Movie List for "war 2"

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

Wanjia denghuo (1948) Drama Movie

This tale of familial warfare and sacrifice takes place in hard-pressed Shanghai at the end of the 1940s. Hu Zhiqing can barely support his wife and children, and his situation is worsened by the unexpected arrival of his mother, bro Year 1948.

Generes: Drama
Director: Fu Shen
Writer: Fu Shen, Hansheng Yang
Actors: Ma Lan, Yunzhu Shangguan, Longji Wang

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

Ba mùa (1999) Drama Movie

An American in Ho Chi Minh City looks for a daughter he fathered during the war. He meets Woody, a child who’s a street vendor, and when Woody’s case of wares disappears, he thinks the soldier took it. Woody hunts for him. A cyclo dr Year 1999.

Generes: Drama
Director: Tony Bui
Writer: Timothy Linh Bui, Tony Bui
Actors: Ngoc Hiep Nguyen, Ngoc Minh, Phat Trieu Hoang

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

Ghazal al-banat (1949) Comedy Musical Romance Movie

In this classic musical, poor old Hamam, a modest arabic teacher, falls in love with the young and beautiful Laila, his aristocratic pupil. Soon, he must decide between his unrealistic feelings or sacrificing his love for her own goo Year 1949.

Generes: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Director: Anwar Wagdi
Writer: Nagib El-Rihani, Anwar Wagdi
Actors: Nagib El-Rihani, Laila Mourad, Anwar Wagdi

Wo zhe yi bei zi (1950) Drama History Movie

Fifty years of modern Chinese history (1900-1950), including wars, revolutions and corrupt politics, as seen through the life and times of a simple Beijing policeman and his family. Year 1950.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Hui Shi
Writer: She Lao, Liuqing Yang
Actors: Hui Shi, Heling Wei, Yang Shen

Ukigumo (1955) Drama Romance Movie

A tragic social drama set in post war Japan and concerns a lonely woman trying to find purpose and stability in a devastated Tokyo. Year 1955.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Mikio Naruse
Writer: Fumiko Hayashi, Yôko Mizuki
Actors: Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Mariko Okada

Jui kuen II (1994) Action Comedy Movie

A young martial artist is caught between respecting his pacifist father’s wishes or stopping a group of disrespectful foreigners from stealing precious artifacts. Year 1994.

Generes: Action, Comedy
Director: Chia-Liang Liu, Jackie Chan
Writer: Edward Tang, Man-Ming Tong, Kai-Chi Yuen
Actors: Jackie Chan, Ho-Sung Pak, Lung Ti

Jingi naki tatakai (1973) Crime Drama Movie

During the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses. Year 1973.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Writer: Koichi Iiboshi, Kazuo Kasahara
Actors: Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Kunie Tanaka

Kozure Ôkami: Meifumadô (1973) Action Crime Drama Movie

Five warriors challenge Ogami to duels. Each holds a part of information needed to complete the assassination of a mad clan leader. Year 1973.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Kenji Misumi
Writer: Kazuo Koike, Tsutomu Nakamura
Actors: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Michiyo Yasuda, Akihiro Tomikawa

Emitaï (1971) Drama Movie

As World War II is going on in Europe, a conflict arises between the French and the Diola-speaking tribe of Africa, prompting the village women to organize their men to sit beneath a tree to pray. Year 1971.

Generes: Drama
Director: Ousmane Sembene
Writer: Ousmane Sembene
Actors: Andongo Diabon, Robert Fontaine, Michel Renaudeau

Zerkalo (1975) Biography Drama Movie

A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation. Year 1975.

Generes: Biography, Drama
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Writer: Aleksandr Misharin, Arseniy Tarkovskiy, Andrei Tarkovsky
Actors: Margarita Terekhova, Filipp Yankovskiy, Ignat Daniltsev

Noyuki yamayuki umibe yuki (1986) Comedy Fantasy Movie

Summer 1937 Japan begins a war with China. Militaristic moods are growing in the country. A group of Japanese schoolchildren do not understand the militaristic hysteria of adults. Year 1986.

Generes: Comedy, Fantasy
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
Writer: Haruo Satô, Shinobu Yamada
Actors: Saburô Bôya, Izumi Hara, Yasufumi Hayashi

Ta Dona (1991) Drama Movie

A young forest ranger who sees that his work holds the key to the future of his country is disgusted at the short-sighted, money-grubbing ways of his superiors. Year 1991.

Generes: Drama
Director: Adama Drabo
Writer: Adama Drabo
Actors: Djeneba Diawara, Mamadou Fomba, Balla Moussa Keita