Rashomon

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

Rhapsody in August

An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity abo

Stray Dog

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded

G.I. Samurai

A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen

Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation

Kiriko no unmei

1962 Japanese movie

Battle of the Japan Sea

Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japane

The Homely Sister

In the 19th century Edo period, sisters Oshizu and Otaka have sacrificed their personal happiness to

The Blue Pearl

The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; liter

Anything For Success

A "hustler's hustler" (Takarada), works his way up the corporate ladder at a camera company. His big

Yojimbo

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival

Red Beard

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed w

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other te

Varan the Unbelievable

In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military comma

Madadayo

In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by

Ikiru

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for

Seven Samurai

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr

I Live in Fear

An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to

Mother

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

Wife

Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, mean

Summer Clouds

A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to i

Brother and Sister

The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a co

A Wife's Heart

Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close

The Whole Family Works

Father of nine children cannot find a job. Despite their aspirations, the children are encouraged by

Where Chimneys Are Seen

Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-midd

Composition Class

Masako, the daughter of an impoverished itinerant tinsmith, wins a grammar school composition contes

The Ataka Family

Soichi Ataka is the eldest son of Ataka family. Although mentally challenged, he's a person with a g

Oh, Bomb!

During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candida

Ditch

Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers.

Nightshade Flower

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.

The Big Boss

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, e

Street of Violence

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chie

Varan

When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists g

Marital Relations

​Ryukichi, the pampered heir to a cosmetics wholesaler, abandons his wife and child to pursue a scan

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal

Snow-Flake

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She

The Lone Journey

Forced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. Movie p

Husband and Wife

A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband's co-worker, a widower. The husba

Last of the Wild Ones

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

Adolescence Part II

A story of unhappy youths and the perils of lack of sex education.

People of Tokyo, Goodbye

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2

An Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the fi

Untamed Woman

A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper,

All About Marriage

Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, e

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1

An Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the sec

Their Father's Wife

Dreams

Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a

Girls in the Orchard

Girls in the Orchard (1953) is about tension between the life of a family in a rural area with all t

The Surf

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But S

Life of a Country Doctor

A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and nov

Someday I'll Know

A modern love story involving different affairs.

Elephant from "Zoo Story"

The fifth film in the Toho Diamond series, following "The Hateful Thing." Based on the true story of

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.

Fox and Raccoon

A group of hustling peddlers swindle rural towns with fake goods, facing betrayals, close calls, and

Start Here

Teacher Miyako Hanai, disillusioned by her sisters’ unhappy marriages, rejects love until family con

Blue Buds

Outspoken student Noriko stands up to bullies and befriends pitcher Mitsuo. As their bond deepens, s

The End of the Night

Walking home late one night, a down-on-his-luck sewage worker runs into a drunk businessman with a b