Post War Japan Movies

  • 1958
    Conflagration

    Conflagration

    Conflagration

    7.0691958HD

    Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distre...

    Conflagration
  • 1963
    The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

    The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

    The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

    5.91963HD

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

    The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
  • 1947
    Record of a Tenement Gentleman

    Record of a Tenement Gentleman

    Record of a Tenement Gentleman

    7.2051947HD

    An errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor Tane, who's reluctant to let the kid board.

    Record of a Tenement Gentleman
  • 1960
    The Sun's Burial

    The Sun's Burial

    The Sun's Burial

    6.5421960HD

    In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of bl...

    The Sun's Burial
  • 1967
    A Certain Killer

    A Certain Killer

    A Certain Killer

    6.31967HD

    A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.

    A Certain Killer
  • 1949
    Tokyo Joe

    Tokyo Joe

    Tokyo Joe

    6.11949HD

    An American veteran returns to Tokyo to try to pick up the threads of his pre-World War II life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals an...

    Tokyo Joe
  • 1971
    The Ceremony

    The Ceremony

    The Ceremony

    7.0291971HD

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

    The Ceremony
  • 1956
    Shozo, a Cat and Two Women

    Shozo, a Cat and Two Women

    Shozo, a Cat and Two Women

    6.71956HD

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

    Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
  • 1975
    The International Gang of Kobe

    The International Gang of Kobe

    The International Gang of Kobe

    5.71975HD

    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 g...

    The International Gang of Kobe
  • 1951
    Repast

    Repast

    Repast

    7.51951HD

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

    Repast
  • 1979
    Dead Angle

    Dead Angle

    Dead Angle

    71979HD

    Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.

    Dead Angle
  • 1951
    The Lady of Musashino

    The Lady of Musashino

    The Lady of Musashino

    6.41951HD

    Set in post-war Japan, The Lady of Musashino tells the story of Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage. She confides in h...

    The Lady of Musashino
  • 1956
    I Will Buy You

    I Will Buy You

    I Will Buy You

    71956HD

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

    I Will Buy You
  • 1957
    The Eagle and the Hawk

    The Eagle and the Hawk

    The Eagle and the Hawk

    5.71957HD

    In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. After the break of dawn, two seamen join the crew of...

    The Eagle and the Hawk
  • 1956
    The Thick-Walled Room

    The Thick-Walled Room

    The Thick-Walled Room

    7.11956HD

    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 wh...

    The Thick-Walled Room
  • 1994
    The Forgotten Force

    The Forgotten Force

    The Forgotten Force

    61994HD

    After the atomic obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, over 36,000 Australian men and women, part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF...

    The Forgotten Force
  • 1985
    Song of the Spring Pony

    Song of the Spring Pony

    Song of the Spring Pony

    71985HD

    Hoshino Bunzo raises up his orphan grandson, Keiji whose right leg gets paralyzed when he was an infant. Bunzo loves Keiji so much that he does every...

    Song of the Spring Pony
  • 1957
    Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16

    Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16

    Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16

    01957HD

    A biopic about Japanese baseball player, Tetsuharu Kawakami.

    Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
  • 1955
    Three Stripes in the Sun

    Three Stripes in the Sun

    Three Stripes in the Sun

    71955HD

    A racist sergeant stationed in post-war Japan finds himself softening towards the children and falling for a local woman.

    Three Stripes in the Sun
  • 2020
    Broken Heart of the 56th Year

    Broken Heart of the 56th Year

    Broken Heart of the 56th Year

    102020HD

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

    Broken Heart of the 56th Year