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6.1

♡ 22

96%

Teruo Ishii Director

Kichijirô Ueda as

Teruo Yoshida as Gentatsu

Masumi Tachibana as Oito

Michiko Ai as Yumioka

Three stories of moral sickness set during Japan’s prosperous Genroku era are told in this bloody follow-up to the sexploitation classic Shogun’s Joy of Torture, the politically incorrect moral lessons paint a trio of tales of tragic heroines caught up in violence, sadomasochism, incest and torture.

The Life of Budori Gusuko

2012

5.4

♡ 24

Gisaburô Sugii Director

Shun Oguri as Gusko Budori

Kuranosuke Sasaki as Kidnapper

Shiori Kutsuna as Neri

Jason Douglas as Redbeard's Father

The fairy tale follows a young man named Gusukō in the Tōhoku forests of northeastern Japan in the 1920s. After an onslaught of droughts and natural disasters, Gusukō is forced to leave his home and search for a better life elsewhere. Gusukō joins a group of scientists at the Ihatov Volcano Department, which deals with the same natural disasters that drove Gusukō from his home.

What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life

2018

friends vs. family interment

6.8

♡ 8

96%

Yôji Yamada Director

Takashi Sasano as

Jun Fubuki as

Masahiko Nishimura as Yû Aoi

Yû Aoi as

At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to find a thief has stolen her secret money she kept hidden in the refrigerator.

Meatball Machine Kodoku

2017

5.8

♡ 10

80%

Yoshihiro Nishimura Director

Kentarô Shimazu as

Masanori Mimoto as

Seminosuke Murasugi as

Tomori Abe as

Nobody knows where they came from. They parasitize in human beings, take control of them and change their bodies into hideous monsters (Necro-borg). The Necro-borg fight each other until the other dies. Where did they come from? To what end? Yuji and Kaoru, whom both have dark secrets within themselves, get caught up in the horrific battles of Necro-borg. What will their fate be?

Stolen Desire

1958

6.8

♡ 6

69%

Shôhei Imamura Director

Chigusa Takayama as

Noboru Nakaya as

Kô Nishimura as Kanji Takada

Hiroyuki Nagato as Shinichi Kunida

A rambunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows.

Jungle Emperor Leo

1997

6.5

♡ 18

Yoshio Takeuchi Director

Kaneta Kimotsuki as Coco

Danny Burstein as Minus

Masatô Ibu as Pagura

Tomoko Ishimura as Rune

Tezuka Osamu's most famous work "Jungle Emperor Leo" has been made into an animated version a number of times. In this theater version, Tezuka Osamu was able for the first time to depict the theme that "All life is equal" through Leo's self-sacrifice.

Have a Song on Your Lips

2015

6.9

♡ 11

based on novel or book

Takahiro Miki Director

Fumino Kimura as Haruko Matsuyama

Hayato Sano as Keisuke Mukai

Yuri Tsunematsu as Nazuna Nakamura

Yui Aragaki as Yuri Kashiwagi

A young piano prodigy, Yuri Kashiwagi, returns to her hometown after several years and joins a middle school to mentor the choir group.

The Homeless Student

2008

japanese junior high schooler

6.3

♡ 1

27%

junior high school

middle school students

Tomoyuki Furumaya Director

Eri Tokunaga as

Tokio Emoto as

Yûko Tanaka as Michiyo Kawai

Chizuru Ikewaki as Sachiko Tamura

Based on an autobiography by Hiroshi Tamura, the film follows story of the author's experience of homelessness when this father suddenly decides to abandon his family. Hiroshi and his older siblings do all what they can to withstand the trouble they encounter along their way.

Heat Wave

1991

6.6

♡ 5

95%

Hideo Gosha Director

Rino Katase as Chiyoharu

Masahiro Motoki as Ichitaro Kosugi

Eiji Okada as Masakichi Ono

Kanako Higuchi as Rin Jyoshima

Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.

Black River

1957

7.2

♡ 6

Masaki Kobayashi Director

Masao Oda as

Eijirô Tôno as Kurihara

Isuzu Yamada as Landlady

Tomo'o Nagai as Okada

A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell the building through illicit means.

My Son! My Son!

1979

6.7

♡ 2

Keisuke Kinoshita Director

Sanae Takasugi as Kazuyo Sakai

Tomisaburô Wakayama as Shuzo Kawase

Sayuri Yoshinaga as Yasuko Shibata

Hideko Takamine as Yukie Kawase

A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.

Wife

1953

7.1

♡ 4

67%

based on novel or book

Mikio Naruse Director

Mieko Takamine as Mihoko Nakagawa

Sanae Takasugi as Setsuko Sakurai

Rentarô Mikuni as Tadashi Tanimura

Yoshiko Tsubouchi as Taeko Niemura

Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and the husband finds the wife slovenly and mean-spirited: she neither cooks not cleans particularly well and is generally disagreeable. In turn, he alternately ignores her and treats her as a servant. Neither is particularly happy, not helped by their unsatisfactory lodgers. The husband is easily seduced by an ex-colleague, a widow with a small child who needs some security, and considers leaving his wife.

Samurai Spy

1965

7.0

♡ 6

75%

Masahiro Shinoda Director

Hiroshi Aoyama as

Misako Watanabe as Okiwa

Kei Satô as Takanosuke Nojiri

Eiji Okada as Tatewaki Koriyama

Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high-ranking spy named Tatewaki Koriyama defects from the shogun to a rival clan, however, the world of swordsmen is thrown into turmoil. After Sasuke is unwittingly drawn into the conflict, he tracks Tatewaki, while a mysterious, white-hooded figure seems to hunt them both. By tale’s end, no one is who they seemed to be, and the truth is far more personal than anyone suspected. Director Masahiro Shinoda’s Samurai Spy, filled with clan intrigue, ninja spies, and multiple double crosses, marks a bold stylistic departure from swordplay film convention.

Chitose no itohime

2017

3.2

♡ 1

Yasushi Fuluichi Director

Meu Ninomiya as

Akiko Takase as

Kaiji Yamaguchi as

Princess Ito's clan was banished by Uzu. 1000 years later, in Uzu town, the slaughtered villagers have reincarnated and are gathered in order to have their revenge.

Samurai from Nowhere

1964

7.2

♡ 4

Adventure

jidaigeki

Seiichirô Uchikawa Director

Kichijirô Ueda as

Ryôta Minowada as

Hiroshi Aoyama as

Yoshirô Aoki as

Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter of the clan's chief counselor who married the low-ranking Ihei to avoid becoming the clan lord's mistress. Into the mix comes Oba Gunjuro (Tetsurō Tamba), a mysterious ronin who will do anything for money. This leads to a fitting climax as the forces of hate and love converge while the couple attempt to break through the border!

Eureka

2000

7.7

♡ 14

91%

Shinji Aoyama Director

Hajime Inoue as Ichikawa

Yutaka Matsushige as Matsuoka

Machiko Ono as Mikiko Sawai

Sansei Shiomi as Yoshiyuki Sawai

In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.

Watch Out, Crimson Bat!

1969

6.6

♡ 2

Adventure

Hirokazu Ichimura Director

Yôichi Numata as

Gajirô Satô as Hanji the Orphan Boy

Yôko Matsuyama as Oichi

Jun Hamamura as Tessai

A young female samurai comes upon a dying messenger and agrees to deliver the scroll he was carrying to its destination. However, unbeknownst to her, the scroll is actually a formula for a new kind of gunpowder. An evil clan that is planning to overthrow the Emperor is also after the scroll, and they try to take it from her.

Trap of Lust

1973

5.3

♡ 10

Crime

softcore

Atsushi Yamatoya Director

Hatsuo Yamaya as Boss

Genjiro Arato as Hoshi

Moeko Ezawa as Mayuko

Rie Nakagawa as Prostitute Mami

A hitman messes up an assassination and so becomes the next target of his organization.

Yôkirô

1983

6.9

♡ 2

geisha

War

Hideo Gosha Director

Yoshio Inaba as

Mami Kumagai as

Noriko Hayami as

Mitsuko Baishô as Osodé

Yokiro was the most successful Geisha house in Western Japan during the first half of the 20th century and remains open to this day. At its peak, it was home to over 200 geisha, however behind the fabulous facade, there were many battles - between family members, men and women, and with the Yakuza. Momokawa was sold to Yokiro at age 12, and despite being the top geisha, her many complicated relationships provide unending challenges throughout her glamorous but turbulent life.

Japanese Girls at the Harbor

1933