Post War Japan Movies
- 1958
Conflagration
Conflagration7.0691958HD
Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distre...
- 1963
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman5.91963HD
A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.
- 1947
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Record of a Tenement Gentleman7.2051947HD
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.
- 1960
The Sun's Burial
The Sun's Burial6.5421960HD
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...
- 1967
A Certain Killer
A Certain Killer6.31967HD
A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.
- 1949
Tokyo Joe
Tokyo Joe6.11949HD
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...
- 1971
The Ceremony
The Ceremony7.0291971HD
Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional family to...
- 1956
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women6.71956HD
Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.
- 1975
The International Gang of Kobe
The International Gang of Kobe5.71975HD
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...
- 1951
Repast
Repast7.51951HD
Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.
- 1979
Dead Angle
Dead Angle71979HD
Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.
- 1951
The Lady of Musashino
The Lady of Musashino6.41951HD
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...
- 1956
I Will Buy You
I Will Buy You71956HD
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.
- 1957
The Eagle and the Hawk
The Eagle and the Hawk5.71957HD
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...
- 1956
The Thick-Walled Room
The Thick-Walled Room7.11956HD
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...
- 1994
The Forgotten Force
The Forgotten Force61994HD
After the atomic obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, over 36,000 Australian men and women, part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF...
- 1985
Song of the Spring Pony
Song of the Spring Pony71985HD
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...
- 1957
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16
Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 1601957HD
A biopic about Japanese baseball player, Tetsuharu Kawakami.
- 1955
Three Stripes in the Sun
Three Stripes in the Sun71955HD
A racist sergeant stationed in post-war Japan finds himself softening towards the children and falling for a local woman.
- 2020
Broken Heart of the 56th Year
Broken Heart of the 56th Year102020HD
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...