Japanese movies are perfect blend of mysterious settings, romantic scenes, crunching dialogues and amazing and super talented actors and actresses. They make the films more exciting and top-notch. So, if you are ready to have some roller coaster rides and want to watch movies that will keep you on edge. Below are the top 10 Japanese psychological thriller movies on Netflix.
1. The Forest Of Love
The Forest of Love is a Japanese thriller movie starring Kippei Shiina, Kyoko Hinami, and Shinnosuke Mitsushima. The film was inspired by the murders, torture, and extortion committed in Kyushu, Japan. It was released in 2019. It has one season. It is a story about a shy young girl who has very strict parents she is forced to live with and a group of aspiring filmmakers. They together are stuck with an older man who manipulates, seduce and abuse them on a regular basis.
2. The Village
The Village is a Japanese thriller movie starring Ryusei Yokohama, Haru Kuroki, and Daiken Okudaira. It has one season. It was released in 2023. It is a story about a young man. He lives in a village once a sight for an eye sore. But unluckily, the village which was once a best tourist spot is now dominated by a vast trash disposable site. He wants to break free from a cruel fate that is tying him to these grounds.
3. Homunculus
Homunculus is a Japanese thriller mystery movie starring Go Ayano, Ryo Narita, Yukino Kishii, and Anna Ishii. It has one season. It was released in 2021. It is the tale of an amnesiac homeless man who is in addition to being destitute and impoverished. Why? Because he had just awakened from a medical experiment that granted him the ability to perceive the deepest trauma of others. How cruel can people be right? Watch the movie to what will happen to the homeless poor man and to those whose deepest darkest secrets will be revealed.
4. Usogui
Usogui is a Japanese thriller mystery movie starring Kaito Sakurai, Kaito Sakurai, Hayato Sano, and Mai Shiraishi. It has one season. It was released in 2022. It is a story about an excellent and intelligent gambler. He decides and it his mission to against the top notch swindlers who are dominating the country. Just in order to have all the power so that he could have a control over a powerful secret organisation.
5. Creepy
Creepy is a Japanese horror mystery thriller movie starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yuko Takeuchi, and Ryoko Fujino. It has one season. It was released in 2016. It is a story about a former police detective. He resigned from work to remain with his wife and lead a tranquil and contented lifestyle. However, neither destiny nor good fortune are on his side. Following a brief retirement period, he is approached by a former colleague who requests his assistance in investigating a family missing case that transpired six years prior.
6. The World Of Kanako
The World of Kanako is a Japanese mystery thriller movie starring Kōji Yakusho and Nana Komatsu. It has one season. It was released in 2014. It is a story about a father. He embarked on a journey to find his daughter as soon as he learned she was missing, determined to do it before she was in danger. However, a plot twist? He finds out about her secret existence shortly after. It dawns on him that there were parts of his daughter's life about which he knew nothing.
7. Retribution
Retribution is a Japanese mystery horror thriller movie starring Kōji Yakusho. It has one season. It was released in 2006. In the course of solving a serial murder case, a detective meets a fascinating woman in red, who entices him into a sinister plot.
8. From Up On Poppy Hill
From Up on Poppy Hill is a Japanese thriller comedy manga film. Masami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita, Yuriko Ishida, Jun Fubuki, Takashi Naito, Shunsuke Kazama, Nao Ōmori, and Teruyuki Kagawa are the voices being featured in the film. There is just one season. The year 2011 saw its release. It is a story about a 16-year-old girl. In such a tender age she has to provide for her siblings and her poor old grandmother with whom she is living. Her monotonous and difficult life took a 108 degree turn when she met a member of the school's newspaper club. Together these two high schoolers find hope and a way and meaning to live their life and fight to save an old wartime era.
9. Ju-On: The Grudge
Ju-On: The Grudge is a Japanese horror thriller movie starring Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Takashi Matsuyama, and Yui Ichikawa. It has one season. It was released in 2002. It is based on a tale of wicked curses and furious ghosts. They appear to be residing in the same house where a terrible murder of a mother and her child occurred, and no one who enters that house manages to escape unscathed.
10. Re/Member
Re/Member is a Japanese horror thriller movie starring Gordon Maeda, Kotaro Daigo, Kanna Hashimoto, Fuju Kamio, Mayu Yokota, and Maika Yamamoto. It has one season. It was released in 2022. In it, six pals from high school tell their story. They can't break out of this deadly cycle. For the curse to be broken and for them to live another day, they must have located the fragments of an unidentified victim.
