Movies:

  • 1954
    The Crucified Lovers

    The Crucified Lovers (1954)

    The Crucified Lovers

    7.71954HD

    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 themselves falling for one another....

    The Crucified Lovers
  • 1936
    Akanishi Kakita

    Akanishi Kakita (1936)

    Akanishi Kakita

    6.31936HD

    A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him....

    Akanishi Kakita
  • 1961
    Buddha

    Buddha (1961)

    Buddha

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    An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals ...

    Buddha
  • 1952
    Kojiki Taishô

    Kojiki Taishô (1952)

    Kojiki Taishô

    01952HD

    Gotō Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually dislikes the ruthless personality of Kuroda Nagamasa and leaves the clan. Seven years later, he joins Toyotomi Hideyori's army. Filmed in 1945 and released in...

    Kojiki Taishô
  • 1960
    Satan's Sword

    Satan's Sword (1960)

    Satan's Sword

    6.41960HD

    The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Ryunosuke Tsukue , a nihilistic sw...

    Satan's Sword
  • 1958
    Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

    Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (1958)

    Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

    01958HD

    During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders by creating a new form of Buddhism. He runs afoul of the existing Buddhist sects and their government ...

    Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
  • 1962
    The Temple of Wild Geese

    The Temple of Wild Geese (1962)

    The Temple of Wild Geese

    6.31962HD

    Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's lascivious head priest Kikuchi. She is drawn to a melancholy young acolyte, Jinen, who has observed the pr...

    The Temple of Wild Geese
  • 1957
    Freelance Samurai

    Freelance Samurai (1957)

    Freelance Samurai

    5.41957HD

    One of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in this terrific version of legendary Demon slaying Peach Boy....

    Freelance Samurai
  • 1958
    Shogun's Holiday

    Shogun's Holiday (1958)

    Shogun's Holiday

    01958HD

    During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo (Hiroshi Kawaguchi) to the fishmonger Isshin Tasuke (Kazuo Hasegawa) to help him understand the worl...

    Shogun's Holiday
  • 1961
    Oniisan to oneesan

    Oniisan to oneesan (1961)

    Oniisan to oneesan

    01961HD

    A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda....

    Oniisan to oneesan
  • 1949
    The Flower That Crossed the Mountain

    The Flower That Crossed the Mountain (1949)

    The Flower That Crossed the Mountain

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    The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
  • 1948
    The Grand Master

    The Grand Master (1948)

    The Grand Master

    01948HD

    Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of becoming the Shogi Grand Master Champion, everything is at stake – including his family. What will it cost ...

    The Grand Master
  • 1934
    Martial Arts Encyclopedia

    Martial Arts Encyclopedia (1934)

    Martial Arts Encyclopedia

    01934HD

    Martial Arts Encyclopedia...

    Martial Arts Encyclopedia
  • 1944
    Kenpu Renpeikan

    Kenpu Renpeikan (1944)

    Kenpu Renpeikan

    01944HD

    Near the end of the shogunate in Japan, Katsura Shogoro and his fellow samurai from the southwestern domain of Choshu enter the dojo of Saito Yakuro, the famed Shindo Munen Ryu swordsmen of Renpeikan in Edo. Katsura is initially not welcomed by the o...

    Kenpu Renpeikan
  • 1951
    Story of Lightning

    Story of Lightning (1951)

    Story of Lightning

    01951HD

    Gensaburo Funaki and Oyuki were childhood friends, but Gensaburo misunderstood that Oyuki was hesitant to get married because he had to feed his father and younger brother. I left the town....

    Story of Lightning
  • 1957
    The Crowded Train

    The Crowded Train (1957)

    The Crowded Train

    6.51957HD

    Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is told to send money for medical research into the condition. This prompts him to pay his father a vis...

    The Crowded Train
  • 1952
    Ô abare Songokû

    Ô abare Songokû (1952)

    Ô abare Songokû

    01952HD

    Sequel to "Saiyuki" (1952)...

    Ô abare Songokû
  • 1944
    Wrestling-Ring Festival

    Wrestling-Ring Festival (1944)

    Wrestling-Ring Festival

    01944HD

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    Wrestling-Ring Festival
  • 1953
    Ghost of Saga Mansion

    Ghost of Saga Mansion (1953)

    Ghost of Saga Mansion

    7.51953HD

    A woman loses her son through an evil conspiracy and commits suicide. Shortly afterwards a ghost cat begins haunting the conspirators. This is Takako Irie's first bakeneko (ghost cat) movie; it started a Daiei cycle which was very popular at the tim...

    Ghost of Saga Mansion
  • 1940
    晴小袖

    晴小袖 (1940)

    晴小袖

    01940HD

    A lost film directed by Ushihara Kiyohiko based on a story published in the Mainichi Sunday Newspaper entitled '恋女扇.' It stars a wild man who falls passionately in love with a woman....

    晴小袖