6.7
Honokaa Boy
IMDb: 6.7 2009 111 min
Leo, a young Japanese college student, travels to Hawaii and eventually falls in love with Maray, an older Japanese-Caucasion woman. Release: ...
7.7
A Distant Cry from Spring
IMDb: 7.7 1980 123 min
The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the ...
6.3
Sing, Young People
IMDb: 6.3 1963 86 min
A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie ...
7.1
Home from the Sea
IMDb: 7.1 1972 101 min
On a beautiful island in Seto Inner Sea, Seichi and Minko make their living by transporting rocks to construction sites by boat. They cherish the ...
6.8
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
IMDb: 6.8 1986 135 min
The environment and the movie stars at a Japanese film studio in the early ’30s are recreated in this drama that looks back on a ...
7.1
The Village
IMDb: 7.1 1976 127 min
This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a musical. They would have to pay the overhead ...
6.1
Tokyo Newcomer
IMDb: 6.1 2012 100 min
A young Chinese Go board game player arrives in Japan for training. He doesn’t speak Japanese and becomes embarrassed living there. By ...
7.2
The Little House
IMDb: 7.2 2014 136 min
Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in ...
7.5
Kabei: Our Mother
IMDb: 7.5 2008 133 min
Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a ...
5.3
Zatoichi: The Last
IMDb: 5.3 2010 131 min
A blind master swordsman attempts to lead a quiet life with his wife but he is provoked back into battle. Release: Zatoichi The Last 2010 ...
7.4
Where Spring Comes Late
IMDb: 7.4 1970 106 min
The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed ...
7.2
A Trap
IMDb: 7.2 1965 111 min
When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home ...
7.0
I, the Executioner
IMDb: 7.0 1968 90 min
Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer’s machinations and a young man who committed suicide. Release: I, the ...
7.4
The Yellow Handkerchief
IMDb: 7.4 1977 109 min
The story starts with Kinya, who has recently upgraded his car. He’s a young adult and he’s single so naturally he uses his ride to ...
7.0
Tora-san’s Pure Love
IMDb: 7.0 1976 103 min
When Tora-san’s infatuation with his nephew’s school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, ...
6.8
Tora-san’s Tropical Fever
IMDb: 6.8 1980 104 min
When cabaret singer Lily writes Toraya about her illness, Tora-san rushes to Okinawa to be by her side. Release: Otoko wa tsurai yo Torajiro ...
7.0
It’s Tough Being a Man
IMDb: 7.0 1969 91 min
Tora-San, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father’s house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister ...
7.7
The Hidden Blade
IMDb: 7.7 2004 132 min
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of ...