39 Films & TV Shows Set In Japan During The 1990s
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F9
California Scotland England π¬πͺ Georgia π©πͺ Germany Tokyo Prefecture Space - General The 1980s The 1990s The 2020sJustice is coming. β Dominic Toretto and his crew battle the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they've ever encountered: his forsaken brother.
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Last of the Wolves
Hiroshima Prefecture The 1990sAfter, Shogo Ogamiβs death in Hiroshima, Detective Shuichi Hioka successfully implemented Shogo Ogamiβs plan, which was to control the yakuza to prevent further gang wars and save innocent people from getting harmed. Shuichi Hioka manages the criminal organizations, but, due to one evil person who gets released from prison, the situation drastically changes.
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Top Knot Detective
π¦πΊ Australia π―π΅ Japan The 1990sThe greatest 90's Japanese samurai series you've never heard of β In the early 1990s, a Japanese samurai detective series was aired in Australia and became a cult success. Titled in Japan βRonin Suiri Tentaiβ (meaning roughly βDeductive Reasoning Roninβ), it was soon known in the West as βTop Knot Detective.β The original series was legendary in Japan, a cultural train wreck led by Takashi Tawagoto, a crazy writer, producer, director and lead actor; one who could not act, fight or write at all.
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We Are X
π―π΅ Japan The 1980s The 1990s The 2010sThe music never had to be explained. β As glam rock's most flamboyant survivors, X Japan ignited a musical revolution in Japan during the late '80s with their melodic metal. Twenty years after their tragic dissolution, X Japanβs leader, Yoshiki, battles with physical and spiritual demons alongside prejudices of the West to bring their music to the world.
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Godzilla
Nevada California Hawaii Tokyo Prefecture π΅π Philippines Pacific Ocean The 1990s The 1950s The 2010sThe world ends, Godzilla begins. β Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient alpha predator arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.
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Bandage
Tokyo Prefecture The 1990sSet in Japan in the early 1990s, there's one rising band called LANDS, that is starting to find success amidst a flood of other bands. Asako and Miharu are two Tokyo high school students. When Miharu gives Asako her favorite indie rock band; a LANDS CD, she becomes an overnight fan and sets her heart on the talented guitarist Yukiya. LANDS was formed among friends, but as the band begins to climb the ladder towards major stardom, they get in touch with the dark side of the music industry, discord surfaces, inevitable frictions emerge, and unrequited love strains their friendship, threatening to pull their bonds apart.
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Shinjuku Incident
Tokyo Prefecture The 1990sThey destroyed his life... Now he'll destroy them all. β Steelhead is a Chinese laborer who comes to Japan hoping for a better life. Unable to find honest work and bullied into the shadows with his fellow Chinese illegal immigrants, he soon finds himself ascending as the boss of a black market mob. After providing a deadly service to a powerful Yakuza crime boss, Steelheadβs rise to mafia power spirals rapidly out of control as heβs given reign over the dangerous and lucrative Shinjuku district.
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Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Rhode Island π―π΅ Japan The 1990s The 2000sA true story of faith, devotion and undying love. β A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
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5 Centimeters per Second
Tokyo Prefecture Tochigi Prefecture Saitama Prefecture Kagoshima Prefecture The 1990s The 2000sAt what speed must I live to see you again? β Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.
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The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Tokyo Prefecture Hokkaido Prefecture Aomori Prefecture The 1990sAgainst all odds, a promise will be kept. β In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with a self-built airplane and unravel the secret of the tower.
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Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
Tokyo Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture Chiba Prefecture The 1990s The 2000sStartup - Resonance - Smashed Ice β JSDF pilot Akane has a fateful encounter when a new Godzilla emerges in Tateyama. As a countermeasure, a cyborg named Kiryu is constructed from the remains of the original. The machine is discovered to harbor the restless soul of the original monster as Akane must learn to find value in her own life as well.
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Digimon: The Movie
New York Colorado π―π΅ Japan The 1990s The 2000sNew Monsters. New Battles. Now on the Big Screen. β The first story focused on Tai and Kari Kamiya four years before their adventure in the Digital World. It shows their first encounter with Digimon and what happened to them (as well as the other children). Tai and Kari wake one morning to find a Digi-Egg that came out of their computer the night before and the egg soon hatches, revealing a Botamon. The Digimon then evolves into Koromon and then Agumon (not the same one that became friends with Tai in the series, and yet, somehow, both Koromon and Kari remember each other), who then goes out and unintentionally destroys a good part of the neighborhood with Kari riding on his back. A second Digi-Egg appears in the sky to reveal an evil digimon, Parrotmon. Agumon then Digivolves to Greymon but isn't strong enough to beat Parrotmon and is knocked out. Tai grabs Kari's whistle and wakes up Greymon, who defeats Parrotmon and disappears with him.
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Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Yamanashi Prefecture Tokyo Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Ibaraki Prefecture Pacific Ocean The 1990s The 1960s The 1950s The 2000sGodzilla disappears. β In an alternate timeline the original Godzilla is never defeated and repeatedly reemerges to feed on Japan's energy sources. A new inter-dimensional weapon called the Dimension Tide is created with the intent of eliminating Godzilla. However, the new weapon might also serve as a gateway to something far more sinister.
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Digimon Adventure: Our War Game
Shimane Prefecture The 1990sA year after the events of the first season, a virus Digimon called Diaboromon appears and starts attacking the Internet. The children and their Digimon unite once more in order to prevent him from destroying every communications network on the planet.
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Digimon Adventure
π―π΅ Japan The 1990sTwo children receive a strange egg that hatches into their very first Digimon, leading to the night that would change their lives forever.
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Rebirth of Mothra III
Yamanashi Prefecture Tokyo Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture Aichi Prefecture The 1990sThe strongest enemy, the final transformation. β To save the world, Mothra goes back in time in an attempt to defeat a younger King Ghidorah.
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Contact
Florida New Mexico District of Columbia Wisconsin π΅π· Puerto Rico Hokkaido Prefecture The 1990sIf it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space. β Contact is a science fiction film about an encounter with alien intelligence. Based on the novel by Carl Sagan the film starred Jodie Foster as the one chosen scientist who must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
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Tomorrow Never Dies
England π©πͺ Germany Okinawa Prefecture π·πΊ Russia π»π³ Vietnam π¨π³ China The 1990sYesterday is a memory. Today is history. Tomorrow is in the hands of one man. β A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.
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Beverly Hills Ninja
California π―π΅ Japan The 1990sHe puts the Mortal back in Kombat. β Haru, an orphaned American who washes ashore in Japan and is mistaken for the great White Ninja of legend. Raised among the finest Ninjas, Haru grows strong and big - very big. With the grace of all Three Stooges rolled into one body, Haru is an embarrassment to his clan. But when a beautiful blonde pleads for his help, Haru is given one dangerous, disastrously funny chance to prove himself.
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Rebirth of Mothra II
Okinawa Prefecture The 1990sA transforming miracle! β Mothra's twin nymphs and children from the city find a lost city, as well as a giant monster that is attracted to environmental calamities.
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Tenchi Muyo! In Love
Tokyo Prefecture The 1970s The 1990sThe demonic space criminal Kain has escaped from prison and destroyed the Galaxy Police headquarters. To ensure that the Jurai will not stop him, Kain travels back to 1970 to eliminate Tenchi's mother before he is even born. Now, Tenchi and the gang must travel to the past to stop him before he ceases to exist.
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Rebirth of Mothra
Kagoshima Prefecture Hokkaido Prefecture The 1990sWar, in order to protect! β A new Mothra takes to the air and must battle Death Ghidora to save humanity.
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The Way to Fight
Tokyo Prefecture Osaka Prefecture The 1970s The 1990sDangerous street fighter Kazuyoshi Tamai finds out that his rival, Takeshi, is the leader of a gang responsible for a series of assaults. Kazuyoshi is ready to face off against Takeshi, but comic challenges keep his nemesis out of reach. It's not until years later -- when Kazuyoshi becomes a championship boxer and Takeshi is a pro wrestler -- that they meet again in a battle that pits two combatants with very different fighting styles.
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Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
ππ° Hong Kong Tokyo Prefecture Ibaraki Prefecture Pacific Ocean The 1990sGodzilla dies β A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla.
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Whisper of the Heart
π―π΅ Japan The 1990sI found someone I like β Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'.
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