Kubi (
2023) | IMDb:
6.9
Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.
Starring:
Takeshi Kitano
,
Hidetoshi Nishijima
,
Ryo Kase
,
Tadanobu Asano
,
Nao Omori
,
Shido Nakamura
Directed by:
Takeshi Kitano
Silence (
2016) | IMDb:
7.2
In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
Starring:
Andrew Garfield
,
Adam Driver
,
Liam Neeson
,
Yosuke Kubozuka
,
Tadanobu Asano
,
Issey Ogata
Like Someone in Love (
2012) | IMDb:
7
An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. But the web that is woven between them in the space of twenty four hours bears no relation to the circumstances of their encounter.
Directed by:
Abbas Kiarostami
Restless (
2011) | IMDb:
6.7
Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.
Letters from Iwo Jima (
2006) | IMDb:
7.8
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Starring:
Ken Watanabe
,
Kazunari Ninomiya
,
Tsuyoshi Ihara
,
Ryo Kase
,
Shido Nakamura
,
Hiroshi Watanabe
Cutie Honey (
2004) | IMDb:
6.1
When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him. Meanwhile the same crime group has been responsible for a number of other crime sprees across Tokyo. In the process, Honey teams up with the seemingly cold police woman Natsuko Aki and hot shot journalist Seiji Hayami as well as battle the four "claws" of the Panther Claw gang to save her uncle and the rest of the city.
Starring:
Eriko Sato
,
Mikako Ichikawa
,
Jun Murakami
,
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
,
Hairi Katagiri
,
Sie Kohinata
When the Last Sword Is Drawn (
2003) | IMDb:
7.4
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.
Starring:
Kiichi Nakai
,
Koichi Sato
,
Yui Natsukawa
,
Takehiro Murata
,
Miki Nakatani
,
Yuji Miyake
Directed by:
Yojiro Takita
Bright Future (
2003) | IMDb:
6.7
Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They become fascinated with a deadly jellyfish.
Directed by:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (
2001) | IMDb:
7
Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits within Godzilla that seek to destroy both the nation and its people for the suffering they inflicted in the Pacific conflict.
Starring:
Chiharu Niiyama
,
Ryudo Uzaki
,
Masahiro Kobayashi
,
Shirō Sano
,
Takashi Nishina
,
Kaho Minami