The Best Kyûsaku Shimada Movies, Ranked
75 credits from 1988 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Kokuho (2025) comes out on top with a score of 78. The biggest box office hit is Kokuho (2025) with $135M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Kyûsaku Shimada Box Office Hits
Kyûsaku Shimada's films have made $357M worldwide in total. Kokuho (2025) is the biggest hit at $135M, ahead of Shin Godzilla (2016) ($82.1M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Kokuho 2025 · Drama $135M $1.12M dom. - 2
Shin Godzilla 2016 · Action $82.1M $5.96M dom. - 3
Shin Ultraman 2023 · Action $32.1M $601K dom. - 4
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces 2008 · Adventure $21.4M - 5
Abacus and Sword 2010 · Drama $16.6M - 6
Half a Confession 2004 · Mystery $14.6M - 7
Cape Nostalgia 2014 · Drama $10.3M - 8
Memories of Matsuko 2006 · Drama $9.62M - 9
Dragon Head 2003 · Thriller $8.63M - 10
69 2004 · Drama $4.55M
The Best Kyûsaku Shimada Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Kyûsaku Shimada has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 25 films, and Kokuho (2025) is the pick of them.
- Drama 25 films Kokuho 2025 · as Umeki Movie Echo Score: 78
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Comedy 15 films Not Quite Dead Yet 2020 · as Tanabe - Thriller 6 films Dragon Head 2003 · as Minila
- Action 5 films Shin Ultraman 2023 · as Taishi Okuma Movie Echo Score: 72
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Sci-Fi 4 films Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle 2003 · as Inugai -
Romance 3 films Naoko 2008 - Mystery 3 films Half a Confession 2004
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Crime 2 films The Promised Land 2019 - Adventure 1 film K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces 2008 · as Designer
The Best Kyûsaku Shimada Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Kyûsaku Shimada's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Kyûsaku Shimada Movies
The most recent films Kyûsaku Shimada is credited on, newest first — starting with Kokuho (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Kokuho 2025 · Umeki
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Neighbor X 2023 · Drama - Shin Ultraman 2023 · Taishi Okuma
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Tonbi 2022 · Publishing Company Security Guard -
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? 2022 · Wataru Nakagaichi -
Pure Japanese 2022 · Drama -
First Gentleman 2021 · Romance -
A Madder Red 2021 · Narihara -
The Blue Danube 2021 · Drama -
All the Things We Never Said 2020 · Juro Yamada - Not Quite Dead Yet 2020 · Tanabe
- The Promised Land 2019 · Crime
The Best Kyûsaku Shimada Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Kyûsaku Shimada films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Kyûsaku Shimada movie?
Kokuho (2025) is the best-rated Kyûsaku Shimada film, with a Movie Echo Score of 78, ahead of Shin Ultraman (2023) (72). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Kokuho: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Kyûsaku Shimada movie?
Kokuho (2025) made the most at the box office, with $135M worldwide, followed by Shin Godzilla (2016) with $82.1M. Together, Kyûsaku Shimada's films with box office figures have made $357M.
What is the best Kyûsaku Shimada drama movie?
Kokuho (2025) is the best-rated of Kyûsaku Shimada's drama films, with a score of 78. In other genres: Not Quite Dead Yet (comedy), Dragon Head (thriller) and Shin Ultraman (action).
What is the newest Kyûsaku Shimada movie?
The newest film on Kyûsaku Shimada's filmography is Kokuho (2025), with Kyûsaku Shimada as Umeki.
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