7.3
1964
The Scent of Incense
IMDb: 7.3 1964 203 min 1 views
After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her ...
6.8
1960
Spring Dreams
IMDb: 6.8 1960 103 min 2 views
When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous ...
6.8
1959
Thus Another Day
IMDb: 6.8 1959 73 min 1 views
A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent ...
7.8
1958
The Ballad of Narayama
IMDb: 7.8 1958 98 min 2 views
In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced ...
6.4
1957
Danger Stalks Near
IMDb: 6.4 1957 79 min
The plans of a trio of burglars are continually thwarted by the arrival of visitors to the house they plan to rob.
6.7
1955
The Tattered Wings
IMDb: 6.7 1955 99 min
A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she’s seen with her intense, ...
8
1954
Twenty-Four Eyes
IMDb: 8 1954 156 min
From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events ...
7.4
1953
A Japanese Tragedy
IMDb: 7.4 1953 116 min 3 views
At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed ...
6
1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
IMDb: 6 1951 122 min 1 views
A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.
6.8
1951
Boyhood
IMDb: 6.8 1951 110 min
When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.
6.8
1950
Wedding Ring
IMDb: 6.8 1950 96 min
A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband’s illness.
6.9
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
IMDb: 6.9 1949 85 min 1 views
Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is ...
6.2
1948
Apostasy
IMDb: 6.2 1948 99 min
In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.
6.7
1947
Phoenix
IMDb: 6.7 1947 82 min
A Japanese war widow recalls her love affair with her deceased husband.
6.7
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
IMDb: 6.7 1949 73 min 3 views
Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying upward, and being blackmailed by the ...
5.8
1988
Father
IMDb: 5.8 1988 74 min 1 views
A middle-aged man’s family loses patience with him as he struggles with his seemingly directionless life.
6.8
1983
Children of Nagasaki
IMDb: 6.8 1983 126 min
August 9, 1945. An atomic bomb drops on Urakami, Nagasaki at 11:02am. The story of Dr. Nagai and his family.
6.6
1979
Oh, My Son!
IMDb: 6.6 1979 130 min
A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims’ families.