The Best Masanobu Takashima Movies, Ranked
19 credits from 1989 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Howling Village (2019) comes out on top with a score of 56. The biggest box office hit is Death Note: L Change the WorLd (2008) with $35.3M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Masanobu Takashima Box Office Hits
Masanobu Takashima's films have made $182M worldwide in total. Death Note: L Change the WorLd (2008) is the biggest hit at $35.3M, ahead of A Strange House (2024) ($31M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Death Note: L Change the WorLd 2008 · Thriller $35.3M - 2
A Strange House 2024 · Thriller $31M - 3
A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies 2007 · Family $30.2M - 4
Assassination Classroom 2015 · Action $25M - 5
Howling Village 2019 · Horror $13.4M - 6
Laplace’s Witch 2018 · Crime $11M - 7
Godzilla: Final Wars 2004 · Sci-Fi $9.17M - 8
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge 2009 · Mystery $8.62M - 9
Infection 2004 · Drama $7M - 10
April Fools 2015 · Comedy $6.65M
The Best Masanobu Takashima Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Masanobu Takashima has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Action leads with 4 films, and Demon City (2025) is the pick of them.
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Action 4 films Demon City 2025 · as Kôtarô Shinozuka Movie Echo Score: 46 - Thriller 3 films Death Note: L Change the WorLd 2008 · as Daisuke Matoba
- Drama 2 films Infection 2004 · as Dr. Uozumi
- Mystery 2 films The Triumphant Return of General Rouge 2009 · as Toshihiro Numata
- Comedy 2 films April Fools 2015 · as Detective
- Sci-Fi 2 films Godzilla: Final Wars 2004 · as Major Kita
- Horror 1 film Howling Village 2019 · as Akira Morita Movie Echo Score: 56
- Crime 1 film Laplace’s Witch 2018 · as Toru Takeo
- Family 1 film A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies 2007
The Best Masanobu Takashima Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Masanobu Takashima's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Masanobu Takashima Movies
The most recent films Masanobu Takashima is credited on, newest first — starting with Demon City (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Demon City 2025 · Kôtarô Shinozuka
- A Strange House 2024 · Morigaki Kiyotsugu
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We Couldn't Become Adults 2021 · Takayuki Onda -
Howling Village 2021 · Akira Morita -
Masked Ward 2020 · Hospital Director Tadokoro - Howling Village 2019 · Akira Morita
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Hibiki 2018 · Mitsuharu Yanamoto - Laplace’s Witch 2018 · Toru Takeo
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My High School Business 2017 · Keisuke Kagaya - April Fools 2015 · Detective
- Assassination Classroom 2015 · Akira Takaoka
- The Triumphant Return of General Rouge 2009 · Toshihiro Numata
The Best Masanobu Takashima Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Masanobu Takashima films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Masanobu Takashima movie?
Howling Village (2019) is the best-rated Masanobu Takashima film, with a Movie Echo Score of 56, ahead of Demon City (2025) (46). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Howling Village: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Masanobu Takashima movie?
Death Note: L Change the WorLd (2008) made the most at the box office, with $35.3M worldwide, followed by A Strange House (2024) with $31M. Together, Masanobu Takashima's films with box office figures have made $182M.
What is the best Masanobu Takashima action movie?
Demon City (2025) is the best-rated of Masanobu Takashima's action films, with a score of 46. In other genres: Death Note: L Change the WorLd (thriller), Infection (drama) and The Triumphant Return of General Rouge (mystery).
What is the newest Masanobu Takashima movie?
The newest film on Masanobu Takashima's filmography is Demon City (2025), with Masanobu Takashima as Kôtarô Shinozuka.
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