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Seven Samurai
(七人の侍)
Seven samurai answer a village's request for protection after they lose their masters and fall on hard times.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1954
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Cast Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Katô
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Yojimbo
(用心棒)
A ronin comes to a town divided between two gangs and decides to play them off each other to his advantage.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1961
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Cast Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Seizaburō Kawazu
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Samurai Rebellion
(上意討ち 拝領妻始末)
Isaburo Sasahara is an aging swordsman living a quiet life until his clan lord orders that his son marry the lord's mistress.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1967
- Director Masaki Kobayashi
- Cast Toshirō Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Gō Katō, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Etsuko Ichihara, Isao Yamagata
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, FlixFling, Tubi TV
Early Spring
(早春)
A young salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1956
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Chikage Awashima, Takako Fujino, Ryô Ikebe, Daisuke Katô, Keiko Kishi, Kuniko Miyake
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Channel
Porco Rosso
(紅の豚)
When pigs fly...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1992
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Sanshi Katsura, Tsunehiko Kamijô, Akemi Okamura, Akio Otsuka
- Genre Comedy, Animation, Adventure
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Apostasy
(破戒)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1948
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Ryō Ikebe, Yôko Katsuragi, Osamu Takizawa, Jūkichi Uno, Masao Shimizu, Yoshi Katō
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
(Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle)
The true story of Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier during WWII who surrendered 10,000 days after the Empire.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Japan, Germany • 2021
- Director Arthur Harari
- Cast Yuya Endo, Kanji Tsuda, Yuya Matsuura, Tetsuya Chiba, Shinsuke Kato, Kai Inowaki
- Genre Adventure, Drama, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
Pulse
(回路)
After one of their friends commits suicide, strange things begin happening to a group of young Tokyo residents.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2001
- Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Cast Haruhiko Katō, Kumiko Aso, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka, Masatoshi Matsuo, Shinji Takeda
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Hoopla, Plex Channel
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Nearly 20 years after his death, Toshiro Mifune remains a true giant of Japanese cinema.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2016
- Director Steven Okazaki
- Cast Keanu Reeves, Kyōko Kagawa, Yōko Tsukasa, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Takeshi Katō, Kaoru Yachigusa
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Shinjuku Incident
(新宿事件)
They destroyed his life... Now he'll destroy them all.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 2009
- Director Derek Yee Tung-Sing
- Cast Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu, Xu Jinglei, Masaya Kato, Tōru Minegishi
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VIX
Vampire Hunter D
(吸血鬼ハンターD
)
A young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1985
- Director Toyoo Ashida
- Cast Kaneto Shiozawa, Michie Tomizawa, Seizō Katō, Ichirō Nagai, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Kan Tokumaru
- Genre Animation, Fantasy, Horror
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Wet Woman in the Wind
(風に濡れた女)
A former playwright now living a quiet life is caught in a mysterious woman's web of sexual desires.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2016
- Director Akihiko Shiota
- Cast Yuki Mamiya, Tasuku Nagaoka, Takahiro Katô, Michiko Suzuki, Ryushin Tei
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space
(TAMALA2010)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2002
- Director t.o.L
- Cast Béatrice Dalle, Takeshi Katō, Hisayo Mochizuki, Shinji Takeda
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Angel Beats!
(Angel Beats!
)
- Japan • 2010
- Creator
- Cast Miyuki Sawashiro, Emiri Kato, Kana Asumi, Hiroshi Kamiya, Kana Hanazawa, Eri Kitamura
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
- Available on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Lucky Star
(らき☆すた)
- Japan, Germany • 2007
- Creator Kagami Yoshimizu
- Cast Aya Hirano, Aya Endo, Kaori Fukuhara, Saori Nishihara, Emiri Kato, Hirokazu Hiramatsu
- Genre Animation, Comedy
- Available on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
I"s
(アイズ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2018
- Creator
- Cast Keisuke Tomita, Sei Shiraishi, Konatsu Kato, Yuuki Ogoe, Nakayama Tatsuya, Amane Okayama
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
(魔法少女まどか☆マギカ)
A schoolgirl is offered a wish in exchange for a commitment to battling witches.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2011
- Creator
- Cast Aoi Yuki, Chiwa Saito, Eri Kitamura, Ai Nonaka, Emiri Kato
- Genre Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Hulu, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Dr. DMAT
(Dr.DMAT)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2014
- Creator Hiroshi Takano
- Cast Tadayoshi Okura, Ai Kato, Miori Takimoto, Yumi Asou, Jiro Sato, Satoru Matsuo
- Genre Action & Adventure
- Available on No streaming locations found.
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
(女が階段を上る時)
A middle-aged bar hostess, constantly in debt, is faced with numerous social constraints and challenges.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1960
- Director Mikio Naruse
- Cast Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan, Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Katō, Ganjirô Nakamura II
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Voltes V
(超電磁マシーン ボルテスV)
Lets Volt in
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1977
- Director Saburo Yatsude
- Cast Kazuyuki Sogabe, Seizō Katō, Noriko Ohara, Hiroshi Masuoka, Miyuki Ueda, Osamu Ichikawa
- Genre Animation, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Hungry Heart: Wild Striker
(ハングリーハート WILD STRIKER)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2002
- Creator Takahashi Youichi
- Cast Natsuki Kato, Masaya Takatsuka, Kenji Nomura, Yoshikazu Nagano, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Yoshiaki Matsumoto
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Naked Executive
(裸の重役)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1964
- Director Yasuki Chiba
- Cast Hisaya Morishige, Yuriko Hoshi, Daisuke Katō, Reiko Dan, Mitsuko Kusabue
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Bad Sleep Well
(悪い奴ほどよく眠る)
A young executive hunts down his father's killer in this chilling corporate take on "Hamlet."
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1960
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Cast Toshirō Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takeshi Katō, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel
Hachiko
(ハチ公物語)
Love between a dog and his master. A story of devotion, which transcends time and space.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1987
- Director Seijiro Koyama
- Cast Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mako Ishino, Masumi Harukawa, Taiji Tonoyama, Yoshi Katō
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
A Fugitive from the Past
(飢餓海峡)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1965
- Director Tomu Uchida
- Cast Rentaro Mikuni, Sachiko Hidari, Kōji Mitsui, Yoshi Katō, Sadako Sawamura, Susumu Fujita
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: The Eternal Story
(劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ[後編] 永遠の物語)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2012
- Director Yukihiro Miyamoto
- Cast Aoi Yuki, Chiwa Saito, Eri Kitamura, Kaori Mizuhashi, Ai Nonaka, Emiri Kato
- Genre Thriller, Animation, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Zoku Owarimonogatari
(続・終物語)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2018
- Director Akiyuki Simbo
- Cast Hiroshi Kamiya, Eri Kitamura, Yuka Iguchi, Emiri Kato, Yui Horie
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Mystery, Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Death Parade
(デス・パレード)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2015
- Creator
- Cast Asami Seto, Tomoaki Maeno, Misa Kato, Yuna Taniguchi, Atsumi Tanezaki, Koki Uchiyama
- Genre Animation, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Twilight Saloon
(たそがれ酒場)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1955
- Director Tomu Uchida
- Cast Daisuke Katō, Eijirô Tôno, Keiko Tsushima, Jun Tatara, Tetsurō Tamba, Shigeru Amachi
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Two in the Shadow
(乱れ雲)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1967
- Director Mikio Naruse
- Cast Yûzô Kayama, Yōko Tsukasa, Mitsuko Mori, Mie Hama, Mitsuko Kusabue, Daisuke Katō
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Lucky☆Star: Original na Visual to Animation
Lucky Star OVA
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2008
- Director Yasuhiro Takemoto
- Cast Aya Hirano, Emiri Kato, Kaori Fukuhara, Aya Endo, Hiromi Konno, Kaoru Mizuhara
- Genre Comedy, Animation
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Umizaru Evolution
(海猿 EVOLUTION)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2005
- Creator
- Cast Hideaki Ito, Ai Kato, Toru Nakamura, Masatō Ibu, Akira Sakamoto
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Shoujo Commando IZUMI
(少女コマンドーIZUMI)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1987
- Creator
- Cast Izumi Igarashi, Mari Kato, Takeo Chii, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Takeyuki Yue, Masami Katsuragawa
- Genre Action & Adventure
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Lion Era
(獅子の時代)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1980
- Creator Taichi Yamada
- Cast Bunta Sugawara, Miyuki Matsuda, Koji Tsuruta, Gō Katō, Reiko Ôhara
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Attack No.1
(アタックNo.1)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2005
- Creator Chikako Urano
- Cast Aya Ueto, Ayana Sakai, Natsuki Kato, Ayaka Morita, Shunsuke Nakamura, Nagiko Tôno
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Funeral Parade of Roses
(薔薇の葬列)
The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other drag queens in Japan.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1969
- Director Toshio Matsumoto
- Cast Pîtâ, Osamu Ogasawara, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Emiko Azuma, Yoshihiro Katô, Koichi Nakamura
- Genre Drama
- Available on Night Flight Plus, Metrograph, Kanopy
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
(池袋ウエストゲートパーク)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2000
- Creator
- Cast Tomoya Nagase, Ai Kato, Ken Watanabe, Yosuke Kubozuka, Kenji Sakaguchi, Ryuta Sato
- Genre Drama, Crime, Comedy
- Available on Netflix
Shigurui: Death Frenzy
(シグルイ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2007
- Creator
- Cast Daisuke Namikawa, Nozomu Sasaki, Yusaku Yara, Seizō Katō, Houko Kuwashima, Emi Shinohara
- Genre Animation, Drama, Action & Adventure
- Available on Apple TV, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Mother
(おかあさん)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1952
- Director Mikio Naruse
- Cast Kinuyo Tanaka, Kyōko Kagawa, Eiji Okada, Akihiko Katayama, Daisuke Katō, Yônosuke Toba
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Double Suicide
(心中天網島)
Jihei's schemes to buy a courtesan's freedom yield ruinous consequences for his business, family life, and reputation.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1969
- Director Masahiro Shinoda
- Cast Kichiemon Nakamura, Shima Iwashita, Hōsei Komatsu, Yûsuke Takita, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yoshi Katō
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Floating Clouds
(浮雲)
Returning to Japan following WWII, Yukiko hopes to continue an affair started during wartime, but realizes the man won’t divorce his wife.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1955
- Director Mikio Naruse
- Cast Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Mariko Okada, Isao Yamagata, Chieko Nakakita, Daisuke Katō
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
A Wanderer's Notebook
(放浪記)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1962
- Director Mikio Naruse
- Cast Hideko Takamine, Akira Takarada, Daisuke Katō, Keiju Kobayashi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Kusabue
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: The Beginning Story
(劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ [前編] 始まりの物語)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2012
- Director Yukihiro Miyamoto
- Cast Aoi Yuki, Chiwa Saito, Eri Kitamura, Kaori Mizuhashi, Ai Nonaka, Emiri Kato
- Genre Thriller, Animation, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
A Legend, or Was It?
(死闘の伝説)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1963
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Mariko Kaga, Gō Katō, Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshi Katō, Bunta Sugawara
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on Criterion Channel
Awakening
(魂萌え!)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2007
- Director Junji Sakamoto
- Cast Jun Fubuki, Yoshiko Mita, Haruko Katô
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Casshan
(新造人間キャシャーン)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1973
- Creator
- Cast Emiko Tsukada, Osamu Kato, Ikuo Nishikawa, Reiko Mutoh, Ryûji Nakagi, Masato Yamanouchi
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily
(ゆるゆり)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2011
- Creator
- Cast Shiori Mikami, Aki Toyosaki, Yuka Otsubo, Rumi Okubo, Emiri Kato, Saki Fujita
- Genre Animation, Comedy
- Available on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Pigs and Battleships
(豚と軍艦)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1961
- Director Shôhei Imamura
- Cast Hiroyuki Nagato, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Masao Mishima, Tetsurō Tamba, Shirō Ōsaka, Takeshi Katō
- Genre Crime, Drama, Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel
Heroes of the East
(中華丈夫)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 1978
- Director Lau Kar-leung
- Cast Gordon Liu Chia-hui, Yuka Mizuno, Cheng Kang-Yeh, Ching Miao, Yasuaki Kurata, Naozo Kato
- Genre Action
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, ARROW, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
(子連れ狼 死に風に向う乳母車)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1972
- Director Kenji Misumi
- Cast Tomisaburō Wakayama, Gō Katō, Yûko Hamada, Isao Yamagata, Michitarō Mizushima, Ichirô Nakatani
- Genre Drama, Action
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
Sword of the Beast
(獣の剣)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1965
- Director Hideo Gosha
- Cast Mikijirō Hira, Gō Katō, Shima Iwashita, Kunie Tanaka, Eijirō Tōno, Toshie Kimura
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Taro the Dragon Boy
(龍の子太郎)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1979
- Director Kirio Urayama
- Cast Junya Kato, Mina Tominaga, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kirin Kiki, Kazuo Kumakura, Kazuo Kitamura
- Genre Fantasy, Animation, Family, Adventure
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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