The Best Kazuki Kitamura Movies, Ranked
85 credits from 1996 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Sham (2025) comes out on top with a score of 83. 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.
Top Rated Kazuki Kitamura Movies
The 7 highest-rated films Kazuki Kitamura is credited on. Sham (2025) leads with 83, followed by Blade of the Immortal (2017) at 80. 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 83 Sham 2025 · Thriller -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 80 Blade of the Immortal 2017 · Action -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 80 Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning 2021 · Romance -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Hell Dogs 2022 · Mystery -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 The Battle: Roar to Victory 2019 · Action -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 Rurouni Kenshin: The Final 2021 · Action -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 68 Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead 2023 · Action
Biggest Kazuki Kitamura Box Office Hits
Kazuki Kitamura's films have made $559M worldwide in total. Thermae Romae (2012) is the biggest hit at $74.3M, ahead of Suspect X (2008) ($54.8M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Thermae Romae 2012 · Comedy $74.3M - 2
Suspect X 2008 · Drama $54.8M - 3
Space Battleship Yamato 2010 · Adventure $49.8M - 4
Thermae Romae II 2014 · Sci-Fi $42.5M - 5
Kaibutsu-kun: The Movie 2011 · Comedy $39.8M - 6
The Confidence Man JP: Fortune 2019 · Mystery $36.1M - 7 The Battle: Roar to Victory 2019 · Action $34.1M
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Midsummer’s Equation 2013 · Drama $32.5M - 9
The 8-Year Engagement 2017 · Romance $24.4M - 10
Silent Parade 2022 · Crime $21.7M
The Best Kazuki Kitamura Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Kazuki Kitamura has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 24 films, and Suspect X (2008) is the pick of them.
- Drama 24 films Suspect X 2008 · as Shumpei Kusanagi
- Crime 14 films Silent Parade 2022 · as Shumpei Kusanagi
- Comedy 11 films Thermae Romae 2012 · as Ceionius
- Action 9 films Blade of the Immortal 2017 · as Sabato Kuroi Movie Echo Score: 80
- Mystery 7 films Hell Dogs 2022 · as Tsutomu Toki Movie Echo Score: 75
- Sci-Fi 4 films Thermae Romae II 2014 · as Keioniusu
- Romance 3 films Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning 2021 · as Tatsumi Movie Echo Score: 80
- Thriller 2 films Sham 2025 Movie Echo Score: 83
- Adventure 1 film Space Battleship Yamato 2010
The Best Kazuki Kitamura Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Kazuki Kitamura's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Kazuki Kitamura Movies
The most recent films Kazuki Kitamura is credited on, newest first — starting with Samurai Fury (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Samurai Fury 2025 · Yoshiomi Nawa - Sham 2025 · Thriller
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Grande Maison Tokyo Special 2024 · Akashi Sosuke -
Migawari Mission 2024 · Tokugawa Tsunayoshi -
Tokyo Swindlers 2024 · 竹下 -
Let’s Go Karaoke! 2023 · Matsuribayashi-gumi Head -
Gold Boy 2023 · Crime - Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead 2023 · Gonzô Kosugi
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From the End of the World 2023 · Sci-Fi -
Wave, Listen to Me! 2023 · Kanetsugu Mato -
Galileo: Forbidden Sorcery 2022 · Shumpei Kusanagi - Hell Dogs 2022 · Tsutomu Toki
The Best Kazuki Kitamura Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Kazuki Kitamura films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Kazuki Kitamura movie?
Sham (2025) is the best-rated Kazuki Kitamura film, with a Movie Echo Score of 83, ahead of Blade of the Immortal (2017) (80) and Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021) (80). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Sham: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Kazuki Kitamura movie?
Thermae Romae (2012) made the most at the box office, with $74.3M worldwide, followed by Suspect X (2008) with $54.8M. Together, Kazuki Kitamura's films with box office figures have made $559M.
What is the best Kazuki Kitamura drama movie?
Suspect X (2008) is the best-rated of Kazuki Kitamura's drama films. In other genres: Silent Parade (crime), Thermae Romae (comedy) and Blade of the Immortal (action).
What is the newest Kazuki Kitamura movie?
The newest film on Kazuki Kitamura's filmography is Samurai Fury (2025), with Kazuki Kitamura as Yoshiomi Nawa.
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