japanese occupation movies

A Town Like Alice (1956)
6.297 / 10

War, Drama, Romance

In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no...

Three Came Home (1950)
6.7 / 10

War, Drama

Borneo, 1941, during World War II. When the Japanese occupy the island, American writer Agnes Newton Keith is separated from her husband and...

Our Time Will Come (2017)
6 / 10

Drama, History

In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerrilla fighters, forging their own path to freedom.

The Thunderbolt Fist (1972)
5.7 / 10

Action

A small village is taken over by the nasty Japanese, who kill the town's top kung fu fighter in order to scare the populace into submission. Escaping...

Beach of the War Gods (1973)
5.3 / 10

Action, War

In the waning days of the Ming dynasty, Japanese marauders raid villages on the Chinese coast. A wandering swordsman single-handedly dispatches a...

Soil (1960)
4 / 10

Drama, History

Heo Seung, who states that he was “born from soil, will live in soil, and die in soil”, becomes a lawyer in Seoul. However when villagers in his...

Invaders of the Lost Gold (1982)
4 / 10

Adventure, Action, Horror, War

Japanese soldiers battle a tribe of cannibals while protecting a gold shipment.

Rail of the Star - A True Story of Children and War (1993)
6.1 / 10

Animation, Drama, War, History

A young Japanese actress remembers her war childhood in Korea. Her father goes to fight, her baby sister Miko dies of typhoid, her beloved Korean...

Gold, Silver, Death (1982)
7.5 / 10

War, Drama

Oro, Plata, Mata follows two aristocratic families in Negros during World War II. It is structured in three parts: Oro a life of luxury and comfort...

Manila, Open City (1968)
8.2 / 10

History, Action, War, Drama

War drama set in the closing stages of World War Two. As Allied Forces are nearing the defeat of the Japanese Army in Manila, the Japanese Empire's...

Elena 1944 (2024)
0 / 10

Action, Drama, History

A young Filipina is taken from her village to a Japanese military camp to serve as a sex slave during WWII. She endures abuse but finds solace in a...

Farewell to the Duman River (1962)
5.4 / 10

Action, War

Patriotic university student Youngwoo and his friends, led by their teacher Lee Sung, along with a British friend bid farewell to their families and...

Dear Soldier (1944)
0 / 10

War, Drama

Two Korean conscripts undergo Imperial Japanese Army training, much to the pleasure of their families.

Lady from Chungking (1942)
5.2 / 10

Drama, War

During World War II, Chinese guerrillas fight against the occupying Japanese forces. A young woman is the secret leader of the villagers, who plot to...

The Tender Trap of Espionage (1960)
0 / 10

Thriller

Spy films had always been popular in Chinese-language cinema, with stories set mostly in WWII or the warlord era. The Tender Trap of Espionage, made...

Duel with the Devils (1977)
4 / 10

Drama, Action

As the daughter of the Chinese police chief, Angela secretly dresses up as a man to use her kung fu on Japanese troublemakers.

Boys Will Be Boys, Boys Will Be Men (2000)
6 / 10

Drama, War, Action, History

In May of 1941, a group of young army volunteers is recruited in Chumpon south of Bangkok. Many high-school students apply to join the group. When...

Homecoming (2017)
0 / 10

Drama, Family

Mutsuko has been living on an island to which her grandmother and mother have restricted her from leaving. To Mutsuko, the symbol of her freedom was...

The Big Grave (1931)
0 / 10

Drama, Action

The Big Fight (1972)
4.2 / 10

Action

This film is set during the Japanese occupation of China circa WWII. In it, the Japanese occupiers (and the Chinese Quislings who work for them) are...