an impoverished and overtaxed town decide to fight back by outwitting their oppressors through a risky financial scheme.
Year: 201680097352 · IMDb
Neko Ninja (2017) After his father died, ninja Kagetaro grew up never learning what it means to love. But things change when he meets a tubby cat who resembles his dad.
Year: 201780165492 · IMDb
Twisted Justice (2016) An earnest cop's urge to make his mark quickly leads him to a life of collusion with the criminal underworld. Based on true events.
Year: 201681019416 · IMDb
Thermae Romae (2012) In ancient Rome, an architect struggles to come up with new designs for baths -- until he slips through a time portal and ends up in modern-day Japan.
Year: 201270259260 · IMDb
Trick: The Movie (2002) To calm people's fears in a disaster-plagued village, struggling magician Naoko agrees to impersonate a deity. Then unexplained things start to occur.
Year: 200280201508 · IMDb
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2007) With a ruthless killer on their tail, former yakuza member Kazuma Kiryu helps a young girl find her mother, who is also his childhood sweetheart.
Year: 200770128337 · IMDb
L*DK (2014) Wanting to finish high school in the same place, Aoi lives alone after her parents move, until popular boy Shusei moves into her apartment.
Year: 201480116995 · IMDb
Trick The Movie: Last Stage (2014) Physicist Ueda and magician Naoko journey to a tropical island at the request of a corporation that wants to evict the residents.
Year: 201480201510 · IMDb
Honnouji Hotel (2017) An aimless young woman checks into a hotel and time slips to Honnouji Temple in 1582, the year feudal lord Oda Nobunaga changed the course of history.
Year: 201780191846 · IMDb
Be-Bop Highschool: A Delinquent Student March (1987) A sly prep school thug uses his girlfriend to lure Hiroshi and Toru to a fight, but the scheme escalates to an all-out war between everyone involved.
Year: 198781019443 · IMDb
Samurai Hustle (2014) In 18th century Japan, the shogunate schemes to take over the gold mine of a small town, but the lord and his samurai hatch a plan to save their home.
Year: 201480076972 · IMDb
Princess Jellyfish (2014) Tsukimi Kurashita's run-down apartment building is a haven for female nerds, but redevelopers and a cross-dressing boy threaten their paradise.
Year: 201480107257 · IMDb
Slapstick Brothers (2011) Unhinged after his partner quits their act, a comedian lands in a detention center, where he meets a gifted comic whom he recruits to form a new duo.
Year: 201180135527 · IMDb
Gintama (2017) They'll do any job for a price, but when Gintoki and his friends go in search for a serial killer and a cursed sword, they may be out of their league.
Year: 201780237814 · IMDb
Thermae Romae II (2014) Time-traveling architect Lucius is back in ancient Rome to build a bathhouse for Colosseum gladiators but gets entangled in dirty politics.
Year: 201480091668 · IMDb
Trick: The Movie 2 (2006) Struggling magician Naoko investigates a decade-old disappearance with physicist Ueda, traveling to an island where a psychic lives with her cult.
Year: 200680201635 · IMDb
Wolf Girl and Black Prince (2016) With her friends growing skeptical, a high school freshman who has invented a fictional boyfriend convinces a handsome classmate to play the part.
Year: 201680216634 · IMDb
Odoru Daisosasen 2: Bayside Shakedown 2 (2003) Now a popular tourist destination, Wangan has become a busy precinct. When a brutal murder occurs, detectives will need outside help.
Year: 200380065839 · IMDb
My Life Changed When I Went to a Sex Parlor (2013) A shy, fearful 29-year-old virgin falls in love with a prostitute. Jealous over her many liaisions, he vows to take action to become her one and only.
Year: 201380061871 · IMDb
Battle League: Horumo (2009) A freshman at Kyoto University, Akira Abe joins the mysterious Azure Dragon club to get closer to Kyoko. Too late, he discovers that the club is a horuma team who play a millennium-old sport involving battles between hundreds of ancient spirits.
Year: 200970138904 · IMDb
Akegarasu (2015) Having finally collected the 10 million yen he owes, a Japanese entertainer throws a party to celebrate. But when he wakes up, the money's gone.
Year: 201580134171 · IMDb
Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale (2010) Physicist Ueda visits a remote village to debunk the contest choosing its new psychic ruler. But magician Naoko is entering for real.
Year: 201080201509 · IMDb
Mr. Tadano's Secret Mission (2008) A businessman by day and an undercover agent by night, Tadano is assigned to the case of a young model who's been receiving threats.
Year: 200870205158 · IMDb
Atashin'chi Movie 1 (2003) When teenager Mikan and her eccentric mom switch bodies, the rest of the family tries to adjust while attempting to reverse this peculiar phenomenon.
Year: 200380203170 · IMDb
Atashin'chi Movie 2 (2010) When Mrs. Tachibana acquires superpowers, cleaning the house becomes a breeze. But when she attempts to play superhero, things quickly go south.
Year: 201080203336 · IMDb
Leave It to the Nurses (2002) The mood at Wakabakai General is anything but sterile when a flighty nurse schemes to win a talent contest and a former patient returns with a gun.
Year: 200280065853 · IMDb
The Kodai Family (2016) Perpetually daydreaming employee Kie Hirano falls for Mitsumasa, a direct descendent of British nobility and the eldest of the elite Kodai family.
Year: 201680187169 · IMDb
Desperate Sunflowers (2016) Grifter Natsuko reunites with her straitlaced, workaholic lawyer cousin, using her every time she gets in trouble with the law -- which is a lot.
Year: 201680196838 · IMDb
HK2: The Abnormal Crisis (2016) Following the battle against Ogane, Kyosuke must choose between returning Aiko's panties or continuing to save the world as the heroic Hentai Kamen.
Year: 201680178903 · IMDb
Be-Bop Highschool: Koko Yotaro Elegy (1986) Teen thugs Hiroshi and Toru get caught in a street war when their prized school trousers are forcefully taken from them by punks from a rival school.
Year: 198681019444 · IMDb
Psychic Kusuo (2017) Born a powerful psychic, high schooler Kusuo Saiki craves the simple life. But the weirdos in his class make it difficult to conceal his abilities.
Year: 201781045665 · IMDb
Daily Lives of High School Boys (2013) Three students at an all-boys high school enjoy nothing more than hanging out with each other. When girls show up to the school, things may change.
Year: 201380097700 · IMDb
Deadman Inferno (2015) Yakuza boss Hiroya Munakata's younger brother Takashi gets out of prison after 10 years. Takashi's daughter Hyuga runs away, and they chase after her.
Year: 201580135521 · IMDb
Saru Lock the Movie (2010) The beautiful Mayumi convinces master locksmith Yataro Sarumaru to open a certain safe deposit box, landing him in hot water with yakuza and the cops.
Year: 201080132770 · IMDb
The Virgin Psychics: The Movie (2015) A horny teen and a group of other frustrated virgins gain psychic powers one night, putting them in touch with the secret desires of others.
Year: 201580144557 · IMDb
Goddotan: Kisu gaman senshuken the Movie (2013) A comedian appearing for a movie shoot is warned to avoid kissing for 24 hours, then chased by an assassin, zombies and hordes of attractive women.
Year: 201380074320 · IMDb
Be-Bop Highschool: Koko Yotaro Ondo (1988) With thugs under gang leader Shingo attempting to make a name for themselves, Toru and crew must brace for an all-out war between their two schools.
Year: 198881019441 · IMDb
Samurai Hustle Returns (2016) After fulfilling his duty to visit the shogun, feudal lord Masaatsu Naito and his entourage must return home immediately to quell a peasant uprising.
Year: 201680127647 · IMDb
Kyokasho ni Nai! (2017) In this comedy of errors, high school teacher Mr. Tairaku is caught in a sticky web of hormonal students, hot co-workers and a frightening mob boss.
Year: 201780236313 · IMDb
The Bad Boys of Kishiwada (1996) Slackers Chunba and Kotetsu land in trouble with the law and gangs while growing up in a blue-collar Osaka, Japan, neighborhood in the mid-1970s.
Year: 199680077856 · IMDb
Goddotan: Kisu Gaman Senshuken The Movie 2: Psychic Love (2014) A high schooler is buffeted about in a bizarre world controlled by a unseen being, all while trying to resist a bevy of beauties begging for a kiss.
Year: 201480088007 · IMDb
Slam Dunk 3: Crisis of Shohoku School (1995) Shohoku agrees to a practice match with upstart Ryokufu High in the midst of their tournament prep. But Ryokufu may be stronger than they look.
Year: 199580116987 · IMDb
Oyaji Actor Z (2014) A newly unemployed and divorced Japanese man finds work as an adult video 'juice actor.' He moves in with colleagues and, oddly, a popular porn star.
Year: 201480149632 · IMDb
Tora-san Series (1997) An irresponsible peddler with a heart of gold travels through Japan, falling in love wherever he goes but always winding up a perennial bachelor.
Year: 199780129597 · IMDb
Downtown Story: The Movie (1981) A dependable little girl runs her irresponsible gambler father's restaurant while dreaming of ways to bring him back together with her mother.
Year: 198180146291 · IMDb
Free and Easy Series (2009) A fishing enthusiast meets an older fisher who happens to be his company's president. Despite their rank, they become friends over their shared hobby.
Year: 200980128392 · IMDb
Free and Easy Special (1994) In the series's seventh film, Su-san exhausts himself and stays over at Hama-chan's house, leading to suspicions of an affair between him and Michiko.
Year: 199480128745 · IMDb
Free and Easy Samurai Edition (1998) In the series's medieval-era entry, a traveling ronin perceived as a fool impresses a samurai leader with his fishing skills and gains employment.
Year: 199880127555 · IMDb
Etsuko no Eroii Hanashi: Aruiwa Ai De Ippai no Umi (2012) Serious, inexperienced high schooler Tamio begins dating his sexy classmate Etsuko, but her tastes are intimidatingly more sophisticated than his.
Year: 201280155626 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Very Tasty! B-class Gourmet Survival!! (2013) Shin-chan and his friends must overcome hunger and other obstacles when they're tasked with delivering a barrel of legendary sauce to a food festival.
Year: 201380243209 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: The Legend Called: Dance! Amigo! (2006) Something sinister's afoot in Kasukabe. Shin-chan doesn't know what it is, but he's pretty sure it involves samba-dancing doppelgängers.
Year: 200680242952 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: The Storm Called: The Adult Empire Strikes Back (2001) Shin-chan must rescue the adults of Kasukabe when they mysteriously abandon their responsibilities to relive their youth at the new 20th-century expo.
Year: 200180242860 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Super-Dimension! The Storm Called My Bride (2010) Shin-chan is approached by his time-traveling future bride-to-be Tamiko, who asks him to help save his adult self from the ruler of Neo Tokio.
Year: 201080242793 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: The Secret Treasure of Buri Buri Kingdom (1994) The Noharas win a vacation to the Kingdom of Buri Buri -- but the whole thing was just a clever ploy by an evil organization to kidnap Shin-chan!
Year: 199480242791 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: The Storm Called: The Kasukabe Boys of the Evening Sun (2004) At a strange movie theater, everyone gets sucked into the film they're watching. The longer they stay, the less they remember about the real world!
Year: 200480243206 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Adventure in Henderland (1996) The Futaba Kindergarten kids are so excited for their trip to the Henderland amusement park, but Shin-chan soon learns there are evil forces at play!
Year: 199680243302 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: The Storm Called: The Battle of the Warring States (2002) Shin-chan somehow travels back in time, where he promptly involves himself in samurai wars and political intrigue, changing history left and right!
Year: 200280243305 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: The Storm Called: Operation Golden Spy (2011) A girl named Lemon arrives with a message for Shinnosuke, and he starts training as an action spy. But can he foil double agents and secret plots?
Year: 201180243041 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Action Kamen vs. Leotard Devil (1993) Everyone's favorite TV superhero Action Kamen shows up in Kasukabe, and he's trying to get something from Shin-chan -- but what could it be?
Year: 199380242949 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission (1998) Shin-chan and his classmates are swept into an evil plot when a field trip goes wrong. It's up to kindergarteners to save the world.
Year: 199880243039 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Unkokusai's Ambition (1995) A time traveler claims that bad guys are trying to change the past! Shin-chan is on the case, going back in time to defeat the evil Lord Unkokusai.
Year: 199580243204 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Explosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battle (1999) There's only one way to stop a filthy evil scientist from destroying the world, and it's with a powerful hot spring located under Shin-chan's house!
Year: 199980243303 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: My Moving Story Cactus Attack (2015) The Noharas must survive a hoard of man-eating killer cacti after Shin-chan's father relocates the family to Mexico for work.
Year: 201580242795 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: The Storm Called: Yakiniku Road of Honor (2003) It's yakiniku night for the Noharas! But before they can dig in, they get wrapped up in a sizzling conspiracy and are forced to go on the run.
Year: 200380243306 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: The Storm Called: The Singing Buttocks Bomb (2007) When an alien bomb powerful enough to destroy the entire planet sticks to the buttocks of Shin-chan's pet dog Shiro, a race to save the world begins.
Year: 200780242861 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: The Storm Called!: Me and the Space Princess (2012) The Noharas get abducted by aliens who claim that Shin-chan's baby sister is their princess! Will she stay on this planet or return to Kasukabe?
Year: 201280243208 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Serious Battle! Robot Dad Strikes Back (2014) A diabolical plot to empower pushover dads causes Shin-chan's father to return home as a robot. The Nohara family bond is about to be put to the test!
Year: 201480242794 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Roar! Kasukabe Animal Kingdom (2009) Shin-chan's parents have turned into animals, and environmental extremists are to blame! Shin-chan's going to have to put things right.
Year: 200980243207 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: The Storm Called The Jungle (2000) The Noharas go on an Action Kamen-themed cruise, where all the grown-ups get kidnapped by a gang of monkeys. It's up to the kids to rescue them!
Year: 200080243304 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Invasion!! Alien Shiriri (2017) When the mysterious Shiriri turns his parents into children, Shin-chan must trek across Japan to help return them to adult form
Year: 201780242862 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: The Legend Called Buri Buri 3 Minutes Charge (2005) After a noodle-loving time traveler shows up, Shin-chan and his parents transform into superheroes, fighting monsters three minutes in the future!
Year: 200580242951 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness (1997) The Noharas get caught between two rival clans when Himawari swallows a pretty bead that turns out to be a mysterious ball with hidden powers.
Year: 199780243205 · IMDb
Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Fast Asleep! The Great Assault on the Dreaming World (2016) When a new girl transfers into their kindergarten, everyone starts having the best dreams ever. But their dreams soon turn into nightmares!
Year: 201680242953 · IMDb
