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House
(ハウス)
A group of Japanese schoolgirls discover there is more to their vacation house than meets the eye.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1977
- Director Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
- Cast Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Ai Matsubara, Mieko Satoh
- Genre Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
The Betrayal
(大殺陣 雄呂血)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1966
- Director Tokuzô Tanaka
- Cast Raizô Ichikawa, Kaoru Yachigusa, Shiho Fujimura, Ichirô Nakatani, Ryûtarô Gomi, Taketoshi Naitô
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
(劇場版カードキャプターさくら)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, United States, Canada • 1999
- Director Morio Asaka
- Cast Sakura Tange, Aya Hisakawa, Junko Iwao, Motoko Kumai, Tomokazu Seki, Megumi Ogata
- Genre Fantasy, Animation, Adventure, Action, Drama
- Available on Crunchyroll
Zen
(禅)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2009
- Director Banmei Takahashi
- Cast Kantarô Nakamura, Yuki Uchida, Ryushin Tei, Kengo Kora, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Jun Murakami
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Castle of Sand
(砂の器)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1974
- Director Yoshitaro Nomura
- Cast Tetsurō Tamba, Gō Katō, Kensaku Morita, Yoko Shimada, Karin Yamaguchi, Yoshi Katō
- Genre Crime, Mystery, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
(続宮本武蔵 一乗寺の決闘)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1955
- Director Hiroshi Inagaki
- Cast Toshirō Mifune, Koji Tsuruta, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mariko Okada, Michiyo Kogure, Akihiko Hirata
- Genre Drama, Action, Adventure
- Available on Criterion Channel, IndieFlix, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Dodes'ka-den
(どですかでん)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1970
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Cast Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, Shinsuke Minami, Yûko Kusunoki, Junzaburō Ban
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Monday
(マンデイ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2000
- Director SABU
- Cast Shinichi Tsutsumi, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Masanobu Ando, Hideki Noda, Akira Yamamoto, Naomi Nishida
- Genre Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Youth of the Beast
(野獣の青春)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1963
- Director Seijun Suzuki
- Cast Jō Shishido, Misako Watanabe, Tamio Kawachi, Minako Katsuki, Daizaburo Hirata, Eimei Esumi
- Genre Action, Crime, Mystery
- Available on Criterion Channel, Amazon Video
City Hunter: The Secret Service
(シティーハンタースペシャル ザ・シークレット・サービス)
City Hunter is Back on the Case - Warm Up Your Hammers!
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1996
- Director Kenji Kodama
- Cast Akira Kamiya, Kazue Ikura, Fumi Koyama, Tessyo Genda, Yoko Asagami, Akio Otsuka
- Genre Action, Animation, Comedy, Crime
- Available on Crunchyroll, Viewster Amazon Channel, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Pluto TV, Retrocrush, Plex, Plex Channel
Story of a Prostitute
(春婦伝)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1965
- Director Seijun Suzuki
- Cast Tamio Kawachi, Yumiko Nogawa, Isao Tamagawa, Shoichi Ozawa, Toshio Sugiyama, Daizaburo Hirata
- Genre Drama, Romance, War
- Available on Criterion Channel
Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots
(るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚- 維新志士への鎮魂歌)
For a Decade, he's tried to bury his past...Now his past returns to bury him!
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1997
- Director Hatsuki Tsuji
- Cast Mayo Suzukaze, Miki Fujitani, Yûji Ueda, Mina Tominaga, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Hiroshi Yanaka
- Genre Animation, Action, Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
(座頭市千両首)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1964
- Director Kazuo Ikehiro
- Cast Shintarō Katsu, Shôgo Shimada, Mikiko Tsubouchi, Machiko Hasegawa, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Tatsuya Ishiguro
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
(子連れ狼 地獄へ行くぞ!大五郎)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1974
- Director Yoshiyuki Kuroda
- Cast Tomisaburō Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Junko Hitomi, Gorô Mutsumi, Daigo Kusano, Jiro Miyaguchi
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Rainbow Song
(虹の女神 Rainbow Song)
so close, yet so distanced
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2006
- Director Naoto Kumazawa
- Cast Hayato Ichihara, Juri Ueno, Yu Aoi, Shoko Aida, Fumiyo Kohinata, Ami Suzuki
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Cineverse, Plex Channel
Taira Clan Saga
(新・平家物語)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1955
- Director Kenji Mizoguchi
- Cast Raizō Ichikawa, Yoshiko Kuga, Narutoshi Hayashi, Michiyo Kogure, Ichijirō Oya, Tatsuya Ishiguro
- Genre Drama
- Available on Plex, Plex Channel
The Lady of Musashino
(武蔵野夫人)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1951
- Director Kenji Mizoguchi
- Cast Kinuyo Tanaka, Yukiko Todoroki, Masayuki Mori, Akihiko Katayama, Sō Yamamura, Eitarō Shindō
- Genre Drama
- Available on Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Channel
The Wild Swans
(世界名作童話 白鳥の王子)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1977
- Director Nobutaka Nishizawa, Yûji Endô
- Cast Eiko Masuyama, Yasuko Miyazaki, Kaneko Iwasaki, Yousuke Kondou, Tokuko Sugiyama, Tarô Mochizuki
- Genre Drama, Family, Animation
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Grass Labyrinth
(草迷宮)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, France • 1979
- Director Shūji Terayama
- Cast Hiroshi Mikami, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Keiko Niitaka, Juzo Itami, Miho Fukuya
- Genre Drama, Romance, Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
(仁義なき戦い 代理戦争)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1973
- Director Kinji Fukasaku
- Cast Bunta Sugawara, Takeshi Katō, Akira Kobayashi, Mikio Narita, Kunie Tanaka, Shingo Yamashiro
- Genre Action, Drama, Crime
- Available on ARROW, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
(仁義なき戦い 頂上作戦)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1974
- Director Kinji Fukasaku
- Cast Bunta Sugawara, Tatsuo Umemiya, Toshio Kurosawa, Kunie Tanaka, Shingo Yamashiro, Ichirō Ogura
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on ARROW, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Zatoichi's Revenge
(座頭市二段斬り)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1965
- Director Akira Inoue
- Cast Shintarō Katsu, Norihei Miki, Mikiko Tsubouchi, Takeshi Katō, Fujio Harumoto, San'emon Arashi
- Genre Adventure, Action, Drama
- Available on Apple TV
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
(座頭市地獄旅)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1965
- Director Kenji Misumi
- Cast Shintarō Katsu, Mikio Narita, Chizu Hayashi, Kaneko Iwasaki, Gaku Yamamoto, Saburo Date
- Genre Adventure, Action, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
(座頭市果し状)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1968
- Director Kimiyoshi Yasuda
- Cast Shintarō Katsu, Yumiko Nogawa, Kayo Mikimoto, Kyōsuke Machida, Takashi Shimura, Akifumi Inoue
- Genre Adventure, Action, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
(座頭市あばれ火祭り)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1970
- Director Kenji Misumi
- Cast Shintarō Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Reiko Ôhara, Masayuki Mori, Shinnosuke Ikehata, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
- Genre Adventure, Action, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
The Munekata Sisters
(宗方姉妹)
A young woman tries to reunite her sister, now stuck in an unhappy marriage, with a former lover.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1950
- Director Yasujirō Ozu
- Cast Kinuyo Tanaka, Hideko Takamine, Ken Uehara, Sanae Takasugi, Chishū Ryū, Sō Yamamura
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Broken Blade: The Earth of Calamity
(劇場版 ブレイク ブレイド 第四章「惨禍ノ地」)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2010
- Director Nobuyoshi Habara, Tetsuro Amino
- Cast Hiroshi Kamiya, Chiwa Saito, Yuichi Nakamura, Minoru Shiraishi, Kana Hanazawa, Marina Inoue
- Genre Animation, Action, Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Kiddy Grade II: Maelstrom
(Kiddy Grade II MAELSTROM)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2007
- Director Keiji Gotoh
- Cast Aya Hirano, Ryouko Nagata, Ai Tokunaga, Akira Ishida, Gou Aoba, Hirotaka Suzuoki
- Genre Animation
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Animatrix
A collection of short animated films that provide background for the Matrix universe from the creators of the Matrix trilogy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, Japan • 2003
- Director Koji Morimoto, Peter Chung, Andrew R. Jones, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takeshi Koike, Mahiro Maeda, Shinichiro Watanabe
- Cast Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Clayton Watson, Pamela Adlon, Melinda Clarke
- Genre Animation, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Smile
(スマイル 聖夜の奇跡)
comedy
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2007
- Director Takanori Jinnai
- Cast Rosa Katô, Morooka Moro, Yoshiko Tanaka, Kei Tani, Kenji Sakaguchi, Anri Okamoto
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Great Duel
(大殺陣)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1964
- Director Eiichi Kudo
- Cast Tōru Abe, Mikijirō Hira, Yoshio Inaba, Chiezō Kataoka, Chōichirō Kawarasaki, Nami Munakata
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid
(アンデルセン童話 にんぎょ姫)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1975
- Director Tomoharu Katsumata, Tim Reid
- Cast Fumie Kashiyama, Mariko Miyagi, Tarō Shigaki, Ichirō Nagai, Kenichi Ogata, Haruko Kitahama
- Genre Family, Fantasy, Animation
- Available on Amazon Video
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
(仁義なき戦い 完結篇)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1974
- Director Kinji Fukasaku
- Cast Bunta Sugawara, Jō Shishido, Nobuo Yana, Nobuo Kaneko, Hiroki Matsukata, Akira Kobayashi
- Genre Action, Drama, Crime
- Available on ARROW, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth
(聖闘士星矢 真紅の少年伝説)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1988
- Director Shigeyasu Yamauchi
- Cast Toru Furuya, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Hideyuki Hori, Ryou Horikawa, Kôichi Hashimoto, Keiko Han
- Genre Action, Animation, Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
(ジョゼと虎と魚たち)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2003
- Director Isshin Inudo
- Cast Satoshi Tsumabuki, Chizuru Ikewaki, Juri Ueno, Noriko Eguchi, Hirofumi Arai, Itsuji Itao
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Viewster Amazon Channel, Retrocrush, AsianCrush, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse
(劇場版 BLEACH 地獄篇)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2010
- Director Noriyuki Abe, Yuzuru Tachikawa, Kazunori Mizuno, Yoshifumi Sueda
- Cast Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Noriaki Sugiyama, Hiroki Yasumoto, Yuki Matsuoka, Ryotaro Okiayu
- Genre Action, Animation, Fantasy, Adventure
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Microsoft Store, Hoopla
Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor
(カフカ 田舎医者)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2007
- Director Koji Yamamura
- Cast Sensaku Shigeyama
- Genre Animation, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Mazinger Z vs The Great Dark General
(マジンガーZ対暗黒大将軍)
Deep beneath the earth, seven robots lay dormant: a human, a mammal, a bird, a fish, an insect, a reptile, a ghost... and the Great General of Darkness.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1974
- Director Nobutaka Nishizawa
- Cast Hiroya Ishimaru, Ryoichi Tanaka, Kazuko Sawada, Chikao Ohtsuka, Hiroshi Ôtake, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
- Genre Animation, Action, Adventure
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Tokyo-Ga
A documentary focusing on the legendary Japanese filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu and his collaborators.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, West Germany • 1985
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Yûharu Atsuta, Werner Herzog, Chishū Ryū, Chris Marker
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
(Přežít svůj život)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Czech Republic, Slovakia, Japan • 2010
- Director Jan Švankmajer
- Cast Václav Helšus, Klára Issová, Daniela Bakerová, Zuzana Krónerová
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Giants and Toys
(巨人と玩具)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1958
- Director Yasuzō Masumura
- Cast Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe, Yūnosuke Itō, Michiko Ono, Kyū Sazanka, Kinzō Shin
- Genre Comedy
- Available on ARROW, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Labyrinth of Dreams
(ユメノ銀河)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1997
- Director Gakuryu Ishii
- Cast Tadanobu Asano, Rena Komine, Kotomi Kyōno, Tomoka Kurotani, Kirina Mano, Reiko Matsuo
- Genre Thriller, Mystery, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Twelve Months
(世界名作童話 森は生きている)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1980
- Director Yugo Serikawa, Tetsuo Imazawa, Kimio Yabuki
- Cast Ai Kanzaki, Tokuko Sugiyama, Mariko Mukai, Ichirō Nagai, Masashi Amenomori, Daisuke Ryû
- Genre Fantasy, Animation, Adventure, Family
- 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
Kamen Rider: Eight Riders vs. Galaxy King
(仮面ライダー 8人ライダーVS銀河王)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1980
- Director Shotaro Ishinomori, Kimio Hirayama
- Cast Hiroaki Murakami, Tamaki Funakura, Hideo Nihei, Bun Nakamura, Miki Tsukahara, Yôsuke Naka
- Genre Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Available on No streaming locations found.
UFO Robot Grendizer vs. Great Mazinger
(UFOロボ グレンダイザー対グレートマジンガー)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1976
- Director Osamu Kasai
- Cast Kei Tomiyama, Jôji Yanami, Hiroya Ishimaru, Chiyoko Kawashima, Kazuko Sawada, Ken'ichi Ogata
- Genre Animation, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Three Musketeers: Adventure of Aramis
(アニメ三銃士 アラミスの冒険
)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1989
- Director Kunihiko Yuyama
- Cast Eiko Yamada, 松田辰也, Fumi Hirano, Shouji Miyoko, Akira Kamiya, Shigeru Chiba
- Genre Animation, Adventure, Action
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Retrocrush, AsianCrush, Freevee, Cineverse
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon
(機動戦士ガンダム0083 -ジオンの残光-)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1992
- Director Takashi Imanishi
- Cast Ryou Horikawa
- Genre Action, Animation, Science Fiction
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Crazed Fruit
(狂った果実)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1956
- Director Kō Nakahira
- Cast Masahiko Tsugawa, Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Shinsuke Ashida, Harold Conway, Masumi Okada
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Tubi TV
Intimidation
(ある脅迫)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1960
- Director Koreyoshi Kurahara
- Cast Jun Hamamura, Nobuo Kaneko, Yōko Kozono, Kōjirō Kusanagi, Kō Nishimura, Mari Shiraki
- Genre Crime
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Professor and His Beloved Equation
(博士の愛した数式)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2006
- Director Takashi Koizumi
- Cast Akira Terao, Eri Fukatsu, Ruriko Asaoka, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Hisashi Igawa, Takanari Saito
- Genre Drama, Family, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Heart and Yummie
(おまえうまそうだな)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2010
- Director Masaya Fujimori
- Cast Kappei Yamaguchi, Seishirou Katou, Tomoyo Harada, Tokuyoshi Kawashima, Tetsuya Bessho, Rikako Aikawa
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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