Movies: Best "tokusatsu" Movies

Tokusatsu (特撮（とくさつ）, lit. 'special photography') is a Japanese term for live-action films or television programs that make heavy use of practical special effects. Credited to special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya, tokusatsu mainly refers to science fiction, war, fantasy, or horror media featuring such technology but is also occasionally dubbed a genre itself. Its contemporary use originated in the Japanese mass media around 1958 to explain special effects in an easy-to-understand manner and was popularized during the "first monster boom" (1966-1968). Prior to the monster boom, it was known in Japan as Tokushu gijutsu (特殊技術, lit. 'special technology') or shortened Tokugi (特技, lit. 'special skill'). Renowned subgenres of tokusatsu include kaiju such as the Godzilla and Gamera series; superhero such as the Kamen Rider and Metal Hero series; and mecha like Giant Robo and Super Robot Red Baron. Some tokusatsu television programs combine several of these subgenres, for example, the Ultraman and Super Sentai series. Tokusatsu is one of the most popular forms of Japanese entertainment, but only a small proportion of tokusatsu films and television programs are widely known outside of Japan. Nevertheless, certain properties have attained popularity ou... ()

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Shin Kamen Rider(2023)

| 2h 1min | Action, Drama, Science Fiction

3.5/5 (with 109 votes)

A man forced to bear power and stripped of humanity. A woman skeptical of happiness. Takeshi Hongo, an Augmentation made by SHOCKER, and Ruriko Midorikawa, a rebel of the organization, escape while fighting off assassins. What’s justice? What’s evil? Will this violence end? Despite his power, Hongo tries to remain human. Along with freedom, Ruriko has regained a heart. What paths will they choose?

Directed by Hideaki Anno - With Sosuke Ikematsu, Minami Hamabe

The Mighty Peking Man(1977)

PG-13

| 1h 30min | Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror

2.7/5 (with 25 votes)

Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the Himalayas reaches fortune hunters in Hong Kong. They travel to India to capture it, but wild animals and quicksand dissuade all but Johnny, an adventurer with a broken heart. He finds the monster and discovers it's been raising a scantily-clad woman, Samantha, since she survived a plane crash years before that killed her parents. In the idyllic jungle, Johnny and Samantha fall in love. Then Johnny asks her to convince "Utam" to go to Hong Kong. Lu Tien, an unscrupulous promoter, takes over: Utam is in chains for freak show exhibitions. When Lu Tien assaults Samantha, Utam's protective instincts take over: havoc in Hong Kong.

Directed by Ho Meng Hua - With Danny Lee, Evelyne Kraft, Ku Feng

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Rodan(1956)

| 1h 12min | Horror, Science Fiction

3.3/5 (with 64 votes)

Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.

Directed by Ishirō Honda - With Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Haruo Nakajima, Akihiko Hirata, Yoshifumi Tajima

Zebraman(2004)

1h 55min | Comedy, Action

3.2/5 (with 33 votes)

Being a failure as a teacher and a familyman, Shinichi tries to escape everyday live by dressing up as "Zebraman", the superhero. Although the TV series whas canceled after only 6 episodes, this cannot stop him from acting out his escape fantasy in a self made zebra-suit. He get's more then he could ever wish for, when his black-and-white dressed alter-ego seems to be the only thing to stand between absolute (green) evil and a happy ending.

Directed by Takashi Miike - With Shō Aikawa, Akira Emoto, Makiko Watanabe, Yui Ichikawa, Kyōka Suzuki, Atsurō Watabe, ...

Gamera: Super Monster(1980)

1h 32min | Science Fiction, Kids & Family

3.1/5 (with 18 votes)

As a massive alien craft heads to Earth to do evil, three good and powerful superwomen befriend a young boy who has a special connection to Gamera. The alien Zanon launches a battery of familiar foes against Gamera, who might have to give the ultimate sacrifice to defeat the alien invader.

Directed by Noriaki Yuasa - With Fumiake Mach, Yaya, Yōko Komatsu, Keiko Kudō, Kōichi Maeda, Toshie Takada, ...

009-1: The End of the Beginning(2013)

1h 22min | Action, Science Fiction

2.5/5 (with 9 votes)

In a universe where the Cold War never ended and growing conflicts result in the rapid advancement of technological warfare, the cyborg spy Mylene Hoffman of the 00 Organization battles the agents of the Eastern block in a game of high tech espionage.

Directed by Koichi Sakamoto - With Mayuko Iwasa, Minehiro Kinomoto, Nao Nagasawa, Hirotarō Honda, Aya Sugimoto, Naoto Takenaka, ...

Black Fox: Age of the Ninja(2019)

1h 32min | Action, Adventure, Drama, History

3.9/5 (with 2 votes)

The era when Samurai and Ninja existed in Japan. Rikka Isurugi was born and raised in a Ninja clan secluded from society. She soon meets Miya, a girl with a mysterious power, who is found lost in the mountains. As Rikka is concerned that someone is pursuing Miya, she also asks the head the of Isurugi Ninja Clan for permission to avenger her father's death. Soon Rikka faces danger with the attack of the Negoro group but….

Directed by Koichi Sakamoto

Kamen Rider 555 20th: Paradise Regained(2024)

1h 5min | Action, Drama, Science Fiction

2.3/5 (with 2 votes)

Released to commemorate Kamen Rider 555's 20th anniversary, the film takes place after the ending of the TV series. Masato Kusaka and Mari Sonoda are fighting a new iteration of Smart Brain led by Kitazaki, who begins an operation to exterminate all Orphnochs, with Takumi Inui seemingly working with them for unknown reasons since his disappearance.

Power Rangers Samurai: Clash of the Red Rangers - The Movie(2011)

46min | Action, Comedy, Science Fiction

3.3/5 (with 7 votes)

The Samurai Rangers team up with the mysterious RPM Ranger Red to fight off Master Xandred's Mooger army and a robotic supervillain from the RPM Ranger's dimension. But when both Red Rangers get struck with hypnobolts, they turn against one another.

Lupinranger VS Patranger VS Kyuranger(2019)

55min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Crime

2.6/5 (with 3 votes)

"Lupinranger VS Patranger VS Kyuranger" is an upcoming V-Cinext film between Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger and Uchu Sentai Kyuranger. The story begins when the Lupinrangers, Kairi, Touma, and Umika, are kidnapped by someone mysterious. The Patrangers are then tasked with an Abduction Case to find the missing thieves, where they run into the Kyuranger team as they pass through space. Just who exactly kidnapped them? And why did the 12 Kyurangers return to space?

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: The Movie - The Flying Ghost Ship(2011)

31min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

3.1/5 (with 5 votes)

The Gokaigers embark on a quest to find the ghost ship that harbors the legendary God Eye, which grants any wish to whoever wields it. During their adventure, they must face Los Dark, the captain of the ghost ship, and a host of revived enemies of the previous Super Sentai teams such as Agent Abrella and Baseball Mask.

Directed by Katsuya Watanabe - With Ryota Ozawa, Yuki Yamada, Mao Ichimichi, Kazuki Shimizu, Yui Koike, Junya Ikeda, ...

Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue(1992)

1h 28min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

2.8/5 (with 6 votes)

Doctors Kazamatsuri and Onizuka are geneticists researching cures on diseases such as AIDS and cancer by performing experiments to strengthen the human body. The test subject is Shin Kazamatsuri, motorcycle racer son of Doctor Kazamatsuri. Unknown to them, their operation is funded by a syndicate group, who plan to use this research to have the bodies of men strengthened for their own gain—they have already been experimenting in the field of cyborg soldiers, to a less-than-successful attempt. However, they did not count on Onizuka's own secret ambitions; the mad Onizuka wanted to create a new species, by fusing a grasshopper's DNA with the test subject's, in order to start a new civilization and be their god. He has tested on himself, but seems to be having greater success with Shin.

Directed by Makoto Ishikawa, Makoto Tsuji

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Tokyo Blackout(1987)

2h | Science Fiction

2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Based on a science-fiction novel by Sakyo Komatsu. Tokyo is suddenly covered by a dome shaped electromagnetic cloud for an unknown reason and is totally blocked and isolated from other parts of the world. The temperature inside the cloud is slowly increasing. The Soviet Pacific fleet is getting closer. The U.S. is forcing Japan to form a new government. Scientists and research workers outside Tokyo have to race against time to find out how to get through the cloud in order to rescue the 12,000,000+ lives in Tokyo and the fate of the country.

Directed by Toshio Masuda

Kamen Rider: The First(2005)

1h 30min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

3.4/5 (with 7 votes)

Takeshi Hongo is a man of extraordinary intellect, but his promising future is about to be maliciously snuffed out by and evil secret society known as Shocker. Reinvented against his will and transformed into a powerful experimental cyborg, Hongo will forever be known as Kamen Rider The First.

Directed by Takao Nagaishi - With Masaya Kikawada, Hassei Takano, Hiroshi Miyauchi, Eiji Wentz, Ryoko Kobayashi, Eiji Maruyama, ...

Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna & Ultraman Gaia: The Battle in Hyperspace(1999)

1h 14min | Science Fiction, Action, Adventure

2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

A young boy discovers a magical rock that can make any wish come true. But the rock is stolen by a school bully who uses it to create a powerful and dangerous monster. The only way to stop the beast is to enlist the help of superhero Ultraman Gaia. The boy does everything he can to help the XIG Team, a brave group of humans who have direct contact with Ultraman Gaia as well as Ultraman Dyna and Ultraman Tiga.

Directed by Kazuya Konaka - With Takeshi Yoshioka

Kamen Rider Saber + Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger: Super Hero Chronicles(2021)

1h 38min | Action, Science Fiction

2.4/5 (with 2 votes)

Touma, Yuri and Mei somehow ended up in the World of Zenkaiger while four Zenkaigers, except Juran, ended up in the World of Saber. The reason for their swap is due to a man who wishes to rid the world of heroes. How does a teenage boy manga artist tie into this? And why are they sent into different stories filled with previous Kamen Riders and Super Sentai Teams?

Directed by Ryūta Tasaki

Ultraman Saga(2012)

1h 30min | Action, Adventure, Kids & Family, Science Fiction

3.6/5 (with 4 votes)

Ultraman Saga opens with a powerful apocalyptic vision of Tokyo, buildings destroyed and the city seemingly devoid of life. We are soon introduced to the Earth Defense Force (EDF), Team U (played by members of the female idol group AKB48). They and a group of young children and the last survivors on planet Earth after the world was invaded by the evil Alien Bat, the rest of the human population having been abducted.

Directed by Hideki Oka - With Daigo, Takeshi Tsuruno, Taiyo Sugiura

GARO: Fang of God(2018)

1h 38min | Action, Drama, Horror

3.3/5 (with 3 votes)

Ryuga Dogai returns to investigate a new mystery - the theft of Makai Knights armour. Among the victims are Ryuga's old comrades from the Volcity crisis, Takeru and Aguri. The three will face off against an enemy previously though defeated - Zinga.

Directed by Keita Amemiya

Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs Shinkenger: Epic on the Silver Screen(2011)

1h | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

The film features the remnant Ayakashi who seek to revive Dokoku Chimatsuri, but instead revive the Goseigers' nemesis Buredoran of the Comet as the Gedoushu Buredoran Chimatsuri. To make matters worse, Takeru Shiba has been brainwashed into serving Buredoran as Gedou Shinken Red.

Directed by Noboru Takemoto

Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle(2003)

1h 17min | Action, Adventure, Kids & Family, Science Fiction

1.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Once again, Musashi has encounter Ultraman Cosmos. Now Ultraman Cosmos has gained some new modes to defeat Scropis. Musashi has joined Team Sea to save the Blue Area. But there is mysterious evil monster, Sandros, who wants to destroy the Earth. Now it is up Musashi and Ultraman Cosmos to defeat Sandros and who’s the other Ultraman?

Directed by Tsugumi Kitaura - With Taiyo Sugiura, Kaori Sakagami, Hidekazu Ichinose, Kazue Fukiishi

Tensou Sentai Goseiger: Epic on The Movie(2010)

30min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy

2.3/5 (with 2 votes)

The film follows the Goseigers as they try to save the Earth from Warstar's surviving members. Tensou Sentai Goseiger: Epic on the Movie is the title of the film edition of the 34th Super Sentai Series Tensou Sentai Goseiger. It was released on August 7, 2010, double-billed with the Kamen Rider W film W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate. Like W Forever, Epic on the Movie was also filmed in 3-D.

Directed by Katsuya Watanabe - With Yudai Chiba

Ultraman Taiga The Movie: New Generation Climax(2020)

1h 11min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

2.0/5 (with 2 votes)

The time of the New Generation Heroes is drawing to a close. Hiroyuki is being targeted by a dark power, forcing the other Ultra Heroes, from Ginga to R/B to appear and help the Tri-Squad battle these evil forces. But among them is Taiga's father? What has happened to Ultraman Taro?!

BraveStorm(2017)

1h 21min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

2.7/5 (with 4 votes)

In the year 2050, mankind is extinct. The last survivors travel back in time to stop the invader, Killgis, aided by roboticist Kenichiro Kurenai. When they arrive at the past, they start to build a giant robot, Red Baron, and the pilot of the Red Baron races against time aided by reinforced humans to identify the alien in a fierce battle which starts in Tokyo for the survival of Earth. This is a re-imagining of the 1970s TV series' "Silver Kamen" and "Super Robot Red Baron".

Directed by Jun'ya Okabe

Kamen Rider Ryuki: Ryuki vs. Kamen Rider Agito(2002)

12min | Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction

2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

A horde of assorted Mirror Monsters roam a warehouse, a mysterious figure resembling Agito Burning Form calling for the Kamen Riders to come fight them and die.

Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger: The Fire Mountain Roars(2001)

28min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy

2.5/5 (with 3 votes)

The theatrical adaptation of Gaoranger that was a double bill with the Kamen Rider Series film Kamen Rider Agito: Project G4. The film features Gao Kong and the Gao Knight combination.

Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal(2011)

1h 11min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

3.4/5 (with 22 votes)

Set primarily before the events of Kamen Rider W Forever, Kamen Rider Eternal tells the story of Daido Katsumi, the formation of NEVER, the mission that led them to target Fuuto, and reveals just how Daido obtained his Lost Driver and got his first taste of the power of Kamen Rider Eternal. As a mysterious woman retells this story to Phillip and Shotaro, they realize that Daido may not have been the simple monster he first appeared to be….

Kamen Rider Ryuki Episode Final(2002)

1h 18min | Science Fiction, Action, Adventure

3.6/5 (with 4 votes)

This movie is an alternate ending to the series, taking place after the events of episode 46. With only six Riders remaining in the Rider War, Shirō Kanzaki feels that time is running short.

Directed by Ryūta Tasaki

Avataro Sentai Donbrothers vs. Zenkaiger(2023)

1h | Action, Drama, Science Fiction

2.8/5 (with 4 votes)

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Kamen Rider Zero-One The Movie: REAL×TIME(2020)

1h 20min | Action, Science Fiction

3.4/5 (with 4 votes)

A mysterious man called Es/Kamen Rider Eden has emerged, committing simultaneous acts of terror across the world, with thousands of believers following his faith. While the people fall one by one and the world delves into chaos, Aruto Hiden stands up to stop him. Isamu Fuwa, Yaiba Yuia, Gai Amatsu, plus Jin and Horobi of MetsubouJinrai.net also transform into Kamen Riders and fight against the enemy while struggling to seek the truth.

Directed by Teruaki Sugihara - With Noa Tsurushima, Hiroe Igeta

Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie(2009)

1h 36min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

4.0/5 (with 3 votes)

Ultraman and his comrades from M-78 (including a new Ultraman, Zero, the son of Ultra Seven) join forces with other allies to fight a massive army of giant monsters led by the evil Ultraman Belial.

Directed by Koichi Sakamoto - With Susumu Kurobe, Kohji Moritsugu, Taiyo Sugiura, Takeshi Tsuruno, Shunji Igarashi, Takashi Okamura, ...