The Best Kazuhiro Yamaji Movies, Ranked
44 credits from 1982 to 2026, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night (2021) comes out on top with a score of 85. The biggest box office hit is Bayside Shakedown the Final: The New Hope (2012) with $72.9M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Kazuhiro Yamaji Movies
The 7 highest-rated films Kazuhiro Yamaji is credited on. Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night (2021) leads with 85, followed by Spy x Family Code: White (2024) at 71. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 85 Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night 2021 · Animation -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 71 Spy x Family Code: White 2024 · Animation -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 Genocidal Organ 2017 · Sci-Fi -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 68 Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League 2025 · Animation -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 68 Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle 2018 · Sci-Fi -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 59 Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters 2017 · Action -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 58 Scarlet 2026 · Animation
Biggest Kazuhiro Yamaji Box Office Hits
Kazuhiro Yamaji's films have made $179M worldwide in total. Bayside Shakedown the Final: The New Hope (2012) is the biggest hit at $72.9M, ahead of Spy x Family Code: White (2024) ($59.7M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Bayside Shakedown the Final: The New Hope 2012 · Crime $72.9M - 2 Spy x Family Code: White 2024 · Animation $59.7M $8.11M dom.
- 3 Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night 2021 · Animation $14M $1.05M dom.
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The Emperor in August 2015 · War $10M - 5
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai 2021 · Action $9.48M - 6 Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters 2017 · Action $3.29M
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The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe 2023 · Horror $2.59M - 8
Sand Land 2023 · Fantasy $2.33M - 9 Scarlet 2026 · Animation $2.26M $629K dom.
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Psycho-Pass: Providence 2023 · Crime $641K $310K dom.
The Best Kazuhiro Yamaji Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Kazuhiro Yamaji has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Animation leads with 11 films, and Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night (2021) is the pick of them.
- Animation 11 films Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night 2021 · as Shouzou Yuuki (voice) Movie Echo Score: 85
- Action 6 films Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters 2017 · as Endurph (voice) Movie Echo Score: 59
- Crime 4 films Bayside Shakedown the Final: The New Hope 2012 · as Toru Fukuda
- Sci-Fi 4 films Genocidal Organ 2017 Movie Echo Score: 70
- Horror 2 films The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe 2023 · as Katsunori Ryuga (voice)
- War 2 films The Emperor in August 2015 · as Tōji Yasui
- Fantasy 1 film Sand Land 2023 · as Rao (voice)
The Best Kazuhiro Yamaji Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Kazuhiro Yamaji's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Kazuhiro Yamaji Movies
The most recent films Kazuhiro Yamaji is credited on, newest first — starting with Scarlet (2026). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Scarlet 2026 · Polonius
- Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League 2025 · Ra's Al Ghul
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Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger vs. Kyoryuger 2024 · Goma Rosalia (voice) - Spy x Family Code: White 2024 · Henry Henderson
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Magic Candies 2024 · Gusuri (voice) -
SAND LAND: THE SERIES 2024 · Rao (voice) - The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe 2023 · Katsunori Ryuga (voice)
- Sand Land 2023 · Rao (voice)
- Psycho-Pass: Providence 2023 · Jouji Saiga (voice)
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Make My Day 2023 · Walter (voice) -
Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger 2023 · Goma Rosalia (Voice) -
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Intrigue 1 2022 · Willibald Joachim von Merkatz
The Best Kazuhiro Yamaji Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Kazuhiro Yamaji films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Kazuhiro Yamaji movie?
Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night (2021) is the best-rated Kazuhiro Yamaji film, with a Movie Echo Score of 85, ahead of Spy x Family Code: White (2024) (71) and Genocidal Organ (2017) (70). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Kazuhiro Yamaji movie?
Bayside Shakedown the Final: The New Hope (2012) made the most at the box office, with $72.9M worldwide, followed by Spy x Family Code: White (2024) with $59.7M. Together, Kazuhiro Yamaji's films with box office figures have made $179M.
What is the best Kazuhiro Yamaji animation movie?
Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night (2021) is the best-rated of Kazuhiro Yamaji's animation films, with a score of 85. In other genres: Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (action), Bayside Shakedown the Final: The New Hope (crime) and Genocidal Organ (sci-fi).
What is the newest Kazuhiro Yamaji movie?
The newest film on Kazuhiro Yamaji's filmography is Scarlet (2026), with Kazuhiro Yamaji as Polonius.
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