Movie List for "japanese 2"

Nobi (1959) Drama War Movie

In the closing days of WWII remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain starvation. Year 1959.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Writer: Shohei Ooka, Natto Wada
Actors: Eiji Funakoshi, Mantarô Ushio, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi

Satsujin kyôjidai (1967) Action Comedy Movie

A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin. Year 1967.

Generes: Action, Comedy
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Writer: Ei Ogawa, Kihachi Okamoto, Michio Tsuzuki
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Reiko Dan, Hideo Sunazuka

Hiroshima mon amour (1959) Drama Romance Movie

A French actress filming an anti-war film in Hiroshima has an affair with a married Japanese architect as they share their differing perspectives on war. Year 1959.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Alain Resnais
Writer: Marguerite Duras
Actors: Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas

Chung Hing sam lam (1994) Comedy Crime Drama Movie

Two melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents. Year 1994.

Generes: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director: Kar-Wai Wong
Writer: Kar-Wai Wong
Actors: Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung

Mandara (1971) Drama Movie

Two student couples stumble upon a cult dedicated to promoting the primordial human state through rape and agriculture. Year 1971.

Generes: Drama
Director: Akio Jissôji
Writer: Toshirô Ishidô
Actors: Kôji Shimizu, Akiko Mori, Ryô Tamura

Kaze no naka no mendori (1948) Drama Movie

A man returns from World War II to find his desperate wife had resorted to one night of prostitution to pay for their son’s hospital bills. Year 1948.

Generes: Drama
Director: Yasujirô Ozu
Writer: Yasujirô Ozu, Ryôsuke Saitô
Actors: Kinuyo Tanaka, Shûji Sano, Chieko Murata

Kokoro (1973) Drama Movie

Kokoro is the story of a subtle and poignant friendship between two unnamed characters, a young man and an enigmatic elder scholar whom he calls Sensei. Haunted by tragic secrets that have cast a long shadow over his life, Sensei slo Year 1973.

Generes: Drama
Director: Kaneto Shindô
Writer: Soseki Natsume, Kaneto Shindô
Actors: Nobuko Otowa, Anri, Noboru Matsuhashi

Yôkirô (1983) Drama War Movie

The loves and tragedies of a geisha in 1933 Japan. Year 1983.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: Hideo Gosha
Writer: Tomiko Miyao, Kôji Takada
Actors: Ken Ogata, Kimiko Ikegami, Atsuko Asano

Beiqing chengshi (1989) Drama History Movie

The story of a family embroiled in the “White Terror” that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government after their arrival from mainland China in the late 1940s. Year 1989.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Writer: T’ien-wen Chu, Nien-Jen Wu
Actors: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Shu-Fen Hsin, Sung-Young Chen

Kikujirô no natsu (1999) Drama Comedy Movie

A young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way. Year 1999.

Generes: Drama, Comedy
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Writer: Takeshi Kitano
Actors: Takeshi Kitano, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Kayoko Kishimoto

Rikyu (1989) Drama History Movie

Legendary tea master Sen no Rikyu is faced with his warmongering lord’s unrealistic pretensions. Year 1989.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Writer: Genpei Akasegawa, Yaeko Nogami, Hiroshi Teshigahara
Actors: Rentarô Mikuni, Yoshiko Mita, Tsutomu Yamazaki

Kuroi ame (1989) Drama Movie

The story of the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, based on Masuji Ibuse’s novel. Year 1989.

Generes: Drama
Director: Shohei Imamura
Writer: Masuji Ibuse, Shohei Imamura, Toshirô Ishidô
Actors: Yoshiko Tanaka, Kazuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara

Tôkyô boshoku (1957) Drama Movie

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child. Year 1957.

Generes: Drama
Director: Yasujirô Ozu
Writer: Kôgo Noda, Yasujirô Ozu
Actors: Setsuko Hara, Ineko Arima, Chishû Ryû