BÚSQUEDA
In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai...
Kuroneko
After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel -...
Zatoichi in Desperation
Tatsuo, a reverent lumberjack, seeks to disrupt plans to build a marine park on his family land, instead promoting his traditions in reactionary ways.
Fire Festival
If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the...
If You Were Young: Rage
A detective is charged with investigating a bank corruption scandal.
Kaoyaku
About small-time gangster Asakichi's chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he must not continue working in the family...
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his...
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Kimie, a traveling guitarist, performs at various inns at help out her sickly mother. One night while out with her mother, Otoshi, Kimie unexpectedly...
Hibari the Traveling Performer
1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.
Devil's Nursery Rhyme
Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending her...
An Ode to Yakuza
In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid...
Confessions Among Actresses
Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes...
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his...
The Phantom Goblin
At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was...
Human Target
The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child....
The Last Samurai
A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.
Island of Hell
After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor.
Gambling Den Heist
Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the...
August without Emperor
Yumemi, the president of Shirayuri Tours, visits Kagoshima in an attempt to save the contract with Satsuma Inn. After learning about the abrupt...
Song of Kagoshima
Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan’s friend in Arizona.
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
Strange Affinity
Kingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the Tamai-gumi, a stevedore group, to vie for work with two...
Flower and Dragon
Film from 1967.
Burning Nature
Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor.
Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
Comedy of two brothers working at a local governmental office.
The Instant Services Bureau
A middle-aged man's family loses patience with him as he struggles with his seemingly directionless life.
Father
Shimmering Sword
Pleasant Company
Yuzo Kayama is an American-Japanese operative working for the US to uncover an arms deal between an American seller and Chinese communists, and to...
Bullet Wound
In front of Sagami Detention Center. Shosuke, the owner of a strip joint called "Shunpu Music," welcomes Okoma, a stripper who has been locked up for...
Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi
By all indications, an anti-government conspiracy is brewing in the Satsuma Domen. Already seven oniwaban spies sent by the shogunate have...
Messengers to Satsuma
Only Child
1962 Japanese movie
Tekka Wakashū