japan movies page 48

Jōiuchi (2020)
8 / 10

Drama, TV Movie, History

One samurai is ordered to kill another by their master in punishment.

Star of Hong Kong (1962)
0 / 10

Romance

Wang Xinglian returns from her studies in Japan to visit her father in Hong Kong where she has an encounter with the young Japanese Hasegawa Toru....

The Whole Family Works (1939)
6.2 / 10

Drama

Father of nine children cannot find a job. Despite their aspirations, the children are encouraged by both parents to hold down menial jobs and...

Abortion: Stories from North and South (1984)
0 / 10

Documentary

Women have always sought ways to terminate unwanted pregnancies, despite powerful patriarchal structures and systems working against them. This film...

Free and Easy 19 (2008)
7.5 / 10

Comedy

Hama-chan joins a company excursion to Oita with the rest of his department including his new junior Daisuke. Beautiful Namiko, the organizer of the...

Yamakoshi: The Recovery of a Tiny Japanese Village (2009)
0 / 10

Documentary

The Great Chuetsu Earthquake which struck Niigata Prefecture on October 23, 2004 is permanently engraved in the memories of most Japanese people...

The Fourth Dimension (2001)
7 / 10

Documentary

This is an elegant meditation on time, travel, and ceremony in the form of a journey. In her first foray into digital video, Trinh T. Minh-ha...

That's Hentaitainment! Ijo Sex Daizenshu (1991)
2 / 10

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Three sketches each from a different director: (1) a dancer who is attracted to lesbians; (2) a call girl who is accosted by a cruel man; (3) a male...

Samurai Cat: Tamanojo Goes to Edo (2016)
6.5 / 10

Comedy, Drama

A prequel to the story of the legendary samurai and one cat. In Edo era, there was a legendary samurai named Kyutaro Madarame who are feared as a...

Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2004)
9.5 / 10

Documentary, History

Japan blossomed into its Renaissance at approximately the same time as Europe. Unlike the West, it flourished not through conquest and exploration,...

Aichaku (1969)
0 / 10

Romance, Drama

The lives of an American expat and a half Japanese construction worker living in rural Japan are forever changed over the course of three days as...

Goodbye CP (1972)
7.2 / 10

Documentary

Kazuo Hara follows the lives and activities of Yokota Hiroshi and Yokozuka Koichi, members of an activist group made up of people with cerebral palsy.

Making the Happiest Employees in Japan: The Challenge of Hotel Associa Nagoya Terminal (2014)
7 / 10

Documentary

A renowned old hotel near Nagoya Station has been in the red for four consecutive fiscal terms. When the old management stepped down, Akio Shibata,...

New Tokyo Poltergeist (2024)
0 / 10

Sequel to Tokyo Poltergeist (2023), the film that shocked Japan!

Violated Paradise (1963)
6.5 / 10

Documentary, Romance, Drama

A modern geisha travels through Japan trying to find a job as entertainer, and ends up by finding love and a job as ama, a pearl diver.

Vanilla Boy: Tomorrow Is Another Day (2016)
0 / 10

Comedy

An ordinary and somewhat unpopular high school boy joins a surfing club in a nowhere near ocean Tochigi Prefecture, while being oblivious to the fact...

Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side B (2022)
6 / 10

Documentary

From a vast record of 750 days, 5000 hours, Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 SIDE A and SIDE B are the official documentaries by Naomi...

W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult (1989)
0 / 10

Documentary

The war in the South Pacific, a country doctor in Colorado, victims of industrial pollution in a Japanese village — all were captured in...

Shanghai Ghetto (2002)
7 / 10

Documentary

SHANGHAI GHETTO recalls the strange-but-true story of thousands of European Jews who were shut out of country after country while trying to escape...

Follow Me (1969)
0.5 / 10

Documentary

Documentary about two boys and a girl who travel to surfing spots around the world.