6.2
Ice Road Truckers
IMDb: 6.2 42 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 ...
5.8
Shadow of the Wolf
IMDb: 5.8 1992 112 min 21 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 ...
6.3
Princess from the Moon
IMDb: 6.3 1987 121 min 22 views
Two poor, married farmers have recently lost their only child; after a freak visitation, they pry open an alien cocoon to greet their new daughter.
7
Tora-san Goes North
IMDb: 7 1987 107 min 19 views
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged ...
6.7
Battle Anthem
IMDb: 6.7 1983 131 min 11 views
The story of Japan’s victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.
6.2
The Challenge
IMDb: 6.2 1982 109 min 34 views
Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud ...
7.9
Shogun
IMDb: 7.9 1981 125 min 23 views
An English navigator becomes both pawn and player in the deadly political games in feudal Japan.
6.1
Winter Kills
IMDb: 6.1 1979 97 min 22 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 ...
5.8
1941
IMDb: 5.8 1979 118 min 24 views
In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.
6.6
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
IMDb: 6.6 1978 131 min 20 views
The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determine who will become Don of Japan.
7.2
The Fall of Ako Castle
IMDb: 7.2 1978 159 min 24 views
This is the story of “The Forty-Seven Ronin.” Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano ...
6.7
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
IMDb: 6.7 1977 141 min 23 views
An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association.
6
T.J. Hooker
IMDb: 6 30 views
Japanese peasants Matashichi and Tahei try and fail to make a profit from a tribal war. They find a man and woman whom they believe are simple ...
6.7
Midway
IMDb: 6.7 1976 132 min 22 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.
6.8
Red Sun
IMDb: 6.8 1971 114 min 14 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 ...
6.9
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
IMDb: 6.9 1969 122 min 27 views
Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of ...
6
The Ambitious
IMDb: 6 1970 120 min 22 views
The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was considered an outlaw by his own ...
6.1
Safari 5000
IMDb: 6.1 1969 177 min 22 views
A Japanese racing driver for Nissan named Godai (Yujiro Ishihara) have a rivalry with a French driver named Pierre (Jean-Claude Drouot). Godai is ...
6.9
Red Lion
IMDb: 6.9 1969 115 min 24 views
Impersonating an Imperial Army officer by wearing a “red lion’s mane”, a poor servant returns to his village after 10 years of ...
7.3
Hell in the Pacific
IMDb: 7.3 1968 103 min 21 views
During World War II, a shot-down American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain find themselves stranded on the same small uninhabited ...
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 ...
8.3
Samurai Rebellion
IMDb: 8.3 1967 121 min 23 views
The mother of a feudal lord’s only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide ...
7.2
Grand Prix
IMDb: 7.2 1966 176 min 18 views
The story tells about the confrontation of four first-class racers of Formula 1. Each of the competitors had their own additional motivation to ...
7.9
The Sword of Doom
IMDb: 7.9 1966 122 min 21 views
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. ...
7.4
Samurai Assassin
IMDb: 7.4 1965 122 min 18 views
Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of ...
6.4
Adventure in Kigan Castle
IMDb: 6.4 1966 105 min 16 views
Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a ...
8.3
Red Beard
IMDb: 8.3 1965 185 min 14 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 ...
6.5
Whirlwind
IMDb: 6.5 1964 108 min 18 views
Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post ...
8.4
High and Low
IMDb: 8.4 1963 142 min 18 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 ...
8
Sanjuro
IMDb: 8 1962 96 min 19 views
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa’s tightly paced, beautifully composed “Sanjuro.” In ...
7.6
47 Ronin
IMDb: 7.6 1962 207 min 19 views
The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) was forced to commit seppuku ...
7.5
The Important Man
IMDb: 7.5 1961 100 min 20 views
Animas Trujano is a colorful but irresponsible Indian in a small Mexican village. He hopes above all things someday to be chosen mayordomio of ...
8.2
Yojimbo
IMDb: 8.2 1961 110 min 31 views
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the ...
6.4
Daredevil in the Castle
IMDb: 6.4 1961 95 min 17 views
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by ...
8
The Bad Sleep Well
IMDb: 8 1960 150 min 27 views
In this loose adaptation of “Hamlet,” illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and ...
6.5
The Three Treasures
IMDb: 6.5 1959 182 min 31 views
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor’s son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but ...
6.9
Samurai Saga
IMDb: 6.9 1959 111 min 22 views
Edmund Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) ...
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.
8.1
The Hidden Fortress
IMDb: 8.1 1958 139 min 26 views
Japanese peasants Matashichi and Tahei try and fail to make a profit from a tribal war. They find a man and woman whom they believe are simple ...
8.1
Throne of Blood
IMDb: 8.1 1957 108 min 25 views
Returning to their lord’s castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part ...
7.6
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
IMDb: 7.6 1956 105 min 24 views
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He’s sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan’s most powerful ...
7.3
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
IMDb: 7.3 1955 103 min 16 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 ...
7.3
I Live in Fear
IMDb: 7.3 1955 103 min 17 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 ...
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 ...
7.4
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
IMDb: 7.4 1954 93 min 22 views
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
7.6
Eagle of the Pacific
IMDb: 7.6 1953 119 min 14 views
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan’s navy ...
8.1
The Life of Oharu
IMDb: 8.1 1952 136 min 16 views
In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman’s banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
7.2
The Idiot
IMDb: 7.2 1951 166 min 21 views
Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love ...
7.2
Scandal
IMDb: 7.2 1950 104 min 24 views
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.
8.2
Rashomon
IMDb: 8.2 1950 88 min 34 views
Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, “Rashomon” is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the ...
