Movies:

  • 1965
    Kwaidan

    Kwaidan (1965)

    Kwaidan

    7.71965HD

    Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue come...

    Kwaidan
  • 1959
    Fires on the Plain

    Fires on the Plain (1959)

    Fires on the Plain

    7.61959HD

    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 Leyte....

    Fires on the Plain
  • 1970
    Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

    Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)

    Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

    6.71970HD

    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 merchant rumored to have stolen gold from the shogunate. The boss has hired Yojimbo as his hard-drinking ...

    Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
  • 1968
    The Sands of Kurobe

    The Sands of Kurobe (1968)

    The Sands of Kurobe

    6.21968HD

    Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel crosses an earthquake fault and Kitagawa is beleaguered not only b...

    The Sands of Kurobe
  • 1958
    Stolen Desire

    Stolen Desire (1958)

    Stolen Desire

    6.61958HD

    A rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows....

    Stolen Desire
  • 1962
    Love Under the Crucifix

    Love Under the Crucifix (1962)

    Love Under the Crucifix

    6.91962HD

    The basic story in Love under the Crucifix is about Ogin, daughter of a tea master, who are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a feudal prince, also a Christian who is already married, and that creates problems. Further, when th...

    Love Under the Crucifix
  • 1961
    Bitter End of a Sweet Night

    Bitter End of a Sweet Night (1961)

    Bitter End of a Sweet Night

    5.81961HD

    An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate them so he can move up the social ladder....

    Bitter End of a Sweet Night
  • 1952
    Children of Hiroshima

    Children of Hiroshima (1952)

    Children of Hiroshima

    7.11952HD

    Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath....

    Children of Hiroshima
  • 1962
    The Inheritance

    The Inheritance (1962)

    The Inheritance

    7.21962HD

    A dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown, so a bevy of lawyers and associates scheme to take advantage of the situation....

    The Inheritance
  • 1961
    Buddha

    Buddha (1961)

    Buddha

    01961HD

    An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals ...

    Buddha
  • 1988
    Sakura-tai Chiru

    Sakura-tai Chiru (1988)

    Sakura-tai Chiru

    5.71988HD

    A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of Hiroshima to begin preparations for the staging of a play just before the atomic bombing....

    Sakura-tai Chiru
  • 1947
    The Ball at the Anjo House

    The Ball at the Anjo House (1947)

    The Ball at the Anjo House

    6.81947HD

    After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the family holds one last ball before leaving....

    The Ball at the Anjo House
  • 1971
    Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

    Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow (1971)

    Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

    5.81971HD

    Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family from 1935 through Japan's invasion of China. Based on the novels by Jumpei Gomikawa, who also penned The Human Condition....

    Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
  • 1966
    The Great White Tower

    The Great White Tower (1966)

    The Great White Tower

    6.71966HD

    The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority,...

    The Great White Tower
  • 1959
    Jirocho Fuji

    Jirocho Fuji (1959)

    Jirocho Fuji

    6.81959HD

    Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa....

    Jirocho Fuji
  • 1938
    The Giant

    The Giant (1938)

    The Giant

    61938HD

    Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War of 1877 in Japan, which was the last civil war in the country, a criminal escapes prison only to be ...

    The Giant
  • 1980
    An Ocean to Cross

    An Ocean to Cross (1980)

    An Ocean to Cross

    01980HD

    Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and bring a high priest back to Japan with them. The film tells the tale of the four monks' youth and the life and times of the high priest Ganjin....

    An Ocean to Cross
  • 1973
    Men and War III: The Final Chapter

    Men and War III: The Final Chapter (1973)

    Men and War III: The Final Chapter

    61973HD

    Final part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family through the Sino-Japanese War through the Soviet Union's sudden attack upon Japanese troops at the end of the war....

    Men and War III: The Final Chapter
  • 1950
    Till We Meet Again

    Till We Meet Again (1950)

    Till We Meet Again

    6.31950HD

    Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them....

    Till We Meet Again
  • 1949
    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949)

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

    6.71949HD

    Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husband....

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1