Movie List for "japanese 2"

Muhomatsu Returns Home (1973) Documentary Movie

Three years after his first two documentaries on these soldiers who did not return, Imamura invites one of the interviewees, settled in Thailand, to return to Japan. Year 1973.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Shôhei Imamura
Writer: N/A
Actors: Fujiko Fujita, Fujio Fujita, Matsuyoshi Fujita, Michiko Hamaguchi

Der Himmel über Berlin (1987) Drama Fantasy Romance Movie

An angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin’s residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal. Year 1987.

Generes: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Director: Wim Wenders
Writer: Wim Wenders, Peter Handke, Richard Reitinger
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander

Inugami-ke no ichizoku (1976) Drama Horror Mystery Movie

After the death of the Father , His family are gathered to share Inheritances , but suddenly a woman with a mysterious masked man arrive there , claiming to be the other wife of the man … Year 1976.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Writer: Norio Osada, Shin’ya Hidaka, Kon Ichikawa
Actors: Koji Ishizaka, Yôko Shimada, Teruhiko Aoi

Doro no kawa (1981) Drama Movie

In post-War Japan, a boy from a noodle store-owning family befriends a neighboring boy living in poverty. Year 1981.

Generes: Drama
Director: Kôhei Oguri
Writer: Teru Miyamoto, Takako Shigemori
Actors: Takahiro Tamura, Mariko Kaga, Nobutaka Asahara

Love Letter (1995) Drama Romance Movie

When exchanging letters two women discover new things about a man they knew. Year 1995.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Shunji Iwai
Writer: Shunji Iwai
Actors: Miho Nakayama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Bunjaku Han

Bushidô zankoku monogatari (1963) Action Drama Movie

After a salary-man’s fiancée attempts suicide, he remembers his gruesome family history, which sees his ancestors sacrificing themselves for the sake of their cruel lords, and realizes that he’s about to repeat their mistakes. Year 1963.

Generes: Action, Drama
Director: Tadashi Imai
Writer: Norio Nanjo, Naoyuki Suzuki, Yoshikata Yoda
Actors: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Eijirô Tôno, Kyôko Kishida

Gohatto (1999) Drama History Thriller Movie

The new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad. Year 1999.

Generes: Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Nagisa Ôshima
Writer: Ryôtarô Shiba, Nagisa Ôshima
Actors: Takeshi Kitano, Ryûhei Matsuda, Shinji Takeda

Kanzenna yûgi (1958) Action Crime Movie

A group of five college students decide to jinx a bicycle race in their favor and claim the money to pay off their debts, but when the illegal bookie cannot pay, they take up his offer of “collateral” as revenge and complexities begi Year 1958.

Generes: Action, Crime
Director: Toshio Masuda
Writer: Shintarô Ishihara, Yoshio Shirasaka
Actors: Tomio Aoki, Izumi Ashikawa, Ryôji Hayama

Zangiku monogatari (1939) Drama Romance Movie

The adopted son of a legendary actor, and an aspiring star himself, turns to his infant brother’s wet nurse for support and affection – only for her to give up everything for her beloved’s glory. Year 1939.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Writer: Matsutarô Kawaguchi, Shôfû Muramatsu, Yoshikata Yoda
Actors: Shôtarô Hanayagi, Kôkichi Takada, Ryôtarô Kawanami

Shigatsu monogatari (1998) Drama Romance Movie

In spring, a young girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Year 1998.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Shunji Iwai
Writer: Shunji Iwai
Actors: Takako Matsu, Seiichi Tanabe, Kazuhiko Kato

Lake of Tears (1966) Drama Romance Movie

N/A Year 1966.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Tomotaka Tasaka
Writer: Tsutomu Minakami (story), Naoyuki Suzuki
Actors: Yoshiko Sakuma, Katsuo Nakamura, Ganjirô Nakamura, Hisano Yamaoka

Miyamoto Musashi (1954) Action Adventure Biography Movie

Depicts the early life of the legendary warrior Musashi Miyamoto; his years as an aspiring warrior, an outlaw and finally a true samurai. Year 1954.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Biography
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Writer: Hideji Hôjô, Hiroshi Inagaki, Tokuhei Wakao
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Rentarô Mikuni

Miyamoto Musashi (1961) Action Drama History Movie

The film begins when the legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi is still named Shinmen Takezo. After being on the losing side of the Battle of Sekigahara, Takezo and his friend manage to escape and come across a young woman and her mot Year 1961.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Tomu Uchida
Writer: Masashige Narusawa, Naoyuki Suzuki, Eiji Yoshikawa
Actors: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Akiko Kazami, Wakaba Irie

Akahige (1965) Drama Movie

In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern. Year 1965.

Generes: Drama
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writer: Masato Ide, Hideo Oguni, Ryûzô Kikushima
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki

Waga seishun ni kuinashi (1946) Drama Movie

The daughter of a politically disgraced university professor struggles to find a place for herself in love and life, in the uncertain world of Japan leading into WWII. Year 1946.

Generes: Drama
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writer: Eijirô Hisaita, Akira Kurosawa, Keiji Matsuzaki
Actors: Setsuko Hara, Susumu Fujita, Denjirô Ôkôchi

Ugetsu monogatari (1953) Drama Fantasy War Movie

A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century. Year 1953.

Generes: Drama, Fantasy, War
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Writer: Matsutarô Kawaguchi, Hisakazu Tsuji, Akinari Ueda
Actors: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka