1Letters from Iwo Jima
TMDB7.5
2006·2.3K votes
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
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2The Taste of Tea
TMDB7.5
2004·168 votes
A spell of time in the life of the five-piece Haruno family in rural Tochigi Prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
3Survive Style 5+
TMDB7.3
2004·221 votes
Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one another eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.
4Silence
TMDB7.1
2016·3.3K votes
In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
5Minamata
TMDB6.9
2020·332 votes
War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.
6Tokyo!
TMDB6.9
2008·264 votes
Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.
7Restless
TMDB6.5
2011·436 votes
Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.
8The Sky Crawlers
TMDB6.7
2008·175 votes
Youngsters called Kildren, who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last, because they fight a war as entertainment, organized and operated by adults. But as they embrace the reality they are faced with, they live their day-to-day lives to the full.
9Bel Canto
TMDB5.5
2018·138 votes
A famous opera singer is held hostage in South America by a guerrilla rebel group after performing at a Japanese businessman's lavish birthday party. Unexpected bonds are forged in the standoff that ensues.
10Nobody Knows
TMDB8.0
2004·644 votes
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
11Our Little Sister
TMDB7.6
2015·561 votes
After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.
12Outrage
TMDB6.9
2010·459 votes
When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a brutal quest for revenge.
13Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
TMDB7.5
2001·285 votes
Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits within Godzilla that seek to destroy both the nation and its people for the suffering they inflicted in the Pacific conflict.
14Beyond Outrage
TMDB7.0
2012·281 votes
As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now become a nationwide war in Outrage Beyond.
15Like Someone in Love
TMDB6.9
2012·272 votes
An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. But the web that is woven between them in the space of twenty four hours bears no relation to the circumstances of their encounter.
16When the Last Sword Is Drawn
TMDB7.4
2003·119 votes
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.
17Retribution
TMDB6.5
2007·106 votes
A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since the crimes are in the same vicinity, by the same method. However, as evidence points towards the detective, a ghost in red follows him, and he begins questioning his identity. His realization of what seems to be reality results in something far larger and more sinister.