Movie
What is ‘movie’ in Japanese?
えいが(映画/e i ga)
Adjective
These are adjectives you can use to describe movies.
- おもしろい(o mo shi ro i)→ interesting
- つまらない(tsu ma ra na i)→ boring
- たのしい(ta no shi i)→ fun, enjoyable
- こわい(ko wa i)→ scary
Genre
- コメディー(ko me di i)→ comedy
- アクション(a ku sho n)→ action
- ミステリー(mi su te ri i)→ mystery
- サスペンス(sa su pe n su)→ suspense
- れんあい(re n a i)→ romance
- ぼうけん(bo o ke n)→ adventure
- せんそう(se n so o)→ war
Conversation
Let’s have a conversation to talk about movies in Japanese.
Example
A: どんなえいがが好きですか。(What kind of movies do you like?)
B: 私はおもしろいえいがが好きです。(I like interesting movies.)

がんばる子
You can replace おもしろい with another adjective or genre to talk about different type of movies.
In a sentence
Let’s see other sentences to talk about movies in Japanese.
Example
- 父はせんそうえいがはきらいだ。(My father dislikes war movies.)
- このえいがはとてもつまらないです。(This movie is very boring.)
- 私のしゅみはえいがです。(My hobby is movies.)
- えいがを週に一回見ます。(I watch movies once a week.)
- しょうらい、えいがの仕事をしたいです。(I want to get a job in the filming industry.)