The Best Masahiro Motoki Movies, Ranked
24 credits from 1982 to 2026, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Touch (2024) comes out on top with a score of 80. The biggest box office hit is Departures (2009) with $74.2M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Masahiro Motoki Box Office Hits
Masahiro Motoki's films have made $110M worldwide in total. Departures (2009) is the biggest hit at $74.2M, ahead of The Emperor in August (2015) ($10M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Departures 2009 · Drama $74.2M $1.5M dom. - 2
The Emperor in August 2015 · War $10M - 3
The Big Bee 2015 · Thriller $8.44M - 4
The Samurai and the Prisoner 2026 · Drama $7.12M $822K dom. - 5
Spy Sorge 2003 · Drama $5.47M - 6
Touch 2024 · Drama $3.75M $1.17M dom. - 7
The Longest Night in Shanghai 2007 · Romance $927K - 8
Tekkonkinkreet 2006 · Action $42.8K $6K dom. - 9
The Long Excuse 2016 · Drama $26.9K
The Best Masahiro Motoki Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Masahiro Motoki has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 14 films, and Touch (2024) is the pick of them.
The Best Masahiro Motoki Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Masahiro Motoki's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Masahiro Motoki Movies
The most recent films Masahiro Motoki is credited on, newest first — starting with The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- The Samurai and the Prisoner 2026 · Murashige Araki
- Touch 2024 · Takahashi-san
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The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) 2021 · NPC -
Giri/Haji 2019 · Fukuhara - The Long Excuse 2016 · Sachio Kinugasa
- The Big Bee 2015 · Mishima
- The Emperor in August 2015 · Emperor Showa
- Departures 2009 · Drama
- The Longest Night in Shanghai 2007 · Naoki Mizushima
- Tekkonkinkreet 2006 · Snake (voice)
- Spy Sorge 2003 · Hidemi Ozaki
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The Bird People in China 1998 · Wada
The Best Masahiro Motoki Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Masahiro Motoki films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Masahiro Motoki movie?
Touch (2024) is the best-rated Masahiro Motoki film, with a Movie Echo Score of 80. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Touch: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Masahiro Motoki movie?
Departures (2009) made the most at the box office, with $74.2M worldwide, followed by The Emperor in August (2015) with $10M. Together, Masahiro Motoki's films with box office figures have made $110M.
Which Masahiro Motoki movie won the most awards?
Departures (2009) is the most decorated Masahiro Motoki film, with 1 win from 1 nomination across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Masahiro Motoki drama movie?
Touch (2024) is the best-rated of Masahiro Motoki's drama films, with a score of 80. In other genres: The Big Bee (thriller), The Emperor in August (war) and The Longest Night in Shanghai (romance).
What is the newest Masahiro Motoki movie?
The newest film on Masahiro Motoki's filmography is The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026), with Masahiro Motoki as Murashige Araki.
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