The Best Karina Movies, Ranked
27 credits from 1967 to 2024, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The biggest box office hit is Umizaru 3: The Last Message (2010) with $98.7M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Karina Box Office Hits
Karina's films have made $233M worldwide in total. Umizaru 3: The Last Message (2010) is the biggest hit at $98.7M, ahead of Limit of Love: Umizaru (2006) ($60.6M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Umizaru 3: The Last Message 2010 · Action $98.7M - 2
Limit of Love: Umizaru 2006 · Drama $60.6M - 3
Sky of Love 2007 · Romance $36.7M - 4
Tomorrow’s Joe 2011 · Drama $12.2M - 5
KochiKame - The Movie: Save the Kachidoki Bridge! 2011 · Comedy $9.58M - 6
Bunny Drop 2011 · Drama $6.63M - 7
Reincarnation 2005 · Mystery $4.66M $322K dom. - 8
Talk, Talk, Talk 2007 · Comedy $2.05M - 9
Heaven’s Bookstore 2004 · Romance $1.22M - 10
And so I’m at a Loss 2022 · Drama $383K
The Best Karina Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Karina has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 10 films, and Limit of Love: Umizaru (2006) is the pick of them.
- Drama 10 films Limit of Love: Umizaru 2006 · as Erika Matsubara
- Comedy 4 films KochiKame - The Movie: Save the Kachidoki Bridge! 2011 · as Catherine Reiko Akimoto
- Mystery 2 films Reincarnation 2005 · as Yayoi Kinoshita
- Action 2 films Umizaru 3: The Last Message 2010 · as Erika Matsubara
- Romance 2 films Sky of Love 2007 · as Minako
The Best Karina Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Karina's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Karina Movies
The most recent films Karina is credited on, newest first — starting with HELLO, RUDOLPH (2024). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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HELLO, RUDOLPH 2024 · New Santa -
Why Didn’t I Tell You a Million Times? 2023 · Rio Ozaki - And so I’m at a Loss 2022 · Drama
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Photograph of Memories 2021 · Drama -
Guilty Flag 2021 · Crime -
An Incurable Case of Love 2020 · Ryuko Tendo -
Summer Nude 2013 · Natsuki Chiyohara - Bunny Drop 2011 · Yukari Nitani
- KochiKame - The Movie: Save the Kachidoki Bridge! 2011 · Catherine Reiko Akimoto
- Tomorrow’s Joe 2011 · Yoko Shiraki
- Umizaru 3: The Last Message 2010 · Erika Matsubara
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Doraemon: The New Record of Nobita’s Spaceblazer 2009 · Morina (voice)
The Best Karina Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Karina films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the highest-grossing Karina movie?
Umizaru 3: The Last Message (2010) made the most at the box office, with $98.7M worldwide, followed by Limit of Love: Umizaru (2006) with $60.6M. Together, Karina's films with box office figures have made $233M.
What is the best Karina drama movie?
Limit of Love: Umizaru (2006) is the best-rated of Karina's drama films. In other genres: KochiKame - The Movie: Save the Kachidoki Bridge! (comedy), Reincarnation (mystery) and Umizaru 3: The Last Message (action).
What is the newest Karina movie?
The newest film on Karina's filmography is HELLO, RUDOLPH (2024), with Karina as New Santa.
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