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Criterion Channel
91
8.6
/89004/
85
/1910/
84
/1155/
4.7
/203384/
100
/10/
97
/416/
85
/9/

Harakiri (1962)
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and integrity, suspecting Hanshirō of seeking charity rather than an honorable end. What follows is a pair of interlocking stories which lay bare the difference between honor and respect, and promises to examine the legendary foundations of the Samurai code.
poster
Kanopy
90
8.1
/76785/
81
/1455/
82
/1177/
4.4
/137727/
100
/52/
93
/872/
100
/19/

Tokyo Story (1953)
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
poster
Criterion Channel
87
8.0
/11813/
78
/272/
78
/313/
4.2
/32123/
95
/21/
90
/81/
91
/17/

An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
poster
86
8.1
/26860/
80
/582/
77
/343/
4.1
/12191/
99
/69/
94
/817/
82
/25/

The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?
poster
86
8.2
/135793/
84
/6928/
83
/4336/
4.2
/759662/
95
/37/
94
/392/
78
/10/
8.9
/1766918/
cc age 13+

A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?
poster
Crunchyroll
84
7.6
/11498/
78
/815/
82
/561/
3.8
/43625/
100
/15/
97
/100/
8.3
/268287/
cc age 10+

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020)
With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.
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Criterion Channel
86
82
8.0
/10546/
78
/206/
78
/200/
4.2
/20700/
100
/11/
92
/97/
94
/5/

Early Summer (1951)
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
poster
Plex
82
8.0
/57173/
80
/1164/
78
/892/
4.1
/31523/
80
/108/
92
/1971/
68
/27/

Departures (2008)
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.7
/7936/
73
/178/
75
/149/
4.0
/12255/
100
/11/
88
/173/
85
/13/

Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
poster
80
7.4
/25035/
74
/643/
75
/670/
4.1
/59567/
93
/27/
89
/406/
73
/22/

Sonatine (1993)
Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, his group is attacked in an ambush. The survivors flee and make a decision to lay low at the beach while they await further instructions.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.4
/53095/
74
/1280/
72
/926/
3.7
/26261/
87
/123/
88
/1672/
75
/33/
cc age 17+

Zatoichi (2003)
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
78
8.0
/5626/
77
/140/
76
/151/
4.2
/16271/
100
/7/
92
/52/
87
/6/

Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.
poster
82
78
7.7
/2678/
80
/355/
79
/103/
4.1
/11999/
96
8.3
/206847/

K-ON! The Movie (2011)
With graduation right around the corner, every member of the Light Music Club except for Azusa will be leaving for good. But the girls aren’t going to let something as silly as graduation tear them apart! For their final hurrah, the girls are going on the ultimate vacation tour— all the way to London! Their overseas journey will lead them on a trip of discovery and friendship as they take the stage one last time for their final encore together.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
77
7.5
/25426/
75
/1417/
75
/540/
4.0
/57661/
82
/305/
7.7
/54646/

Memories (1995)
Three back-to-back anime films by three different directors make up this sci-fi trilogy three years in the making.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
76
7.8
/6687/
74
/111/
75
/143/
4.0
/14760/
100
/27/
89
/57/
91
/4/

I Was Born, But... (1932)
Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
76
7.9
/6653/
77
/139/
77
/171/
4.1
/12463/
100
/16/
86
/47/

Late Autumn (1960)
A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.
poster
Crunchyroll
74
7.3
/12790/
73
/940/
73
/378/
3.3
/10452/
90
/1652/
7.5
/213263/

Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)
Munich, Germany, 1923. Two years have passed since Edward Elric was dragged from his own world to ours, leaving behind his country, his friends and his younger brother, Alphonse. Stripped of his alchemical powers, he has been all this time researching rocketry together with Alphonse Heiderich, a young man who resembles his own brother, hoping to one day find a way back home. His efforts so far had proven fruitless, but after lending a hand to a troubled gipsy girl, Edward is thrown in a series of events that can wreak havoc in both worlds. Meanwhile, at his own world, Alphonse Elric ventures deeper into the mysteries of alchemy in search for a way to reunite with his older brother.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
73
7.7
/4207/
77
/75/
75
/92/
4.0
/7771/
100
/9/
87
/45/
84
/7/

Early Spring (1956)
A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
poster
Kanopy
78
73
7.6
/7568/
76
/184/
74
/119/
3.9
/3093/
84
/32/
84
/274/
76
/11/

The Hidden Blade (2004)
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.
poster
MUBI
74
73
7.3
/9999/
73
/351/
71
/194/
3.8
/11418/
76
/42/
75
/149/
76
/19/

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
poster
73
7.1
/18406/
70
/910/
70
/529/
3.2
/10143/
80
/5/
83
/1562/

Death Note: The Last Name (2006)
In the second installment of the Death Note film franchise, Light Yagami meets a second Kira and faithful follower Misa Amane and her Shinigami named Rem. Light attempts to defeat L along with Teru Mikami (a Kira follower) and Kiyomi Takada (another Kira follower) but in the end will Light win? or will a Shinigami named Ryuk make all the difference in Light's victory or his ultimate death?
poster
73
7.5
/33158/
72
/1767/
70
/762/
3.1
/19794/
80
/5/
83
/1562/

Death Note (2006)
Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the mysterious murderer. An all out battle between the two greatest minds on earth begins and the winner will control the world.
poster
71
7.2
/8157/
74
/125/
71
/147/
3.7
/8044/
60
/15/
73
/111/

Rhapsody in August (1991)
An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and moral questions. When an American nephew from Hawaii visits, the family confronts grief, guilt, and the possibility of reconciliation across generations.
poster
70
6.8
/8421/
64
/131/
64
/119/
3.6
/7987/
71
/21/
71
/193/
75
/17/

Taboo (1999)
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
poster
78
70
7.9
/6322/
78
/208/
77
/178/
4.0
/8636/

Hachiko (1987)
The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.
poster
Crunchyroll
81
70
7.7
/1941/
78
/197/
81
/186/
4.0
/4769/
92
/383/
8.2
/70217/

Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card (2000)
All of the Clow Cards have been captured, and Sakura Kinomoto, the new Master of the Cards, is preparing to play the lead in the play for the town festival. However, a new evil force is causing mysterious events all over Tomoeda, including the disappearance of Sakura's cards. With Syaoran's help, Sakura must figure out the cause of these events, and save her town.
poster
Kanopy
70
6.4
/6753/
65
/319/
66
/209/
3.5
/22324/
91
/53/
57
/33/
76
/13/

Creepy (2016)
After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as a university lecturer in criminal psychology. But his desire to get to the bottom of criminals’ motives remains, and he does not hesitate long when former colleague Nogami asks him to reopen an old case.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
69
7.3
/4539/
71
/119/
69
/108/
3.9
/14638/
93
/14/
78
/51/
73
/11/

Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
At the end of the 19th century, Shanghai is divided into several foreign concessions. In the British concession, a number of luxurious “flower houses” are reserved for the male elite of the city. Since Chinese dignitaries are not allowed to frequent brothels, these establishments are the only ones that these men can visit. They form a self-contained world, with its own rites, traditions and even its own language. The men don’t only visit the houses to frequent the courtesans but also to dine, smoke opium, play mahjong and relax. The women working there are known as the “flowers of Shanghai”.
poster
78
69
7.7
/4567/
76
/111/
74
/92/
3.9
/1980/
81
/21/
84
/159/

Love and Honor (2006)
A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
68
7.0
/1685/
71
/236/
71
/95/
3.4
/7713/
50
/8/
90
/13/
7.5
/12703/
cc age 11+

Lonely Castle in the Mirror (2022)
Shy outcast Kokoro has been avoiding school for weeks when she discovers a portal in her bedroom mirror. She reaches through and finds herself transported to an enchanting castle where she is joined by six other students. When a girl in a wolf mask explains that they have been invited to play a game, the teens must work together to uncover the mysterious connection that unites them. However, anyone who breaks the rules will be eaten by a wolf.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
68
7.6
/4246/
75
/78/
75
/98/
4.0
/11086/
93
/15/
88
/31/

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)
The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.
poster
76
68
7.3
/6937/
71
/89/
68
/121/
3.8
/6873/
82
/28/
81
/86/
81
/21/

The Eel (1997)
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.
poster
70
68
6.9
/10545/
68
/304/
69
/218/
3.8
/29741/
69
/32/
82
/711/
60
/11/

The Happiness of the Katakuris (2002)
The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a famous sumo wrestler, dies while having sex with his underage girlfriend and the grave behind the house starts to fill up more and more.
poster
68
6.8
/5846/
71
/573/
67
/283/
3.1
/5143/
7.2
/101434/
cc age 15+

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011)
A fugitive alchemist with mysterious abilities leads the Elric brothers to a distant valley of slums inhabited by the Milos, a proud people struggling against bureaucratic exploitation. Ed and Al quickly find themselves in the middle of a rising rebellion, as the exiled Milos lash out against their oppressors. At the heart of the conflict is Julia, a young alchemist befriended by Alphonse. She'll stop at nothing to restore the Milos to their former glory – even if that means harnessing the awful power of the mythical Philosopher's Stone.
poster
Crunchyroll
80
67
7.0
/1299/
74
/162/
74
/65/
3.5
/4485/
100
/9/
96
/37/
7.6
/31150/
cc age 10+

Sing a Bit of Harmony (2021)
Satomi is fine being alone until an AI named Shion joins her class with a song and a promise to make her happy. While Shion’s musical numbers and princess gowns don’t quite pass as human, her antics bring Satomi closer to four other classmates. Together, they make memories worth saving, but even our most precious data can be erased.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
66
7.6
/3769/
69
/47/
72
/63/
3.8
/5618/
100
/7/
84
/31/

A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)
An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all.
poster
Crunchyroll
68
66
6.8
/13177/
70
/330/
65
/168/
3.2
/2111/
76
/891/

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005)
Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each village. Gennosuke and Oboro's love is made even more impossible when they each got picked as the leader of the five to represent their respective villages.
poster
Kanopy
66
6.2
/3090/
63
/138/
65
/96/
3.4
/8145/
82
/51/
54
/11/
64
/14/

Before We Vanish (2017)
Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally different person, and he is now gentle and tender. He goes for a walk every day. Meanwhile, journalist Sakurai covers the story of a family that was brutally murdered, when an unexplained phenomenon takes place.
poster
74
65
6.8
/3499/
64
/59/
67
/56/
3.7
/6721/
90
/21/
77
/135/
80
/9/

Café Lumière (2004)
In a distinctly contemporary Tokyo that looks backwards to the city’s disappearing past, Yoko is a writer investigating the life of a modernist composer of the 1930s. She is pregnant by a man she does not want to marry and has found a kindred spirit in a used bookstore owner who aids her research.
poster
Crunchyroll
66
65
5.7
/4129/
64
/542/
70
/373/
2.8
/4981/
82
/17/
72
/35/

Tokyo Ghoul (2017)
A Tokyo college student is attacked by a ghoul, a super-powered human who feeds on human flesh. He survives, but has become part ghoul and becomes a fugitive on the run.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
64
7.5
/3457/
73
/61/
70
/78/
3.9
/6489/
100
/10/
82
/24/

There Was a Father (1942)
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
poster
76
64
7.4
/5556/
74
/123/
74
/113/
3.7
/1587/
87
/179/

When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
63
7.5
/3311/
72
/64/
74
/71/
3.8
/3496/
89
/44/

Sword of the Beast (1965)
Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes his sense of honor that he decides to live in the wild, like an animal. There he joins up with a motley group who are illegally mining the shogun’s gold, and, with the aid of another swordsman, gets a chance not just at survival but to recover his name and honor.
poster
Kanopy
74
62
7.4
/2344/
72
/142/
78
/136/
3.7
/4014/
75
/35/
7.4
/8412/

Summer Days with Coo (2007)
A small, lone Kappa miraculously survives over 200 years into modern day Japan, when he is found by young Koichi. Coo, who is secretly adopted by Koichi's family, searches with his new human friend for unpopulated places in hopes of finding any remaining of his kind.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
61
7.7
/2520/
73
/29/
72
/56/
3.9
/4854/
100
/13/
94
/23/

Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947)
An errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor Tane, who's reluctant to let the kid board.
poster
66
61
6.7
/7974/
70
/356/
66
/168/
3.1
/1032/
65
/458/
6.8
/11118/

Vexille (2007)
2067: Isolation: Japan seals herself off from the eyes of the world in the face of unilateral international policy setting strict limits on the use of robotic technology. The island nation exists only behind a veil of seclusion. No soul shall enter. No soul shall leave. 2077: Revelation: The veil is breached. Japan is infiltrated by agents of the organization S.W.O.R.D., a fighting force operating outside of the protection of the United States and her allies. Their mission: Determine if the Japanese are developing banned robotic bio-technology, forbidden due to its threat to humankind. In the battle between machine and man, humanity stands to suffer most.
poster
78
60
7.1
/1756/
75
/170/
71
/81/
3.6
/11254/
96
/24/
97
/10/
61
/7/
8.1
/21487/
cc age 13+

Pompo the Cinephile (2021)
Operating out of the movie capital "Nyallywood," Pompo has been shooting one B-grade entertainment flick after another that anyone would enjoy. One day, Pompo's "movie buff" assistant Gene spots a new script written by Pompo and is moved by its exquisite story. In a fit of passion, he proclaims, "I want to see this as a finished work in theaters as soon as possible!" However, Pompo tells him, "So you shoot this film." Thus, Gene takes on his first directing gig. Meanwhile, Natalie, an ordinary girl who just arrived in town with movie actress dreams, has been discovered by Pompo...
poster
60
6.0
/9164/
61
/482/
60
/297/
2.8
/5417/
64
/626/

Death Note: L Change the WorLd (2008)
"The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die." After making the hardest decision ever, another serious case confronts L. There are only 23 days left and without his best partner Watari, L has to solve the case all by himself for the very first time.


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