The Best Hajime Inoue Movies, Ranked
31 credits from 1982 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. A Samurai in Time (2025) comes out on top with a score of 88. The biggest box office hit is Sekigahara (2017) with $19.4M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Hajime Inoue Box Office Hits
Hajime Inoue's films have made $86.3M worldwide in total. Sekigahara (2017) is the biggest hit at $19.4M, ahead of Recall (2018) ($15.1M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Sekigahara 2017 · Drama $19.4M - 2
Recall 2018 · Drama $15.1M - 3
Samurai Commando Mission 1549 2005 · Action $14.6M - 4
The Third Murder 2018 · Drama $13.4M $89.3K dom. - 5
I Just Didn’t Do It 2007 · Drama $9.67M - 6
Walking My Life 2007 $4.72M - 7
A Samurai in Time 2023 · Comedy $3.9M - 8
Do Unto Others 2023 · Mystery $1.75M - 9
Time Trip App 2014 · Drama $1.43M - 10
Father of the Milky Way Railroad 2023 · Drama $1.2M
The Best Hajime Inoue Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Hajime Inoue has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 15 films, and The Third Murder (2018) is the pick of them.
- Drama 15 films The Third Murder 2018 · as Ono Minoru Movie Echo Score: 75
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Comedy 3 films A Samurai in Time 2025 · as Head of both Studio Inoue Movie Echo Score: 88 - Mystery 2 films Do Unto Others 2023 · as Haru Danmoto
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Fantasy 2 films Cult 2013 · as Ryugen - Action 2 films Samurai Commando Mission 1549 2005 · as Hotta Michiku
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Horror 2 films Retribution 2006 · as Police Detective
The Best Hajime Inoue Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Hajime Inoue's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Hajime Inoue Movies
The most recent films Hajime Inoue is credited on, newest first — starting with A Samurai in Time (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- A Samurai in Time 2025 · Head of both Studio Inoue
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Skin of Youth 2025 · Mr. Vuong -
A Missing Part 2024 · The prosecutor -
Antihero 2024 · Crime - A Samurai in Time 2023 · Head of both Studio Inoue
- Father of the Milky Way Railroad 2023 · Drama
- Do Unto Others 2023 · Haru Danmoto
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A Mother’s Touch 2022 · Katsutoshi Okuda -
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood 2021 · Comedy - The Third Murder 2018 · Ono Minoru
- Recall 2018 · Shigeo Miura
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4.50 from Paddington 2018 · Toda
The Best Hajime Inoue Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Hajime Inoue films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Hajime Inoue movie?
A Samurai in Time (2025) is the best-rated Hajime Inoue film, with a Movie Echo Score of 88, ahead of The Third Murder (2018) (75). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
A Samurai in Time: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Hajime Inoue movie?
Sekigahara (2017) made the most at the box office, with $19.4M worldwide, followed by Recall (2018) with $15.1M. Together, Hajime Inoue's films with box office figures have made $86.3M.
What is the best Hajime Inoue drama movie?
The Third Murder (2018) is the best-rated of Hajime Inoue's drama films, with a score of 75. In other genres: A Samurai in Time (comedy), Do Unto Others (mystery) and Cult (fantasy).
What is the newest Hajime Inoue movie?
The newest film on Hajime Inoue's filmography is A Samurai in Time (2025), with Hajime Inoue as Head of both Studio Inoue.
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