Browse by Country - Japan
The Mysterians (1957)
Director: Ishiro Honda
Starring: Momoko Kochi, Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, Sus...
'They've come to take our women!' Centuries after the destruction of their planet, the titular aliens land on Earth, install an impregnable dome by a... Read more
The Machine Girl (2008)
Director: Noboru Iguchi
Starring: Minase Yashiro, Asami , Kentaro Shimazu, Honoka , Nobuhiro Nishihara
When gangsters murder her brother, and hack off her left arm, sweet Japanese schoolgirl Ami takes matters into her own...er, hand, and gets her stump... Read more
The Loyal 47 Ronin (1941)
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Starring: Yoshizaburo Arashi, Utaemon Ichikawa
A timeless tale of honor and revenge, told in two parts by master director Kenji Mizoguchi. 'The Loyal 47 Ronin' tells the true story of a loyal group... Read more
The Lower Depths (1957)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Ganjiro Nakamada
Adapted from a play by Maxim Gorky and following the adventures of a boarding home's odd residents, especially the love triangle that develops between... Read more
The Limits of Control (2009)
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Bill Murray, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Youki Kudoh, Gael Garcia Bernal, Isaach D...
A lone man (Isaach De Bankole) travels to Spain on an important mission, the details of which are deftly obfuscated in this enigmatic film from writer... Read more
The Life of Oharu (1952)
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ichiro Sugai
A poignant, exquisitely filmed portrait of a woman in feudal Japan who, after disgracing the honor of her samurai father, is sold into prostitution. "... Read more
The Killing Machine (1975)
Director: Norifumi Suzuki
Starring: Sonny Chiba, Yutaka Nakajima, Kei Sato, Etsuko Shihomi
Following the end of World War II, former Japanese soldier and Shaolin martial arts master Doshin (Sonny Chiba) returns to Osaka after working as a sp... Read more
The Idiot (1951)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Masayuki Mori, Toshiro Mifune, Setsuko Hara, Yoshiko Kuga, Takashi Shimura
Based on Dostoyevsky's classic novel of love and murder, adapted by Kurosawa himself, the story tells of Kameda, a former soldier whose wartime experi... Read more
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki
Kurosawa takes the conventional Japanese period film and combines it with fairytale elements, the result is an energetic and brilliant farce. Toshiro... Read more
The Happiness of the Katakuris (2002)
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda
From Japanese rebel filmmaker Takashi Miike ("Audition") comes this innovative, deranged musical-comedy with horror, centering on a family that purcha... Read more