Meiji Period Movies

  • 1962
    The Whale God

    The Whale God

    The Whale God

    6.81962HD

    A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

    The Whale God
  • 1974
    Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

    Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

    Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

    6.3911974HD

    Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who...

    Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
  • 2002
    Millennium Actress

    Millennium Actress

    Millennium Actress

    7.8412002HD

    Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career....

    Millennium Actress
  • 2012
    Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

    Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

    Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

    7.5242012HD

    In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.

    Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
  • 1978
    Empire of Passion

    Empire of Passion

    Empire of Passion

    6.9141978HD

    In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.

    Empire of Passion
  • 2024
    11 Rebels

    11 Rebels

    11 Rebels

    7.2672024HD

    When the brutal Boshin War breaks out in Japan, a group of inmates on death row unite to defend a fortress against the Imperial army.

    11 Rebels
  • 1999
    Gemini

    Gemini

    Gemini

    6.4721999HD

    When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.

    Gemini
  • 2014
    Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

    Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

    Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

    7.7162014HD

    Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final...

    Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
  • 1973
    Lady Snowblood

    Lady Snowblood

    Lady Snowblood

    7.5251973HD

    Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother...

    Lady Snowblood
  • 2014
    Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

    Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

    Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

    7.5812014HD

    Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto...

    Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
  • 1981
    Why Not?

    Why Not?

    Why Not?

    6.1181981HD

    The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji...

    Why Not?
  • 1973
    Sex and Fury

    Sex and Fury

    Sex and Fury

    6.1551973HD

    Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and...

    Sex and Fury
  • 1988
    Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

    Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

    Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

    6.1841988HD

    A demonic reincarnation of a Japanese general from the 10th century appears in the early 20th century Tokyo with a mission to destroy the blooming...

    Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
  • 2013
    Unforgiven

    Unforgiven

    Unforgiven

    72013HD

    An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.

    Unforgiven
  • 1948
    Apostasy

    Apostasy

    Apostasy

    5.41948HD

    In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.

    Apostasy
  • 1980
    Port Arthur

    Port Arthur

    Port Arthur

    7.31980HD

    Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of...

    Port Arthur
  • 2005
    Year One in the North

    Year One in the North

    Year One in the North

    4.92005HD

    In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of...

    Year One in the North
  • 2009
    The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity

    The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity

    The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity

    6.22009HD

    In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.

    The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
  • 1977
    Mount Hakkoda

    Mount Hakkoda

    Mount Hakkoda

    6.41977HD

    Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with...

    Mount Hakkoda
  • 2023
    Father of the Milky Way Railroad

    Father of the Milky Way Railroad

    Father of the Milky Way Railroad

    62023HD

    Kenji, the eldest son of Masajiro, a wealthy moneylender, refuses to work in the family business and becomes obsessed with farming, jewelry and...

    Father of the Milky Way Railroad