Onibaba

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

Kwaidan

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four fol

Zatoichi's Vengeance

Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no ide

The Night of Martial Law

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, K

Kuroneko

In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of

Epitaph to My Love

Ishihara Kiyoshi plans to marry the woman he loves, Chiee, a coffee shop girl. After an accident, Ch

Violence at Noon

Two young women must come to terms with the fact that a man they're deeply linked to is a murdering

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking con

Eleven Samurai

The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, s

The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf

A seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night.

Zoku aizen katsura

1962 Japanese movie

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

Kaiji Ito moves to Japan after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated with

Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow

A drama about a father and his son centered around the Great Hanshin earthquake.

Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Ita

Godzilla 1985

Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re

Samurai Spy

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

Women and Miso Soup

Temari, a geisha, dreams of opening a small restaurant with her little brother.

Okashina yatsu

Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

A sex-obsessed woman, a suicidal man she meets on the street, and a gun-crazy wannabe gangster becom

The Perfect Education

Schoolgirl Kuniko is kidnapped by a middle-aged man Iwazono when she is jogging. He tells her that h

Blackmail

I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident

On the night of August 19, 1980, a bus was set on fire by the vagrant Hirofumi Maruyama at the Shinj

The Sword of Doom

Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, ha

Pleasures of the Flesh

After committing murder, businessman Atsushi is blackmailed into keeping a suitcase of embezzled mon

Pitfall

A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit o

Zatoichi's Conspiracy

Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. H

Akizakura - Cosmos

A touching drama about human life and love A 24-hour probation has been given to a man who should h

Evil Spirits of Japan

Murase is a bodyguard of yakuza group. Ochiai is a police officer who once was a student activist. W

The Ceremony

Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses rit

The Man Who Stole the Sun

A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on

The Ninja Hunt

Four ninja are hired to fight against the Shogunate’s plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, the regional ba

Sword Devil

Hanpei is a gentle young samurai that loves flowers. One day, he witnesses an old man's quick draw o

Inn of Evil

The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly pro

Cruel Story of Youth

A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for

Death by Hanging

A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorit

Human

The ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four people

The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo

Arrested and interrogated by the police for a murder, Kiyoshi Ōkubo remembers his past and ends up c

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

In Tokyo's Shinjuku district, the lives of a young man prone to theft, a young woman he meets at a b

The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor

A lower-middle-class policeman lives decadently, chasing cheap beer and girls at the same time he's

Three Resurrected Drunkards

Three students spend their holidays at the seaside where they are mistaken for Koreans, a minority w

Band of Ninja

The son of an assassinated feudal lord, in the Muromachi period, attempts to avenge his father's dea

Ronin-gai

Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district attem

Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy

The crescent shaped scar on his forehead is a license given him by the Shogun to kill anyone he deem

Station

A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering po

Devil's Temple

An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fate

Secret High School Girl: After School Activity

A banker and a high school girl start a brothel in the snowy countryside of Hokuriko.

Lost Love

At a seaside city somewhere in the Tohoku area, the corpses of Nozomi, daughter of an affluent famil

Day Dream

Loosely based on a 1926 short story by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, the film opens as an artist and a young

The White Tiger Battalion

The Byakkotai was part of Aizu’s four-unit military, set up in the domain’s drive to finalize its mi

Hymn to a Tired Man

Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son's fallen for the daughter of a war off

Golden Partners

A motorcycle cop and a freelance photographer, having learned the location of 1 billion yen's worth

Life of Hishakaku 3

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

My Way

Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her hu

Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady

Young lord investigates the mysterious death that takes place in the underworld.

Taboo

Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors ar

Azumi

In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassi

Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82

Mika Hino is a sharp-shooting investigator that belongs to the infamous "Gator Branch.” When an exec

Homicide

This film tells about the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Aikawa, the head of the Bureau of Military Af

Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident

Asian Blue focuses on Koreans brought to Japan to work in forced-labor brigades during World War II

Women of Tokyo

Your Life

A moodo/akushon yakuza picture with heavy emphasis on poignant seishun romance.

A Story from Echigo

A sake factory worker on holiday returns to his home town, where he rapes the wife of one of his co-

Where did Sharaku go?

Writer Jippensha Ikku hears Tsutaya Juzaburo, a wholesaler of picture books, mutter on his deathbed,

The Curse of the Ghost

About 1786 the doings of a demented lord results in many masterless samurai, including Iyemon (Kei S

Irezumi

Otsuya, the daughter of a rich merchant, elopes with her lover Shinsuke, an employee of her father's

Erotic Liaisons

A low-key private detective agency in Paris is run by Rie and her partner Kishin, two ex-pats who ti

Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again

The Whispering of the Gods

Rou has returned to the monastery he was raised in. As he listens to the whispering of the Gods thro

The River - Poem of Wrath

A man sets out to search for his brother among the survivors of Hiroshima after an anonymous letter.

The Killing Game

The second movie of Tôru Murakawa's "Game" trilogy. After making a sensational hit, a hitman has gon

Captive's Island

Seeking revenge against the guard who tormented him, a young man returns to the island where he was

Night and Fog in Japan

Long takes and a highly theatrical visual approach combine to form a tense and confrontational look

Harakiri

Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemp

The Sun's Burial

In Osaka's slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitu

They Were Eleven

An NHK adaptation of the famous manga by Moto Hagio.

Dear Summer Sister

14-year-old Sunaoko travels from Tokyo to Naha, Okinawa, with her father’s young fiancée Momoko in s

Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department

A Diary of a Woman Doctor

1973 Toei movie.

Conflagration

Global South guerrillas hijack the Japanese oil tanker Arabian Light, threatening to blow it up in T

Roadside Stone

The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, co

The Inheritance

A dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose whereabout

Choji Snack Bar

Eiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for and se

Dead Angle

Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s

The Notorious Bored Samurai

Mondosuke ventures alone into the land of Nagasaki. There, he encounters young lady named Kinue, the

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying

The Skies of Haruo

1977 Japanese film directed by Tengo Yamada.

The Third Ninja

Three Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga.

Appassionata

This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter S

The Paper Crane

A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con

Tokyo Trial

One of the major documentaries on a specific chapter in modern Japanese history, this look at the tr

Glorious Fights

A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor. He f

The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman

In the fourth film in this exciting series, and the first since losing his left eye, Yagyu Jubei is

The Return of Godzilla

After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a re

High Seas Hijack

Terrorists hijack an oil tanker and threaten to blow it up unless Japan meets their demands.

Shingo's Ten Duels

The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to

Surgical Designs in Flames

A story of the skilled brain surgeon, Todo, whose talent and ambition are put to test through a seri

Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption

In the fifth installment, Yagyu Jubei must prove the innocence of his family who is suspected of con

Duel of Blood and Sand

Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the

Yakuza Ladies

When her crime boss husband is sent to prison, a woman assumes control of one of the most powerful g

Dioxin from Fish!

A black comedy about a former Rock'n'Roll singer, who becomes the mayor of Tokyo.

The Execution Game

The third movie in Tōru Murakawa's Game trilogy about a hitman. Narumi is set up by a mysterious wom

Volunteering for Villainy

Two outsiders start a relationship in a mining town.

Target

Two killers revenge a wirepuller of the underworld in Yokohama.

The Hopi Prophecy

This film describes how the Hopi and Navajo tribes in the southwestern United States have responded

Tokyo Bay

An investigation into a drug smuggler who is assassinated in front of an insurance building sets two

Yakuza Graveyard

A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotia

Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry

An assassin is mistaken for a doctor and threatened by a band of masterless warriors, but they reali

Mother

A divorced woman enters a marriage arranged by her mother in exchange for money to save the life of

Chase That Man

The story of the desperate struggle between the police and a large crime syndicate.

Assignment Cloud

A sequel to the popular "The School of Spies", this film continues the adventures of one of the grad

Sasuke and His Comedians

Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan childr

Gang Warfare

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw gen

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the st

Drunkard's Paradise

A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving beh

Incidental Murders

The daughter of the wealthy Soga family is kidnapped and her fiance is murdered. But the kidnappers,

The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List

When the country is in peril, Lord Yagyu Tajima summons his son Yagyu Jubei to retrieve the mystical

Shimane Prison Riot

Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisone

Kachô Shima Kôsaku

Based on the comic book by Kenshi Hirokane

Kyoto Assassin

A dark tale of murder and revenge set in old Kyoto.

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determ

The Wicked Reporter 2: The Rebirth of Horserace Betting

The continuing adventures of Matsuzaki, a racing tipster for a sports paper. Matsuzaki befriends a m

Cross-Currents

A ryokan maid is on trial for pushing a familiar guest off a cliff to his death. An eager attorney o

League of Gangsters

A yakuza is released from prison after serving a long sentence. He immediately sets about creating

The Christian Revolt

In Tokugawa-era (1637) Shimabara, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the

Demon Spies

Deep in the mountains of feudal Japan, a group of children endure cruel and unorthodox training in o

The Beast to Die

A policeman is murdered and his gun, stolen, used to commit the next crime. Detective Kashiwagi, who

Young Boss

After a yakuza boss is assassinated by a rival, his naval officer son returns home to take over the

A Japanese Demon

Good-for-Nothing

Yoshida's first feature follows the lives of young students against a background of jazz, emptiness

Dear My Love

Too shy to speak out the word of appreciation, too busy to show that you care... Many excuses lie be

Flower and Dragon

Kingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the Tamai-gumi

The Revolt

When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold in

Song of my Life

Let Him Rest in Peace

A man returns to his seaside roots to confront a yakuza boss. Along the way, he charms young men, so

Business Trip

The Imperial Navy

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the

Bitter End of a Sweet Night

An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate th

Last Friends

Following the lives of three college rugby players drafted to serve in the military during WWII. Tho

Outlaw: Goro the Assassin

On a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of Meishin-Kai

The Flower and the Dragon

A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing

Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu

In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a p

The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma

The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma is a movie about a haunted blood-thirsty Bakufu officer who might hav

The Strange Tale of Oyuki

A story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seduc

Naked Ambition

Wicked woman Ogin is a concubine of a powerful feudal lord Tayu. At first Ogin gains power by poison

Green Requiem

Expelled from the Kanto Mob

In the late Taisho era. Umeshima Jinbei, the president of the Kanto Umeshima Kai, divided the area i

Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office

Eight villains, former pirates, gather to attack the magistrate's office. They develop a plan and be

Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves

The sequel of "Flower and Dragon". Kingoro Tamai founded a family in the port of Wakamatsu. He unite

Clouds at Sunset

A Japanese soldier deserts his position and travels to a small town on the Sea of Japan to start ove

Lone Rebel

Nomi-gumi, who plans to control Tama City, has begun to hurt Takase-gumi. Muraki, an executive, was

Sensen fukoku

War between North Korea and Japan

Bullet Wound

Yuzo Kayama is an American-Japanese operative working for the US to uncover an arms deal between an

The Tattooed Hitman

The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and n

Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi

Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin

Festival of Dreams

Knock Down

Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death

Bored Hatamoto film

The Great Villains

Psychological noir drama involving the tangled web of a disgraced yakuza, an innocent school girl, a

Neo Faust

Short anime adaption of the Osamu Tezuka manga Neo Faust.

A Man Worth the Money

Empire of Passion

In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much

Detective Heiji

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized

The Tattooed Lord

Japanese Humanity and Justice

When a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to thei

I Love You So Much

The Sagami family has been running an Edo-style woodworking shop in downtown Tokyo for generations.

Nezumi Kozo's Edo Adventure

A thrilling and entertaining piece in which Jirokichi, portrayed by Morio Kazama, tackles a major ev

Brand of Evil

A Jonan Station detective, Kikuchi, is framed for smuggling drugs and sent to prison. When he is par

Procurer of Hell

Tobe is a small-time crook who runs a prostitution business of blonde girls, as well as sells pornog

A Killer's Key

A lone wolf assassin, masquerading as a traditional dance instructor named Nitta, is called in to av

At the Side of the Bridge 4

白い南風

1961 Japanese movie

Challenge at Dawn

Set in Kawasaki in 1925, Challenge at Dawn is based on the Tsurumi Riot Incident, which actually ocu

The Fir Tree Remains

The Fir Tree Remains | Yamamoto explores the life of Koi Harada, a man wrongfully branded a “traitor

Onibaba : Film Location

This rare silent black & white and color Super-8 footage was shot with the camera of actor Kei Sato