The Best Kei Tanaka Movies, Ranked
60 credits from 2004 to 2024, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The biggest box office hit is Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World (2004) with $74.8M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Kei Tanaka Box Office Hits
Kei Tanaka's films have made $309M worldwide in total. Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World (2004) is the biggest hit at $74.8M, ahead of Be with You (2004) ($46.6M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World 2004 · Drama $74.8M - 2
Be with You 2004 · Fantasy $46.6M - 3
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji 2005 · Crime $32.1M - 4
Ossan’s Love: Love or Dead 2019 · Comedy $23.4M - 5
Doctor X: The Movie Final 2024 · Comedy $18.4M - 6
Stolen Identity 2018 · Crime $16.8M - 7
Library Wars 2013 · Fantasy $16.8M - 8
Your Turn to Kill: The Movie 2021 · Mystery $16.5M - 9
And So the Baton Is Passed 2021 · Drama $14.4M - 10
Prophecy 2015 · Thriller $10.2M
The Best Kei Tanaka Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Kei Tanaka has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 29 films, and Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World (2004) is the pick of them.
- Drama 29 films Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World 2004 · as Yasura Tadashi
- Comedy 9 films Ossan’s Love: Love or Dead 2019 · as 春田 创一
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Romance 5 films Afro Tanaka 2012 · as Hajime Okamoto - Mystery 4 films Your Turn to Kill: The Movie 2021 · as Shota Tezuka
- Crime 4 films The Suspect: Muroi Shinji 2005 · as 黒木 孝夫
- Thriller 2 films Prophecy 2015 · as Kitamura
- Fantasy 2 films Be with You 2004 · as Mio's College Friend
The Best Kei Tanaka Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Kei Tanaka's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Kei Tanaka Movies
The most recent films Kei Tanaka is credited on, newest first — starting with The Hotel of my Dream (2024). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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The Hotel of my Dream 2024 · Endō Michio - Doctor X: The Movie Final 2024 · Comedy
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WHO’S GONE 2024 · Arakawa -
Stolen Identity: The Last Hacker 2024 · Makoto Tomita -
G-Men 2023 · Yagami Koichi -
Phases of the Moon 2022 · Ryunosuke Masaki -
Haw 2022 · Tamio Akanishi -
To Be Killed by a High School Girl 2022 · Haruto Higashiyama -
Is Love Sustainable? 2022 · Higashimura Seita - Your Turn to Kill: The Movie 2021 · Shota Tezuka
- And So the Baton Is Passed 2021 · Morimiya
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First Gentleman 2021 · Hiyori Soma
The Best Kei Tanaka Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Kei Tanaka films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the highest-grossing Kei Tanaka movie?
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World (2004) made the most at the box office, with $74.8M worldwide, followed by Be with You (2004) with $46.6M. Together, Kei Tanaka's films with box office figures have made $309M.
What is the best Kei Tanaka drama movie?
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World (2004) is the best-rated of Kei Tanaka's drama films. In other genres: Ossan’s Love: Love or Dead (comedy), Afro Tanaka (romance) and Your Turn to Kill: The Movie (mystery).
What is the newest Kei Tanaka movie?
The newest film on Kei Tanaka's filmography is The Hotel of my Dream (2024), with Kei Tanaka as Endō Michio.
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