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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.
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Amazon Prime Video
81
7.5
/71305/
75
/2540/
73
/1220/
3.9
/56367/
95
/129/
88
/1792/
84
/33/
cc age 18+

13 Assassins (2010)
A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.
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
84
79
8.2
/9293/
84
/196/
82
/180/
4.3
/5670/
91
/11/
95
/95/
70
/7/

Devils on the Doorstep (2001)
During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at which time they will be collected. The village leaders convene to interrogate the prisoners. The townspeople then struggle to accommodate the prisoners. One is a bellicose Japanese nationalist, the other a nervous translator. Will the townspeople manage to keep the prisoners until the New Year?
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MGM Plus
77
7.2
/11711/
65
/251/
69
/238/
3.4
/14884/
95
/22/
71
/222/

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.
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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.
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Kanopy
73
7.8
/85433/
76
/1855/
76
/1167/
4.1
/134651/
86
/49/
93
/4448/
62
/14/
cc age 13+

Harold and Maude (1971)
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.
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Criterion Channel
72
7.2
/22127/
73
/566/
73
/507/
3.9
/47266/
86
/29/
79
/364/
53
/13/

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.
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Amazon Prime Video
75
69
7.1
/4622/
72
/185/
67
/110/
3.7
/10246/
86
/7/
81
/122/

Five Fingers of Death (1972)
A young boxer joins a martial arts school to increase his skill so he can enter a martial arts competition. He leaves the school when he hears that a local gangster is terrorizing the town. He comes to the aid of a young singer and brings on the wrath of the local gang. He eventually enters the martial arts competition after learning iron palm technique and takes out all competition.
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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
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.
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Crunchyroll
64
5.9
/13780/
61
/565/
60
/351/
3.4
/25032/
80
/10/
61
/679/

Tokyo Gore Police (2008)
In a futuristic Tokyo where police have been privatized and bitter self-mutilation is so casual that advertising is often specially geared to the 'cutter' demographic, Ruka is on a mission to avenge her father's assassination. Ruka is a cop from a squad whose goal is to destroy homicidal mutant humans known as 'engineers', that possess the ability to transform any injury to a weapon in and of itself.
poster
64
6.6
/209106/
67
/5626/
63
/3467/
3.1
/91864/
70
/194/
63
/7372/
60
/29/
cc age 18+

Machete (2010)
After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.
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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
67
60
6.8
/5729/
68
/124/
65
/81/
3.2
/2798/
80
/5/
61
/63/

Across the Pacific (1942)
Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-martialed out of the army and boards a Japanese ship for the Orient in late 1941. But has Leland really been booted out, or is there some other motive for his getting close to fellow passenger Doctor Lorenz? Any motive for getting close to attractive traveler Alberta Marlow would however seem pretty obvious.
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Criterion Channel
73
57
7.2
/2898/
69
/67/
69
/72/
3.8
/4790/
82
/33/

The 47 Ronin (1941)
In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Lord Asano to commit suppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Lord Kira. Lord Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the dishonor of their Lord. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi asks the Shogun to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses his request and Oishi and forty-six ronin revenge their Lord.
poster
52
6.1
/134419/
64
/6087/
62
/3428/
2.9
/223052/
39
/74/
52
/74/
30
/12/
cc age 18+

Saw VI (2009)
Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.
poster
73
51
7.4
/2250/
71
/47/
69
/59/
3.9
/8097/

Patriotism (1966)
Two characters on a Noh stage dramatize the rite of love and death of Lieutenant Shinji Takeyama and his wife Reiko.
poster
65
44
6.4
/2250/
68
/65/
62
/61/
3.3
/1854/

Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen (2015)
Ryuzo and his 7 former henchmen are all retired yakuza, but they now live as regular old men. One day, Ryuzo becomes the victim of a phishing fraud. He calls his 7 men together to reform their society.
poster
66
43
6.6
/3160/
73
/67/
59
/39/
3.3
/544/
88
/8/
49
/18/

Halls of Montezuma (1951)
Richard Widmark leads an all star cast of marine leathernecks including Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone and Jack Webb into battle on a heavily fortified island. This action-packed story follows the squad as they pick their way through enemy-infested jungles on a time sensitive mission to find the source of the enemy rockets. As the mission progresses, the squad and leader overcome many challenges as they are transformed into an effective and efficient fighting unit.
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Amazon Prime Video
55
43
5.7
/2801/
63
/93/
56
/63/
2.9
/1348/
43
/7/
58
/100/

Circle of Iron (1978)
In a mystical desert kingdom, young martial arts fighter Cord loses a contest to determine who will journey to take the powerful Book of All Knowedge from Zetan, an evil wizard. Despite his lack of a sponsor, Cord's rule-breaking nature leads him to try retrieving the book anyway. Help is offered by a mysterious blind man who gives advice as Cord fights his way through multiple opponents, discovering more about himself as he gets closer to Zetan.
poster
53
43
5.3
/2792/
56
/122/
54
/77/
2.9
/2252/
47
/140/

RoboGeisha (2009)
Sisters Yoshie and Kikue are two Geisha who are abducted by a mysterious organization to be transformed into murderous cyborg assassins.
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Hoopla
43
4.7
/21240/
49
/949/
49
/626/
2.5
/29253/
40
/65/
23
/579/
43
/16/

The ABCs of Death (2013)
An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.
poster
MGM Plus
58
38
6.0
/2496/
60
/23/
58
/37/
3.0
/834/
80
/5/
33
/21/

Blood on the Sun (1945)
Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda of the time.
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Criterion Channel
69
37
7.1
/1057/
62
/17/
70
/38/
3.7
/1531/

Assassination (1964)
In 1863, when American warships approach Japan, an enigmatic ronin becomes an important figure in a complex game of power between the Shogunate and the empire.
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Amazon Prime Video
35
4.8
/64118/
52
/1776/
47
/1044/
2.1
/20443/
14
/114/
26
/7474/
30
/24/
cc age 17+

The Spirit (2008)
A Rookie cop named Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces from the shadows of Central City. The Octopus, who kills anyone unfortunate enough to see his face, has other plans; he is going to wipe out the entire city.
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Hoopla
34
4.3
/12941/
49
/785/
46
/365/
1.8
/16087/
10
/10/
25
/328/

Hellraiser: Deader (2005)
When a tough-as-nails reporter is lead to a mysterious cult and the evil Pinhead, any moment could be her last.
poster
66
31
6.9
/1719/
74
/31/
63
/18/
3.4
/376/
83
/6/
44
/9/

Hell to Eternity (1960)
Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. After Pearl Harbor, his foster family is interned at the Manzanar camp for Japanese Americans, while he enlists in the Marines, where his ability to speak Japanese becomes a vital asset. During the Battle of Saipan, he convinces 800 Japanese to surrender after their general commits suicide.
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MGM Plus
57
30
6.2
/1950/
62
/43/
65
/34/
3.2
/678/
37
/27/

Beach Red (1967)
American troops storm ashore on a Japanese-held island and push inland while their enemies plan a counterattack in this look at warfare. Soldiers on both sides are haunted by memories of home and the horrifying, sickening images they find in combat.
poster
47
27
4.9
/2467/
53
/128/
46
/45/
2.9
/228/
29
/38/

Riverworld (2010)
Welcome to Riverworld, a place of strange, watery beauty and the current abode of a fascinating cast of the recently (and not-so-recently) dead. It certainly isn't Heaven, but it just might be Hell.
poster
73
25
7.7
/938/
82
/17/
61
/18/
3.6
/982/

Through the Mist (2009)
A biopic of the late musician Dédé Fortin, the singer, songwriter, and founder of a very popular Québécois band called "Les Colocs".
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Amazon Prime Video
40
22
4.6
/1540/
45
/42/
40
/40/
2.7
/1140/
20
/24/

The House Where Evil Dwells (1982)
At the prompting of his diplomat friend, Alex, writer Ted Fletcher takes his wife, Laura, and daughter, Amy, on an extended working holiday. Alex finds a house for them in Kyoto, Japan, and the Fletchers move in, laughing off rumors that the place is haunted. But the ghost of 19th-century samurai Shigero turns out to be very real, and is intent on making the family re-enact an ancient murder-suicide.
poster
59
19
6.4
/1168/
69
/11/
60
/13/
3.3
/233/
40
/93/

The Purple Heart (1944)
This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war. Relates the hardships the men endure while in captivity, and their final humiliation: being tried and convicted as war criminals.
poster
62
18
6.5
/1293/
64
/31/
61
/19/
3.3
/245/
55
/9/

Oba: The Last Samurai (2011)
In 1944, the American military lands on the shores of Saipan. Refusing to commit suicide with his superiors or be forced into camps for prisoners of war, Captain Oba Sakae leads a group of his men and other similarly minded local residents into the mountains. Even after hearing reports of the Japanese military's surrender, Oba dismisses the reports as propaganda and continues to launch guerilla attacks against the American soldiers, earning him the nickname "The Fox". Soon, even the American commander who's charged with the task of capturing Oba comes to admire his persistent enemy.
poster
58
16
5.8
/475/
50
/23/
51
/23/
3.2
/911/
71
/1/

The Beast and the Magic Sword (1983)
His bloodline damned by a witch, Waldemar Daninsky heads to Japan to seek a cure for his werewolf curse.
poster
54
14
6.4
/1037/
59
/12/
54
/9/
42
/16/

Blood Oath (1990)
On an obscure Pacific Island just north of Australia, the Japanese Empire has operated a prisoner of war camp for Australian soldiers. At the close of World War II, the liberated POWs tell a gruesome tale of mass executions of over eight hundred persons as well as torture style killings of downed Australian airmen. In an attempt to bring those responsible to justice, the Australian Army establishes a War Crimes Tribunal to pass judgement on the Japanese men and officers who ran the Ambon camp. In an added twist, a high ranking Japanese admiral is implicated, and politics become involoved with justice as American authorities in Japan lobby for the Admiral's release. Written by Anthony Hughes
poster
57
12
5.8
/587/
55
/9/
51
/16/
3.3
/361/

Samurai Rauni (2016)
Villagers are afraid of Samurai Rauni Reposaarelainen, who keeps them on their toes every day. When someone places a bounty on Rauni's head, he goes after this mysterious person.
poster
65
10
6.8
/295/
56
/3/
69
/12/
3.5
/267/

Basara: The Princess Goh (1992)
Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū, the former tea master, was ordered to commit suicide. Princess Goh, daughter of the lord but adopted by Hideyoshi, is outraged when Rikyū's severed head is thrown in the Nijo River. She sends Usu, Oribe's servant, to retrieve the head and deliver it to Rikyū's adopted daughter.
poster
55
8
5.4
/164/
61
/5/
43
/11/
3.2
/365/

Lost Paradise: Riding Habit Harakiri (1990)
Directed by Masami Akita,who is also one of Japan's leading noise musicians under the name Merzbow. With a soundtrack by the director himself, this intense and ultra-gory seppuku film shows a young woman taking her own life by an act of ritual harakiri.
poster
?
10
/1/
10
/1/

Katana (1986)
An antique sword exposes tension between three siblings.
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?
5.2
/43/
10
/1/
47
/7/

White Clothing: Harakiri (1990)
A black and white preface shows a woman in a traditional kimono climbing the stairs as WWII era Mitsubishi Zeros fly through the sky and footage of the Japanese military of the era is superimposed over the footage. She stops at the top of the stairs to say her prayers, rings a bell, and heads inside where the footage is shot in color. She unravels her kimono and rubs her face with the cloth before wrapping her blade and lovingly touching it. She pulls it across her stomach and slits herself open, falling to the mat. She crawls across the mat, dying, slipping in her own slick blood until she can't move anymore.
poster
47
?
4.6
/136/
46
/6/
50
/3/

36 Hours of Hell (1969)
American marines are sent to a Japanese-occupied Pacific island that has been subjected to a bombing campaign, only to encounter heavy resistance from the surviving enemy forces.
poster
fuboTV
79
?
8.2
/40/
65
/13/
90
/1/

Battle of Okinawa in Color (2017)
By mid-1945, Hitler is dead and the war has ended in Europe. Halfway around the world, however, the fighting is still going strong on a small island in the Pacific. Okinawa was the site of the last battle of the last great war of the 20th century, with a casualty rate in the tens of thousands. Through it all, military cameramen risked their lives to film the conflict, from brutal land combat to fierce kamikaze attacks at sea. See the footage they captured and experience this intense battle the way the soldiers saw it -- in color.
poster
?
5.3
/24/
40
/2/
40
/3/

Balawis (1996)
Ken, his brother Nats and friend Desiree are hired by the mysterious Mr. Ventura to help out in searching for an undiscovered Japanese treasure from World War II. Problem arises when the treasure they are hunting are now hunting them.
poster
?
7.0
/72/
71
/6/
57
/3/

Gatekeeper (2016)
A retired police detective dedicates his life to preventing deaths at Japan’s suicide cliffs, providing emergency assistance and counseling even as tourists flock to the site, attracted by its notoriety as a popular suicide destination.
poster
?
4.6
/92/
43
/3/

Prisoner of Japan (1942)
An American astronomer living on a Pacific island attempts to thwart the Japanese during WWII.
poster
?
5.7
/66/
15
/2/
46
/5/

School Girl: Harakiri (1990)
A school girl kneels on her mat looking over an old photo album containing pictures of people committing seppuku. Becoming aroused by what she sees, she touches herself and licks her fingertips. She pulls out a knife of her own, takes off her uniform, and in a very fetishistic manner proceeds to slit open her stomach and then pull out her guts.
poster
?
6.9
/67/
33
/3/
64
/5/

The Conspirator (1961)
Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga, provides little happiness. His manipulative mother adds further complications through her constant interference and attempts at defeating the Nobunaga family.


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