The Brain Man 2013 ( 6.3)

A seemingly random series of bombings in a provincial city. The latest target is a public bus route. Detective Chaya chased terrorists and arrested a mysterious man with keen intelligence and physical power. The psychologist in charge of evaluating him is Dr. Mariko. After the psychiatric examination, she puts toward a hypothesis – “Is it possible he was born without emotions?”

Heaven's Story 2010 ( 6.6)

A young girl named Sato watches on television as a man named Tomoki states brazenly at a press conference that he hopes convicted murderer Mitsuo is eventually placed back into society so that he can kill him with his bare hands.

Grasshopper 2015 ( 5.8)

Movie contains the stories of three people: Suzuki (Toma Ikuta), Kujira (Tadanobu Asano) and Semi (Ryosuke Yamada). Suzuki is a former middle school teacher. His girlfriend was killed, which led him to quit his job and attempt to take revenge on her murderer. To do so, Suzuki has to infiltrate the underground world of criminals. Kujira is a contract killer for hire. He makes his targets fall into confusion and eventually commit suicide. Semi is a contract killer who uses the knife to take out his targets.

Uzumaki 2000 ( 5.9)

The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.

A Complete Unknown 2024 ( 7.101)

New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music.

Emperor 2012 ( 6.1)

As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.

Notes of an Itinerant Performer 1941 ( 6.8)

Uta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt a traveller’s life when her grandmother died, and now she is a dancer and part of a family of actors who travel from town to town, setting up street performances. A way of escape from this marginal existence arises when she gets the chance to move to tea merchant Hiramatsu’s place, where she is asked to teach his daughter to dance.

First Steps Ashore 1932 ( 7)

The story of a sailor who begins a love affair with a woman he saves from suicide.

Lord Tadanao 1960 ( 9.8)

Our Neighbor, Miss Yae 1934 ( 7.2)

Keitaro is a law student and Yaeko is a high school girl. They are neighbors, and their friendship is starting to develop into something more romantic. Then, Yaeko's sister Kyouko has a breakup with her husband and returns home. Kyouko is clearly interested in Keitaro and Yae becomes anxious.

The Ball at the Anjo House 1947 ( 6.8)

After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the family holds one last ball before leaving.

Dragnet Girl 1933 ( 6.7)

A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealous girlfriend will do anything to keep him.

N/A N/A ( 6.3)

An aspiring romance novelist and a young pianist with insomnia strike an unusual deal when they discover he can only sleep by her side. As they chase their dreams together, their unlikely arrangement sparks a heartfelt and charming romance.

N/A N/A ( 7.5)

For 19 years, Feng Bao's relentless pursuit of the Dayintuya leads to chaos. A staged death draws Constable Shi Jingyao into a dangerous murder case.

N/A N/A ( 6)

Edo kaizoku-den : Kagebôshi 1925

Kageboshi, based on the screenplay by Rokuhei Rokuhei Susukita, depicts the life of the ‘jovial thief’, Kageboshi.

The Quiet Duel 1949 ( 7.327)

A young idealistic doctor works at his father's clinic in a small and seedy district. During the war, he contracts syphilis from the blood of a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. Treating himself in secret and tormented by his conscience, he rejects his heartbroken fiancée without explanation.

Shunga 1983 ( 6.7)

An envelope of obscene woodblock prints makes a perverse connection between a violent homeless boxer, a feckless husband and a wife with a past trauma.

Burden of Love 1955 ( 6.8)

The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after the other. - Nikkatsu

Morning's Tree-Lined Street 1936 ( 6.7)

As suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of traveling shots from Chiyo's point of view on a bus leaving the countryside and entering the metropolitan cityscape. After some fruitless job hunting in downtown Tokyo, Chiyo accepts a job as a bar hostess in Shiba ward. Well away from glamorous Asakusa and Ginza, this is a neighborhood bar where the women are dirt poor, each having only one kimono to their name....

Botchan 1935

1935 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Enoken's Kondo Isami 1935

Enoken plays both Kondo Isami and his deadly enemy Sakamoto Ryoma in this comedic, song-filled vision of the Meiji Restoration.

Castle Orgies 1971 ( 6)

A young girl who has been made a maidservant in the harem of the Tokugawa shogun. She is entrusted with the role of the mistress's maid and gradually grows up to be a woman.

True Story of a Woman in Jail: Continues 1975 ( 4.6)

"Jealous" man-killer Mayumi (Hitomi Kozue) is sent back into solitary confinement after being re-arrested for the murder of the doctor who fingered her for a botched surgery. After emerging from solitary confinement to find an all-new gang of bullies picking on a meek, young female prisoner, Mayumi is now a much harder soul who takes no attitude from anyone, and she turns savage when the poor girl is enslaved by Yakuza.

New Apartment Wife: Swapping 1975

A tragicomedy that happened to three couples who switched partners, turning sex into a simple game to break off marital relations, gripped by a painful mood!

Muddy River 1981 ( 7.3)

Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends.

Tora-san's Love in Osaka 1981 ( 8.5)

When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs his family that he plans to marry her. His plans are foiled when the geisha informs Tora-san that she is engaged.

Fencing Master 1950 ( 6)

Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically.

Taiyō Sensei Seishunki 1962

Movie directed by Kunio Matoi

Otoko no Uta 1962

1962 Japanese movie

Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō 1963

1963 Japanese movie

Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil 1952

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato.

The Flame of Devotion 1964 ( 6.8)

The tragic tale of Kiyono, a young woman from the mountain who fell in love with Takuji, a fisherman's son, and her devotion to him during a time of war.

A Woman's Sorrows 1937 ( 6.7)

Young Hiroko’s (Takako Irie) conservative principles place her at odds with most modern women, as she has already submitted to her mother’s choice of man for any marriage prospect. Married into an affluent family that practically treats her as a housemaid, locked away like a “doll” by her estimation, Hiroko’s own submission to traditional thinking brings contradictions to light.