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Criterion Channel
91
8.6
/87753/
85
/1829/
84
/1133/
4.7
/191892/
100
/10/
97
/415/
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
Fandor
89
8.2
/21093/
80
/445/
80
/449/
4.3
/57652/
100
/25/
92
/256/
93
/18/

Late Spring (1949)
Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.
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Kanopy
88
7.9
/93485/
79
/3517/
78
/2201/
4.3
/274626/
99
/230/
91
/198/
93
/40/
cc age 16+

Shoplifters (2018)
In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
86
8.3
/22963/
81
/376/
81
/389/
4.4
/29613/
73
/15/
95
/388/
90
/10/

Red Beard (1965)
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.
poster
84
7.5
/74780/
75
/2706/
74
/1411/
4.2
/354327/
97
/216/
78
/272/
91
/42/
cc age 15+

Drive My Car (2021)
Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.
poster
fuboTV
82
7.5
/4214/
76
/232/
76
/73/
4.0
/22192/
99
/71/
81
/13/
82
/18/

Black Box Diaries (2024)
Journalist Shiori Ito embarks on a courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country's outdated judicial and societal systems.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.8
/25036/
76
/615/
77
/455/
4.1
/84706/
90
/20/
90
/378/

Onibaba (1964)
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.6
/18156/
76
/658/
75
/400/
4.1
/65916/
100
/10/
86
/416/
80
/6/

Lady Snowblood (1973)
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
82
8.0
/10470/
78
/204/
78
/199/
4.2
/20005/
100
/11/
92
/97/
94
/5/

Early Summer (1951)
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
poster
82
8.0
/56967/
80
/1147/
78
/881/
4.1
/30286/
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
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.8
/13624/
77
/809/
79
/606/
4.1
/38259/
97
/74/
87
/21/
73
/21/
8.2
/83304/
cc age 10+

In This Corner of the World (2016)
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…
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83
80
7.9
/12805/
80
/319/
77
/235/
4.1
/36579/
96
/456/

Love Letter (1995)
Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter. Surprisingly, she receives a reply, and discovers it came from his old classmate, a girl who also happens to be called Itsuki Fujii.
poster
80
7.8
/43834/
78
/1652/
78
/705/
3.8
/35007/
90
/21/
89
/2211/
7.6
/75932/
cc age 17+

Ninja Scroll (1993)
Jubei is a masterless ninja who travels the land alone, lending his services to those with gold—or a worthy cause. His fearsome abilities have served him well, but a plot to overthrow the government threatens to end his wandering ways—and possibly his life.
poster
Kanopy
79
6.7
/982/
67
/45/
69
/25/
3.9
/5175/
93
/30/
78
/2/
82
/9/

Labyrinth of Cinema (2020)
When lightning strikes a theater about to close its doors, three moviegoers are thrust back in time to the world inside the screen.
poster
The Roku Channel
81
79
6.9
/8351/
72
/352/
78
/275/
3.8
/21907/
100
/6/
92
/92/

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla.
poster
78
7.1
/155470/
69
/5720/
70
/2505/
3.5
/730837/
90
/326/
65
/548/
90
/55/
cc age 15+

Licorice Pizza (2021)
The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
7.4
/11333/
69
/224/
71
/300/
3.8
/27401/
75
/20/
84
/153/

Bed and Board (1970)
Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers and giving violin lessons while Antoine fitfully works on his long-gestating novel. As Christine becomes pregnant with the couple's first child, Antoine finds himself enraptured with a young Japanese beauty. The complications change the course of their relationship forever.
poster
Kanopy
77
6.9
/1996/
69
/85/
72
/98/
3.6
/9334/
87
/38/
93
/1/
67
/17/

Love Life (2022)
Taeko and her husband, Jirō, are living a peaceful existence with her young son, Keita, when a tragic accident brings the boy's long-lost father, Park, back into her life. To cope with the pain and guilt, Taeko throws herself into helping this deaf and homeless man.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
77
7.7
/9689/
75
/271/
73
/221/
4.1
/29325/
96
/24/
85
/85/

Kuroneko (1968)
In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero to quell what is evidently an Onryō ghost. He encounters the two beautiful women in an eerie, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling fight.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.3
/1335/
72
/68/
72
/29/
3.6
/3713/
93
/60/
90
/26/
71
/17/

Kusama: Infinity (2018)
Now one of the world’s most celebrated artists, Yayoi Kusama broke free of the rigid society in which she was raised, and overcame sexism, racism, and mental illness to bring her artistic vision to the world stage. At 88 she lives in a mental hospital and continues to create art.
poster
82
77
7.8
/9384/
79
/237/
78
/174/
4.2
/14639/
93
/290/

Memories of Matsuko (2006)
While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy.
poster
Disney Plus
76
7.8
/206625/
78
/9327/
78
/5201/
4.0
/1030354/
90
/368/
87
/1150/
82
/55/
cc age 11+

Isle of Dogs (2018)
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
76
6.9
/43909/
70
/3784/
72
/1479/
3.9
/227715/
87
/86/
80
/856/
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
Criterion Channel
84
75
7.9
/6613/
77
/138/
77
/168/
4.1
/11604/
100
/16/
87
/46/

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
Starz
75
7.1
/494298/
71
/14484/
64
/7021/
3.3
/586447/
85
/189/
84
/40898/
73
/35/
cc age 17+

The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and it's really bothering his sex-obsessed male co-workers: Andy is still a virgin. Determined to help Andy get laid, the guys make it their mission to de-virginize him. But it all seems hopeless until Andy meets small business owner Trish, a single mom.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
6.7
/8675/
68
/496/
67
/320/
3.5
/26974/
98
/121/
88
/3/
77
/25/

First Love (2019)
One night in Tokyo, Leo, a young boxer, meets his first love, Monica, an imprisoned sex worker. Caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, they find themselves pursued by a corrupt cop, a yakuza, his nemesis, and a female assassin.
poster
Kanopy
73
6.6
/2843/
63
/152/
66
/118/
3.5
/10517/
95
/55/
79
/12/
70
/15/

Plan 75 (2022)
In a Japan of the near future, the government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized to remedy a super-aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a young Filipino laborer face choices of life and death.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
73
6.8
/1111/
66
/110/
71
/62/
3.4
/4395/
92
/24/
84
/5/
68
/7/
7.2
/4125/
cc age 10+

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (2021)
Brash single mother Nikuko is well-known for her bold spirit, much to the embarrassment of Kikuko, her pensive yet imaginative daughter. In contrast to her mother, Kikuko wants nothing more than to fit in as she navigates the everyday social dramas of middle school. Life in the harbor is peaceful until a shocking revelation from the past threatens to uproot the pair's tender relationship.
poster
Hoopla
73
6.7
/1963/
66
/78/
63
/58/
3.6
/8270/
93
/44/
53
/4/
85
/10/

To the Ends of the Earth (2019)
A young Japanese woman named Yoko finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her travel variety show.
poster
73
7.0
/19459/
71
/1430/
71
/815/
3.6
/55628/
91
/85/
80
/82/
81
/18/
7.2
/72451/
cc age 8+

Mirai (2018)
Unhappy after his new baby sister displaces him, four-year-old Kun begins meeting people and pets from his family's history in their unique house in order to help him become the big brother he was meant to be.
poster
Kanopy
73
6.8
/3514/
72
/164/
66
/98/
3.5
/4710/
98
/55/
82
/43/
69
/18/

Oh Lucy! (2018)
A lonely, chain-smoking office lady in Tokyo falls for her teacher when she decides to take English lessons. When her teacher disappears, she sets out on a journey to find him.
poster
73
7.0
/13656/
68
/349/
68
/261/
3.8
/30602/
83
/99/
61
/112/
76
/31/

Like Someone in Love (2012)
An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. But the web that is woven between them in the space of twenty four hours bears no relation to the circumstances of their encounter.
poster
Kanopy
72
6.7
/20363/
69
/1494/
66
/600/
3.5
/22999/
87
/98/
71
/77/
72
/26/

Blade of the Immortal (2017)
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.
poster
75
72
6.7
/8587/
72
/822/
74
/482/
3.5
/13331/
91
/11/
76
/31/

I Am a Hero (2016)
A man witnesses a fatal traffic accident on his way home from work, and the victim is clearly killed on impact. A moment later, when the corpse stands up and walks away, it could be a hallucination or something far more extraordinary.
poster
Kanopy
72
7.2
/93268/
71
/2742/
72
/1915/
3.8
/225364/
73
/97/
72
/1373/
69
/19/

Enter the Void (2010)
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police during a bust gone bad, his spirit journeys from the past -- where he sees his parents before their deaths -- to the present -- where he witnesses his own autopsy -- and then to the future, where he looks out for his sister from beyond the grave.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
7.0
/3516/
69
/52/
68
/92/
3.6
/3844/
79
/14/
70
/25/
83
/15/

Intervista (1987)
Federico Fellini welcomes us into his world of film making with a mockumentary about his life in film, as a Japanese film crew follows him around.
poster
77
70
7.5
/4722/
80
/226/
77
/102/
3.9
/19750/

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021)
Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.
poster
72
70
7.2
/8831/
76
/292/
70
/212/
4.2
/53271/
62
/29/
87
/653/
56
/14/

Kamikaze Girls (2004)
Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing elaborate lolita dresses from the Rococo period in 18th Century France. However, when punk girl and self-styled 'Yanki' Ichiko comes calling, her days as 'ordinary' are most certainly numbered...
poster
Kanopy
70
6.4
/6694/
65
/317/
67
/207/
3.5
/21855/
91
/53/
57
/35/
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
68
7.1
/2474/
74
/113/
69
/71/
4.1
/16012/
75
/12/
74
56
/6/

A Bride for Rip Van Winkle (2016)
A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.
poster
74
68
7.2
/5446/
70
/205/
70
/169/
3.9
/18642/
83
/3018/

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cahoots with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
poster
79
68
7.8
/5221/
77
/94/
74
/86/
3.7
/2294/
92
/5196/

Be with You (2004)
Takumi and his six-year-old son, Yuji, haven't come to terms with their wife and mother's death. One day, they meet a woman with an uncanny resemblance to her sheltering from the rain near their home.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
68
6.6
/12764/
63
/606/
65
/283/
3.6
/17194/
88
/135/
64
/201/
68
/31/
cc age 13+

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014)
Frustrated with her mundane life, a Tokyo office worker becomes obsessed with a fictional movie that she mistakes for a documentary. Fixating on a scene where stolen cash is buried in North Dakota, she travels to America to find it.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
67
7.6
/2802/
66
/46/
69
/56/
4.0
/4957/
100
/7/
86
/54/

Double Suicide (1969)
Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, even foregoing other customers while Jihei schemes to somehow buy her freedom. His efforts yield ruinous consequences for his business and his family life, and Koharu is meanwhile purchased by another client.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
67
6.4
/8526/
65
/362/
69
/265/
3.3
/25999/
82
/11/
66
/213/

Destroy All Monsters (1968)
At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the monsters across the world.
poster
74
67
7.4
/5762/
78
/218/
75
/193/
3.6
/10567/

My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday (2016)
Takatoshi Minamiyama majors in art at an university in Kyoto. On the train to the school, he sees Emi Fukuju and falls in love with her at first sight. Gathering up all his courage, he speaks to her. They begin to date and enjoy happy days together, but Emi reveals her secret to him.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
66
7.6
/4324/
72
/106/
74
/106/
3.9
/7805/
80
/5/
88
/29/

Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.
poster
Netflix
75
65
6.9
/4468/
72
/253/
72
/129/
3.8
/25771/
75
/8/
89
/18/
cc age 13+

Call Me Chihiro (2023)
An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.


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