7
Himiko
IMDb: 7 1974 100 min
The myth of the Sun Goddess who founded Japanese society is seen through the lens of a modern view of history.
7
The Petrified Forest
IMDb: 7 1973 118 min
Follows a young med student’s relationships with two women: a dangerous affair with a childhood friend and his mother’s struggle to ...
7.6
Double Suicide
IMDb: 7.6 1969 105 min
Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century ...
6.9
Red Lion
IMDb: 6.9 1969 117 min
Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns ...
7
Captive’s Island
IMDb: 7 1966 87 min
Seeking revenge against the guard who tormented him, a young man returns to the island where he was imprisoned in reform school. But his plans ...
8
An Autumn Afternoon
IMDb: 8 1962 114 min
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the ...
7.1
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
IMDb: 7.1 1963 106 min
In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant’s daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan it was thought ...
8.6
Harakiri
IMDb: 8.6 1962 135 min
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a ...
6.7
Youth in Fury
IMDb: 6.7 1960 88 min
A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku’s iconoclastic New ...
