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HBO Max Amazon Channel
87
8.4
/379988/
86
/18660/
85
/12188/
4.2
/1307067/
98
/118/
94
/1179/
81
/26/
8.8
/2046554/
cc age 12+

Your Name. (2016)
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
8.3
/15392/
81
/267/
82
/256/
4.3
/20243/
100
/9/
93
/171/
90
/9/

Samurai Rebellion (1967)
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.8
/4312/
71
/70/
75
/126/
4.0
/5504/
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
Criterion Channel
82
79
7.8
/11704/
77
/280/
78
/273/
4.2
/50296/
86
/7/
90
/103/

The Face of Another (1966)
A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his new doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality and causing him to question his identity.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.4
/13920/
77
/645/
74
/587/
3.9
/27315/
84
/58/
85
/47/
60
/16/

Sweet Bean (2015)
The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone loves a good pastry.
poster
75
68
7.3
/6903/
70
/82/
68
/121/
3.8
/6485/
82
/28/
81
/87/
81
/21/

The Eel (1997)
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.
poster
62
52
6.6
/2701/
63
/110/
63
/103/
3.4
/3604/
51
/59/
6.4
/4899/

Horus: Prince of the Sun (1968)
Young Horus lives in a mythical Scandinavia of the Iron Age. Recovering the stolen Sword of the Sun from a rock giant, he learns he must travel to the lands of his ancestors, encountering the beautiful but enigmatic Hilda as his journey leads to a series of adventures.
poster
65
26
6.6
/675/
58
/11/
66
/18/
3.6
/1367/

The Man Without a Map (1968)
A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, the detective's own life begins to resemble the man for whom he is searching.
poster
66
25
6.5
/256/
59
/13/
71
/27/
3.5
/954/

Miyori's Forest (2009)
After being deserted by her parents, 11-year old Miyori shuts her heart from the rest of the world and denies any form of human relationships. She was entrusted in the care of her grandmother who lives near a forest. Miyori will take a walk in the forest where she felt a strong sense of loneliness in the forest which seems to have nothing. However, she soon encounters unbelievable things...
poster
53
17
6.0
/86/
54
/9/
42
/6/
5.9
/1230/

Cyborg 009 and the Monster Wars (1967)
Cyborg 009 and his team are re-united to fight the latest menace from the Black Ghost. Before they can tackle their foe the team must overcome an army of monsters sent to stop them, including giant jellyfish, stingrays, plesiosaurs and treacherous cyborgs.
poster
68
17
6.8
/405/
66
/8/
62
/17/
3.6
/592/

The Youth Killer (1976)
Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love; when they bar him from meeting with his girlfriend, tensions increase.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
13
7.0
/409/
58
/9/
75
/12/
3.6
/385/

The River Fuefuki (1960)
In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.
poster
70
11
7.3
/211/
65
/5/
71
/14/
3.6
/209/

A Trap (1965)
When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.
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?
10
/1/

運命の殺意 北信濃母子心中 (1982)
In the past, a woman was raped by her brother-in-law. Keeping this dark secret, she lives a seemingly happy life with her husband and son, but the son, shocked to find out his real father is the brother-in-law, sets out to do something. The downfall of a mother and her child starts there...
poster
?
10
/1/

Kigeki: Onna uridashimasu (1972)
The third film in the "Woman" series, based on the original work by Shinji Fujiwara, set in the Shinjuku Entertainment Company.
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?
10
/1/

Onna no Kyūka (1974)
It depicts a few days in the life of a farmer's wife who takes her first vacation in Tokyo.
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10
/1/

A Diary of a Woman Doctor (1973)
1973 Toei movie.
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10
/1/

I Shall Not Forget (1968)
Hearing that his friend Yosuke Tsumura had died, Shiro Okabe returned to Kyoto. He felt that Yusuke's wife, Yusuke Tsumura's former love Yuko, knew something about Yosuke's death, but he was unable to find out what she knew. Okabe investigates Yosuke's death, but someone kills the people who provide clues one after another. Okabe follows Rumi, a woman at a bar who was close to Yosuke, to Mt. Hiei, and to his surprise learns that Yosuke is still alive.
poster
?
10
/1/

Let's Meet in Our Dreams (1962)
Mie Nakao runs away from home to join her older sister's production company as a new talent. We follow her ups and downs on the way to stardom as she falls in love with two men, a petty thief and a music writer and teacher, and makes her way in the industry alongside The Peanuts and The Crazy Cats.
poster
?
10
/1/

Kiriko no unmei (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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?
10
/1/

A Thousand Suspects (1966)
Suspense film based on Ryuji Hori's non-fiction book about the kidnapping and murder of 4-year-old Yoshinobu Murakoshi in 1963.
poster
?
10
/1/

Chibusa o daku musume tachi (1962)
Japanese drama.
poster
?
5.2
/76/
50
/3/

Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel (2014)
In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected discloser of a shadowy business behind the church that reflects the uncertainty of the time.
poster
?
7.9
/13/
10
/1/

My Hobo (1962)
Story of a resourceful hobo (Kobayashi), a con woman (Takamine) who pretends to be a victim of the Nagasaki A-bomb, and two orphaned children who become a most atypical Japanese family.
poster
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10
/1/

Ningen no sabaku (1990)
N/A
poster
?
6.5
/23/
10
/1/

The Summit of Mt. Fuji (1970)
The Japanese government decides to install a radar on the top of Mt. Fuji, in order to detect typhoons as far as 800 km south of the Japanese archipelago, but the task will not be easy.
poster
?
10
/1/

Buriki no kunsho (1981)
N/A
poster
?
7.2
/79/

Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears (1977)
First live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.
poster
?
6.4
/13/
10
/1/

My Voiceless Friends (1972)
A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.
poster
?
7.7
/29/
10
/1/

Sweet Sweat (1964)
This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 36, is working in a bar, struggling valiantly to keep her family together. Her 17-year-old daughter Takeko becomes increasingly upset by her mother's constant drinking and yakuza boyfriend, and runs away from home. Kyo's performance was highly praised.
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?
7.9
/19/
10
/1/

Nippon no obaachan (1962)
Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. With nowhere to go, the two wander around, befriending a cosmetics salesman and a kind waitress who give them beer. This biting social satire starring two memorable grandmothers, scripted by Yôko Mizuki, picked up on Japan’s aging population problem far ahead of its time.
poster
?
10
/1/
55
/2/

Man on a False Flight (1971)
The clerk of a trading company happens to have a large sum of money from his company in his possession. His girlfriend pressures him into fleeing with the money...
poster
74
?
7.2
/146/
32
/4/
87
/3/

Where I Belong (2017)
Izumi (Kento Hayashi) was abandoned by his parents. He now commits burglary, targeting women and the elderly. He is chased by the cops. While on the run, in the mountains of Miyazaki Prefecture, he helps an injured elderly woman, Suma (Etsuko Ichihara). Izumi then stays at Suma's home. At first, Izumi keeps an eye for money that he can steal. The people though in the village think Izumi is Suma's grandson and take care of him. A change takes place in Izumi.
poster
?
7.0
/48/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Room for Let (1959)
When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection of characters already living there. The unlikely leader of this menagerie is Yoda Goro, who speaks four languages fluently, is an expert in cabbage rolls, and has written how-to books encompassing every aspect of human existence.
poster
?
6.5
/62/
10
/1/
50
/4/

The Scarlet Camellia (1964)
A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detective looking into the deaths does not suspect her.
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?
6.2
/33/
51
/5/
70
/1/

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth (1972)
Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their boss. He also meets a fellow gambler who idolizes Monjiro. The gambler and Monjiro's sister are pulled into a conspiracy to get to Monjiro, but do things go as planned?
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10
/1/

Could I But Live (1964)
Could I But Live
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20
/1/

Angel ga Tonda Hi (1996)
A heart-warming story depicting the day-to-day life full of laughter and tears as a mother copes with her children.
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?
7.6
/58/
10
/1/
68
/6/

Tale of Japanese Burglars (1965)
Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some communists are found guilty of causing the incident, but he knows it wasn't them. He can save innocent people but for that he must confess his own crime.
poster
?
5.8
/14/
10
/1/

Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms (1966)
N/A
poster
?
10
/1/

Detective Story: A Brother's Rule (1971)
Iwabuchi of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division cooperates with Kubo of the Foreign Affairs Division in re-investigating the case of a foreign drug addict's death at the request of Kubo.
poster
57
?
6.7
/179/
40
/2/
63
/6/

The Lovelorn Geisha (1960)
A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself 'already dead'.
poster
?
10
/1/

Evening Calm (1957)
A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on her own.
poster
?
7.9
/32/
90
/2/

To the Bracken Fields (2003)
A poor village in the Tohoku area has a law that states when a resident becomes sixty years old, they must move to the place called Warabino, far away from home.
poster
63
?
6.8
/195/
53
/6/
67
/10/

Snow Country (1957)
It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous trip, and it seems like love. She's the foster daughter of a local family, almost engaged to the family's son Yukio, now dying of consumption. He's tended by his sister Yuko who's angry at Komako for abandoning her brother. Shimamura returns to Tokyo but promises he will be back soon. In anticipation of his return, Komako breaks with her patron and her family loses their home. Complications arise when Shimamura doesn't come back as promised. Then Komako discovers that he and Yuko knew each other in Tokyo. Can Komako escape destiny?
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7.1
/28/
50
/2/

One Bowl of Kakesoba (1992)
Set in Sapporo during the oil crisis of the early '70s, the film centers on the Hokkaitei soba stand run by a stoic patriarch and his perky wife. One New Year's day, a haggard-looking mother and her two adorable moppets poke their heads into the restaurant and ask for a single bowl of kakesoba. Noticing that the trio is looking a little low in the heels, she puts in an extra scoop of noodles. The youngest boy declares that the soba is delicious. The next year, the same threesome appears again asking for one bowl of kakesoba. This time the old man dumps in two helpings. He is struck by how much the youngest looks like their own son who was hit by a truck three years previous. The following year, the three return and this time the mother tells her story...
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7.1
/21/
10
/1/

This Madding Crowd (1962)
N/A
poster
?
6.8
/65/
70
/2/
75
/2/

Japan's Don (1977)
A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.


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