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The Sun
(Солнце)
Confronted by General Douglas MacArthur, Emperor Hirohito of Japan must negotiate the terms of the country’s surrender.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Russia, Italy, Switzerland • 2005
- Director Aleksandr Sokurov
- Cast Issei Ogata, Robert Dawson, Kaori Momoi, Shirô Sano, Dmitriy Podnozov
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kanopy
The Great Yokai War
(妖怪大戦争)
A young boy with a troubled home life stumbles into the middle of a great spirit war.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2005
- Director Takashi Miike
- Cast Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Kaho Minami, Riko Narumi, Shirô Sano, Miyuki Miyabe
- Genre Action, Comedy, Fantasy
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, ARROW, Midnight Pulp, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, AsianCrush
The Negotiator
(交渉人)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2003
- Director Takashi Miike
- Cast Hiroshi Mikami, Mayu Tsuruta, Shiro Sano, Kenichi Endo, Masatō Ibu
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
(我が人生最悪の時)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, Taiwan • 1994
- Director Kaizo Hayashi
- Cast Masatoshi Nagase, Shiro Sano, Kiyotaka Nanbara, Yang Haitin, Te-chien Hou, Akaji Maro
- Genre Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Noriko's Dinner Table
(紀子の食卓)
A lonely Japanese teenager runs away to Tokyo to join an Internet cult with a strange leader.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2006
- Director Sion Sono
- Cast Kazue Fukiishi, Tsugumi, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Ken Mitsuishi, Shirô Namiki, Sanae Miyata
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Princess Blade
(修羅雪姫)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2001
- Director Shinsuke Sato
- Cast Yumiko Shaku, Hideaki Ito, Kyūsaku Shimada, Shirô Sano, Yôichi Numata, Yoko Maki
- Genre Action, Science Fiction
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
(ゴジラ2000 ミレニアム)
Get ready to crumble.
- ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1999
- Director Takao Okawara
- Cast Takehiro Murata, Naomi Nishida, Mayu Suzuki, Hiroshi Abe, Shiro Sano, Takeshi Ôbayashi
- Genre Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Monkey
(西遊記)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1978
- Creator
- Cast Masaaki Sakai, Masako Natsume, Shiro Kishibe, Toshiyuki Nishida, Takayuki Akutagawa, Shunji Fujimura
- Genre Action & Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Miroku
(弥勒)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2013
- Director Kaizo Hayashi
- Cast Masatoshi Nagase, Kaho Tsuchimura, Masaru Shiga, Shirô Sano, Ayaka Onishi
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Oshin
(おしん)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1983
- Creator Hashida Sugako
- Cast Ayako Kobayashi, Yūko Tanaka, Nobuko Otowa, Shirô Namiki, Oji Michio, Yoshioka Yuichi
- Genre Drama, Family, War & Politics
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Dengeki Sentai Changeman
(電撃戦隊チェンジマン)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1985
- Creator
- Cast Haruki Hamada, Takahashi Kazuoki, Shirô Izumi, Hiroko Nishimoto, Mai Ooishi, Jun Fujimaki
- Genre Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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.
Dinosaur Squadron Zyuranger
(恐竜戦隊ジュウレンジャー)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1992
- Creator Shōhei Tōjō
- Cast Reiko Chiba, Takumi Hashimoto, Yuuta Mochizuki, Seiju Umon, Hideki Fujiwara, Shirô Izumi
- Genre Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Tubi TV, Shout! Factory TV
Spring Has Come
(春が来た)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2018
- Creator Kuniko Mukoda
- Cast Kai, Kana Kurashina, Seika Furuhata, Atsuko Takahata, Shiro Sano, Kentaro Ito
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
After the Rain
(雨あがる)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, France • 1999
- Director Takashi Koizumi
- Cast Akira Terao, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Shirō Mifune, Hisashi Igawa, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tatsuya Nakadai
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Forever a Woman
(乳房よ永遠なれ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1955
- Director Kinuyo Tanaka
- Cast Yumeji Tsukioka, Masayuki Mori, Ryōji Hayama, Yōko Sugi, Shirō Ōsaka, Tōru Abe
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion 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
Tomorrow's Joe 2
(劇場版 あしたのジョー2)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1981
- Director Osamu Dezaki
- Cast Teruhiko Aoi, Jûkei Fujioka, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Fumi Dan, Shiro Kishibe, Masumi Okada
- Genre Action, Animation, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Confidence Man JP
(コンフィデンスマンJP)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2018
- Creator Shinya Furugori
- Cast Masami Nagasawa, Masahiro Higashide, Fumiyo Kohinata, Yosuke Eguchi, Michiko Kichise, Shiro Sano
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
(ミンボーの女)
Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1992
- Director Juzo Itami
- Cast Nobuko Miyamoto, Yasuo Daichi, Akira Takarada, Takehiro Murata, Yuji Miyake, Shirô Itô
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Crime, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel
Yakuza of Seki
(関の弥太っぺ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1963
- Director Kōsaku Yamashita
- Cast Kinnosuke Nakamura, Yukiyo Toake, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Isao Kimura, Shirō Ōsaka, Shizue Natsukawa
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Dengeki Sentai Changeman: The Movie
(電撃戦隊チェンジマン THE MOVIE)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1985
- Director Nagafumi Hori
- Cast Haruki Hamada, Takahashi Kazuoki, Shirô Izumi, Hiroko Nishimoto, Mai Ooishi, Jun Fujimaki
- Genre Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Cursed in Love
(私たちはどうかしている)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2020
- Creator
- Cast Minami Hamabe, Ryusei Yokohama, Mahiro Takasugi, Yukino Kishii, Soko Wada, Shirô Sano
- Genre Drama, Crime, Mystery
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Supermarket Woman
(スーパーの女)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1996
- Director Juzo Itami
- Cast Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Tsugawa, Sen Yano, Shirô Itô, Yuji Miyake, Hikaru Ijyuin
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel
A Taste of Honey
(蜜の味~A Taste of Honey~)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2011
- Creator
- Cast Nana Eikura, Arata Iura, Miho Kanno, Fumino Kimura, Shiro Sano, Shigenori Yamazaki
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Final Judgement
(ファイナル・ジャッジメント)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2012
- Director Masaki Hamamoto
- Cast Kota Miura, Umali Thilakarathna, Ken Kaito, Jô Shishido, Shirô Namiki, Ryô Tamura
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Dengeki Sentai Changeman: Shuttle Base! The Critical Moment!
(電撃戦隊チェンジマン シャトルベース!危機一髪!)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1985
- Director Nagafumi Hori
- Cast Haruki Hamada, Takahashi Kazuoki, Shirô Izumi, Hiroko Nishimoto, Mai Ooishi, Jun Fujimaki
- Genre Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
(この首一万石 )
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1963
- Director Daisuke Itō
- Cast Hashizo Okawa, Shirō Ōsaka, Shunji Sakai, Kiyoshi Matsukawa, Hajime Nagoya
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Violent Cop
(その男、凶暴につき)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1989
- Director Takeshi Kitano
- Cast Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shiro Sano, Sei Hiraizumi, Mikiko Otonashi
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Cineverse, Kanopy, Plex
To Sleep So as to Dream
(夢みるように眠りたい)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1986
- Director Kaizo Hayashi
- Cast Fujiko Fukamizu, Moe Kamura, Shunsui Matsuda, Yoshio Yoshida, Shirô Sano, Akira Ôizumi
- Genre Fantasy, Mystery, Comedy
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, ARROW, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video
Snow Woman
(雪女)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2016
- Director Kiki Sugino
- Cast Kiki Sugino, Munetaka Aoki, Kumi Mizuno, Shirô Sano, Mayu Yamaguchi
- Genre Mystery
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Black Swindler
(クロサギ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2006
- Creator Takeshi Natsuhara
- Cast Tomohisa Yamashita, Maki Horikita, Yui Ichikawa, Kato Koji, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Shiro Kishibe
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion
(アンゴルモア元寇合戦記)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2018
- Creator
- Cast Asumi Yoneyama, Yuki Ono, Lynn, Rikiya Koyama, Shiro Saito, Shun Horie
- Genre Animation, Action & Adventure, War & Politics
- Available on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
(ゴジラ・モスラ・キングギドラ大怪獣総進撃)
Who will survive!?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2001
- Director Shusuke Kaneko
- Cast Chiharu Niiyama, Ryûdô Uzaki, Masahiro Kobayashi, Shiro Sano, Takashi Nishina, Kaho Minami
- Genre Action, Science Fiction, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Pluto TV
Serpent's Path
(蛇の道)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1998
- Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Cast Sho Aikawa, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yûrei Yanagi, Shirō Shimomoto, Kaei Okina, Kaoru Sunada
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Outer Way
(外道)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1998
- Director Rokuro Mochizuki
- Cast Hakuryu, Amiko Kanaya, Akaji Maro, Shirō Shimomoto, Yoji Tanaka, Taro Suwa
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Sabikui Bisco
(錆喰いビスコ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2022
- Creator
- Cast Ryota Suzuki, Natsuki Hanae, Reina Kondo, Miyu Tomita, Shiro Saito, Kenjiro Tsuda
- Genre Animation, Action & Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Amazon Video, Crunchyroll
Morning for the Osone Family
(大曽根家の朝)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1946
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Haruko Sugimura, Toshinosuke Nagao, Shin Tokudaiji, Mitsuko Miura, Shirō Ōsaka, Eitarō Ozawa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Plex
Composition Class
(綴方教室)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1938
- Director Kajirō Yamamoto
- Cast Hideko Takamine, Masaru Kodaka, Shiro Mizutani, Musei Tokugawa, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Osamu Takizawa
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Gehara: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
(長髪大怪獣ゲハラ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2009
- Director Kiyotaka Taguchi
- Cast Ken Osawa, Mina Fujii, Mitsuko Oka, Shiro Sano, Jiji Bû, Mark Chinnery
- Genre Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror, Action, Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Mud and Soldiers
(土と兵隊)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1939
- Director Tomotaka Tasaka
- Cast Yûji Azuma, Reizaburô Yamamoto, Shigeo Araki, Isamu Kosugi, Shirô Izome, Ryôichi Kikuchi
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Endless Waltz
(エンドレス・ワルツ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1995
- Director Kōji Wakamatsu
- Cast Kou Machida, Léona Hirota, Haruko Sagara, Masato Furuoya, Hideo Murota, Shirô Sano
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Saikano
(最終兵器彼女)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2002
- Creator Shin Takahashi
- Cast Miki Ito, Shin-ichiro Miki, Shirô Ishimoda, Fumiko Orikasa, Yuu Sugimoto, Atsushi Ⅱ
- Genre Animation, Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, War & Politics
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Tales of Ginza
(銀座二十四帖)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1955
- Director Yūzō Kawashima
- Cast Yumeji Tsukioka, Tatsuya Mihashi, Seizaburō Kawazu, Mie Kitahara, Shirō Ōsaka, Tōru Abe
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Hungry Soul, Part II
(続・飢える魂)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1956
- Director Yūzō Kawashima
- Cast Tatsuya Mihashi, Yôko Minamida, Yukiko Todoroki, Shirō Ōsaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Misako Watanabe
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Shangri-La
(金融破滅ニッポン 桃源郷の人々)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2002
- Director Takashi Miike
- Cast Sho Aikawa, Shiro Sano, Yuu Tokui, Midoriko Kimura, Kogan Ashiya, Akaji Maro
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Stairway to the Distant Past
(遙かな時代の階段を)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1995
- Director Kaizo Hayashi
- Cast Masatoshi Nagase, Haruko Wanibuchi, Eiji Okada, Mika Ohmine, Shiro Sano, Kiyotaka Nanbara
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Flavor of Happiness
(しあわせのかおり)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2008
- Director Mitsuhiro Mihara
- Cast Miki Nakatani, Tatsuya Fuji, Kei Tanaka, Kaoru Yachigusa, Masahiro Koumoto, Shirō Shimomoto
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Crossroad
(死の十字路)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1956
- Director Umetsugu Inoue
- Cast Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Shirō Ōsaka, Izumi Ashikawa, Kō Mishima, Kunitaro Sawamura
- Genre Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Sharaku
(写楽)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1995
- Director Masahiro Shinoda
- Cast Hiroyuki Sanada, Shima Iwashita, Frankie Sakai, Tsurutaro Kataoka, Shiro Sano, Riona Hazuki
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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.
Hungry Soul
(飢える魂)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1956
- Director Yūzō Kawashima
- Cast Tatsuya Mihashi, Yôko Minamida, Yukiko Todoroki, Shirō Ōsaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Isamu Kosugi
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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