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The Best Issey Takahashi Movies, Ranked

39 credits from 1991 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021) comes out on top with a score of 80. The biggest box office hit is Shin Godzilla (2016) with $82.1M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.

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Worldwide gross

Biggest Issey Takahashi Box Office Hits

Issey Takahashi's films have made $253M worldwide in total. Shin Godzilla (2016) is the biggest hit at $82.1M, ahead of Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004) ($74.8M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.

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  1. 1 Shin Godzilla (2016) movie poster Shin Godzilla 2016 · Action $82.1M $5.96M dom.
  2. 2 Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004) movie poster Crying Out Love in the Center of the World 2004 · Drama $74.8M
  3. 3 Detroit Metal City (2008) movie poster Detroit Metal City 2008 · Comedy $23.7M
  4. 4 Swing Girls (2004) movie poster Swing Girls 2004 · Comedy $19.4M
  5. 5 Recall (2018) movie poster Recall 2018 · Drama $15.1M
  6. 6 Half a Confession (2004) movie poster Half a Confession 2004 · Mystery $14.6M
  7. 7 Rohan at the Louvre (2023) movie poster Rohan at the Louvre 2023 · Action $6.29M
  8. 8 Samurai Shifters (2019) movie poster Samurai Shifters 2019 · History $6.25M
  9. 9 The Lies She Loved (2018) movie poster The Lies She Loved 2018 · Drama $5.66M
  10. 10 Wife of a Spy (2020) movie poster Wife of a Spy 2020 · Drama $2.29M $69.5K dom.
One pick per genre

The Best Issey Takahashi Movie in Every Genre

The best-rated film in each genre Issey Takahashi has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 20 films, and Wife of a Spy (2020) is the pick of them.

One pick per decade

The Best Issey Takahashi Movie of Each Decade

One pick per decade of Issey Takahashi's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.

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The Latest Issey Takahashi Movies

The most recent films Issey Takahashi is credited on, newest first — starting with Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.

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FAQ

The Best Issey Takahashi Movies: Questions & Answers

The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Issey Takahashi films, answered from the rankings on this page.

What is the best Issey Takahashi movie?

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021) is the best-rated Issey Takahashi film, with a Movie Echo Score of 80, ahead of Wife of a Spy (2020) (75). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning: cast, ratings & box office

What is the highest-grossing Issey Takahashi movie?

Shin Godzilla (2016) made the most at the box office, with $82.1M worldwide, followed by Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004) with $74.8M. Together, Issey Takahashi's films with box office figures have made $253M.

What is the best Issey Takahashi drama movie?

Wife of a Spy (2020) is the best-rated of Issey Takahashi's drama films, with a score of 75. In other genres: Detroit Metal City (comedy), Shin Godzilla (action) and Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (romance).

What is the newest Issey Takahashi movie?

The newest film on Issey Takahashi's filmography is Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional (2025), with Issey Takahashi as Rohan Kishibe.

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