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Actress
1987 130 min
Story of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi. Release: Actress 1987 ...
6.1
The Heart of Hiroshima
IMDb: 6.1 1966 92 min
One morning, Kazue is nearly knocked over by a motorbike in front of an instrument store, breaking all the records that she was carrying. The two ...
7.0
The Revolt
IMDb: 7.0 1980 150 min
When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, ...
6.2
The Ambitious
IMDb: 6.2 1970 120 min
The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was considered an outlaw by his own ...
6.9
The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
IMDb: 6.9 1963 91 min
Jiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different worlds. Having met by accident, they soon ...
6.5
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
IMDb: 6.5 2015 130 min
Nobuko (Sayuri Yoshinaga) works in Nagasaki, Japan as a midwife. Her son died 3 years earlier from the atomic bomb. On August 9, 1948, her son ...
6.2
Buddha 2: The Endless Journey
IMDb: 6.2 2014 120 min
2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his position as a prince to see the world. He meets ...
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 ...
6.6
Yume-Chiyo
IMDb: 6.6 1985 128 min
Yumechiyo, a geisha house madam recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, yearns to do something constructive with the little time she has ...
5.5
Heavenly Sin
IMDb: 5.5 1992 155 min
Elite lawyer Ryoko enlists the help of a foreign mafia in rescuing her son from a criminal who holds grudge against her. Release: Tengoku no ...
6.7
A Chorus of Angels
IMDb: 6.7 2012 122 min
A teacher, Kawashima Haru, arrives on a remote island, north of Hokkaido. She has accompanied her husband, Yukio, to become the teacher of six ...
6.3
The Sound of Waves
IMDb: 6.3 1964 82 min
On a small island, inhabited by only fourteen hundred people, a young fisherman’s son, Shinji falls in love with Hatsue, the daughter of ...
5.9
Love of a Thousand Years – Story of Genji
IMDb: 5.9 2001 143 min
Based on the ancient Japanese Tale of Genji. This film is set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki ...
6.9
The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai
IMDb: 6.9 1986 135 min
A young woman’s life is turned upside down when her husband suddenly disappears, leaving behind numerous debts and his illegitimate child. ...
6.5
Year One in the North
IMDb: 6.5 2005 169 min
In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part ...
6.5
Men and War III
IMDb: 6.5 1973 187 min
Final part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family through the Sino-Japanese Waru ...
7.5
Taro the Dragon Boy
IMDb: 7.5 1979 75 min
Patterned after Japanese art and silk screens, Taro, The Dragon Boy is an animated feature about Japanese mythology and cultures, focusing on ...
7.2
The Makioka Sisters
IMDb: 7.2 1983 140 min
This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a ...