The Best Denden Movies, Ranked
67 credits from 1981 to 2024, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The Parades (2024) comes out on top with a score of 81. The biggest box office hit is Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie (2016) with $36.2M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Denden Box Office Hits
Denden's films have made $227M worldwide in total. Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie (2016) is the biggest hit at $36.2M, ahead of Don’t Call It Mystery: The Movie (2023) ($32.5M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie 2016 · Comedy $36.2M - 2
Don’t Call It Mystery: The Movie 2023 · Drama $32.5M - 3
SPEC: Heaven 2012 · Mystery $29M - 4
The Kiyosu Conference 2013 · Comedy $28.3M - 5
Dororo 2007 · Horror $27.3M - 6
Kabei: Our Mother 2008 · Drama $18.4M $14.4K dom. - 7
Mumon: The Land of Stealth 2017 · Romance $18M - 8
Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire 2004 · Drama $7.51M - 9
Last Winter, We Parted 2018 · Mystery $5.94M - 10
7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies 2013 · Drama $5.46M
The Best Denden Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Denden has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 34 films, and The Parades (2024) is the pick of them.
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Drama 34 films The Parades 2024 Movie Echo Score: 81 - Comedy 10 films Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie 2016
- Mystery 6 films SPEC: Heaven 2012 · as Kenzo Ichiyanagi
- Romance 5 films Mumon: The Land of Stealth 2017 · as Kai Shimoyama
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Crime 4 films Cure 1997 · as OIda - Horror 3 films Dororo 2007 · as Praying Father
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Thriller 2 films The Forest of Love 2019 · as Shigeru Ozawa Movie Echo Score: 63 -
Action 2 films Tatara Samurai 2017
The Best Denden Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Denden's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Denden Movies
The most recent films Denden is credited on, newest first — starting with Living in Two Worlds (2024). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Living in Two Worlds 2024 · Yasuo Suzuki - The Parades 2024 · Drama
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Light of My Lion 2024 · Yoshimi Torakichi - Don’t Call It Mystery: The Movie 2023 · Drama
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Insomniacs After School 2023 · Director of a Historical Archive -
Rental Family 2023 · Asada Koji -
THE DAYS 2023 · Crime -
Mountain Woman 2022 · Drama -
I Am Makimoto 2022 · Undertaker Shimobayashi -
A Man 2022 · Kosuge -
Atom’s Last Shot 2022 · Kengo Yaegashi -
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood 2021 · Comedy
The Best Denden Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Denden films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Denden movie?
The Parades (2024) is the best-rated Denden film, with a Movie Echo Score of 81, ahead of The Forest of Love (2019) (63). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
The Parades: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Denden movie?
Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie (2016) made the most at the box office, with $36.2M worldwide, followed by Don’t Call It Mystery: The Movie (2023) with $32.5M. Together, Denden's films with box office figures have made $227M.
What is the best Denden drama movie?
The Parades (2024) is the best-rated of Denden's drama films, with a score of 81. In other genres: Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie (comedy), SPEC: Heaven (mystery) and Mumon: The Land of Stealth (romance).
What is the newest Denden movie?
The newest film on Denden's filmography is Living in Two Worlds (2024), with Denden as Yasuo Suzuki.
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