Movie List for "japanese 2"

Uruwashiki saigetsu (1955) Drama Movie

Masaki Kobayashi directs this romantic drama concerning a family of florists. Year 1955.

Generes: Drama
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Writer: Zenzô Matsuyama
Actors: Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Isao Kimura

Yuki yukite, shingun (1987) Documentary War Movie

A documentary following Kenzo Okuzaki, a 62-year-old WW2 veteran notorious for his protests against Emperor Hirohito, as he tries to expose the needless executions of two Japanese soldiers during the war. Year 1987.

Generes: Documentary, War
Director: Kazuo Hara
Writer: N/A
Actors: Kenzo Okuzaki, Riichi Aikawa, Masaichi Hamaguchi

Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986) Animation Adventure Drama Movie

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle. Year 1986.

Generes: Animation, Adventure, Drama
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Writer: Hayao Miyazaki, Jonathan Swift
Actors: Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa, Kotoe Hatsui

Manji (1964) Drama Romance Movie

A childless housewife falls in love with a beautiful model. Year 1964.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Yasuzô Masumura
Writer: Kaneto Shindô, Jun’ichirô Tanizaki
Actors: Ayako Wakao, Kyôko Kishida, Eiji Funakoshi

Kaidan (1964) Drama Fantasy Horror Movie

A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes. Year 1964.

Generes: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Writer: Yôko Mizuki, Lafcadio Hearn
Actors: Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe

3-4 x jûgatsu (1990) Action Comedy Crime Movie

Two disquieted junior baseball players seek revenge on the local yakuza for attacking their coach. Year 1990.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Writer: Takeshi Kitano
Actors: Takeshi Kitano, Yûrei Yanagi, Yuriko Ishida

Shurayukihime (1973) Action Drama Thriller Movie

A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family. Year 1973.

Generes: Action, Drama, Thriller
Director: Toshiya Fujita
Writer: Kazuo Kamimura, Kazuo Koike, Norio Osada
Actors: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon

Echizen take-ningyô (1963) Drama Romance Movie

Haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father’s prostitute as his wife. Year 1963.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura
Writer: Ryôzô Kasahara, Tsutomu Minakami
Actors: Ayako Wakao, Junichiro Yamashita, Tamao Nakamura

Onna no naka ni iru tanin (1966) Crime Drama Movie

Two friends meet in a bar. Later that night, one friend’s flirtatious wife is reportedly in an accident. The other friend doesn’t feel well. What’s come over him? Year 1966.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Mikio Naruse
Writer: Edouard Atiyah, Toshirô Ide
Actors: Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Mitsuko Kusabue

Yama no oto (1954) Drama Movie

An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman. Year 1954.

Generes: Drama
Director: Mikio Naruse
Writer: Yasunari Kawabata, Yôko Mizuki
Actors: Setsuko Hara, Sô Yamamura, Ken Uehara

Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari (1979) Crime Drama Movie

Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run. Year 1979.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Shohei Imamura
Writer: Masaru Baba, Ryûzô Saki, Shunsaku Ikehata
Actors: Ken Ogata, Rentarô Mikuni, Chôchô Miyako

Goben no tsubaki (1964) Crime Drama Movie

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father’s condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detective looking into the deaths does not suspect her. Year 1964.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura
Writer: Masato Ide, Shûgorô Yamamoto
Actors: Shima Iwashita, Yoshi Katô, Sachiko Hidari

Pâfekuto burû (1997) Animation Crime Mystery Movie

A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past. Year 1997.

Generes: Animation, Crime, Mystery
Director: Satoshi Kon
Writer: Sadayuki Murai, Yoshikazu Takeuchi, Rika Takahashi
Actors: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji

Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro (1979) Animation Action Adventure Movie

A dashing thief, his gang of desperadoes and an intrepid policeman struggle to free a princess from an evil count’s clutches, and learn the hidden secret to a fabulous treasure that she holds part of a key to. Year 1979.

Generes: Animation, Action, Adventure
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Writer: Monkey Punch, Hayao Miyazaki, Haruya Yamazaki
Actors: Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi

Ningen no jôken (1961) Drama History War Movie

His ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan’s military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival. Year 1961.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Writer: Zenzô Matsuyama, Kôichi Inagaki, Masaki Kobayashi
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Tamao Nakamura