The Best Takashi Nishina Movies, Ranked
34 credits from 1999 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Samurai Marathon (2019) comes out on top with a score of 82. The biggest box office hit is Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) with $18.6M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Takashi Nishina Box Office Hits
Takashi Nishina's films have made $63.3M worldwide in total. Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) is the biggest hit at $18.6M, ahead of Shield of Straw (2013) ($17.9M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack 2001 · Adventure $18.6M - 2
Shield of Straw 2013 · Crime $17.9M - 3
Outrage Coda 2017 · Action $12M - 4
Kubi 2023 · Action $6.13M - 5
Blood and Bones 2004 · Drama $4.65M - 6
Bad Lands 2023 · Crime $1.76M - 7
Takeshis’ 2005 · Fantasy $1.27M - 8
Waruboro 2007 · Comedy $570K - 9
Glory to the Filmmaker! 2007 · Comedy $411K - 10
Ring 2 1999 · Mystery $65.6K
The Best Takashi Nishina Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Takashi Nishina has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 8 films, and Samurai Marathon (2019) is the pick of them.
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Drama 8 films Samurai Marathon 2019 · as bandit Movie Echo Score: 82 - Action 7 films Outrage Coda 2017
- Comedy 5 films Waruboro 2007
- Crime 3 films Shield of Straw 2013
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Adventure 2 films Broken Rage 2025 · as Coffee shop manager Movie Echo Score: 80 - Fantasy 1 film Takeshis’ 2005
- Mystery 1 film Ring 2 1999 · as Joshu
The Best Takashi Nishina Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Takashi Nishina's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Takashi Nishina Movies
The most recent films Takashi Nishina is credited on, newest first — starting with Broken Rage (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Broken Rage 2025 · Coffee shop manager
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Motion Picture: Choke 2023 · Thriller - Bad Lands 2023 · Tsuji
- Kubi 2023 · Koroku Hachisuka
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Baby Assassins 2022 · Action -
Hydra 2019 · Masa Sugimoto - Samurai Marathon 2019 · bandit
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Brutal 2017 · Ryuhei - Outrage Coda 2017 · Action
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Noise 2017 · Drama -
Meatball Machine Kodoku 2017 · Man (Paris Couple) -
Detective Yugami 2017 · Ageo Tataki
The Best Takashi Nishina Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Takashi Nishina films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Takashi Nishina movie?
Samurai Marathon (2019) is the best-rated Takashi Nishina film, with a Movie Echo Score of 82, ahead of Broken Rage (2025) (80). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Samurai Marathon: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Takashi Nishina movie?
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) made the most at the box office, with $18.6M worldwide, followed by Shield of Straw (2013) with $17.9M. Together, Takashi Nishina's films with box office figures have made $63.3M.
What is the best Takashi Nishina drama movie?
Samurai Marathon (2019) is the best-rated of Takashi Nishina's drama films, with a score of 82. In other genres: Outrage Coda (action), Waruboro (comedy) and Shield of Straw (crime).
What is the newest Takashi Nishina movie?
The newest film on Takashi Nishina's filmography is Broken Rage (2025), with Takashi Nishina as Coffee shop manager.
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