japanese army movies

The Last Samurai (2003)
7.585 / 10

Drama, Action, War

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and...

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
7.466 / 10

Action, Drama, War

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese...

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
7.2 / 10

War, History, Drama

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora!...

Empire of the Sun (1987)
7.519 / 10

Drama, History, War

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured...

City of Life and Death (2009)
7.385 / 10

Drama, History, War

In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of...

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
6.9 / 10

Adventure, War, Drama

A Roman Catholic nun and a hard-bitten US Marine are stranded together on a Japanese-occupied island in the South Pacific during World War II. Under...

Dead Mine (2012)
4.6 / 10

Action, Horror

The legend of Yamashita's Gold lures a treasure hunter and his group deep into the Indonesian jungle. Once they are trapped in an abandoned World War...

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
8.167 / 10

War, Drama, History

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts...

Black Dragons (1942)
4.9 / 10

Horror, War

It is prior to the commencement of World War II, and Japan's fiendish Black Dragon Society is hatching an evil plot with the Nazis. They instruct a...

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
8.33 / 10

War, Drama, History

After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old...

Fires on the Plain (1959)
7.583 / 10

Drama, War

In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of...

Japan's Longest Day (1967)
7.18 / 10

Drama, History, War

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the...

The Battle of Okinawa (1971)
7.4 / 10

War, History

The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army...

Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
7.1 / 10

War, Drama

Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the...

The Camp on Blood Island (1958)
6.6 / 10

War, Thriller, Drama

Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as...

Port Arthur (1980)
7.8 / 10

War, Drama, History

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of...

The Emperor in August (2015)
6.3 / 10

History, War, Drama

In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and...

Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre (2023)
8 / 10

Documentary, History, TV Movie

They Met in Bombay (1941)
7.5 / 10

Adventure, Romance, Drama

A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable diamond and gem necklace in Bombay and as the Japanese Army invades China.

Burma War Record (1942)
0 / 10

Documentary

This film records the Japanese military's efforts to capture the Burma Road,one of the major supply lines to China, from the British beginning in...