8
Throne of Blood
IMDb: 8 1957 108 min
Returning to their lord’s castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of ...
7.3
I Live in Fear
IMDb: 7.3 1955 103 min 5 views
Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family ...
7.3
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
IMDb: 7.3 1955 103 min 8 views
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan’s greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not ...
7.4
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
IMDb: 7.4 1954 93 min 9 views
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
8.6
Seven Samurai
IMDb: 8.6 1954 207 min 9 views
A samurai answers a village’s request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers ...
8.1
The Life of Oharu
IMDb: 8.1 1952 136 min 12 views
In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman’s banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
8.2
Rashomon
IMDb: 8.2 1950 88 min 10 views
Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, “Rashomon” is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of ...
7.4
The Quiet Duel
IMDb: 7.4 1949 95 min 10 views
A young idealistic doctor works at his father’s clinic in a small and seedy district. During the war, he contracts syphilis from the blood of a ...
7.8
Stray Dog
IMDb: 7.8 1949 122 min 14 views
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes ...
7.6
Drunken Angel
IMDb: 7.6 1948 98 min 14 views
Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he is suffering from tuberculosis. Sanada tries to ...
5.8
Shadow of the Wolf
IMDb: 5.8 1992 112 min 16 views
In the 1930s, Agaguk lives his traditional Inuit life. But one day, there is a murder in the tribe and Agaguk becomes a suspect. Soon he becomes ...
0
1941
1979 118 min 20 views
In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.
6.2
Winter Kills
IMDb: 6.2 1979 97 min 23 views
The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to ...
8.4
High and Low
IMDb: 8.4 1963 142 min 20 views
A shoe company executive who has mortgaged everything he has becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped and is ...
6.7
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
IMDb: 6.7 1977 141 min 19 views
An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association.
6.7
Midway
IMDb: 6.7 1976 132 min 25 views
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
8.3
Red Beard
IMDb: 8.3 1965 185 min 24 views
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes ...
6.8
Red Sun
IMDb: 6.8 1971 114 min 17 views
In 1870, Japanese ambassador Sakaguchi and his entourage travel by train to Washington to deliver a valuable sword to the President of the United ...
7.9
The Sword of Doom
IMDb: 7.9 1966 122 min 17 views
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. ...
7
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
IMDb: 7 1970 115 min 23 views
With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro, the son of a ...
7.2
Grand Prix
IMDb: 7.2 1966 176 min 18 views
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a ...
7.3
Hell in the Pacific
IMDb: 7.3 1968 103 min 19 views
During World War II, a shot-down American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain find themselves stranded on the same small uninhabited ...