The Best Gen Hoshino Movies, Ranked
22 credits from 2004 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Mirai (2018) comes out on top with a score of 84. The biggest box office hit is Mirai (2018) with $28.8M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Gen Hoshino Box Office Hits
Gen Hoshino's films have made $64.4M worldwide in total. Mirai (2018) is the biggest hit at $28.8M, ahead of The Voice of Sin (2020) ($11M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Mirai 2018 · Adventure $28.8M $813K dom. - 2
The Voice of Sin 2020 · Mystery $11M - 3
Brass Knuckle Boys 2009 · Music $9.79M - 4
Samurai Shifters 2019 · History $6.25M - 5
69 2004 · Drama $4.55M - 6
The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl 2018 · Adventure $3.88M $406K dom. - 7
Blindly in Love 2013 · Romance $140K - 8
Chieri and Cherry 2015 · Animation $2.9K
The Best Gen Hoshino Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Gen Hoshino has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 5 films, and 69 (2004) is the pick of them.
- Drama 5 films 69 2004 · as Yuzuru Nakamura
- Romance 3 films Blindly in Love 2013 · as Kentaro
- Animation 2 films Chieri and Cherry 2015 · as Cherry (voice)
- Mystery 2 films The Voice of Sin 2020 · as Toshiya Sone
- Adventure 2 films Mirai 2018 · as Otôsan Movie Echo Score: 84
- History 1 film Samurai Shifters 2019 · as Harunosuke Katagiri
- Music 1 film Brass Knuckle Boys 2009 · as Band Member
The Best Gen Hoshino Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Gen Hoshino's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Gen Hoshino Movies
The most recent films Gen Hoshino is credited on, newest first — starting with Slow Train (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Slow Train 2025 · Doumeki Mi -
Hoshi of the Girls’ Garden 2022 · Hoshi-sensei (voice) -
The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year’s Special 2021 · Romance - The Voice of Sin 2020 · Toshiya Sone
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MIU404 2020 · Kazumi Shima - Samurai Shifters 2019 · Harunosuke Katagiri
- Mirai 2018 · Otôsan
- The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl 2018 · Senpai
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Night Is Short, Walk On Girl 2017 · Senpai (voice) -
The Full-Time Wife Escapist 2016 · Tsuzaki Hiramasa - Chieri and Cherry 2015 · Cherry (voice)
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Love & Peace 2015 · PC-300 (voice)
The Best Gen Hoshino Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Gen Hoshino films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Gen Hoshino movie?
Mirai (2018) is the best-rated Gen Hoshino film, with a Movie Echo Score of 84, ahead of The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2018) (83). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Mirai: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Gen Hoshino movie?
Mirai (2018) made the most at the box office, with $28.8M worldwide, followed by The Voice of Sin (2020) with $11M. Together, Gen Hoshino's films with box office figures have made $64.4M.
What is the best Gen Hoshino drama movie?
69 (2004) is the best-rated of Gen Hoshino's drama films. In other genres: Blindly in Love (romance), Chieri and Cherry (animation) and The Voice of Sin (mystery).
What is the newest Gen Hoshino movie?
The newest film on Gen Hoshino's filmography is Slow Train (2025), with Gen Hoshino as Doumeki Mi.
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