Japanese New Wave Movies

  • 1964
    Woman in the Dunes

    Woman in the Dunes

    Woman in the Dunes

    8.2081964HD

    A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village and...

    Woman in the Dunes
  • 1966
    The Face of Another

    The Face of Another

    The Face of Another

    7.7751966HD

    A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his new doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality and causing him to...

    The Face of Another
  • 1966
    Tokyo Drifter

    Tokyo Drifter

    Tokyo Drifter

    7.11966HD

    After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu"...

    Tokyo Drifter
  • 1960
    Cruel Story of Youth

    Cruel Story of Youth

    Cruel Story of Youth

    6.5071960HD

    A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.

    Cruel Story of Youth
  • 1960
    The Sun's Burial

    The Sun's Burial

    The Sun's Burial

    6.3931960HD

    In Osaka's slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the trading of ID cards and blood.

    The Sun's Burial
  • 1960
    The Naked Island

    The Naked Island

    The Naked Island

    7.9781960HD

    A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.

    The Naked Island
  • 1964
    Pale Flower

    Pale Flower

    Pale Flower

    7.31964HD

    A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young...

    Pale Flower
  • 1960
    Night and Fog in Japan

    Night and Fog in Japan

    Night and Fog in Japan

    6.3521960HD

    Long takes and a highly theatrical visual approach combine to form a tense and confrontational look at the decline of a socialist student activists'...

    Night and Fog in Japan
  • 1961
    Pigs and Battleships

    Pigs and Battleships

    Pigs and Battleships

    7.11961HD

    In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.

    Pigs and Battleships
  • 1964
    Gate of Flesh

    Gate of Flesh

    Gate of Flesh

    6.61964HD

    In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence,...

    Gate of Flesh
  • 1956
    Crazed Fruit

    Crazed Fruit

    Crazed Fruit

    6.9391956HD

    Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking.

    Crazed Fruit
  • 1964
    Intentions of Murder

    Intentions of Murder

    Intentions of Murder

    6.991964HD

    The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect...

    Intentions of Murder
  • 1971
    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

    7.31971HD

    An experimental, psychedelic odyssey through Japanese subculture experienced via the eyes of a disillusioned young man, who must contend with intense...

    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
  • 1965
    A Story Written with Water

    A Story Written with Water

    A Story Written with Water

    6.1671965HD

    Struggling with his true emotions, dreams, memories of the past and the reality Shizuo is about to marry, but is torn between his wife-to-be and the...

    A Story Written with Water
  • 1959
    Street of Love and Hope

    Street of Love and Hope

    Street of Love and Hope

    6.6111959HD

    The lives of a teenager, his impoverished family, a wealthy young woman who buys a pigeon from him, and his caring teacher converge and consequently...

    Street of Love and Hope
  • 1964
    Assassination

    Assassination

    Assassination

    7.0811964HD

    Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political manoeuvring...

    Assassination
  • 1962
    The Christian Revolt

    The Christian Revolt

    The Christian Revolt

    6.21962HD

    In Tokugawa-era (1637) Shimabara, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of charismatic Christian rebel leader Shiro...

    The Christian Revolt
  • 1965
    Tattooed Life

    Tattooed Life

    Tattooed Life

    71965HD

    After his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with his younger brother.

    Tattooed Life
  • 1961
    Killers on Parade

    Killers on Parade

    Killers on Parade

    6.21961HD

    A vengeful contractor hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews when an amateur marksman shows up his eclectic...

    Killers on Parade
  • 1967
    Love for an Idiot

    Love for an Idiot

    Love for an Idiot

    5.6251967HD

    A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she enslaves him to her whims.

    Love for an Idiot