1963

Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade

5.2/10

Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both sides in a game of corruption, ambition, and double cross...

Watch Now

Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade

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

1929

Samurai Town Story Part II

0/0

A representative film directed by Masahiro Makino, son of Shozo Makino ("the father of Japanese film"). This film lent status to ensemble casts that d...

Watch Now

Samurai Town Story Part II

1933

Police Officer

6.5/6

Itami, a young policeman, meets his high school friend, Tetsuo, a gangster, at a roadblock. As they rekindled their friendship, a complex relationship...

Watch Now

Police Officer

1928

Chushingura: The Truth

6/5

Lord Asano Takumi-no-Kami Naganori was charged with receiving a group of envoys from the Imperial Court in Kyoto. He was young and slightly inexperien...

Watch Now

Chushingura: The Truth

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

1954

The Princess Sen

5/1

During the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with other members of her family in Osaka Castle, by a riv...

Watch Now

The Princess Sen

1968

Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters

6.609/23

A greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people out of a tenement building and destroy the shrine in ba...

Watch Now

Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters

1954

Sansho the Bailiff

8.097/356

In medieval Japan, a woman and his children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.

Watch Now

Sansho the Bailiff

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

1953

Gate of Hell

7.122/82

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but...

Watch Now

Gate of Hell

1949

The Invisible Man Appears

6/11

Jewel thieves become interested in an invisibility formula invented by Professor Nakazato and want to use his invention to acquire a diamond necklace...

Watch Now

The Invisible Man Appears

1955

Christ in Bronze

0/0

Christ in Bronze is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Minoru Shibuya. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.

Watch Now

Christ in Bronze

1961

The Gambler's Code

6.5/4

One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds that he must take care of the wife and child of a...

Watch Now

The Gambler's Code

1963

The Third Shadow Warrior

7/10

In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three doubles,...

Watch Now

The Third Shadow Warrior

1959

Jirocho Fuji

6.8/4

Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa.

Watch Now

Jirocho Fuji

1959

Samurai Vendetta

7.167/12

Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the family of Lord Kira that led to the famous reveng...

Watch Now

Samurai Vendetta

1960

Satan's Sword

6.4/7

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 per...

Watch Now

Satan's Sword

1958

White Snake Woman

5/1

While transporting a bride-to-be in a closed carriage (kago) while during a thunderstorm, a group of servants and onlookers suddenly come upon an appa...

Watch Now

White Snake Woman

1959

Blue Snake Bath

5/1

Last part of the Snake Woman trilogy.

Watch Now

Blue Snake Bath

1958

Obsessive Snake

6/1

Utaji heard that her ex-lover Seijirou would get married to Ochiyo a daughter of Ise-ya. She murdered Ochiyo and took over the Ise-ya's shop with Hiko...

Watch Now

Obsessive Snake

1958

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

0/0

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...

Watch Now

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

1962

The Temple of Wild Geese

6.318/11

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 lasciv...

Watch Now

The Temple of Wild Geese

1963

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

6.636/11

[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni shrine. He is asked if he thinks he has destroyed all t...

Watch Now

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

1957

Souls in the Moonlight

6.2/4

First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941)....

Watch Now

Souls in the Moonlight

1963

Shinsengumi Chronicles

6.5/11

As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and because he wants to live and die as a samura...

Watch Now

Shinsengumi Chronicles

1956

Gonpachi

0/0

Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.

Watch Now

Gonpachi

1959

Gambler and the Princess

0/0

Film directed by Kenji Misumi.

Watch Now

Gambler and the Princess

1959

A Thousand Flying Cranes

0/0

Watch Now

A Thousand Flying Cranes

1959

The Lord Pretends

0/0

Watch Now

The Lord Pretends

1959

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

0/0

These are the first two parts of the popular series in which a young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite w...

Watch Now

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

1960

The Blind Menace

6.5/6

This is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi

Watch Now

The Blind Menace

1961

Buddha

0/0

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (C...

Watch Now

Buddha

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

1961

Tough Guy

0/0

Asakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss. When Kotoito, the geisha Asakichi is in love with, is...

Watch Now

Tough Guy

1957

Ishimatsu - The One-Eyed Swordsman

0/0

Ishimatsu of Mori, from his early days leading up to his joining with Shimizu Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido where he made his mark in history through h...

Watch Now

Ishimatsu - The One-Eyed Swordsman

1966

The Betrayal

6.4/14

A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai principles makes him an oddity among his peers, and a v...

Watch Now

The Betrayal

1963

Maiko and the Assassin

0/0

19th century Japan, at the end of the Edo period. A samurai falls in love with a young woman while taking up arms to overthrow the local shogunate.

Watch Now

Maiko and the Assassin

1942

Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon

5.7/3

The life, adventures and exploits of warlord Date Masamune the One-eyed Dragon: his early youth as an aggressive warrior, the battles he won until sub...

Watch Now

Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon

1957

Advance Patrol

5.5/2

In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance troop...

Watch Now

Advance Patrol

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

1961

Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut

5/3

The story of Sasaki Kojiro, a young swordsman, and his quest to train under master Seigen and develop his own style.

Watch Now

Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut

1942

Oichi no kata

0/0

Watch Now

Oichi no kata

1962

Seven Miles to Nakayama

6.3/3

When a corrupt magistrate rapes Oshima, Masa (Raizō Ichikawa) avenges her by killing the officer, becoming thereby a fugitive, haunted and grief-stric...

Watch Now

Seven Miles to Nakayama

1957

Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp

7/1

A remake of Kaidan Saga yashiki (1953).

Watch Now

Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp

1957

An Osaka Story

5.4/5

A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and...

Watch Now

An Osaka Story

1924

Daikatsugeki Sôtô

0/0

Watch Now

Daikatsugeki Sôtô

1963

Cut the Shadow

0/0

The womanising master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good instead of learning the skills himself. He lives to reg...

Watch Now

Cut the Shadow

1955

The Black Hooded Man 2

0/0

The mysterious black hooded man, Kurozukin, helps transport funds raised to fight against the government.

Watch Now

The Black Hooded Man 2

1953

Ghost of Saga Mansion

7.5/2

A woman loses her son through an evil conspiracy and commits suicide. Shortly afterwards a ghost cat begins haunting the conspirators. This is Takako...

Watch Now

Ghost of Saga Mansion

1954

The Great White Tiger Platoon

6/2

The Great White Tiger Platoon was part of the Aizu clan's last ditch efforts to stop the advance of Imperial troops after the fall of the Tokugawa Sho...

Watch Now

The Great White Tiger Platoon

1959

Yotsuya Ghost Story

5.8/5

In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance.

Watch Now

Yotsuya Ghost Story

1955

Taira Clan Saga

6.94/25

Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of Japan. But becau...

Watch Now

Taira Clan Saga

1963

A Samurai Never Tells a Lie

10/1

The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status. Soo...

Watch Now

A Samurai Never Tells a Lie

1955

Thief and Magistrate

0/0

Watch Now

Thief and Magistrate

1955

Iroha Elegy

0/0

Watch Now

Iroha Elegy

1955

The Second Son

0/0

Watch Now

The Second Son

1955

The Magistrate

0/0

Watch Now

The Magistrate

1956

Matashirō Fighting Journey

0/0

Watch Now

Matashirō Fighting Journey

1956

Fighting Fire Fighter

0/0

Watch Now

Fighting Fire Fighter

1957

Demonfire Palanquin

0/0

Watch Now

Demonfire Palanquin

1958

Princess Tsuki

0/0

Watch Now

Princess Tsuki

1960

Yûrei koban

0/0

Watch Now

Yûrei koban

1961

Koina no Ginpei

0/0

Watch Now

Koina no Ginpei

1966

Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity

0/0

Watch Now

Young Boss: Overcoming Adversity

1962

Yôki na tono-sama

0/0

Watch Now

Yôki na tono-sama

1961

Bad Reputation Returns

2.5/1

Watch Now

Bad Reputation Returns

1956

Flowery Hood 2

0/0

Watch Now

Flowery Hood 2

1957

Secret of Naruto

6.393/14

From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima the...

Watch Now

Secret of Naruto

1957

Lords of Oppression

0/0

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Watch Now

Lords of Oppression

1957

Lords of Oppression 2

0/0

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Watch Now

Lords of Oppression 2

1968

The Bride from Hades

7.4/7

On the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsuyu. Not knowing she's a ghost, he becomes infatuat...

Watch Now

The Bride from Hades

1954

Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord

0/0

Watch Now

Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord

1957

Pirates Magistrate

0/0

Watch Now

Pirates Magistrate

1956

Zangiku monogatari

7/1

Watch Now

Zangiku monogatari

1966

Dianas of the Campus

0/0

Watch Now

Dianas of the Campus

1942

Masujiro Omura

0/0

A story about Ômura Masujirô

Watch Now

Masujiro Omura

1940

Second Generation Married Couple

0/0

Second Generation Married Couple

Watch Now

Second Generation Married Couple

1935

Chuji for Sale

0/0

Watch Now

Chuji for Sale

1949

Goblin Courier

6/1

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

Watch Now

Goblin Courier

1958

Ambush at Iga Pass

5/1

Watch Now

Ambush at Iga Pass

1956

Flowery Hood

0/0

Watch Now

Flowery Hood

1943

The Life of Matsu the Untamed

6.8/8

Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy, Toshio,...

Watch Now

The Life of Matsu the Untamed

1944

Thus the Divine Wind Blows

0/0

Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono clan against the Mongol invasion in 1281.

Watch Now

Thus the Divine Wind Blows

1945

A Baby Given by a Fox

0/0

A lowly drunken samurai finds an abandoned baby in the woods and takes it home. A gift from a fox. But there's something special about the boy.

Watch Now

A Baby Given by a Fox

1949

Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood

0/0

The purple hood reveals the embezzlement of public money by officials. A remake of Masahiro Makino's 1923 film.

Watch Now

Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood

1959

Hebihime sama

0/0

Watch Now

Hebihime sama

1962

170 Leagues to Edo

0/0

Watch Now

170 Leagues to Edo

1957

Freelance Samurai

5.4/5

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 B...

Watch Now

Freelance Samurai

1960

Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous

5.7/3

The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the latter days of the samurai era. Awesome fighting...

Watch Now

Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous

1958

Travels of Lord Mito

0/0

Lord Mito Mitsukuni, the vice-shogun of the whole country, left the family estate and went on a trip to various provinces with his students Sukesaburo...

Watch Now

Travels of Lord Mito

1950

Song of Love

0/0

Watch Now

Song of Love

1951

Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind

0/0

Watch Now

Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind

1951

Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star

0/0

film directed by Tai Katô

Watch Now

Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star

1960

The Priest and the Beauty

3/3

Princess Kiyo accidentally injures a local priest, Anchin, while on a hunt. She apologizes, but feels irritated by Anchin’s indifference to her in spi...

Watch Now

The Priest and the Beauty

1929

Rônin-gai - Dai-san-wa: Tsukareta hitobito

0/0

Watch Now

Rônin-gai - Dai-san-wa: Tsukareta hitobito

1956

The Kuroda Affair

0/0

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As his...

Watch Now

The Kuroda Affair

1961

Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter

7/7

Disguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a country dojo or fencing school malingering outside their fe...

Watch Now

Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter

1957

Flowers on the Trail

0/0

Watch Now

Flowers on the Trail

1959

風来物語任侠篇

0/0

Watch Now

風来物語任侠篇

1956

Flowery Brothers

0/0

Early film by Kenji Misumi.

Watch Now

Flowery Brothers

1966

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

7/39

Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss.

Watch Now

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

1953

An Heir's Place

0/0

This film stars Tanaka Kinuyo as the mother of the heir to the Hosho name, a famous lineage of Noh actors. The heir, Hosho Yagoro, is played by Hasega...

Watch Now

An Heir's Place

1952

Kojiki Taishô

0/0

Gotō Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually dislikes the ruthless personality of Kuroda Nagamasa and le...

Watch Now

Kojiki Taishô

1952

This Way, That Way

7/1

An intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who has run away from home, turns up unexpectedly to stay...

Watch Now

This Way, That Way

1934

Tsuki yori no shisha

0/0

Watch Now

Tsuki yori no shisha

1927

Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan

0/0

Watch Now

Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan

1959

Lord Nobunaga's Early Days

4.5/2

Watch Now

Lord Nobunaga's Early Days

1960

Mission Accomplished

0/0

Watch Now

Mission Accomplished

1958

The Gay Masquerade

0/0

The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa. The film also won 1959 Kinema Junpo Awa...

Watch Now

The Gay Masquerade

1957

Akado Suzunosuke and the Vacuum Slash of the Asuka School

0/0

Suzunosuke visits a martial arts master and tries to learn the 'Vacuum Slash,' a secret technique of producing tornadoes.

Watch Now

Akado Suzunosuke and the Vacuum Slash of the Asuka School

1957

Akado Suzunosuke Destroys the Devil Mask Gang

0/0

The heroic warrior uses his magical powers and great sword skills to battle a criminal gang who all wear devil outfits.

Watch Now

Akado Suzunosuke Destroys the Devil Mask Gang

1962

Keshin

0/0

1962 Japanese movie

Watch Now

Keshin

1958

The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall

7/1

When a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her and her cat and has their bodies immured in a wall. S...

Watch Now

The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall

1956

Asataro the Crow

0/0

Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.

Watch Now

Asataro the Crow

1962

Third Generation's Loyalty Offering

0/0

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie

Watch Now

Third Generation's Loyalty Offering

1962

The Notorious Man's Return

0/0

Watch Now

The Notorious Man's Return

1942

Sandai no sakazuki

0/0

1942 Japanese movie

Watch Now

Sandai no sakazuki

1957

Red peonies on the skin

0/0

Genjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies, he helps his younger brother who is caught up in a co...

Watch Now

Red peonies on the skin

1960

Bara daimyo

0/0

Watch Now

Bara daimyo

1961

Otemoyan

0/0

Watch Now

Otemoyan

1957

Sekki shichihenge

0/0

Watch Now

Sekki shichihenge

1922

Futari shizuka

0/0

Watch Now

Futari shizuka

1964

Kojiki taishō

0/0

Watch Now

Kojiki taishō

1955

The Magical Warrior

0/0

Rikitaro and Osayo are popular entertainers who throw knives. They are sweethearts. At one day They help Ocho, who is a beautiful pickpocket when she...

Watch Now

The Magical Warrior

1952

Ô abare Songokû

0/0

Sequel to "Saiyuki" (1952)

Watch Now

Ô abare Songokû

1938

Fifty-three Monster Cats

0/0

Film about Ghost-Cat.

Watch Now

Fifty-three Monster Cats

1962

Kumoemon to sono tsuma

0/0

1962 Japanese movie

Watch Now

Kumoemon to sono tsuma

1954

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 5

0/0

The 5th and final part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin

Watch Now

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 5

1954

快盗三人吉三

0/0

On March 11 in the seventh year of Tenpo (1836), a monk named Bennō, who fell in love with a geisha named Oshima, was publicly exposed at Nihonbashi f...

Watch Now

快盗三人吉三

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

1955

若き日の千葉周作

0/0

Chiba Sōsaku, whose childhood name was Otome, was raised by his father Yukiuemon, the successor of the Hokushin Ittō-ryū style, and his wet nurse in R...

Watch Now

若き日の千葉周作

1955

Ejima and Ikushima

0/0

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the Ooku...

Watch Now

Ejima and Ikushima

1951

Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon

0/0

Adaptation of Mito Kōmon.

Watch Now

Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon

1962

The Demon of Sendai's Castle

0/0

Tsunamune Date, the young lord of Sendai Domain, was ordered by the shogunate to stand down after being spotted in a brothel. Shortly after, four advi...

Watch Now

The Demon of Sendai's Castle

1958

Shogun's Holiday

0/0

1958 Japanese movie

Watch Now

Shogun's Holiday

1943

Navy

0/0

Japanese war film.

Watch Now

Navy

1956

Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin

0/0

One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya, revealing herself to a beautiful woman. She told the owne...

Watch Now

Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin

1944

Kenpu Renpeikan

0/0

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,...

Watch Now

Kenpu Renpeikan

1954

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 3

0/0

The third part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin.

Watch Now

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 3

1962

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven

0/0

Watch Now

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven

1954

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 1

0/0

The first part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin

Watch Now

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 1

1965

Life of Matsu the Untamed

0/0

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

Watch Now

Life of Matsu the Untamed

1945

Ikeru isu

0/0

1945 Japanese movie

Watch Now

Ikeru isu

1956

The Black Hooded Man 4

0/0

Watch Now

The Black Hooded Man 4

1954

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 2

0/0

The first part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin

Watch Now

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 2

1947

壮士劇場

0/0

1947 Japanese movie

Watch Now

壮士劇場