7
The Most Valuable Madam
IMDb: 7 1959 95 min 23 views
lchiro, the president of Mihara & Co., is henpecked by his wife Momoko, a clever and beautiful woman, but prattling and intrusive. She makes ...
7.2
Samurai from Nowhere
IMDb: 7.2 1964 93 min 19 views
Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the ...
7.2
An Inlet of Muddy Water
IMDb: 7.2 1953 130 min 17 views
Three short tales from stories by Ichiyo Higuchi. In one, a young woman is degraded by her family after an arranged marriage. Another deals with ...
6.8
Mermaid Legend
IMDb: 6.8 1984 110 min 38 views
After a woman is framed for the murder of her fisherman husband, she seeks out a bloody revenge on the corrupt businessmen responsible.
7.2
Black River
IMDb: 7.2 1957 114 min 17 views
A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and ...
7.2
Antonio Gaudí
IMDb: 7.2 1984 72 min 16 views
Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí (1852-1926) designed some of the world’s most astonishing buildings, interiors, and parks; Japanese ...
7.7
Japan’s Longest Day
IMDb: 7.7 1967 157 min 16 views
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the ...
7.7
Pale Flower
IMDb: 7.7 1964 96 min 21 views
Muraki, a hardboiled Yakuza gangster, has just been released from prison after serving a sentence for murder. Revisiting his old gambling haunts, ...
7.4
The Inheritance
IMDb: 7.4 1962 108 min 17 views
On his deathbed, a wealthy businessman announces that his fortune is to be split equally among his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts ...
7
The Broken Commandment
IMDb: 7 1962 119 min 41 views
Ushimatsu’s father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting ...
8.5
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
IMDb: 8.5 1959 206 min 22 views
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in ...
7.6
The Rickshaw Man
IMDb: 7.6 1958 103 min 28 views
The story of Muhōmatsu, a rickshaw man who becomes a surrogate father to the child of a recently widowed woman.
7.4
Untamed Woman
IMDb: 7.4 1957 121 min 16 views
A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his ...
7.6
Flowing
IMDb: 7.6 1956 117 min 19 views
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn’t see any future in her ...
8.6
Seven Samurai
IMDb: 8.6 1954 207 min 25 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 ...
