The Promised Land

A girl is kidnapped and the perpetrator roams freely. When a similar case occurs along the same road

Onibaba

While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who

Pigs and Battleships

In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occup

Dodes'ka-den

On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “dri

Neon taiheiki

Samurai Spy

Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutob

Box: The Hakamada Case

Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incar

Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu

1965 Nikkatsu youth film.

Signal Fool

Isamu, a sixth-grade boy, lost his mother in a car accident at a young age. Ever since, he's been un

Red Lion

Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo

If You Were Young: Rage

If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the t

All About Our House

Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to design it

Coquille

Thirty years after graduation, a man and a woman meet again at an alumni reunion. They are no longer

An Innocent Witch

Ayako, a young woman from a rural fishing village, is sold by her family into a brothel when her fat

Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin

Based on the long running manga of the same name by Sadao Shouji.

Oshin

A young girl named Oshin is sent to work for another family, because of her own family's financial c

The Bogus Policeman

Toramatsu is a very enthusiastic policeman. Believing that the police should help others he is dismi

Sadako

A psychologist connects her missing brother to the strange case of a mysterious little girl believed

Hoshi wo tsugu mono

An old man falls into a coma and dreams about his childhood during WWII.

A Gap in the Skin

A young couple go on the run after the murder of his mother.

Secret Liaisons

Movie adaptation of a novel by Rampo Edogawa.

Secret Agent 101

Japan-Hong Kong co-production.

The Devil's Path

Death-row inmate Sudo sends a letter to magazine reporter Fujii. In his letter, he states that a man

Mother

From the point-of-view of the children, "Mother" tells the story of the most unappreciated, loving a

The Night of the Seagull

A woman has a brief, intense affair with a younger man while awaiting her trial for the murder of he

Cleopatra: Queen of Sex

Three people from the future, who travel spiritually to the era of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a

Bad Girls of Japan

Are bad girls casualties of patriarchy, a necessary evil, or visionary pioneers? By tracing the conc

O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo

After an American Navy base is annihilated by a secret weapon, Agent OSS 117 is sent to Japan to inv

The Insect Woman

A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repe

The Last Judgment

The last judgment.

Semi matsuri no shima

2000 Japanese movie

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