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Kanopy
90
8.3
/100968/
82
/1727/
83
/1284/
4.5
/178105/
98
/57/
96
/1465/
92
/20/
cc age 11+

Ikiru (1952)
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
poster
Netflix
90
8.5
/376484/
85
/9968/
84
/6315/
4.5
/1050997/
100
/50/
95
/5487/
94
/16/
8.5
/451956/
cc age 15+

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
88
8.1
/198953/
82
/7889/
82
/4171/
4.4
/726306/
96
/226/
91
/449/
85
/40/

The Handmaiden (2016)
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.
poster
Kanopy
84
7.9
/16340/
79
/487/
78
/334/
4.4
/103049/
79
/72/
90
/267/
84
/15/

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.8
/4327/
71
/70/
75
/126/
4.0
/5803/
86
/14/
89
/54/

Black Rain (1989)
Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic bombing, a tragedy that cruelly took the lives of thousands of people and forever marked the harsh existence of the survivors.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.5
/205721/
74
/7447/
72
/3703/
3.9
/383314/
90
/51/
89
/8548/
81
/7/
cc age 17+

Battle Royale (2000)
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
poster
Hulu
79
8.1
/669059/
82
/34301/
81
/14561/
4.0
/984412/
84
/280/
92
/3405/
71
/47/
cc age 16+

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
poster
Kanopy
81
79
7.7
/12385/
76
/317/
74
/233/
4.0
/6796/
92
/53/
86
/275/
85
/13/

City of Life and Death (2009)
In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a six week period wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.
poster
78
7.7
/32152/
77
/667/
77
/534/
4.2
/94414/
67
/30/
86
/799/

Dreams (1990)
Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a water-mill utopia—meditate on childhood, art, mortality, and humanity’s uneasy bond with nature.
poster
77
7.6
/211309/
73
/4969/
74
/3207/
4.1
/193110/
80
/106/
80
/5228/
78
/32/
cc age 15+

The Thin Red Line (1998)
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
76
6.9
/44797/
70
/3869/
72
/1509/
3.9
/243997/
87
/87/
79
/858/
66
/15/
cc age 13+

Shin Godzilla (2016)
When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.
poster
Kanopy
84
75
7.9
/5777/
77
/101/
76
/120/
4.1
/7449/
100
/20/
93
/99/

Fires on the Plain (1959)
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.2
/39518/
72
/1268/
71
/783/
3.7
/37952/
81
/68/
83
/1288/
69
/14/

The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.
poster
74
7.7
/141650/
76
/3164/
75
/2059/
3.9
/108090/
75
/67/
90
/3542/
62
/22/
cc age 14+

Empire of the Sun (1987)
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.
poster
Kanopy
75
73
7.0
/12213/
72
/334/
64
/156/
3.3
/4712/
100
/13/
80
/292/
75
/8/

Sands of Iwo Jima (1950)
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
73
7.2
/8729/
72
/424/
73
/261/
3.6
/8225/
83
/12/
84
/38/
64
/6/

Assassination (2015)
In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.
poster
84
72
7.7
/2893/
77
/140/
80
/63/
3.9
/5472/
100
/11/
97
/33/

Dead to Rights (2025)
During the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, a postman poses as a photo developer, helping Japanese forces while secretly sheltering Chinese refugees. He later risks his life evacuating them and revealing evidence of the atrocities.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
72
7.2
/7393/
73
/255/
76
/267/
3.5
/4785/
100
/8/
76
/30/

The Tiger (2015)
In 1925 Korea, Japanese rulers demand the last remaining tiger be killed. The tiger easily defeats his pursuers until a legendary hunter takes him on.
poster
The Roku Channel
71
7.1
/9345/
73
/498/
71
/280/
3.6
/8358/
67
/15/
80
/42/
60
/4/

The Battleship Island (2017)
During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to mine for coal, attempt to escape.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
69
8.1
/2352/
80
/77/
75
/48/
4.3
/7872/
100
/6/
90
/37/

The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987)
Kenzo Okuzaki, a 62-year-old veteran of the New Guinea campaign in World War II, sets out to conduct interviews with survivors and relatives to find the truth behind atrocities committed while the Japanese garrison was surrounded, in particular the unexplained killing of two Japanese privates in his unit.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
75
67
7.3
/5907/
75
/108/
68
/92/
3.7
/2212/
86
/7/
73
/48/
79
/10/

Objective, Burma! (1945)
A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish this well enough, but when they try to rendezvous at an old air-strip to be taken back to their base, they find Japanese waiting for them, and they must make a long, difficult walk back through enemy-occupied jungle.
poster
Disney Plus
67
6.7
/520729/
69
/22813/
64
/10090/
3.0
/525614/
71
/259/
69
/8502/
61
/46/

The Wolverine (2013)
Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
66
6.7
/8266/
70
/571/
69
/311/
3.5
/8649/
89
/27/
78
/43/
64
/7/

The Eight Hundred (2020)
In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.
poster
Netflix
66
7.2
/197481/
73
/6751/
74
/4300/
3.6
/181078/
53
/230/
70
/2569/
59
/48/
cc age 14+

Unbroken (2014)
A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
65
6.9
/12217/
69
/298/
64
/176/
3.4
/1680/
62
/13/
85
/467/

To End All Wars (2001)
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.
poster
78
64
7.7
/3667/
71
/93/
71
/52/
3.6
/685/
96
/46/
88
/296/
76
/19/

Nanking (2007)
The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese. In the midst of this horror, a small group of Western expatriates banded together to save 250,000. Nanking shows the tremendous impact individuals can make on the course of history.
poster
Kanopy
63
7.5
/58036/
74
/1182/
74
/866/
3.7
/18547/
41
/58/
74
/610/
46
/22/
cc age 18+

The Flowers of War (2011)
A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
poster
63
7.5
/39525/
75
/1033/
71
/581/
3.7
/16564/
57
/30/
81
/738/
46
/8/

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
poster
Kanopy
77
62
7.2
/3374/
72
/189/
71
/153/
3.8
/7519/
97
/35/
74
/5/
78
/12/

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021)
Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide; stay alive whatever happens; the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in the Philippines where the Americans are about to land, this role will be to wage a guerrilla war until the return of the Japanese troops. The Empire will surrender soon after; Onoda, 10,000 days later.
poster
62
6.7
/104034/
71
/7678/
71
/2630/
2.9
/75508/
42
/175/
92
/2705/
47
/28/
cc age 13+

Midway (2019)
The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.
poster
61
6.8
/22975/
74
/915/
66
/311/
3.2
/6695/
39
/18/
71
/257/
48
/6/

Midway (1976)
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
poster
Kanopy
74
61
6.9
/1724/
71
/133/
72
/48/
3.5
/6772/
97
/30/
68
/5/
cc age 8+

Kensuke's Kingdom (2024)
A young boy and his family set off on a sailing trip of a lifetime until a violent storm erupts, sweeping Michael and his dog overboard. After washing up on a remote island, terrified, they struggle to survive and adjust to life alone, One day, Michael discovers he is not alone when he is confronted by a mysterious Japanese man who has lived there secretly since World War II, angry that Michael has arrived. However, as dangerous invaders threaten their fragile island paradise, Michael and the old man, Kensuke, join forces to save their secret world.
poster
Hoopla
70
61
7.2
/6949/
73
/167/
71
/125/
3.5
/1232/
75
/36/
74
/80/
57
/15/

John Rabe (2009)
A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
61
60
7.6
/13367/
75
/365/
78
/426/
3.6
/4880/
21
/19/
77
/61/
30
/12/

My Way (2011)
During the invasion of Normandy the photograph of a slim Korean man in German uniform was found. It transpired that the man had served as a soldier in the Japanese, Russian and German armies. His incredible story inspired director Kang Je-Gyu to create this epic war drama.
poster
71
60
7.2
/6339/
72
/128/
69
/103/
3.1
/1663/
82
/677/

The Five People You Meet In Heaven (2004)
On his 83rd birthday, Eddie, a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park, dies while trying to save a girl who is sitting under a falling ride. When he awakens in the afterlife, he encounters five people with ties to his corporeal existence who help him understand the meaning of his life.
poster
66
59
6.3
/5953/
74
/126/
58
/67/
3.0
/1923/
75
/8/
62
/56/
75
/6/

Flying Leathernecks (1951)
Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root of the problem is the second in command, Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin. Griff is the best flier in the group but Kirby finds him a poor commander who is not prepared to make the difficult decision that all commanders have to make - to put men in harm's way knowing that they may be killed.
poster
76
58
7.0
/2240/
67
/48/
65
/54/
3.9
/3341/
100
/9/
76
/23/

The Puppetmaster (1993)
Master puppeteer Li Tien-lu recalls his life in Japanese-occupied Taiwan during the first half of the 20th century.
poster
The Roku Channel
58
6.7
/18710/
68
/443/
65
/425/
3.2
/10565/
36
/110/
48
/259/
47
/30/
cc age 14+

Restless (2011)
Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.
poster
68
56
6.6
/4600/
72
/112/
60
/65/
3.1
/1130/
86
/42/
62
/46/

Back to Bataan (1945)
An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.
poster
59
56
6.1
/8128/
61
/259/
61
/237/
3.1
/9443/
52
/127/

Men Behind the Sun (1988)
Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to unit 731, where they're horribly tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons.
poster
AMC+
54
5.2
/2088/
56
/270/
60
/90/
2.6
/6004/
63
/16/
47
/22/

Monster Island (2025)
In the Pacific, 1944, a Japanese soldier and a British prisoner of war are stranded on a deserted island, hunted by a deadly creature. Two mortal enemies must come together to survive the unknown.
poster
MGM Plus
54
6.1
/76797/
64
/1993/
63
/1363/
3.0
/25935/
33
/161/
50
/2181/
51
/35/
cc age 16+

Windtalkers (2002)
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
poster
52
5.7
/1648/
65
/81/
55
/53/
3.0
/619/
40
/17/

The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980)
The only chance to escape a desert island is to convert the plane carrying many different animals into a boat.
poster
66
50
6.6
/3076/
68
/70/
61
/60/
3.4
/1491/
69
/389/

Merrill's Marauders (1962)
Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits and fighting pitched battles at every strong-point.
poster
The Roku Channel
58
49
5.7
/4096/
62
/270/
65
/171/
3.2
/11851/
43
/13/

The Silenced (2015)
A sickly girl Ju-ran transfers to a new sanitorium boarding school to regain health. But she discovers that students are disappearing and notices abnormal changes happening to her body. She suspects the school for what's happening and tries to discover what secret is hidden.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
47
7.3
/2365/
65
/27/
66
/25/
3.5
/588/
100
/8/
68
/33/

Three Came Home (1950)
Borneo, 1941, during World War II. When the Japanese occupy the island, American writer Agnes Newton Keith is separated from her husband and imprisoned with her son in a prison camp run by the enigmatic Colonel Suga.
poster
63
46
6.1
/3262/
67
/87/
62
/41/
3.2
/699/
71
/7/
54
/128/

Kokoda (2006)
A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.
poster
Kanopy
67
46
6.7
/1287/
61
/26/
63
/31/
3.4
/1202/
86
/14/
53
/24/
75
/7/

Caterpillar (2010)
The story of a village woman given the grueling task of looking after (and fulfilling the sexual needs of) her quadruple amputee husband, a Japanese soldier in the Second Sino-Japanese War who has been decreed a "War God" by the Emperor.


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