7.8
Tokyo Olympiad
IMDb: 7.8 1965 170 min
This impressionistic portrait of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics pays as much attention to the crowds and workers as it does to the actual ...
7.9
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
IMDb: 7.9 2011 82 min
JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI is the story of 85 year-old Jiro Ono, considered by many to be the world’s greatest sushi chef. He is the proprietor ...
7.1
A Town of Love and Hope
IMDb: 7.1 1959 62 min
Trying to make ends meet this way, Masuo also receives help from his teacher who is trying to land him a good job and he also falls under the ...
8.0
Shoplifters
IMDb: 8.0 2018 121 min
After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the ...
4.8
The Forest
IMDb: 4.8 2016 95 min
Set in the Aokigahara Forest, a real-life place in Japan where people go to end their lives. Against this backdrop, a young American woman comes ...
6.1
The Sea of Trees
IMDb: 6.1 2016 110 min
Arthur Brennan treks into Aokigahara, known as The Sea of Trees, a mysterious dense forest at the base of Japan’s Mount Fuji where people ...
7.7
Always – Sunset on Third Street
IMDb: 7.7 2005 133 min
Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive company but finds that she is employed ...
8.2
Tokyo Ride
IMDb: 8.2 2020 90 min
One of Japan’s most famous architects rides his Alfa Romeo through Tokyo streets and comments on his home town, buildings that influenced ...
7.9
Perfect Days
IMDb: 7.9 2023 123 min
A janitor in Japan drives between jobs listening to rock music.
6.2
Izo
IMDb: 6.2 2004 128 min
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun’s men, Izo is captured and ...
6.0
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
IMDb: 6.0 2006 104 min
In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Shaun gets ...
8.9
Koi
IMDb: 8.9 2019 78 min
There’s no definitive separation as long as there is memory’. Since the Tsunami hit the northern part of Japan’s coast in 2011, ...
6.9
Who’s Camus Anyway?
IMDb: 6.9 2005 115 min
A group of eccentric students decide to make a movie. But, when their star suddenly quits, this witty ensemble cast begins to live the film, ...
7.4
A Wanderer’s Notebook
IMDb: 7.4 1962 124 min
Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko ...
3.5
Gamera vs. Zigra
IMDb: 3.5 1971 87 min
A moon base is destroyed by a spaceship with a cluster of gumballs on its head. Later, at Sea World, dolphins are dying mysteriously. Zigra ...
3.8
Tokyo Home Stay Massacre
IMDb: 3.8 2020 75 min
Three American late teens travel to Japan to escape a sad past and have some fun but end up trapped in a house with a demented Japanese host ...
5.4
Tokyo Grand Guignol
IMDb: 5.4 2015 115 min
A man repeats the same day running from the Yakuza. A woman encounters her violent mirror image. A woman and her laser gun fight a shadow demon. ...
3.9
The Roommate
IMDb: 3.9 2008 90 min
A paranormal thriller involving two young women who start off as roommates but become much more. These working ladies have such a wonderful time ...
4.8
Girls of the White Orchid
IMDb: 4.8 1983 96 min
In Los Angeles, naive and lonely waitress and aspirant singer Carol finds an advertisement for a job opportunity in Tokyo. Traveling to Japan to ...
6.7
Made in Japan
IMDb: 6.7 2015 89 min
Made in Japan is the remarkable story of Tomi Fujiyama, the world’s first Japanese country music superstar. It is a funny yet poignant ...