Japan Movies

This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in northern Japan, portraying people from tightly knit...

After an American Navy base is annihilated by a secret weapon, Agent OSS 117 is sent to Japan to investigate the organization that's claiming...

Director Miho Niikura examines the modern practice of tee (Okinawan karate), and its attractiveness to Westerners—some of whom travel thousands...

Women getting onto a rickshaw.

Two people who love each other are separated due to a certain incident. Two years later, the man has become an assassin. A story about an encounter...

One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She...

A young man is anguished that Koreans cannot volunteer to join to Japanese Imperial Army.

The lives of an American expat and a half Japanese construction worker living in rural Japan are forever changed over the course of three days as...

When Su-san invites his late friend's daughter to come along on a fishing trip, she falls in love with Hama-chan's fishing protégé.

An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it survives today as a compilation of scenes from...

Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is...

In a dreamlike wandering, the city becomes a constant rendezvous. In the hustle and bustle of strange streets, the protagonists face disillusionment...

The film accompanies a motley crew of idealists on board the Greenpeace ship "Esperanza" on their mission to prevent the Japanese whaling fleet from...

When pregnant lunchbox factory worker Yayoi has finally taken all the abuse she can handle, she strangles her brutish husband and disposes of the...

Magazine editor Mamiya is intrigued by high school model Noeru's talent and attitude, but soon realizes his feelings go beyond professional curiosity.

The story of a lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty.

In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island...

At an event hall in Roppongi Hills, there is a charity event for landmine eradication. Kaoru does security with Security Police officers Soichiro...

Just after midnight on 10 March 1945, the US launched an air-based attack on eastern Tokyo; continuing until morning, the raid left more than 100,000...

After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.