Movie List for "japanese 2"

Seishun no satsujinsha (1976) Crime Drama Movie

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.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Writer: Kenji Nakagami, Tsutomu Tamura
Actors: Yutaka Mizutani, Mieko Harada, Etsuko Ichihara

Jun’ai monogatari (1957) Crime Drama Romance Movie

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.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Tadashi Imai
Writer: Yôko Mizuki
Actors: Shinjirô Ebara, Hitomi Nakahara, Eiji Okada

Ningen gôkaku (1998) Drama Comedy Movie

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

Generes: Drama, Comedy
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Actors: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Shun Sugata, Lily

Endoresu warutsu (1995) Biography Drama Music Movie

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

Generes: Biography, Drama, Music
Director: Kôji Wakamatsu
Writer: Masao Adachi, Mayumi Inaba, Shosei Shinma
Actors: Leona Hirota, Kou Machida, Haruko Sagara

Chiyari Fuji (1955) Adventure Drama Movie

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

Generes: Adventure, Drama
Director: Tomu Uchida
Writer: Kintarô Inoue, Shintarô Mimura, Toshio Tamikado
Actors: Chiezô Kataoka, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata, Chizuru Kitagawa

Gyakufunsha kazoku (1984) Comedy Drama Movie

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

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Gakuryû Ishii
Writer: Gakuryû Ishii, Norio Kaminami, Yoshinori Kobayashi
Actors: Katsuya Kobayashi, Mitsuko Baishô, Yoshiki Arizono

Kawaita hana (1964) Action Crime Movie

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.

Generes: Action, Crime
Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Writer: Shintarô Ishihara, Masaru Baba, Masahiro Shinoda
Actors: Ryô Ikebe, Mariko Kaga, Takashi Fujiki

Tanin no kao (1966) Drama Horror Sci-Fi Movie

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

Generes: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Writer: Kôbô Abe
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Mikijirô Hira, Kyôko Kishida

Ningen no yakusoku (1986) Drama Movie

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.

Generes: Drama
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida
Writer: Shuichi Sae, Yoshishige Yoshida, Fukiko Miyauchi
Actors: Rentarô Mikuni, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Orie Satô

Chinmoku (1971) Drama History Movie

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

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Writer: Shûsaku Endô, Masahiro Shinoda
Actors: David Lampson, Don Kenny, Tetsurô Tanba

Dip huet seung hung (1989) Action Crime Drama Movie

A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded. Year 1989.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: John Woo
Writer: John Woo
Actors: Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh

Shinjû: Ten no Amijima (1969) Drama Movie

A doomed love between a paper merchant and a courtesan. Year 1969.

Generes: Drama
Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Writer: Monzaemon Chikamatsu, Masahiro Shinoda, Tôru Takemitsu
Actors: Kichiemon Nakamura, Shima Iwashita, Shizue Kawarazaki

Suna no onna (1964) Drama Thriller Movie

An entomologist on vacation is trapped by local villagers into living with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them. Year 1964.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Writer: Kôbô Abe, Eiko Yoshida
Actors: Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida, Hiroko Itô

Banshun (1949) Drama Movie

Noriko is twenty-seven years old and still living with her widowed father. Everybody tries to talk her into marrying, but Noriko wants to stay at home caring for her father. Year 1949.

Generes: Drama
Director: Yasujirô Ozu
Writer: Kazuo Hirotsu, Kôgo Noda, Yasujirô Ozu
Actors: Chishû Ryû, Setsuko Hara, Yumeji Tsukioka

Kokoro (1955) Drama Movie

At the end of Meiji era a young student befriend an older man who as a proof of trust but also as a kind of exorcism entrust him his secret, a story about jealousy, betrayal, shame and guilt. Year 1955.

Generes: Drama
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Writer: Keiji Hasebe, Katsuhito Inomata, Soseki Natsume
Actors: Masayuki Mori, Michiyo Aratama, Tatsuya Mihashi