Eitarō Ozawa
Eitaro Ozawa (小沢 栄太郎, Ozawa Eitarō, 27 March 1909 – 23 April 1988) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1935 and 1988.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 22.967 |
| Birthday | 1909-03-27 |
| Place of Birth | Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan |
| Also Known As | Эйтаро Одзава, Sakae Ozawa, |
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
8.1/228
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria...
Watch Now
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1950
Scandal
6.901/81
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.
Watch Now
Scandal
1954
The Crucified Lovers
7.7/128
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find them...
Watch Now
The Crucified Lovers
1958
The H-Man
5.8/34
Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.
Watch Now
The H-Man
1985
Godzilla 1985
6.682/165
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of...
Watch Now
Godzilla 1985
1965
Samurai Spy
6.558/43
Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high...
Watch Now
Samurai Spy
1947
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
7.2/41
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.
Watch Now
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
1955
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
6.792/53
In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they...
Watch Now
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
1968
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
6.5/4
Two devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but involving Kyoshiro in the conflict against his will is t...
Watch Now
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
1964
Assassination
7.061/33
Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political manoeuvring th...
Watch Now
Assassination
1969
Black Rose Mansion
4.5/7
A feverishly perverse 1969 film noir oddity starring female impersonator Akihiro Maruyama. When wealthy Kyohei hires transvestite singer "Black Rose"...
Watch Now
Black Rose Mansion
1959
Lucky Dragon No. 5
8/1
An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the Pacif...
Watch Now
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1949
Flame of My Love
5.4/8
A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls i...
Watch Now
Flame of My Love
1970
Brave Red Flower of the North
6/3
An exciting tale of action on the distant northern island of Hokkaido around the beginning of the 20th Century starring two of the biggest names in Ya...
Watch Now
Brave Red Flower of the North
1951
Carmen Comes Home
6.25/22
A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist.
Watch Now
Carmen Comes Home
1961
A Wife Confesses
6.611/27
Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a confession...
Watch Now
A Wife Confesses
1946
Morning for the Osone Family
7/7
A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII.
Watch Now
Morning for the Osone Family
1979
Devil's Flute
6/3
Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent blend of intrigue and betrayal, set against the bac...
Watch Now
Devil's Flute
1948
Woman
6.4/5
Like many women after the war, Toshiko works as a chorus girl; her boyfriend Tadashi wishes she'd join him more frequently, but she detests his crimin...
Watch Now
Woman
1955
Beautiful Days
6.7/6
Masaki Kobayashi directs this romantic drama concerning a family of florists.
Watch Now
Beautiful Days
1981
At This Late Date, the Charleston
6.3/3
A young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of sexual assault; he soon meets several impostors in the same situation.
Watch Now
At This Late Date, the Charleston
1936
Man of the House
6/2
This film is based on a real Meiji era performer -- and tells of Tochuken's partnership with his wife (played by Chikako Hosokawa) who played shamisen...
Watch Now
Man of the House
1966
Moment of Terror
6.3/11
When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother seeks vengeance against the driver in this thrilling drama. The car was driven by t...
Watch Now
Moment of Terror
1957
Kisses
6.5/20
Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. After successfully gambling on a bicycle race, they spend an enjoyable day together at...
Watch Now
Kisses
1982
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
6.3/20
Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. H...
Watch Now
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1987
Shinran: Path to Purity
5/4
In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school (Shingon) offered extensive training in complex a...
Watch Now
Shinran: Path to Purity
1943
Port of Flowers
7.2/11
The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’ plan backf...
Watch Now
Port of Flowers
1969
Heat Wave Island
6/1
Otowa is a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with th...
Watch Now
Heat Wave Island
1962
Gorath
6.7/15
In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is en...
Watch Now
Gorath
1970
Will to Conquer
0/0
The struggles of a low-ranking samurai (Nakamura) coming to terms with the end of the Tokugawa shogunate and the end of Japan's feudal age with the 18...
Watch Now
Will to Conquer
1952
Lightning
7.1/20
The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a marria...
Watch Now
Lightning
1978
Blood Type: Blue
6.2/5
UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue...
Watch Now
Blood Type: Blue
1986
Lost in the Wilderness
0/0
The life and travels of adventurer Naomi Uemura, who disappeared in Alaska in 1984. A member of the first Japanese expedition to reach the summit of M...
Watch Now
Lost in the Wilderness
1956
Night River
6.182/11
In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.
Watch Now
Night River
1957
Night Butterflies
6.3/3
A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
Watch Now
Night Butterflies
1969
Vixen
6.2/4
Michi's first encounter with Nobuyuki Ishida, secretary to the chairman of a private school, takes place in the drawing room, when she attempts to swi...
Watch Now
Vixen
1964
Love and Greed
7/1
Namiko gets a crush on Ishizuka, a young CEO of a nightclub, but he was plotting to destroy her husband’s company by greenmail.
Watch Now
Love and Greed
1960
Devotion to Railway
6.5/2
A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...
Watch Now
Devotion to Railway
1966
The Great White Tower
6.462/13
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant...
Watch Now
The Great White Tower
1955
The Wolves
6.7/7
A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a pla...
Watch Now
The Wolves
1978
August without Emperor
6/2
Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-wa...
Watch Now
August without Emperor
1963
Black Report
6.3/9
After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.
Watch Now
Black Report
1982
The Longest Tunnel
0/0
After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this...
Watch Now
The Longest Tunnel
1948
Apostasy
5.8/4
In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.
Watch Now
Apostasy
1948
The Portrait
6/5
The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artist paints her portrait.
Watch Now
The Portrait
1949
Broken Drum
6.7/6
When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in ord...
Watch Now
Broken Drum
1965
Illusion of Blood
6.2/9
The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.
Watch Now
Illusion of Blood
1960
Spring Dreams
5.8/6
When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous frien...
Watch Now
Spring Dreams
1956
How Sorrowful
0/0
The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when...
Watch Now
How Sorrowful
1953
Bot-chan
10/1
1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.
Watch Now
Bot-chan
1959
The Song of the Cart
6.6/9
A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.
Watch Now
The Song of the Cart
1961
Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?
6.9/4
French docu-drama which chronicles the chain of events that lead to the hanging of German-journalist Richard Sorge, who was executed in 1944 after he...
Watch Now
Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?
1962
The Man From the Sea
0/0
Japanese action film.
Watch Now
The Man From the Sea
1952
The Ataka Family
5.5/1
Soichi Ataka is the eldest son of Ataka family. Although mentally challenged, he's a person with a gentle heart. Soichi's wife, Kuniko is devoted to h...
Watch Now
The Ataka Family
1955
The Vassal's Neck
0/0
Japanese film.
Watch Now
The Vassal's Neck
1949
Late Night Confession
0/0
Japanese mystery thriller.
Watch Now
Late Night Confession
1959
The Ghost of Iwojima
0/0
The monologue and mysterious death of a man who survived and returned from Iwo Jima. A newspaper reporter writes an article about "The Man from Iwo Ji...
Watch Now
The Ghost of Iwojima
1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
7.976/103
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful ar...
Watch Now
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1968
The Day the Sun Rose
7/1
Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned cust...
Watch Now
The Day the Sun Rose
1986
Death Shadows
6/13
Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninja working for mysterious high ranking officia...
Watch Now
Death Shadows
1976
Jail Breakers
5.2/5
Kamiki (Sonny Chiba) is a career criminal who is given the chance to break out of prison for the 33rd time. Afterwards Kaimiki teams up with a bunch o...
Watch Now
Jail Breakers
1959
The Human Wall
5/2
Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.
Watch Now
The Human Wall
1984
The Return of Godzilla
7.2/216
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the...
Watch Now
The Return of Godzilla
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
6/8
Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the target...
Watch Now
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1947
Marriage
7/2
In postwar Japan a young woman is unable to marry her sweetheart because her family's in difficult circumstances and needs her income to keep afloat.
Watch Now
Marriage
1965
Conquest
5/1
Provincial 14th century governor Moronao, attracted to the wife of a court magistrate, tries to seduce her and when she rejects his advances plots to...
Watch Now
Conquest
1974
My Way
5.7/3
Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government bureaucracy...
Watch Now
My Way
1962
The Challenge
7/4
Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the...
Watch Now
The Challenge
1979
Dog of Fortune
4.5/2
From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of his master who held a secret to a weap...
Watch Now
Dog of Fortune
1968
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
6.5/2
The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as Shinkai is asked by a man on the run to bring his...
Watch Now
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
1944
Sinking the Unsinkable
0/0
Japanese Warmovie
Watch Now
Sinking the Unsinkable
1951
Beyond Love and Hate
0/0
A young man, convicted of a crime and imprisoned in the penitentiary, comes to believe that his wife is being unfaithful to him. He contrives his esca...
Watch Now
Beyond Love and Hate
1953
Shishun no izumi
0/0
Watch Now
Shishun no izumi
1960
Fighting Delinquents
6/1
This rarely seen gem from master Suzuki casts teenage heartthrob Koji Wada as a young misfit who suddenly finds himself the unwitting pawn in an escal...
Watch Now
Fighting Delinquents
1976
The Inugamis
6.783/30
When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pittin...
Watch Now
The Inugamis
1982
Suspicion
6.7/7
A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who perishes...
Watch Now
Suspicion
1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
0/0
A gripping tale of friendship set against the backdrop of Hokkaido. Shinichi sets out to earn a few honest dollars with which to bail a friend out of...
Watch Now
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
1957
Tales of Young Genji Kuro
7/2
Genji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the Otsubo family.
Watch Now
Tales of Young Genji Kuro
1964
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
6.692/13
[Period covered: 1616] On May 8th, 1615 the summer campaign of Osaka has reached the climax. This film takes place immediately following 'Ninja 4: Mis...
Watch Now
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
1961
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
0/0
The story of two young men whose ambition is to become the personal bodyguards to the Shogun's uncle, Lord Mito Komon. Portrayed by a pair of up and c...
Watch Now
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
1975
Main Line to Terror
5.85/10
Akiyama is an intern, disgusted with the noise pollution caused by the bullet trains and the heart attacks that noise has been causing in older hospit...
Watch Now
Main Line to Terror
1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
7.1/162
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
Watch Now
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1958
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
0/0
Japanese drama film.
Watch Now
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1976
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
6.375/8
The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constan...
Watch Now
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
6.8/12
In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts the life...
Watch Now
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1968
Rainbow Over the Pacific
0/0
Rainbow Over the Pacific is a tale of romance that moves from the streets of Tokyo to the islands of Hawaii as it weaves the story of two star-crossed...
Watch Now
Rainbow Over the Pacific
1978
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
6.2/16
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to...
Watch Now
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1963
Bronze Magician
6.9/5
Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate...
Watch Now
Bronze Magician
1957
The Face
0/0
A notorious abortion doctor fell down from a night train and he was dead. A man who knows the truth of this accident starts to chase a up-and-coming m...
Watch Now
The Face
1963
Pressure of Guilt
7/1
Watch Now
Pressure of Guilt
1965
Beast Alley
7/1
"When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite often discover themselves on a road of no return." Based...
Watch Now
Beast Alley
1975
Without Complaint
0/0
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
Watch Now
Without Complaint
1981
The Imperial Navy
6.6/10
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship duri...
Watch Now
The Imperial Navy
1958
Face in the Dark
0/0
Japanese suspense film.
Watch Now
Face in the Dark
1961
A Killer Without a Grave
6/1
Nakata (Keiichiro Akagi) is a nihilistic young buck who is willing to do anything to get money in his pockets. As he knocks back a couple drinks that...
Watch Now
A Killer Without a Grave
1946
The Brick Factory Girl
0/0
This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the warmth...
Watch Now
The Brick Factory Girl
1966
Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
6.6/7
[Period covered: 1616] Kirigakure Saizo (Mist Saizo) returns for the final time as he sets out to assassinate Tokugawa Ieyasu in order to avenge the d...
Watch Now
Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
1956
Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu
0/0
Watch Now
Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu
1968
Desperate Hoodlum
0/0
Second part of the Zenka mono series.
Watch Now
Desperate Hoodlum
1961
Challenge to Live
0/0
An employee at an oil cartel (Mihashi) is haunted by an act years before when he euthanized a fellow soldier when the two were adrift at sea during th...
Watch Now
Challenge to Live
1961
Refresher Course for Wives
0/0
One night, three wives, Matsuyo, Keiko and Mari, receive a mysterious telephone call. The voice tells them that she has their husbands with her and in...
Watch Now
Refresher Course for Wives
1973
Long Journey into Love
0/0
A beautifully told story of a woman hardened by marriage to a man she doesn't love, after giving herself to another. She dedicates herself to her work...
Watch Now
Long Journey into Love
1961
He Killed Dad
0/0
The lives of two brothers, Kunio and Akira Kasahara, are changed forever when their father is murdered. Kunio sets out on a manhunt to avenge his fath...
Watch Now
He Killed Dad
1960
The Master Spearman
5.2/4
This subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit harakiri in response to the humiliation meted out to h...
Watch Now
The Master Spearman
1956
Ai to chie no wa
0/0
Watch Now
Ai to chie no wa
1967
Zatoichi Challenged
6.672/32
Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving...
Watch Now
Zatoichi Challenged
1964
Sweet Sweat
0/0
Watch Now
Sweet Sweat
1955
The Lone Journey
0/0
Forced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. Movie posters for local cinemas were often displayed at s...
Watch Now
The Lone Journey
1951
The Killing of Otsuya
0/0
Watch Now
The Killing of Otsuya
1980
The Wicked
7/3
A selfish playboy uses rich women to pay off his debts. Divorcing his wife and marrying the woman he loves throws him into a spiral of destruction.
Watch Now
The Wicked
1935
Drifting
0/0
Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.
Watch Now
Drifting
1960
The Demon of Mount Oe
5.6/7
A demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider! The young Genji warrior protects the Fujiwara Clan and...
Watch Now
The Demon of Mount Oe
1963
Ukyunosuke on Patrol
7/1
This is one of the most powerfully effective ninja films that dispenses with the silly magic of earlier efforts, and concentrates on an excellent stor...
Watch Now
Ukyunosuke on Patrol
1953
Adolescence Part II
0/0
A story of unhappy youths and the perils of lack of sex education.
Watch Now
Adolescence Part II
1962
Ningen Gari
0/0
A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.
Watch Now
Ningen Gari
1964
Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
6/1
In this exciting sequel to the popular samurai-ninja movie Ukyunosuke On Patrol, his mission to avenge his father's death continues. His discovery of...
Watch Now
Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
1987
A Taxing Woman
6.781/32
Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a t...
Watch Now
A Taxing Woman
1960
The Pearl Fishers
0/0
Documentary about Japanese pearl fishers.
Watch Now
The Pearl Fishers
1962
Knightly Advice
7/1
Watch Now
Knightly Advice
1964
The Call of Blood
6/6
Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.
Watch Now
The Call of Blood
1962
The Midday Trap
0/0
Watch Now
The Midday Trap
1955
Burden of Love
6.75/6
The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after th...
Watch Now
Burden of Love
1975
Company Buggers
7/1
Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their directors for financial gain.
Watch Now
Company Buggers
1955
Till We Meet Again
6.7/3
Sonejiro sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is disappointed with her husband Kappei, who is more attracted...
Watch Now
Till We Meet Again
1979
The House of Hanging
6/3
This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion a...
Watch Now
The House of Hanging
1966
Wild Geese
5/1
Otama, daughter of a poor candy vendor, becomes the mistress of a man whom she believes to be a widower and owner of a prosperous dry goods store. The...
Watch Now
Wild Geese
1961
The Cave of the Vampire Bats
6/1
A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing the bored Lord is walking by, he saved the girls b...
Watch Now
The Cave of the Vampire Bats
1964
The Honest Fool
0/0
Yasugoro, goes to live in a quiet town where he falls in love with the priest's daughter-in-law. His does not declare his love because she is married,...
Watch Now
The Honest Fool
1953
Ugetsu
7.974/547
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage'...
Watch Now
Ugetsu
1956
The Thick-Walled Room
7.1/16
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...
Watch Now
The Thick-Walled Room
1947
The Love of the Actress Sumako
6.8/5
The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outspoken actress Sumako Matsui, and leaves his family...
Watch Now
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1958
The Snowy Heron
4/3
The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps catc...
Watch Now
The Snowy Heron
1962
The Mad Fox
7.154/13
A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appears to be on the horizon after he becomes romantica...
Watch Now
The Mad Fox
1950
Escape at Dawn
5.7/3
Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love wi...
Watch Now
Escape at Dawn
1953
Yassamossa
0/0
Watch Now
Yassamossa
1949
Lady From Hell
0/0
Three and a half years after Japan was bombed, the tax authorities organized the T-Men. Nango is in love with a girl called Mibu, and the two are agai...
Watch Now
Lady From Hell
1951
Swords and Brocade
0/0
A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.
Watch Now
Swords and Brocade
1988
Sakura-tai Chiru
5.7/3
A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of Hiroshima to begin preparations for th...
Watch Now
Sakura-tai Chiru
1952
Forbidden Path
0/0
Watch Now
Forbidden Path
1955
Ai Sureba Koso
0/0
Watch Now
Ai Sureba Koso
1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
0/0
A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
Watch Now
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1983
The Yoshida School
0/0
Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history relea...
Watch Now
The Yoshida School
1979
The Three Undelivered Letters
6/5
A young Japanese-American man arrives at his grandmother's old hometown in Yamaguchi, begins to stay at her family's elite but dysfunctional household...
Watch Now
The Three Undelivered Letters
1957
On This Earth
0/0
1957 drama from director Kôzaburô Yoshimura
Watch Now
On This Earth
1960
The Song Lantern
0/0
The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns.
The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...
Watch Now
The Song Lantern
1960
Scarred Yosaburo
0/0
The film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with mistress of the gang boss. Despite the physical and emotiona...
Watch Now
Scarred Yosaburo
1976
The Corporation
1/0
Watch Now
The Corporation
1981
Willful Murder
8/1
The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and shutd...
Watch Now
Willful Murder
1979
Eighteen Years, to the Sea
6/1
Kei and Atsuo were both enrolled in summer school. Kei was an honor student, and Atsuo was the polar opposite - but opposites attract. After school, t...
Watch Now
Eighteen Years, to the Sea
1956
Three-Headed Tower
0/0
Newly graduated Miyamoto Otone is to inherit a fortune from a distant relative on the condition that she marries Takato Shunsaku, a man she has never...
Watch Now
Three-Headed Tower
1961
An Eagle Eyed Lord
0/0
Watch Now
An Eagle Eyed Lord
1952
Dedication of the Great Buddha
0/0
Dedication of the Great Buddha is a 1952 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.
Watch Now
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1953
Yokubo
0/0
Watch Now
Yokubo
1955
Floating Weeds Diary
4.3/3
A travelling theater troupe, led by Umagoro Ichikawa, comes to play in a mining town, and manages to sell every seat. Before the play begins, however,...
Watch Now
Floating Weeds Diary
1963
Lips of Ruin
0/0
Industrial espionage in the pharmaceutical industry. Also know in English as “Black Parking Lot”.
Watch Now
Lips of Ruin
1969
Goyokin
7.5/54
A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
Watch Now
Goyokin
1960
Mystery of the Himalayas
0/0
The secret of the Himalayas
Watch Now
Mystery of the Himalayas
1954
The Glorious Days
0/0
The Glorious Days
Watch Now
The Glorious Days
1951
Beauty of Life
0/0
Inochi uruwashi
Watch Now
Beauty of Life
1942
Mother and Child Grass
0/0
Watch Now
Mother and Child Grass
1974
Sandakan No. 8
7.5/14
A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8.
Watch Now
Sandakan No. 8
1962
A Woman's Life
0/0
One of many adaptations of "Onna no isshō", this time by Yasuzo Masumura as a starring vehicle for famed actress Machiko Kyo.
Watch Now
A Woman's Life
1959
Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
6/1
Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.
Watch Now
Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
1956
Actress
0/0
Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.
Watch Now
Actress
1943
Dancing with a Mask
0/0
Japanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.
Watch Now
Dancing with a Mask
1961
20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1
0/0
With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, who just happens to be from an extremely privileged...
Watch Now
20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1
1971
Sweet Secret
0/0
A dynamic woman who aspires to be a writer, living a wild life in constant search of freedom while indulging in lust with four men.
Watch Now
Sweet Secret
1963
Jidanya
0/0
Every day a car accident happens in the city. The involved parties are prey to the settlement agents (jidanya), mediators between the parts and the i...
Watch Now
Jidanya
1959
A Dead Drifter
0/0
A Dead Drifter / Hyoryû shitaî
Watch Now
A Dead Drifter
1961
Police Department Story Pt.15: Alibi
0/0
The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government agency, with particular attention to finding an alib...
Watch Now
Police Department Story Pt.15: Alibi
1950
Duel in the Sun
0/0
A film by Kiyoshi Saeki
Watch Now
Duel in the Sun
1951
Bengawan Solo
0/0
War film by Kon Ichikawa
Watch Now
Bengawan Solo
1960
Glorious Firefighter’s Standard
0/0
Firefighter Sanji learns the secret of his birth.
Watch Now
Glorious Firefighter’s Standard
1961
Police Department Story Pt.16: 15 Year Old Woman
0/0
Detectives of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old girl, whose strangled co...
Watch Now
Police Department Story Pt.16: 15 Year Old Woman
1955
Yukiko
0/0
Watch Now
Yukiko
1966
Drunken Harbor
0/0
Third film of the yoidore hakase series
Watch Now
Drunken Harbor
1966
Night Bitch
0/0
A playboy bartender pretends to be gay in order to approach women. He is in cahoots with another opportunist, a young woman who is trying to seduce a...
Watch Now
Night Bitch
1962
Ayako
0/0
An ambitious young woman uses her sex appeal to solve financial problems in her family, including a brother in debt to the yakuza, and a father who st...
Watch Now
Ayako
1961
Gunman's Alley
0/0
Nitani is an undercover drug enforcement agent in Kobe who not only busts two rival drug gangs but also helps one of the more decent hoodlums find the...
Watch Now
Gunman's Alley
1963
Modern Children
0/0
After their father dies, his children try to get by on a house boat.
Watch Now
Modern Children
1960
The Sun's Burial
6.5/22
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...
Watch Now
The Sun's Burial
1955
The Romance of Yushima
6/1
Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after Haya...
Watch Now
The Romance of Yushima
1952
母山彦
0/0
Watch Now
母山彦
1957
Evening Calm
0/0
A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on her own.
Watch Now
Evening Calm
1956
俺は死なない
0/0
Watch Now
俺は死なない
1952
彼を殺すな
0/0
Watch Now
彼を殺すな
1950
Escape from Prison
0/0
Watch Now
Escape from Prison
1950
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
0/0
Watch Now
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
0/0
Watch Now
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1955
Minamoto Yoshitsune
0/0
A historical scroll depicting the story of the tragic fate of the young samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune, based on the novel by Genzo Murakami. The action...
Watch Now
Minamoto Yoshitsune
1983
The Fir Trees Remain
0/0
The 21-year-old feudal on Sendai, Tsunamune Date, was prohibited to go out in the daytime for his misbehavior during his short stay in Edo. On the nex...
Watch Now
The Fir Trees Remain
1983
The Bored Samurai
0/0
Saotome Mondonosuke is Hatamoto (a high-class warrior who is allowed to see the Shogun in person) who has a crescent-moon-shaped scar on his forehead...
Watch Now
The Bored Samurai
1958
Princess Tsuki
0/0
Watch Now
Princess Tsuki
1959
Lord Nobunaga's Early Days
5/1
Watch Now
Lord Nobunaga's Early Days
1965
Showdown in the Red Valley
0/0
Ken Watanabe, a young man from Tokyo, comes to the great plains of Rumo, Hokkaido to see his hometown with his own eyes. Ken, who was entangled in thi...
Watch Now
Showdown in the Red Valley
1986
Life of Don Matsugoro
0/0
Children's movie about a dog that can type messages into a word processor. When his owner is kidnapped, the canine summons his fellow dogs to help in...
Watch Now
Life of Don Matsugoro
1961
Young Lord Yakuza
0/0
Young Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under the disguise of a ronin.
Watch Now
Young Lord Yakuza
1962
誘拐
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
Watch Now
誘拐
1966
Return of the Wolf
0/0
A Nikkatsu sun tribe / youth film set in a small seaside town.
Watch Now
Return of the Wolf
1967
Hawk of the Harbour
0/0
A Nikkatsu Action film with Yujiro Ishihara as the head of a small shipping company who gets harassed by the yakuza.
Watch Now
Hawk of the Harbour
1977
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
10/1
An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association.
Watch Now
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1962
Musume to watashi
0/0
Watch Now
Musume to watashi
1961
Romance Express
0/0
Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a...
Watch Now
Romance Express
1953
Hiroba no kōdoku
0/0
Based on the novel by Yoshie Hotta
Watch Now
Hiroba no kōdoku
1959
Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi
0/0
A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.
Watch Now
Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi
1962
The Rambler Goes North
0/0
In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western hero, fr...
Watch Now
The Rambler Goes North
1981
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
0/0
Hamakichi was a former detective respected by everyone but he was arrested after he helped a criminal flee for money, which he needed for his child’s...
Watch Now
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
1956
Manchurian Sunset
0/0
A film adaptation of the original novel by Kazuo Dan. This exciting film, set in Asia on the eve of violent changes, tells the story of a young man Ri...
Watch Now
Manchurian Sunset
1944
Sailor
0/0
Shinpachi Morimura, who was born in a fusuma craftsman's house, wants to join the Japanese navy. However, his father wants him to continue in the fami...
Watch Now
Sailor
1971
The Ceremony
7/32
Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional family to...
Watch Now
The Ceremony
1954
Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako
0/0
1954 Theater of Life adaptation.
Watch Now
Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako
1962
Mount Hakone
0/0
Japanese drama.
Watch Now
Mount Hakone
1954
慶安水滸傳
0/0
Chikuzen, a ronin named Yoh Daisuke, after pacifying some ruffians at the theater of Onna-Kata Ogino Sawanojiki, formed a bond with the theater's body...
Watch Now
慶安水滸傳
1955
荒木又右衛門
0/0
Watanabe Kazuma and Kawai Matagorō from the Bizen Okayama Ikeda clan were close friends, but they inevitably became enemies after Matagorō killed Kazu...
Watch Now
荒木又右衛門
1988
Totteoki no Seishun
0/0
Watch Now
Totteoki no Seishun
1957
A Dangerous Hero
0/0
A film by Hideo Suzuki.
Watch Now
A Dangerous Hero
1943
Navy
0/0
Japanese war film.
Watch Now
Navy
1956
The Forest Is Alive
0/0
Film adaptation of the stage version of Samuil Marshak's "Twelve Months"
Watch Now
The Forest Is Alive
1950
Alps Story: The Wild
0/0
1950 Japanese film
Watch Now
Alps Story: The Wild
1951
Freedom School
0/0
Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surprised and angry, and throws him out of the house. Co...
Watch Now
Freedom School
1955
牢獄の花嫁
0/0
Watch Now
牢獄の花嫁
1960
Shinran, Part II
0/0
Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Shinran, born of the fading aristocratic class, w...
Watch Now
Shinran, Part II
1961
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
0/0
He was married to his lover's butterfly and started a new residence. But good things do not last. In his uncle, Uzaemon in Kawashima, Yoshiji Akaji, Y...
Watch Now
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1944
You Are the Next Eagle
0/0
A boy aviator endures rigorous training and a sad fate, and grows into a strong man with his eyes set on becoming an eagle.
Watch Now
You Are the Next Eagle
1985
When Winter Comes
0/0
An old man cashes in all his possessions and sets off on a journey to the Tohoku region in late autumn. Along the way, he visits a friend on his death...
Watch Now
When Winter Comes
1957
Geisha in the Old City
0/0
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and res...
Watch Now
Geisha in the Old City
1983
Shadow Hunters
0/0
The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the collapse of small hans (prefectures). "Kagekari" are pe...
Watch Now
Shadow Hunters
1956
こゝに幸あり・前篇 誘惑の都
0/0
1956 Japanese movie
Watch Now
こゝに幸あり・前篇 誘惑の都
1956
こゝに幸あり・後篇 花咲く朝
0/0
1956 Japanese movie
Watch Now
こゝに幸あり・後篇 花咲く朝
1983
Shadow Hunters
10/1
The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the collapse of small hans (prefectures). "Kagekari" are pe...
Watch Now
Shadow Hunters
1987
Ronin on a Mission
0/0
Mori Kojiro, a member of the Akō Ronin, fails to identify Kira Kozukenosuke before their attack and is publicly banished by Ōishi Kuranosuke. Ōishi la...
Watch Now