Japan Movies

War - Documentary film depicting the attack by Allied forces on the Japanese strong-holds of Arawe Beach and Cape Gloucester, New Britain, in the...

In Tokyo, lonely patrons pay to sleep ("soine") with someone. Massage, cuddle, sleep… for comfort and nothing more than the warm embrace of...

Based on a novel written by Sumithra Rahubadda.

Detective Onihei better known as "Heizo the Demon" heads a group of skilled officers, however, one of those special officers got himself into a web...

An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it survives today as a compilation of scenes from...

Goro is an archeologist, fascinated with the national treasure Gassho clay figure and remains from the Jomon period. He meets a woman, Momoko who is...

A coming-of-age story about a high-school girl who wants to use magic, featuring the 11-member experimental band Vampillia

A reporter is sent through time and space to document the lives of Japanese people at various times in history. This time, he is sent to unwrap the...

The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma is a movie about a haunted blood-thirsty Bakufu officer who might have killed Ryoma Sakamoto.

A story about how Kuboshima Seiichiro overcomes various difficulties to open Mugonkan, an art museum in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, featuring...

A sensual coming-of-age drama direct — It depicts a precarious relationship between a homosexual woman and a man who was picked up by her and...

In 1955 Tadahito Mochinaga was asked to create commercials for Asahi beer, which he created using stop-motion, followed by the 1956 short film "Beer...

A young Japanese American visiting his childhood home in Japan must choose between an idyllic vacation or staying to grieve with his estranged family.

Ori Peer's Sun character in a 3 minute short employing a unique, cynical take on the cycle of life.

In rural Japan, a mother and daughter attempt to reconnect after dealing with the loss of a loved one the previous year.

The story of a traditional Kyoto woman who runs a failing kimono business and the entrepreneurial, biracial, business consultant who comes to help...