Masaki Kobayashi

Peace in 17th-century Japan causes the Shogunate’s breakup of warrior clans, throwing thousands of samurai out of work and into poverty. An ...

During WWII a soldier is beaten so badly by a superior officer he is left deaf. After the war he is an inventor and meets this officer at the ...

This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the city of Kawasaki, and their troubles and ...

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the team the Toyko Flowers. Release: I Will Buy You 1956 JAPANESE ...

As a conscript in war-time Japan’s military, a pacifist struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals. Release: The Human ...

On his deathbed, a wealthy businessman announces that his fortune is to be split equally among his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts ...

A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as ...

Masaki Kobayashi directs this romantic drama concerning a family of florists. Release: Beautiful Days 1955 JAPANESE WEBRip x264-VXT General: mp4 ...

A teacher at a Japanese school tries to hide his outcast upbringing. Release: Apostasy 1948 JAPANESE ENSUBBED WEBRip x264-VXT General: mp4 | 969 ...

The mother of a feudal lord’s only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide ...

In a mountain village, Heita, a translator’s son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. He can imitate birds’ cry and ...

This gripping docudrama is a fictionalized account of what could happen to a Japanese family when one of their sons shames them in front of the ...

Iemon Tamiya is an impovershed masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is ...

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning “ghost story,” this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai ...

The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an ...

A Japanese pacifist and socialist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise ...

His ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan’s military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival. ...

One of the major documentaries on a specific chapter in modern Japanese history, this look at the trial of Japanese militarists accused of war ...

The story of a father and two teenaged sons, and the rivalry between the two siblings as they begin to discover the attraction of girls. Release: ...

This drama is adapted from a Japanese television mini-series. In the story, an industrialist learns of a medical condition which will greatly ...