Search results for "Takeshi Katō"
The Ghost of the Hunchback

The Ghost of the Hunchback

The Ghost of the Hunchback
IMDb: 6.2
81

A hunchbacked caretaker presides over a forlorn mansion inhabited by the ghosts of his previous masters. An unbelieving trio (a doctor, his assistant and his niece) fail to heed the…

Genre: Horror
For Kayako

For Kayako

For Kayako
IMDb: 7
117

A film about the substantial population of Koreans living in Japan, and the love affair between Kayako, a Japanese girl, and Im, a Korean.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Zatoichi’s Revenge

Zatoichi’s Revenge

Zatoichi’s Revenge
IMDb: 7.3
84

Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi’s recent robbery and murder and…

Island of Hell

Island of Hell

Island of Hell
IMDb: 6.4
141

A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

Genre: Horror, Mystery
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
IMDb: 7.3
102

Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful underboss of…

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Fighting Elegy

Fighting Elegy

Fighting Elegy
IMDb: 6.9
86

Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical…

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Cupola, Where the Furnaces Glow

Cupola, Where the Furnaces Glow

Cupola, Where the Furnaces Glow
IMDb: 7.3
100

Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl’s dreams of higher education.

Genre: Drama
Mifune: The Last Samurai

Mifune: The Last Samurai

Mifune: The Last Samurai
IMDb: 7.2
80

Nearly 20 years after his death and in the run-up to his centenary, Toshiro Mifune remains a true giant of Japanese cinema.

Genre: Documentary
Ninja, a Band of Assassins

Ninja, a Band of Assassins

Ninja, a Band of Assassins
IMDb: 7
104

Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to assassinate the warlord…

Genre: Action
None But the Brave

None But the Brave

None But the Brave
IMDb: 6.5
106

American and Japanese soldiers, stranded on a tiny Pacific island during World War II, must make a temporary truce and cooperate to survive various tribulations. Told through the eyes of…

Genre: War
High and Low

High and Low

High and Low
IMDb: 8.4
142

An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped and held for ransom.

Pigs and Battleships

Pigs and Battleships

Pigs and Battleships
IMDb: 7.5
108

In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.

The Bad Sleep Well

The Bad Sleep Well

The Bad Sleep Well
IMDb: 8
150

In this loose adaptation of “Hamlet,” illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Only on Mondays

Only on Mondays

Only on Mondays
IMDb: 6.7
94

Yuka is a “good-time girl” from Yokohama who is persuaded by her papa to sleep with a foreign business executive so that he can close an important deal. Nakahira presents…

Genre: Drama
Children of Nagasaki

Children of Nagasaki

Children of Nagasaki
IMDb: 6.7
126

August 9, 1945. An atomic bomb drops on Urakami, Nagasaki at 11:02am. The story of Dr. Nagai and his family.

Genre: Drama
The Thick-Walled Room

The Thick-Walled Room

The Thick-Walled Room
IMDb: 7
110

A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.

Genre: Drama