Post War Japan Movies

Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of their money for a proposed dancehall to be named...

Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional...

An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to Brazil. When they petition to have him declared...

The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies: Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Deadly...

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.

Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.

In the black market, a war orphan is confronted with the struggles of people living in the immediate aftermath of WWII.

During the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is apparent that their needs are not matched. He would much...

A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.

Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.

Two broke sweethearts wander war-scarred Tokyo on a single Sunday, stretching 35 yen as they chase housing, small pleasures, and a little hope.

Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver is reassigned to a Japanese air base and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people. The issue...

Apprentice chef Saori Nakagawa suddenly travels to Tokyo in 1964 to meet Ryuichi Kikuchi, a cook. From Kikuchi who devotes himself to cooking, Saori...

In 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun by United States occupation forces and international...

In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.

A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows, and triumphs.

Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.

Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress...

A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.

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...