Kou Shibasaki films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 7 films on Boxlist

Known for The Boy and the Heron, Battle Royale and One Year to Live, Buy a Man.

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Starring Kou Shibasaki

The Boy and the Heron
2023 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he...
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Battle Royale
2000 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
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Child of Kamiari Month
2021 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A year after losing her mother, a young girl learns that she must journey across Japan to the annual gathering of gods in the sacred land of Izumo.
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One Missed Call
2003 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the sound of them reacting to their own violent deaths, along with the exact date and time of their future death, listed on the message log...
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47 Ronin
2013 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Kai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honour to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest...
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Serpent's Path
2024 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
A mysterious woman teams up with a man whose daughter was killed and who is now seeking revenge. Together they kidnap members of an organization and torture them to find out what really happened.
One Year to Live, Buy a Man
2026 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Given a year to live, frugal 40-year-old Yui finally lets herself spend: "buying" nightclub host Sena. What begins as a contract takes an unexpected turn.
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