Movie List for "japanese 2"

An aging Japanese industrialist becomes so fearful of nuclear war that it begins to take a toll on his life and family. Year 1955.

A housewife living under her tyrannical husband has her life stressfully turned upside down after getting raped by a burglar. Year 1964.

While avoiding the mob and local authorities, a world-weary pornographer finds being a family man the most difficult as he wrestles with his own desires and afflictions. Year 1966.

An innocent lamb learns about life and death when he seeks revenge upon the wolf who slaughtered his mother. Year 1978.

On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of poverty. Year 1965.

A kabuki theatre-inflected story about a poor village whose people have to be carried to a nearby mountain to die once they get old. Year 1958.

Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love; when they bar him from meeting with his girlfriend, tensions increase. Year 1976.

Junai Monogatari is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. Year 1957.

Yoshi, aged 24, awakes after 10 years in a coma, goes on to start a new life and rebuild his family. Year 1998.

Koji Wakamatsu’s biopic about a Japanese free jazz/improvisation saxophonist named Kaoru Abe. Year 1995.

A samurai travels to Edo with his two servants. On their way, they meet many people and encounter great injustice. Year 1955.

After moving into a new house, a family starts acting crazier and crazier. Year 1984.

A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling. Year 1964.

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality. Year 1966.

An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. After this, the story goes back in time to show the events leading up to her death. Year 1986.

Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and to locate their mentor. Year 1971.