The Best Yo Oizumi Movies, Ranked
43 credits from 2002 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Fullmetal Alchemist (2017) comes out on top with a score of 48. The biggest box office hit is The Cat Returns (2002) with $54.7M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Yo Oizumi Box Office Hits
Yo Oizumi's films have made $260M worldwide in total. The Cat Returns (2002) is the biggest hit at $54.7M, ahead of The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms (2020) ($36.7M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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The Cat Returns 2002 · Adventure $54.7M $564K dom. - 2
The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms 2020 · Comedy $36.7M - 3
The Kiyosu Conference 2013 · Comedy $28.3M - 4
Kitaro 2007 · Fantasy $18.9M - 5
I Am a Hero 2015 · Horror $13.6M - 6
Brave Story 2006 · Animation $11.4M - 7
A Bolt from the Blue 2014 · Comedy $10.6M - 8
Drucker in the Dug-Out 2011 · Comedy $10.6M - 9
A Banana? At This Time of Night? 2018 · Comedy $8.65M - 10
Dear Family 2024 · Family $8.53M
The Best Yo Oizumi Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Yo Oizumi has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 16 films, and Phases of the Moon (2022) is the pick of them.
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Drama 16 films Phases of the Moon 2022 · as Kei Osanai - Comedy 9 films The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms 2020 · as Liu Bei
- Animation 5 films Brave Story 2006 · as Ki-Kima (voice)
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Action 3 films Samurai Fury 2025 - Family 2 films Dear Family 2024
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Fantasy 2 films Fullmetal Alchemist 2017 · as Shou Tucker Movie Echo Score: 48 -
Thriller 1 film The Last Shot in the Bar 2017 · as Private Detective - Horror 1 film I Am a Hero 2015 · as Hideo Suzuki
- Adventure 1 film The Cat Returns 2002 · as Japanese Teacher (voice)
The Best Yo Oizumi Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Yo Oizumi's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Yo Oizumi Movies
The most recent films Yo Oizumi is credited on, newest first — starting with Samurai Fury (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Samurai Fury 2025 · Action
- Dear Family 2024 · Family
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Case Closed: The Million-Dollar Pentagram 2024 · Yoshihisa Kawazoe (voice) -
Mom, Is That You?! 2023 · Kanzaki Akio -
Last Man: The Blind Profiler 2023 · Shintaro Godou - Phases of the Moon 2022 · Kei Osanai
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Asakusa Kid 2021 · Fukami Senzaburo -
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction 2021 · Teruya Hayami - The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms 2020 · Liu Bei
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Food Luck! 2020 · Minoru Ozaki -
Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with a Lie 2019 · Comedy -
Restaurant from the Sky 2019 · Wataru
The Best Yo Oizumi Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Yo Oizumi films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Yo Oizumi movie?
Fullmetal Alchemist (2017) is the best-rated Yo Oizumi film, with a Movie Echo Score of 48. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Fullmetal Alchemist: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Yo Oizumi movie?
The Cat Returns (2002) made the most at the box office, with $54.7M worldwide, followed by The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms (2020) with $36.7M. Together, Yo Oizumi's films with box office figures have made $260M.
What is the best Yo Oizumi drama movie?
Phases of the Moon (2022) is the best-rated of Yo Oizumi's drama films. In other genres: The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms (comedy), Brave Story (animation) and Samurai Fury (action).
What is the newest Yo Oizumi movie?
The newest film on Yo Oizumi's filmography is Samurai Fury (2025).
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