The Best Kankuro Kudo Movies, Ranked
31 credits from 1994 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The biggest box office hit is Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose (2010) with $85.3M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Kankuro Kudo Box Office Hits
Kankuro Kudo's films have made $200M worldwide in total. Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose (2010) is the biggest hit at $85.3M, 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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Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose 2010 · Drama $85.3M - 2
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World 2004 · Drama $74.8M - 3
Brass Knuckle Boys 2009 · Music $9.79M - 4
Memories of Matsuko 2006 · Drama $9.62M - 5
A Heartful of Love 2005 · Romance $6.35M - 6
Mom, Is That You?! 2023 · Comedy $3.55M - 7
Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims 2005 · Comedy $3.23M - 8
Maruyama, the Middle Schooler 2013 · Family $2.38M - 9
The Sword of Alexander 2007 $1.72M - 10
Welcome to the Quiet Room 2007 · Comedy $1.45M
The Best Kankuro Kudo Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Kankuro Kudo has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 13 films, and Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose (2010) is the pick of them.
- Drama 13 films Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose 2010 · as Ikuo Kashiwada (credit only)
- Comedy 6 films Mom, Is That You?! 2023 · as Tomiyuki Kibe
- Music 2 films Brass Knuckle Boys 2009 · Director
- Romance 2 films A Heartful of Love 2005 · as Mitsuo Usui
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Action 2 films Tekkonkinkreet 2006 · as Sawada (voice) - Family 1 film Maruyama, the Middle Schooler 2013 · Director
The Best Kankuro Kudo Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Kankuro Kudo's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Kankuro Kudo Movies
The most recent films Kankuro Kudo is credited on, newest first — starting with The Brightest Sun (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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The Brightest Sun 2025 · Drama -
Seaside Serendipity 2025 · Goro - Mom, Is That You?! 2023 · Tomiyuki Kibe
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The Dry Spell 2023 · Fushimi -
A Town Without Seasons 2023 · Director -
Because We Forget Everything 2022 · Drama -
Ora, Ora Be Goin’ Alone 2020 · Loneliness 3 -
Dear Etranger 2017 · Sawada -
My Uncle 2016 · Sadao Haruyama -
Too Young To Die! 2016 · Director -
Gamera 2015 · Manafu's father -
Bakuman 2015 · Taro Kawaguchi
The Best Kankuro Kudo Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Kankuro Kudo films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the highest-grossing Kankuro Kudo movie?
Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose (2010) made the most at the box office, with $85.3M worldwide, followed by Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004) with $74.8M. Together, Kankuro Kudo's films with box office figures have made $200M.
What is the best Kankuro Kudo drama movie?
Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose (2010) is the best-rated of Kankuro Kudo's drama films. In other genres: Mom, Is That You?! (comedy), Brass Knuckle Boys (music) and A Heartful of Love (romance).
What is the newest Kankuro Kudo movie?
The newest film on Kankuro Kudo's filmography is The Brightest Sun (2025).
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