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poster
Criterion Channel
86
8.0
/8313/
76
/138/
77
/188/
4.2
/12854/
100
/14/
89
/66/

The Life of Oharu (1952)
In 17th century Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
poster
Netflix
78
7.7
/145719/
79
/13332/
76
/3747/
3.9
/321847/
84
/38/

Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father and his mystical weaponry, as well as discover his own magical powers.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.4
/53097/
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
Kanopy
72
6.7
/20461/
69
/1508/
67
/607/
3.5
/23506/
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
Criterion Channel
84
71
8.0
/5389/
76
/103/
77
/147/
4.2
/9118/
100
/7/
92
/24/

Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
62
7.2
/2783/
70
/59/
67
/66/
3.7
/5683/
100
/9/
76
/35/

Osaka Elegy (1936)
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.
poster
70
57
6.7
/2285/
70
/79/
64
/67/
3.6
/3688/
73
/11/
75
/250/

Sakuran (2006)
Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.
poster
77
55
7.6
/2847/
72
/46/
74
/65/
4.0
/3488/
85
/21/

Goyokin (1969)
A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
42
7.2
/1587/
64
/13/
65
/27/
3.6
/1599/
72
/149/

Passing Fancy (1933)
In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a homeless young lady and convinces a bar owner to take her in.
poster
61
37
6.4
/2307/
65
/115/
62
/103/
3.2
/1648/
50
/5/

Tokyo Fiancée (2014)
A Japanophile young Belgian woman in Tokyo falls into a whirlwind romance with a Francophile Japanese student, in this charming and tender tale of young love and cultural discovery.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
34
7.0
/1442/
65
/24/
63
/33/
3.5
/2489/
87
/5/

What Did the Lady Forget? (1937)
A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Despite being a minor, Setsuko is a liberated woman who does whatever she wants, including smoking. She even convinces Koyima to take her to a geisha house. When she gets rather tipsy, the professor calls Okada, one of his students, to take her home. The wife becomes suspicious of Setsuko when she sees Okada bringing her home.
poster
68
29
6.8
/622/
70
/31/
67
/22/
3.5
/1463/

Ito (2021)
A shy country girl chooses a part-time job at a maid cafe where she serves customers while dressed up as a maid.
poster
58
26
6.1
/1287/
63
/27/
62
/31/
3.3
/516/
38
/35/

Kaidan (2007)
Japan, 250 years ago. Soetsu is a moneylender who is killed by the cruel samurai Shinzaemon. His body is dumped in the Kasenega-Fuchi river. According to legend, all who drown in the river will never surface again. 20 Years later, Shinkichi, the handsome son of Shinzaemon, coincidentally meets Toyoshiga, the daughter of Soetsu. They fall in love. It is a doomed love, as the spirit of Soetsu is far from dead
poster
62
8
6.9
/388/
52
/7/
55
/10/
3.6
/293/
75
/1/

The Geisha (1983)
Yokiro was the most successful Geisha house in Western Japan during the first half of the 20th century and remains open to this day. At its peak, it was home to over 200 geisha, however behind the fabulous facade, there were many battles - between family members, men and women, and with the Yakuza. Momokawa was sold to Yokiro at age 12, and despite being the top geisha, her many complicated relationships provide unending challenges throughout her glamorous but turbulent life.
poster
?
8.6
/16/
100
/1/
60
/1/

Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated (2020)
100 minutes of healing music from Ryuichi Sakamoto and shamisen prodigy Hidejiro Honjoh.
poster
64
?
5.7
/289/
69
/12/
65
/5/
3.3
/255/

The Fallen Angel (2010)
The story of a young man who has felt since childhood utterly alien from others around him. Since that time he has learned to put on a face to hide his alienation. He feels incapable of belonging to the human society, especially so by society's refusal to take him seriously. He then follows a descent into alcohol, drugs, & suicide ...
poster
42
?
6.1
/175/
15
/2/
52
/4/

Check It Out, Yo! (2006)
Tomboy Yui (Mao Inoue) brings her 3 male friends along with her to see a live performance of local Okinawan rap group, “Workaholic”. Upon witnessing the crowd reaction, the boys decide to start a rap group of their own to impress chicks—while Toru (Hayato Ichihara) has the added motivation of impressing his older, more sophisticated love interest Nagisa (Ayumi Ito). With only 2 weeks to learn how to play instruments and prepare for their first show, the performance is predictably humiliating. In order to save pride they decide to give it another shot, but this time they ditch the instruments for a sampler and stay truer to themselves. Will Toru be able to capture Nagisa’s heart? Will Yui ever confess her love to Toru or will she just keep practicing her advanced pro wrestling techniques on him instead?
poster
58
?
7.1
/135/
30
/2/
72
/10/

Tsugaru Folksong (1973)
A young girl is being asked about a man with whom she was keeping company, as her grandmother plays a lament on a shamisen. Then the focus changes to a couple arriving from Tokyo - the woman returning to her home, the man an escapee from the yakuza. The man doesn't seem to mind when the woman sells her favours to tourists at the local bar, just as she seems to take his attentions to Yuki, a blind girl, with equanimity.


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