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Sansho the Bailiff
(山椒大夫)
A family is tragically separated after the patriarch is sent into exile.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1954
- Director Kenji Mizoguchi
- Cast Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyōko Kagawa, Eitarō Shindō, Akitake Kôno, Masao Shimizu
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Plex, Plex Channel
Children of Hiroshima
(原爆の子)
Schoolteacher Takako Ishikawa returns to her hometown of Hiroshima four years after the US dropped the atomic bomb.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1952
- Director Kaneto Shindō
- Cast Nobuko Otowa, Osamu Takizawa, Masao Shimizu, Jukichi Uno, Akira Yamanouchi, Jun Tatara
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Tubi TV
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
Stakeout
(張込み)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1958
- Director Yoshitaro Nomura
- Cast Minoru Oki, Takahiro Tamura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Hideko Takamine, Kin Sugai, Masao Shimizu
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Journey to the Shore
(岸辺の旅)
For 3 years, Mizuki’s husband was missing. One day, he suddenly returns and invites her on a trip with him.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, France • 2015
- Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Cast Eri Fukatsu, Tadanobu Asano, Masao Komatsu, Yu Aoi, Yasayuki Shuto, Akira Emoto
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Kanopy
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
(ゆきゆきて、神軍)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1987
- Director Kazuo Hara
- Cast Kenzo Okuzaki, Masao Koshimizu, Riichi Aikawa, Masaichi Hamaguchi, Toshio Hara
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
Hana no Ran
(花の乱)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1994
- Creator
- Cast Yoshiko Mita, Ichikawa Danjūrō XII, Machiko Kyō, Masao Kusakari, Yoshie Taira, Shirô Sano
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
孤独のグルメSeason4 真夏の博多・出張スペシャル
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2014
- Director
- Cast Yutaka Matsushige, Yasuhi Nakamura, Masao Komatsu
- Genre Drama, TV Movie
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Demons
(修羅)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1971
- Director Toshio Matsumoto
- Cast Katsuo Nakamura, Juro Kara, Yasuko Sanjo, Masao Imafuku, Tamotsu Tamura, Hideo Kanze
- Genre Horror, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
(大東亜戦争と国際裁判)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1959
- Director Kiyoshi Komori
- Cast Kanjūrō Arashi, Minoru Takada, Masao Shimizu, Hiroshi Hayashi, Joji Oka, Jōji Ohara
- Genre War
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Hibana: Spark
(火花)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2016
- Creator
- Cast Masao Yoshii, Kento Hayashi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Sanadamaru
(真田丸)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2016
- Creator
- Cast Masato Sakai, Yo Oizumi, Masao Kusakari, Yoshino Kimura, Masami Nagasawa, Atsuko Takahata
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Only Son
(一人息子)
A poor factory worker finds even her son's college degree doesn't make a difference in Depression era Japan.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1936
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Chôko Iida, Shinichi Himori, Masao Hayama, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Chishū Ryū
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Plex, Plex Channel
Kaibutsu-kun
(怪物くん)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1968
- Creator
- Cast Fuyumi Shiraishi, Hiroshi Ôtake, Masao Imanishi, Minori Matsushima, Mariko Mukai, Eiko Masuyama
- Genre Animation
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Children of the Revolution
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Ireland, Germany • 2011
- Director Shane O'Sullivan
- Cast Ulrike Meinhof, Masao Adachi, May Shigenobu, Bettina Rohl, Fusako Shigenobu, Astrid Proll
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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
Death by Hanging
(絞死刑)
A Korean man is sentenced to death by hanging, but he survives the execution.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1968
- Director Nagisa Ōshima
- Cast Kei Satō, Fumio Watanabe, Toshirô Ishidô, Masao Adachi, Rokkō Toura, Hōsei Komatsu
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Eagle of the Pacific
(太平洋の鷲)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1953
- Director Ishirō Honda
- Cast Denjirō Ōkōchi, Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi, Masao Shimizu, Eijirō Yanagi, Minoru Takada, Ichirō Sugai
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Ball at the Anjo House
(安城家の舞踏会)
After WWII, the noble Anjo family is left impoverished, and decides to hold one last ball before selling their mansion.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1947
- Director Kōzaburō Yoshimura
- Cast Setsuko Hara, Yumeko Aizome, Osamu Takizawa, Masayuki Mori, Masao Shimizu, Takashi Kanda
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
I Live in Fear
(生きものの記録)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1955
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Cast Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Masao Shimizu, Eiko Miyoshi, Kyoko Aoyama
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
It May Be That Beauty Has Strengthened Our Resolve - Masao Adachi
(Il se peut que la beauté ait renforcé notre résolution - Masao Adachi)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2011
- Director Philippe Grandrieux
- Cast Masao Adachi, Naruhiko Onozawa
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
(座頭市海を渡る)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1966
- Director Kazuo Ikehiro
- Cast Shintarō Katsu, Michiyo Yasuda, Kunie Tanaka, Hisashi Igawa, Masao Mishima, Jotaro Senba
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Break Down that Wall
(その壁を砕け)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1959
- Director Kō Nakahira
- Cast Hiroyuki Nagato, Izumi Ashikawa, Yuji Odaka, Misako Watanabe, Masao Shimizu, Shinsuke Ashida
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Temple of Wild Geese
(雁の寺)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1962
- Director Yūzō Kawashima
- Cast Ayako Wakao, Masao Mishima, Isao Kimura, Kuniichi Takami, Ganjirô Nakamura II, Mineko Yorozuyo
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Sleeping Man
(眠る男)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1996
- Director Kôhei Oguri
- Cast Ahn Sung-ki, Koji Yakusho, Tokie Hidari, Christine Hakim, Jun Hamamura, Masao Imafuku
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Blood Is Dry
(血は渇いてる)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1960
- Director Yoshishige Yoshida
- Cast Keiji Sada, Shinichirô Mikami, Mari Yoshimura, Masao Oda, Kaneko Iwasaki, Asao Sano
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Master Spearman
(酒と女と槍)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1960
- Director Tomu Uchida
- Cast Ryutaro Otomo, Chikage Awashima, Hiromi Hanazono, Isao Yamagata, Kensaku Hara, Masao Oda
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Kiina
(キイナ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2009
- Creator 吉田智子
- Cast Miho Kanno, Yuta Hiraoka, Masao Kusakari, 菅野美穗, Muga Tsukaji, Eiko Koike
- Genre Mystery, Crime
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Himiko
(卑弥呼)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1974
- Director Masahiro Shinoda
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Masao Kusakari, Rentaro Mikuni, Rie Yokoyama, Jun Hamamura, Tatsumi Hijikata
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel
Once More
(今ひとたびの)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1947
- Director Heinosuke Gosho
- Cast Mieko Takamine, Ichirô Ryûzaki, Haruo Tanaka, Hyo Kitazawa, Kôji Kawamura, Masao Shimizu
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Firefly Light
(螢火)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1958
- Director Heinosuke Gosho
- Cast Chikage Awashima, Junzaburō Ban, Ayako Wakao, Miki Mori, Masao Mishima
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
A.K.A. Serial Killer
(略称連続射殺魔)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1975
- Director Masao Adachi
- Cast Masao Adachi
- Genre Crime, Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Five Men of Edo
(大江戸五人男)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1951
- Director Daisuke Itō
- Cast Tsumasaburō Bandō, Utaemon Ichikawa, Isuzu Yamada, Kōkichi Takada, Masao Mishima, Kusuo Abe
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Why Not?
(ええじゃないか)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1981
- Director Shôhei Imamura
- Cast Shigeru Izumiya, Kaori Momoi, Masao Kusakari, Ken Ogata, Norihei Miki, Junzaburō Ban
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Hakuchi: The Innocent
(白痴)
The Innocent
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1999
- Director Makoto Tezuka
- Cast Tadanobu Asano, Miyako Koda, Reika Hashimoto, Masao Kusakari, Shunji Fujimura, Kyōko Enami
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, War
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
(鶴八鶴次郎)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1938
- Director Mikio Naruse
- Cast Kazuo Hasegawa, Isuzu Yamada, Kamatari Fujiwara, Masao Mishima, Heihachirô Ôkawa
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The World's Longest Photograph
(世界でいちばん長い写真)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2018
- Director Shôgo Kusano
- Cast Mahiro Takasugi, Rina Takeda, Honoka Matsumoto, Masaru Mizuno, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Masao Komatsu
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Hotel Hibiscus
(ホテル・ハイビスカス)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2002
- Director Yuji Nakae
- Cast Honami Kurashita, Masao Teruya, Karim Ryuta Nesmith, Soko Wada, Seijin Noborikawa, Tomi Taira
- Genre Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Rusty Knife
(錆びたナイフ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1958
- Director Toshio Masuda
- Cast Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Shōji Yasui, Jō Shishido, Akira Kobayashi, Masao Shimizu
- Genre Thriller, Action, Crime
- Available on Criterion Channel
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
(ウルトラQ dark fantasy)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2004
- Creator
- Cast Yoshihiko Hakamada, Kumiko Endô, Masao Kusakari, Shirô Sano
- Genre Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Horus: Prince of the Sun
(太陽の王子ホルスの大冒険)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1968
- Director Isao Takahata
- Cast Hisako Ôkata, Etsuko Ichihara, Eijirō Tōno, Mikijirō Hira, Tadashi Yokouchi, Masao Mishima
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Animation, Fantasy
- Available on ScreenPix Apple TV Channel
The Sensualist
(井原西鶴 好色一代男)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1991
- Director Yukio Abe
- Cast Masao Imanishi, Minori Matsushima, Ichirō Nagai, Eiichi Yamamoto
- Genre Animation, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Burden of Life
(人生のお荷物)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1935
- Director Heinosuke Gosho
- Cast Tatsuo Saitō, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Masao Hayama, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuyo Mizushima
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Black Lizard
(黒蜥蜴)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1962
- Director Umetsugu Inoue
- Cast Machiko Kyō, Minoru Oki, Junko Kano, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Masao Mishima, Sachiko Meguro
- Genre Mystery, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Golden Orchestra
(オケ老人!)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2016
- Director Toru Hosokawa
- Cast Anne Watanabe, Yuina Kuroshima, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Takashi Sasano, Tonpei Hidari, Masao Komatsu
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Pink Ribbon
(ピンクリボン)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2004
- Director Kenjirô Fujii
- Cast Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kōji Wakamatsu, Kazuyuki Izutsu, Masao Adachi, Banmei Takahashi
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Ecstasy of the Angels
(天使の恍惚)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1972
- Director Kōji Wakamatsu
- Cast Ken Yoshizawa, Rie Yokoyama, Yuki Aresa, Masao Adachi, Michio Akiyama, Yosuke Akiyama
- Genre Action, Drama, Romance, Mystery
- Available on FlixFling
Kenya Boy
(少年ケニヤ)
Boy gets lost in the African wild.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1984
- Director Tetsuo Imazawa, Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Cast Tomoyo Harada, Eiko Masuyama, Ichirō Nagai, Kyouji Nanami, Masao Ohtsuka, Kaneto Shiozawa
- Genre Animation, Adventure
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
(ゴジラ対メカゴジラ)
Put the Monster to the Metal!
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1974
- Director Jun Fukuda
- Cast Masaaki Daimon, Kazuya Aoyama, Reiko Tajima, Akihiko Hirata, Hiroshi Koizumi, Masao Imafuku
- Genre Action, Science Fiction
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, The Roku Channel, Plex Channel
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
(ガリバーの宇宙旅行)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1965
- Director Sanae Yamamoto, Yoshio Kuroda
- Cast Kyû Sakamoto, Chiyoko Honma, Seiji Miyaguchi, Ayako Hori, Masao Imanishi, Akira Ôizumi
- Genre Animation, Science Fiction
- Available on Hoopla
Premonition
(予言)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2004
- Director Norio Tsuruta
- Cast Hiroshi Mikami, Noriko Sakai, Maki Horikita, Mayumi Ono, Hana Inoue, Masao Mukai
- Genre Horror
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Virus
(復活の日)
Who will inherit the earth?
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1980
- Director Kinji Fukasaku
- Cast Glenn Ford, Robert Vaughn, Masao Kusakari, Yumi Takigawa, Henry Silva, Bo Svenson
- Genre Horror, Science Fiction, Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Cultpix, Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Channel
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