Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "japanese", "widow"

1. The Karate Kid (1984)

PG | 126 min | Action, Drama, Family

A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.

Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove

Votes: 245,282 | Gross: $90.82M

2. Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)

G | 93 min | Biography, Drama, Family

Professor Wilson discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home. Despite objections from his wife, Hachi endears himself to the family and grows to be Parker's loyal companion. As their bond grows deeper, a beautiful relationship unfolds.

Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Sarah Roemer

Votes: 312,503

3. Everest (2015)

PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

On May 10, 1996, mountain guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer combine their expedition teams for a final ascent to the summit of Mount Everest. With little warning, a storm strikes the mountain and the climbers must now battle to survive.

Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Jason Clarke, Ang Phula Sherpa, Thomas M. Wright, Martin Henderson

Votes: 232,944 | Gross: $43.48M

4. Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind's new space defenses be enough?

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Maika Monroe

Votes: 189,069 | Gross: $103.14M

5. Ghost in the Shell (2017)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In the near future, Major Mira Killian is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.

Director: Rupert Sanders | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche

Votes: 228,341 | Gross: $40.56M

6. Ran (1985)

R | 160 min | Action, Drama, War

In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû

Votes: 136,669 | Gross: $4.14M

7. Mr. Holmes (2015)

PG | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Family

An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes deals with dementia, as he tries to remember his final case, and a mysterious woman, whose memory haunts him. He also befriends a fan, the young son of his housekeeper, who wants him to work again.

Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hattie Morahan

Votes: 68,100 | Gross: $17.74M

8. 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: 22,685 | Gross: $0.22M

9. Throne of Blood (1957)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura

Votes: 56,135

10. Departures (2008)

PG-13 | 130 min | Drama

Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding. He moves back to his hometown with his wife, where he answers an ad for what Daigo thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary.

Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Ryôko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Votes: 55,092 | Gross: $1.50M

11. The Best of Youth (2003)

R | 374 min | Drama, Romance

An Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers from the 1960s to the 2000s.

Director: Marco Tullio Giordana | Stars: Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Jasmine Trinca, Adriana Asti

Votes: 23,248 | Gross: $0.27M

12. Rhapsody in August (1991)

PG | 98 min | Drama, War

Three generations' responses to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Sachiko Murase, Richard Gere, Hisashi Igawa, Narumi Kayashima

Votes: 7,595 | Gross: $0.52M

13. Maborosi (1995)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant.

Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Makiko Esumi, Takashi Naitô, Tadanobu Asano, Gohki Kashiyama

Votes: 7,369

14. The White Countess (2005)

PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, History, Romance

In 1930s Shanghai, a blind American diplomat develops a curious relationship with a young Russian refugee who works odd--and sometimes illicit--jobs to support members of her dead husband's aristocratic family.

Director: James Ivory | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave

Votes: 6,987 | Gross: $1.67M

15. The City of Your Final Destination (2009)

PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Romance

Omar wants to write an authorized biography on a dead writer and travels to a farm in Uruguay to meet the trustees - the writer's brother, widow and cute mistress/mother of his daughter.

Director: James Ivory | Stars: Omar Metwally, Anthony Hopkins, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Nicholas Blandullo

Votes: 3,247

16. A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn (2003)

Not Rated | 61 min | Drama, Romance

A young widow, Noriko, lives with her senile father-in-law, Shukichi, on a farm. He believes his favorite cow, long gone, is still alive. Noriko pretends to be the cow and lets him milk her - a satisfying arrangement for them both.

Director: Daisuke Gotô | Stars: Hôryû Nakamura, Ryôko Asagi, Yumeka Sasaki, Seiji Nakamitsu

Votes: 783

17. Late Autumn (1960)

Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Drama

A widow tries to marry off her daughter with the help of her late husband's three friends.

Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Yôko Tsukasa, Mariko Okada, Keiji Sada

Votes: 6,200

18. Oh Lucy! (2017)

95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A lonely woman living in Tokyo decides to take an English class, where she discovers her alter-ego, Lucy.

Director: Atsuko Hirayanagi | Stars: Shinobu Terajima, Soseki Yamatoya, Miyu Yagyu, Kayano Masuyama

Votes: 3,369 | Gross: $0.38M

19. The Life of Oharu (1952)

Not Rated | 133 min | Drama

Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai, Toshirô Mifune

Votes: 7,669

20. The Funeral (1984)

Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy, Drama

When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home.

Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai, Hideji Ôtaki

Votes: 1,863

21. Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)

Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Drama

When poor peasants kidnap a magistrate's daughter to coerce him into reducing their unfair taxes, a wandering ronin decides to give them some help.

Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijirô Hira, Miyuki Kuwano

Votes: 4,013

22. A Majority of One (1961)

Approved | 156 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness, and forgiveness.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Alec Guinness, Ray Danton, Madlyn Rhue

Votes: 1,170

23. The Karate Killers (1967)

Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

U.N.C.L.E. agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin battle T.H.R.U.S.H. spies to seize Dr. True's secret chemical formula used in extracting gold from sea water.

Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Joan Crawford, Curd Jürgens

Votes: 699

24. Sophie and the Rising Sun (2016)

R | 105 min | Drama

Autumn of 1941 in Salty Creek, a fishing village in South Carolina, two interracial lovers are swept up in the tides of history.

Director: Maggie Greenwald | Stars: Julianne Nicholson, Takashi Yamaguchi, Margo Martindale, Diane Ladd

Votes: 1,475 | Gross: $0.03M

25. The Hedgehog (2009)

Unrated | 100 min | Drama

The life of a determined young girl is changed when she befriends her building's concierge, a solitary woman who is more than what she seems.

Director: Mona Achache | Stars: Josiane Balasko, Garance Le Guillermic, Togo Igawa, Anne Brochet

Votes: 9,789

26. The Big Noise (1944)

Approved | 74 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb.

Director: Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Doris Merrick, Arthur Space

Votes: 1,428 | Gross: $1.64M

27. Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)

96 min | Drama, Mystery, War

One woman's search to find the truth about her husband's death in World War II.

Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Sachiko Hidari, Shinjirô Ebara, Isao Natsuyagi

Votes: 1,177

28. City Without Men (1943)

Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she moves into a boardinghouse near the prison whose residents are the wives of inmates.

Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Linda Darnell, Edgar Buchanan, Michael Duane, Sara Allgood

Votes: 175

29. The Clone Returns Home (2008)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

The Clone Returns Home is a compelling meditation on the paradox of life and death, and the meaning of love and family. Set in an imaginary - yet utterly imaginable - future, this quietly ... See full summary »

Director: Kanji Nakajima | Stars: Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Eri Ishida, Hiromi Nagasaku, Kyûsaku Shimada

Votes: 666

30. Jáchyme, hod ho do stroje! (1974)

95 min | Comedy

A sincere provincial young man, Frantisek Koudelka (Ludek Sobota) leaves to work in Prague. For the trip he buys a computer made horoscope with biorhythms charts, marked according to his ... See full summary »

Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Ludek Sobota, Marta Vancurová, Vera Ferbasová, Josef Dvorák

Votes: 1,361

31. Royal Rumble (2003 TV Special)

TV-14 | 156 min | Sport

The 16th annual Royal Rumble match, with the winner to receive a WWE or World Title shot at WrestleMania XIX, WWE Title: Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit, World Title: Triple H vs. Scott Steiner... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Dunn | Stars: Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, Brock Lesnar, Mark Calaway

Votes: 658

32. Door to Door (2009 TV Movie)

123 min | Drama

Real story about about a man who was told for many years that he was not employable, but threw all of his effort into working as a door-to-door salesman. Despite the pain attributed to his ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Yoshida | Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Rosa Katô, Ikkei Watanabe, Akio Kaneda

Votes: 124

33. You Only Live Twice: The Radio Play (1990 Video)

90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A dramatisation for radio by Michael Bakewell of Ian Fleming's classic story. James Bond 's wife Tracey has been murdered by his deadly enemy, Blofeld. He has gone completely to pieces and ... See full summary »

Directors: Michael Bakewell, Gordon House | Stars: Michael Jayston, Ronald Herdman, Sayo Inaba, Maxine Audley

Votes: 10

34. Cold Bloom (2012)

120 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman Shiori faces an accidental death of her beloved husband at a local industrial town, recovering from the 3.11 Tsunami disaster. Once detesting, Shiori is hesitant to admit her ... See full summary »

Director: Atsushi Funahashi | Stars: Asami Usuda, Takahiro Miura, Yô Takahashi, Mari Hayashida

Votes: 78

35. Maude (2007)

15 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy

A darkly comic tale of how a lonely widow discovers that her world can be full of wicked possibilities...with a little help from a Japanese talking teddy bear.

Director: James Hughes | Stars: Chico, Kenji Watanabe, Tim Woodward, Susannah York

36. Durugin: Anay ng lipunan (1996)

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Director: Tony San Agustin | Stars: Romeo Campos, Dan Fernandez, Kimberly Diaz, Bernard Bonnin

37. Ramen kuitee (2018)

102 min | Comedy, Family

High school student Marie ponders suicide due to gossip and rumours. At the same time, Akashi shutters his ramen shop's doors once his wife dies. Gastronomist Akahoshi has an accident in ... See full summary »

Director: Yûki Kumagai | Stars: Wakana Aoi, Matsumi Fuku, Renji Ishibashi, Jin Katagiri

Votes: 19

38. Mibôjin geshuku: Sugihara Eri (2011 Video)

70 min | Drama

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Director: Kaede | Stars: Eri Sugihara, Seina Hoshino, Ryuuji Moriyama

39. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode: Helter Shelter (1992)

TV-PG | 47 min | Drama

Melina Paros, the Greek-born City Attorney, joins the firm as an associate. But she has one last case to finish which involves the prosecution of an accused abusive mother against her ... See full summary »

Director: Tom Moore | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker

Votes: 25