Shin Ultraman (2022)

Summary: As the threat of giant unidentified lifeforms known as "S-Class Species" worsens in Japan, a silver giant appears from beyond Earth's atmosphere.

Release Date: May 13, 2022

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Shinji Higuchi

Writer: Hideaki Anno

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

Production: Tsuburaya Productions, Toho, Khara Corporation, Toho Company

Country: Japan

Movie budget: $ 900,000,000

Domestic: $ 601,490

International: $ 31,525,046

Shin Godzilla (2016)

Summary: Japan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.

Release Date: July 29, 2016

Genres: Action, Drama, Horror

Directors: Hideaki Anno

, Shinji Higuchi

Writers: Hideaki Anno

, Sean Whitley

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Cine Bazar, Khara Corporation, Toho Company

Distributor: Crunchyroll, FUNimation Entertainment

Country: Japan

Franchise: Godzilla

Domestic: $ 1,918,403

International: $ 76,134,742

The Wind Rises (2013)

Summary: A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.

Release Date: February 21, 2014

Genres: Animation, Biography, Drama

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Writer: Hayao Miyazaki

Runtime: 2 h 06 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Studio Ghibli, Touchstone Pictures, Wild Bunch, Nippon Television Network (NTV), Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Walt Disney Animation Japan, d-rights, Toho Company, KDDI Corporation

Distributor: GKIDS, Touchstone Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, HBO Max, Shout! Factory

Country: Japan

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 5,209,580

International: $ 131,625,981

Naisu no mori: The First Contact (2005)

Summary: An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.

Release Date: October 22, 2005

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy

Directors: Katsuhito Ishii