Japón post 1945
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1. Emperor (2012)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, History, War
As the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, General Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.
Director: Peter Webber | Stars: Matthew Fox, Colin Moy, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune
Votes: 14,853 | Gross: $3.35M
2. The Yakuza (1974)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
American private-eye Harry Kilmer returns to Japan to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter from the clutches of the Yakuza.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Eiji Okada, Herb Edelman
Votes: 10,453
3. Black Rain (1989)
R | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw
Votes: 59,712 | Gross: $46.21M
4. United Red Army (2007)
Not Rated | 190 min | Crime, Drama
The film outlines Japanese students movements in the 60s, then shows the formation of the Japanese United Red Army, a communist armed resistance group.
Director: Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Maki Sakai, Arata Iura, Akie Namiki, Gô Jibiki
Votes: 882 | Gross: $0.00M
6. Gung Ho (1986)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama
When a Japanese automobile company buys an American plant, the American liaison must mediate the clash of work attitudes between the foreign management and native labor.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt, Mimi Rogers
Votes: 13,939 | Gross: $36.61M
7. Alien (1979)
R | 117 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 951,300 | Gross: $78.90M
8. Blade Runner (1982)
R | 117 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos
Votes: 823,357 | Gross: $32.87M
9. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
TV-MA | 83 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.
Directors: Mizuho Nishikubo, Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera
Votes: 156,955 | Gross: $0.52M
10. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Crime
The futuristic adventures of a female cyborg counter intelligence agent and her support team.
Stars: Shirô Saitô, Atsuko Tanaka, Osamu Saka, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Votes: 20,951
11. Virus (1980)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
After a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Masao Kusakari, Tsunehiko Watase, Isao Natsuyagi, Shin'ichi Chiba
Votes: 3,044
12. Manga! (1994 TV Movie)
30 min | Documentary, Animation
Documentary about Japanese comic books (Manga) and the Anime films inspired by them.
Stars: Jonathan Ross, Helen McCarthy, Hayao Miyazaki, Buichi Terasawa
Votes: 15
13. Tokyo Trial (2016)
200 min | Drama, History
A historical drama that focuses on a decade-long investigation into events in the Pacific during and after WWII.
Stars: Tim Ahern, Paul Freeman, Serge Hazanavicius, Marcel Hensema
Votes: 1,975
14. A Hen in the Wind (1948)
84 min | Drama
A man returns from World War II to find his desperate wife had resorted to one night of prostitution to pay for their son's hospital bills.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Shûji Sano, Chieko Murata, Chishû Ryû
Votes: 1,816
15. Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980)
Not Rated | 224 min | Crime
A compilation edition of the first four films in Kinji Fukasaku's violent yakuza saga, previously screened only as part of a limited Japanese theatrical release in 1980 and on the Toei cable channel.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Meiko Kaji, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Akira Kobayashi
Votes: 96
16. Victory of Women (1946)
84 min | Drama
A socially committed film about the feudal state of many Japanese women in 1946. Hiroko Hosokawa, a female lawyer, defends Mrs. Asakura, who suffocated her child in her grief after her ... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiko Kuwano, Mitsuko Miura, Shin Tokudaiji
Votes: 174
17. Dokkoi ikiteru (1951)
102 min | Drama
A portrait of Japan, five years after its defeat in WWII,still in the grip of unemployment, this socially conscious work was made with the participation of several members of the Communist party and outside the commercial studio system.
Director: Tadashi Imai | Stars: Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Kan'emon Nakamura, Isao Kimura, Gôzô Sôma
Votes: 37
18. Yama: Attack to Attack (1985)
110 min | Documentary
Documenting the conditions of day laborers in San'ya.
Directors: Mitsuo Sato, Kyoichi Yamaoka | Star: Motoharu Jônouchi
Votes: 22
19. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama
A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami, Junya Fukuda
Votes: 13,787 | Gross: $0.44M
20. Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don (1977)
132 min | Crime, Drama
A supposedly true-to-life story of one of the biggest rightists - yakuza bosses in 1950s - '60s Japan.
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Shin Saburi, Kôji Tsuruta, Hiroki Matsukata, Kô Nishimura
Votes: 51
21. The Outsider (I) (2018)
TV-MA | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An epic set in post-WWII Japan and centered on an American former G.I. who joins the yakuza.
Director: Martin Zandvliet | Stars: Jared Leto, Tadanobu Asano, Kippei Shîna, Shioli Kutsuna
Votes: 29,419
22. Baburu (2001– )
Drama
It's the glittering 80s, and Japan's bubble economy is in full swing. There is a fortune to be made for those who have the brains, determination and pure luck. Tetsuya and Tomoyo are two ... See full summary »
Stars: Nae, Yumi Asô, Masanobu Takashima, Tsunehiko Watase
23. Princes of the Yen (2014)
93 min | Documentary, Crime
Set in 20th Century Japan the documentary explores the role and power of Central Banks and how they can be used to change a country's economic political and social structures A documentary adaption off the book by Professor Richard Werner.
Director: Michael Oswald | Stars: Andrew Piper, Richard Werner, Noriko Yamagiwa
Votes: 316
24. Baburu e go!! Taimu mashin wa doramu-shiki (2007)
116 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
When a brilliant researcher accidentally turns an ordinary washing machine into a time-machine, the Japanese government convinces her to travel back to 1990 and prevent the announcement of ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuo Baba | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Ryôko Hirosue, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Kazue Fukiishi
Votes: 442
25. The Naked Director (2019–2021)
TV-MA | 48 min | Biography, Drama
Follows the story of Toru Muranishi's unusual and dramatic life filled with big ambitions as well as spectacular setbacks in his attempt to turn Japan's porn industry on its head.
Stars: Takayuki Yamada, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Misato Morita, Tokio Emoto
Votes: 6,943
26. The Burmese Harp (1956)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama, Music, War
A conscience-driven Japanese soldier traumatized by the events of WWII adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Tatsuya Mihashi, Jun Hamamura
Votes: 6,463
27. Lonely Swallows: Living as the Children of Immigrant Workers (2012)
88 min | Documentary, Drama
'Lonely Swallows' is a documentary film which follows the struggles of Japanese-Brazilian kids living in Japan. In Hamamatsu, the city of automobile factories, there are over hundred ... See full summary »
Director: Mayu Nakamura
28. Lost in Translation (2003)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris
Votes: 489,282 | Gross: $44.59M
29. First Class (2014– )
45 min | Drama
Yoshinari Chinami, who has been selling buttons and fabric at a clothing material store in an old neighborhood of Tokyo, unexpectedly finds herself working at the editorial division of a ... See full summary »
Stars: Erika Sawajiri, Nozomi Sasaki, Nanao, Tomoko Tabata
Votes: 77
30. No Way Back (1995)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When an op goes wrong and FBI agent Zack's partner dies, his search for the one responsible takes him to a yakuza in Japan. A mob boss wants revenge for his son's death and Zack's his target.
Director: Frank A. Cappello | Stars: Russell Crowe, Helen Slater, Etsushi Toyokawa, Michael Lerner
Votes: 3,178
31. Goddo supiido yuu! Burakku emparaa (1976)
90 min | Documentary
The 1970s in Japan saw the rise of motorcycle gangs, which drew the interest of the media. The movie follows a member of the "Black Emperors" gang and his interaction with his parents after he gets in trouble with the police.
Director: Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Votes: 366
32. 11.25: The Day He Chose His Own Fate (2012)
119 min | Biography, Drama
In 1970, famed Japanese writer Yukio Mishima commits suicide after leading a failed coup.
Director: Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Arata Iura, Shinobu Terajima, Ichirô Hashimoto
Votes: 252
33. Tetris (2023)
R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of how one of the world's most popular video games found its way to players around the globe. Businessman Henk Rogers and Tetris inventor Alexey Pazhitnov join forces in the USSR, risking it all to bring it to the masses.
Director: Jon S. Baird | Stars: Taron Egerton, Mara Huf, Miles Barrow, Rick Yune
Votes: 84,104
34. Minbo (1992)
123 min | Comedy
A luxury hotel extorted by yakusa assigns an ordinary accountant to handle the situation. The chaotic results cause the hotel to rethink its plan.
Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Nobuko Miyamoto, Yasuo Daichi, Takehiro Murata, Akira Takarada
Votes: 1,147
35. Tampopo (1985)
Not Rated | 114 min | Comedy
A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.
Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Koji Yakusho
Votes: 22,576 | Gross: $0.22M
36. A Taxing Woman (1987)
127 min | Comedy, Crime
If tax evasion is an art, wheeler-dealer Hideki Gondo is Rembrandt. And so, a determined taxing woman gets the tough assignment of trying to catch him.
Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Yasuo Daichi
Votes: 2,246
37. Sanctuary (2023– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sport
A man who is driven to the edge of a cliff and believes that money, a woman, and fame are all buried in the ring, And goes up to a sumo rikishi.
Stars: Shioli Kutsuna, Koyuki, Ren Hanami, Shôta Sometani
Votes: 4,287
38. Fragments of the Last Will (2022)
134 min | Drama, History, War
Hatao Yamamoto was a Japanese prisoner of war detained in a post second World War Siberian gulag. He believed that he would be able to reunite with his wife and children in Japan and fought to keep hope alive for his fellow POWs.
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Keiko Kitagawa, Tôri Matsuzaka, Kento Nakajima
Votes: 176
39. Japan's Longest Day (1967)
157 min | Drama, History, War
A dramatization of the 24-hour period in which the Japanese government was deadlocked over the decision to accept or reject the Allies' demand for an unconditional surrender following the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Seiji Miyaguchi, Rokkô Toura, Chishû Ryû, Sô Yamamura
Votes: 1,012
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