The Best Hiroshi Abe Movies, Ranked
71 credits from 1989 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The Garden of Evening Mists (2019) comes out on top with a score of 74. The biggest box office hit is Thermae Romae (2012) with $74.3M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Hiroshi Abe Box Office Hits
Hiroshi Abe's films have made $388M worldwide in total. Thermae Romae (2012) is the biggest hit at $74.3M, ahead of A Ghost of a Chance (2011) ($54.1M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Thermae Romae 2012 · Comedy $74.3M - 2
A Ghost of a Chance 2011 · Fantasy $54.1M - 3
Thermae Romae II 2014 · Sci-Fi $42.5M - 4
The Crimes That Bind 2018 · Thriller $23.1M - 5
The Wings of the Kirin 2012 · Mystery $19.8M - 6
Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale 2010 · Sci-Fi $19.8M - 7
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet 2011 · History $18.1M - 8
Trick the Movie: Last Stage 2014 · Comedy $16.5M - 9
Trick: The Movie 2 2006 · Crime $16.5M - 10
Godzilla 2000 2000 · Action $12.9M $10M dom.
The Best Hiroshi Abe Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Hiroshi Abe has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 23 films, and The Garden of Evening Mists (2019) is the pick of them.
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Drama 23 films The Garden of Evening Mists 2019 · as Nakamura Aritomo Movie Echo Score: 74 - Comedy 11 films Thermae Romae 2012 · as Lucius
- Thriller 7 films The Crimes That Bind 2018 · as Kyoichiro Kaga
- Mystery 7 films The Wings of the Kirin 2012 · as Kyoichirou Kaga
- Action 5 films Godzilla 2000 2000
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Adventure 3 films Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Yuria 2007 · as Kenshirô (voice) - Sci-Fi 2 films Thermae Romae II 2014 · as Lucius
- Fantasy 2 films A Ghost of a Chance 2011 · as Hayami
- Crime 2 films Trick: The Movie 2 2006 · as Jiro Ueda
The Best Hiroshi Abe Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Hiroshi Abe's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Hiroshi Abe Movies
The most recent films Hiroshi Abe is credited on, newest first — starting with SHOWTIME7 (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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SHOWTIME7 2025 · Orimoto Shinnosuke -
News Anchor 2025 · Soichi Shindo -
Vivant 2023 · Mamoru Nozaki -
Offbeat Cops 2022 · Tsukasa Naruse -
Tonbi 2022 · Yasuo Ichikawa -
Because We Forget Everything 2022 · M -
In the Wake 2021 · Seiichiro Tomashino -
HOKUSAI 2021 · Juzaburo Tsutaya - The Garden of Evening Mists 2019 · Nakamura Aritomo
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Legend of the Demon Cat 2019 · Drama -
Nomitori Samurai 2018 · Hironoshin Kobayashi -
Sakura Guardian in the North 2018 · Tokujiro Ezure
The Best Hiroshi Abe Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Hiroshi Abe films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Hiroshi Abe movie?
The Garden of Evening Mists (2019) is the best-rated Hiroshi Abe film, with a Movie Echo Score of 74, ahead of Legend of the Demon Cat (2019) (66). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
The Garden of Evening Mists: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Hiroshi Abe movie?
Thermae Romae (2012) made the most at the box office, with $74.3M worldwide, followed by A Ghost of a Chance (2011) with $54.1M. Together, Hiroshi Abe's films with box office figures have made $388M.
What is the best Hiroshi Abe drama movie?
The Garden of Evening Mists (2019) is the best-rated of Hiroshi Abe's drama films, with a score of 74. In other genres: Thermae Romae (comedy), The Crimes That Bind (thriller) and The Wings of the Kirin (mystery).
What is the newest Hiroshi Abe movie?
The newest film on Hiroshi Abe's filmography is SHOWTIME7 (2025), with Hiroshi Abe as Orimoto Shinnosuke.
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