6.5
47 Ronin
IMDb: 6.5 1994 129 min
Kon Ichikawa’s retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), ...
7.7
After the Rain
IMDb: 7.7 1999 91 min
A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise ...
7.0
Broken Swords
IMDb: 7.0 1969 90 min
The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of ...
7.0
Tora-san’s Lovesick
IMDb: 7.0 1974 104 min
After Torajiro’s latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into Utako (last seen in Tora-san’s ...
6.5
Island of Hell
IMDb: 6.5 1977 141 min
A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946. Release: The Devils Island 1977 Japanese ...
7.5
It Is a Long Walk
IMDb: 7.5 2000 115 min
Screen icon Sayuri Yoshinaga stars in this historical melodrama about geishas in the southern city of Nagasaki set during the 1920s. Though she ...
7.3
A Story from Echigo
IMDb: 7.3 1964 112 min
Gonsuke has had to leave town to find employment and is working at a sake brewery far from his hometown. He travels back to his hometown to see ...
6.6
Between Calmness and Passion
IMDb: 6.6 2001 125 min
What could have been? Following a set of circumstances and conscious decisions a couple in Japan breaks up. They both end up in Italy soon ...
0
Messengers to Satsuma
1982 92 min
By all indications, an anti-government conspiracy is brewing in the Satsuma Domen. Already seven oniwaban spies sent by the shogunate have ...
6.7
Foster Daddy, Tora!
IMDb: 6.7 1980 97 min
After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man’s daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she can study for a night school ...
6.8
Tora-san’s Dear Old Home
IMDb: 6.8 1972 108 min
While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young women on vacation during his travels. Release: ...
6.9
Tora-san’s Forget Me Not
IMDb: 6.9 1973 99 min
On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer. Release: Otoko wa tsurai yo Torajiro wasurenagusa AKA Tora-sans ...
6.9
Tora-san’s Dream-Come-True
IMDb: 6.9 1972 98 min
When Tora-san returns to visit his family, he is surprised to find an arrogant professor occupying his room. The professor and Tora-san become ...
7.3
Madadayo
IMDb: 7.3 1993 134 min
This film tells the story of professor Uehida Hyakken-sama (1889-1971), in Gotemba, around the forties. He was a university professor until an ...
7.9
Hiroshima
IMDb: 7.9 1995 190 min
Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese / Canadian film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode about the decision-making processes that led ...
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 ...
6.4
The Human Vapor
IMDb: 6.4 1960 92 min
A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into ‘The Human Vapour’. He uses his new ...