The Best Yuko Nakamura Movies, Ranked
30 credits from 1999 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Small, Slow But Steady (2022) comes out on top with a score of 86. The biggest box office hit is The Samurai I Loved (2005) with $9.91M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Yuko Nakamura Box Office Hits
Yuko Nakamura's films have made $26.8M worldwide in total. The Samurai I Loved (2005) is the biggest hit at $9.91M, ahead of 5 Centimeters per Second (2007) ($7.23M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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The Samurai I Loved 2005 · Drama $9.91M - 2
5 Centimeters per Second 2007 · Romance $7.23M - 3
Ace Attorney 2012 · Drama $6.15M - 4
Welcome to the Quiet Room 2007 · Comedy $1.45M - 5
Tada’s Do-It-All House 2011 · Drama $1.19M - 6
Moonlit Winter 2019 · Drama $777K - 7
Small, Slow But Steady 2022 · Drama $78.9K - 8
Worlds Apart 2024 · Drama $28.3K - 9
Awakening 2007 · Drama $11.1K - 10
The Box Man 2025 · Drama $695
The Best Yuko Nakamura Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Yuko Nakamura has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 17 films, and Small, Slow But Steady (2022) is the pick of them.
The Best Yuko Nakamura Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Yuko Nakamura's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Yuko Nakamura Movies
The most recent films Yuko Nakamura is credited on, newest first — starting with The Box Man (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- The Box Man 2025 · Detective
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Slow Train 2025 · Enami - Worlds Apart 2024 · Minori Kōdai
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Egoist 2024 · Saitô Shizuko -
The Box Man 2024 · Detective -
Following the Sound 2023 · Yukiko - Small, Slow But Steady 2022 · Doctor
- Moonlit Winter 2019 · Jun
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Until I Meet September’s Love 2019 · Sobue -
Giri/Haji 2019 · Rei Mori -
LOUDER! Can’t Hear What You’re Singin’, Wimp! 2018 · Kinomoto -
Good Stripes 2015
The Best Yuko Nakamura Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Yuko Nakamura films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Yuko Nakamura movie?
Small, Slow But Steady (2022) is the best-rated Yuko Nakamura film, with a Movie Echo Score of 86, ahead of Egoist (2024) (76). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Small, Slow But Steady: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Yuko Nakamura movie?
The Samurai I Loved (2005) made the most at the box office, with $9.91M worldwide, followed by 5 Centimeters per Second (2007) with $7.23M. Together, Yuko Nakamura's films with box office figures have made $26.8M.
What is the best Yuko Nakamura drama movie?
Small, Slow But Steady (2022) is the best-rated of Yuko Nakamura's drama films, with a score of 86. In other genres: Welcome to the Quiet Room (comedy) and 5 Centimeters per Second (romance).
What is the newest Yuko Nakamura movie?
The newest film on Yuko Nakamura's filmography is The Box Man (2025), with Yuko Nakamura as Detective.
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