The Best Mao Inoue Movies, Ranked
21 credits from 2005 to 2024, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The biggest box office hit is I Give My First Love to You (2009) with $24.1M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Mao Inoue Box Office Hits
Mao Inoue's films have made $113M worldwide in total. I Give My First Love to You (2009) is the biggest hit at $24.1M, ahead of Kitaro (2007) ($18.9M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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I Give My First Love to You 2009 · Drama $24.1M - 2
Kitaro 2007 · Fantasy $18.9M - 3
Oba: The Last Samurai 2011 · War $17.7M - 4
Rudolf the Black Cat 2016 · Animation $13.8M - 5
The Snow White Murder Case 2014 · Drama $8.72M - 6
Check It Out, Yo! 2006 · Drama $8.7M - 7
My Darling Is a Foreigner 2010 · Comedy $7.02M - 8
Kaidan 2007 · Drama $3.65M - 9
Kaidan 2007 · Drama $3.65M - 10
Tug of War! 2012 · Comedy $3.03M
The Best Mao Inoue Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Mao Inoue has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 11 films, and I Give My First Love to You (2009) is the pick of them.
The Latest Mao Inoue Movies
The most recent films Mao Inoue is credited on, newest first — starting with Sunset Sunrise (2024). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Sunset Sunrise 2024 · Sekino Momoka -
Why Didn’t I Tell You a Million Times? 2023 · Soma Yui -
Angry Rice Wives 2021 · Ito Matsuura -
I Never Shot Anyone 2020 · Utama Fukuhara -
Talking the Pictures 2019 · Kotoe Tachibana -
When a Tree Falls 2018 · Mitsue Kayama -
Yakiniku Dragon 2018 · Yi Hwa (Rika) - Rudolf the Black Cat 2016 · Rudolf (Voice)
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Go! Anpanman: Apple Boy and Everyone’s Hope 2014 · Ringo Bouya - The Snow White Murder Case 2014 · Miki Shirono
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The Apology King 2013 · Noriko Kuramochi - Tug of War! 2012 · Chiaki Nishikawa
The Best Mao Inoue Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Mao Inoue films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the highest-grossing Mao Inoue movie?
I Give My First Love to You (2009) made the most at the box office, with $24.1M worldwide, followed by Kitaro (2007) with $18.9M. Together, Mao Inoue's films with box office figures have made $113M.
What is the best Mao Inoue drama movie?
I Give My First Love to You (2009) is the best-rated of Mao Inoue's drama films. In other genres: My Darling Is a Foreigner (comedy), Rudolf the Black Cat (animation) and Oba: The Last Samurai (war).
What is the newest Mao Inoue movie?
The newest film on Mao Inoue's filmography is Sunset Sunrise (2024), with Mao Inoue as Sekino Momoka.
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