Movie List for "japanese 2"

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

Kumonosu-jô (1957) Drama History Movie

A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider’s Web Castle. Year 1957.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writer: Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Ryûzô Kikushima
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada

Umi to dokuyaku (1986) Drama Movie

Downed American fliers in WWII are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in cruel medical experiments. Year 1986.

Generes: Drama
Director: Kei Kumai
Writer: Shûsaku Endô, Kei Kumai
Actors: Eiji Okuda, Ken Watanabe, Takahiro Tamura

Arigatô-san (1936) Comedy Drama Movie

A friendly bus driver and his passengers over the duration of one journey through the mountains to the nearest train station. Year 1936.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu
Writer: Yasunari Kawabata, Hiroshi Shimizu
Actors: Ken Uehara, Ryuji Ishiyama, Einosuke Naka

Onna no mizûmi (1966) Drama Movie

A married woman lets her lover take naked pictures of her. The photos end up in possession of a man who starts blackmailing the couple. Year 1966.

Generes: Drama
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida
Writer: Yasunari Kawabata, Toshirô Ishidô, Yasuko Ôno
Actors: Mariko Okada, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Tamotsu Hayakawa

Hana-bi (1997) Crime Drama Romance Movie

Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions. Year 1997.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Writer: Takeshi Kitano
Actors: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ôsugi

Chikamatsu monogatari (1954) Drama History Romance Movie

Ishun is a wealthy, but unsympathetic, master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out. Year 1954.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Writer: Monzaemon Chikamatsu, Matsutarô Kawaguchi, Yoshikata Yoda
Actors: Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô

The Killer (1989) Action Crime Drama Thriller Movie

A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded, only to be double-crossed by his boss. Year 1989.

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

Chungking Express (1994) Comedy Crime Drama Mystery Romance Movie

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

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

Fruits of Passion (1981) Drama Movie

A girl loves an older man. He demands that she goes in a brothel, as evidence that she loves him. Year 1981.

Generes: Drama
Director: Shûji Terayama
Writer: Dominique Aury (novel), Shûji Terayama (adaptation), Rio Kishida (adaptation), Dominique Aury (text)
Actors: Isabelle Illiers, Klaus Kinski, Arielle Dombasle, Pîtâ

The Pillow Book (1996) Drama Movie

A woman with a body writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher. Year 1996.

Generes: Drama
Director: Peter Greenaway
Writer: Sei Shonagon (book), Peter Greenaway
Actors: Vivian Wu, Yoshi Oida, Ken Ogata, Hideko Yoshida