Fuyuki Murakami

Paul Frees

George Takei

Keye Luke

In the Japanese mining village of Kitamatsu, miners ares starting to disappear deep inside shaft number 8. Some of the men sent to investigate are killed but one who has managed to escape brings back a tale of a giant insect. Soon, the giant prehistoric insects are attacking the village. Not long after, something traveling faster than the speed of sound is found flying in the sky. It is Rodan, a giant flying prehistoric reptile that has come to life. It spreads terror throughout Japan and is seemingly invincible to any weapon they may throw at it.—garykmcd

Rodan

Rodan (1956)

Takashi Shimura

Yuriko Hoshi

Machiko Kitagawa

Aya is the Madame who runs a restaurant where Geishas meet with their customers to eat, drink, listen to music and sing.

The Lovelorn Geisha

The Lovelorn Geisha (1960)

Kamatari Fujiwara

Keiju Kobayashi

Akihiko Hirata

A dark satire of a contemporary Japan still exhausted from the aftermath of war, hunger, poverty and unemployment. And just as its people are recovering, there is a threat during these Cold War years of renewed militarism and rearmament.

Mr. Pu

Mr. Pu (1953)

Setsuko Hara

Akemi Negishi

This wry chamber piece from director Mikio Naruse focuses on a couple whose pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.

Sudden Rain

Sudden Rain (1956)

Akira Emoto

Honami Suzuki

Naoto Takenaka

Yohei, a punk rocker, has to become a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Yohei though initially rebelling against the tough monastic discipline learns to adjust. Then his girlfriend shows up, enticing him to return to his rock 'n' roll roots.—L.H. Wong

Fancy Dance

Fancy Dance (1989)

Masahiro Motoki

Yet another tradition in the tradition of "ragtag misfits" in Japanese comedy...Sumo Do, Sumo Don't tells the story of a university sumo club in Japan. In today's Japan, the younger generation is more interested in "Western" sports like baseball and basketball. Professor Anayama, a former university sumo champion, blackmails graduating (and slim) student Shuhei into joining the decimated university team, or he doesn't graduate. Along with a pro wrestler, an unpopular, chubby guy, and a gaijin (white guy), the team begins training for competition, even though none of them cares about sumo at all. Gradually, they develop a love and respect for the traditional sport.—Anonymous

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Keiichirô Katsumoto

Keiji Sakakida

Munchkin-like aliens invade Earth full force with their flying saucers and laser weapons, rendering cities helpless. All eyes turn to the most powerful nations on Earth as they unite to concoct a plan to vanquish the aliens and return Earth to the hands of humans, thus, resulting in the most fierce and ultimate battle royale in outer space the galaxy as ever seen.—Oliver Chu

Battle in Outer Space

Battle in Outer Space (1959)

Mariko Okada

Yoshio Inaba

Eiji Okada

Spanning half a century in the turbulent history of 1900s Japan, from the Russo-Japanese War to the post-World War II era, "The Scent of Incense" chronicles the complicated relationship between selfish Ikuyo and her self-sacrificing daughter, Tomoko. The Meiji era. Planning to remarry, young widow Ikuyo negotiates over the custody of her five-year-old daughter, Tomoko, an annoying inconvenience, with her mother, Tsuna. The Taisho era. After the cruel decision that defined the girl's life and years of neglect, the estranged mother and daughter reunite: Tomoko is now a young geisha, while defeated Ikuyo is a high-ranking courtesan. The pre-World War II era. In the wake of the Great Kanto Earthquake, successful Tomoko embarks on a passionate affair with Ezaki, a young military cadet, only to pay a heavy price for the transgressions of Ikuyo, who considers getting married a third time, this time, with the former servant, Hachiro. The post-World War II era. Having lost everything in the Bombing of Tokyo, Tomoko is determined to persevere; however, she still seems unable to sever ties with cold Ikuyo, the mother who abandoned her daughter.—Nick Riganas

The Scent of Incense. Part 1

The Scent of Incense. Part 1 (1964)

Toshirô Mifune

Rentarô Mikuni

Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but overruled, leads his forces to the best of his ability.—Jim Beaver

Taiheiyô no washi

Taiheiyô no washi (1953)

Shin'ichi Chiba

Shingo Yamashiro

Yutaka Nakamura

Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crossed. So he wants the tape back.—Henrik Madsen

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974)

Kenji Sahara

Aliens arrive on Earth and ask permission to be given a certain tract of land for their people to live on. But when they are discovered to be invaders, responsible for the giant robot that is destroying cities, the armed forces attempt to stop them with every weapon available.—Todd A. Bobenrieth

The Mysterians

The Mysterians (1957)

Kichijirô Ueda

The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor Keikoh's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Emperor's vassal, prefers Ouso's stepbrother Waka, and conspires to have Ouso die on a dangerous mission he has contrived. But Ouso prevails in the mission and returns to his father's castle under a new name, Prince Yamato Takeru. Otomo plots to have the Prince sent into even greater danger, but Otomo is unaware that the gods have favored the Prince and the outcome is far from what any of them expected.—Jim Beaver

The Three Treasures

The Three Treasures (1959)

Masayuki Mori

Gorô Sakurai

This film is based on flashbacks, which I'll ignore here for the sake of clarity. Married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes. He, who is a womaniser who takes women for granted, is cold, uses her for occasional sex and takes other lovers. She, while forced to become a mistress of a GI when she can't get a job, loves him and cannot give him up, even lending him money. In poverty, she becomes a mistress of a rich man, but gives him up when she cannot forget the forester. When the forester's wife, whom he never leaves, dies of disease, the forester takes a job far away. Despite his lack of interest, the woman, who is being pursued by the rich man whose money she stole, comes with him. Becoming ill on the journey, she continues with him, rather than rest and recuperate, obsessed by her constant fear that he will leave her. As she dies, he realises his mistake in rejecting her perfect love.

Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds (1955)

Tatsuya Nakadai

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.—Jim Beaver

Japan's Longest Day

Japan's Longest Day (1967)

Kunie Tanaka

Jun Tazaki

Mickey Curtis

After a long stint working in Alaska, Jiro returns to his hometown. He soon learns that his father, the town's mayor, was murdered and, in his absence, the yakuza gangs have seized control of the town. Jiro quickly becomes dangerously obsessed with finding his father's killer.

Kaoyaku akatsukini shisu

Kaoyaku akatsukini shisu (1961)

Hajime Hamano

Fujiko Osafune

Reiko Mizuki

A young war widow remembers her short time with her husband.

Phoenix

Phoenix (1947)

Gorô Naya

Nick Adams

Akira Kubo

Astronauts Glenn and Fuji are sent to investigate Planet X, a newly discovered planet located just beyond Jupiter. Back on Earth, Fuji's younger sister Haruno meets with her boyfriend inventor Tetsuo Torii. He has developed a sound device that he sells off to a toy company represented by a woman named Namikawa. On planet X, Glen and Fuji encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens. They seek the aid of Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing Godzilla and Rodan, the Xiliens offer a cure for cancer. As Glenn investigates, he develops a romance with Namikawa and uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.—Todd A. Bobenrieth

Invasion of Astro-Monster

Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)

Ishirô Honda

When 17 vessels explode and sink near Odo Island, Professor Kyohei Yamane, his daughter Emiko and the Marine Hideto Ogata head to the island to investigate. Soon they witness a giant monster called Godzilla by the locals destroying the spot. Meanwhile Emiko meets her boyfriend, the secluded scientist Serizawa, and he makes she promise to keep a secret about his research with oxygen. She agrees and he discloses the lethal weapon the Oxygen Destroyer that he has developed. When Godzilla threatens Tokyo and other Japanese cities and the army and the navy are incapable to stop the monster, Emiko discloses Serizawa's secret to her lover Ogata. Now they have to convince Serizawa to use the Oxygen Destroyer to kill Godzilla.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Godzilla

Godzilla (1954)

Eitarô Ozawa

This is the story of Mama, a.k.a. Keiko, a middle-aged bar hostess who must choose to either get married or buy a bar of her own. Her family hounds her for money, her customers for her attention, and she is continually in debt. The life of a bar hostess is examined as well as the way in which the system traps and sometimes kills those in it.—PastaQueen

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

Minoru Chiaki

Kanji Watanabe is a civil servant. He has worked in the same department for 30 years. His life is boring and monotonous, though he once used to have passion and drive. Then one day he discovers that he has stomach cancer and less than a year to live. After the initial depression he sets about living for the first time in over 20 years. Then he realises that his limited time left is not just for living life to the fullest, but to leave something meaningful behind.—grantss

Ikiru

Ikiru (1952)

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