The Best Ken'ichi Matsuyama Movies, Ranked
55 credits from 2004 to 2024, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Promare (2019) comes out on top with a score of 66. The biggest box office hit is Death Note: The Last Name (2006) with $47.9M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Ken'ichi Matsuyama Box Office Hits
Ken'ichi Matsuyama's films have made $461M worldwide in total. Death Note: The Last Name (2006) is the biggest hit at $47.9M, ahead of Gantz (2010) ($40.6M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Death Note: The Last Name 2006 · Thriller $47.9M - 2
Gantz 2010 · Horror $40.6M - 3
Yamato 2005 · War $39.3M - 4
Death Note: L Change the WorLd 2008 · Thriller $35.3M - 5
Nana 2005 · Drama $34.7M - 6
Gantz: Perfect Answer 2011 · Mystery $33.7M - 7
Death Note 2006 · Mystery $29.7M - 8
The Kiyosu Conference 2013 · Comedy $28.3M - 9
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler 2009 · Thriller $24.7M - 10
Detroit Metal City 2008 · Comedy $23.7M
The Best Ken'ichi Matsuyama Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Ken'ichi Matsuyama has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 18 films, and Nana (2005) is the pick of them.
- Drama 18 films Nana 2005 · as Shinichi Okazaki
- Comedy 9 films The Kiyosu Conference 2013 · as Hidemasa Hori
- Mystery 8 films Gantz: Perfect Answer 2011 · as Masaru Kato
- Horror 4 films Gantz 2010 · as Masaru Kato
- Thriller 3 films Death Note: The Last Name 2006 · as L
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Action 2 films Promare 2019 · as Galo Thymos Movie Echo Score: 66 - War 2 films Yamato 2005
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Music 1 film Prodigy 2007 · as Oto Kikuna
The Best Ken'ichi Matsuyama Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Ken'ichi Matsuyama's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Ken'ichi Matsuyama Movies
The most recent films Ken'ichi Matsuyama is credited on, newest first — starting with Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~ (2024). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~ 2024 · Jesus -
We’re Broke, My Lord! 2023 · Shinjiro Matsudaira -
Do Unto Others 2023 · Munenori Shiba -
Why Didn’t I Tell You a Million Times? 2023 · Uozumi Yuzuru -
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc 2022 · Drama -
Riverside Mukolitta 2021 · Takeshi Yamada -
Brave: Gunjyou Senki 2021 · Nobunaga Oda -
JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope 2021 · Kōichi Tokiwa -
Hotel Royal 2020 · Satoshi Miyagawa -
Mio’s Cookbook 2020 · Drama -
Saint Young Men 3 2020 · イエス -
From Miyamoto to You 2019 · Kazuo Jinbo
The Best Ken'ichi Matsuyama Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Ken'ichi Matsuyama films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Ken'ichi Matsuyama movie?
Promare (2019) is the best-rated Ken'ichi Matsuyama film, with a Movie Echo Score of 66. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Promare: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Ken'ichi Matsuyama movie?
Death Note: The Last Name (2006) made the most at the box office, with $47.9M worldwide, followed by Gantz (2010) with $40.6M. Together, Ken'ichi Matsuyama's films with box office figures have made $461M.
What is the best Ken'ichi Matsuyama drama movie?
Nana (2005) is the best-rated of Ken'ichi Matsuyama's drama films. In other genres: The Kiyosu Conference (comedy), Gantz: Perfect Answer (mystery) and Gantz (horror).
What is the newest Ken'ichi Matsuyama movie?
The newest film on Ken'ichi Matsuyama's filmography is Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~ (2024), with Ken'ichi Matsuyama as Jesus.
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