The Vault
The Handmaiden
2016 ★ 8.21930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a
The Japanese Wife
2010 ★ 6.6Snehmoy and Miyage are pen friends who exchange wedding vows through letters. Fifteen years pass but they never meet. Yet the bond of marriage is strong between
An Autumn Afternoon
1962 ★ 7.9Widower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he comes to realize that Michiko should not be obliged to look after him fo
Battle of the Japan Sea
1969 ★ 6.4Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian f
Profound Desires of the Gods
1968 ★ 7.4Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori clan, to drill a well to power a sugar mill. Profound Desires o
The Japanese Belly Button
1977 ★ 4.8Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss. The Japanese Belly Button is a 1977 Japanese film directed
A. K.
1985 ★ 6.3An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. A. K. is a 1985 documentary film direct
Lovers Are Wet
1973 ★ 6.0A young man named Katsu comes to a rural town by the sea, and begins to work as a movie reel carrier in a movie theater. Apparently this town is the hometown of
Sing a Song of Sex
1967 ★ 5.8Four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with an inebriated teacher singing bawdy drinking songs. This en
The Ghost of Yotsuya
1959 ★ 6.4In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance. The Ghost of Yotsuya is a 1959 Japanese supernatural horro
The Funeral
1984 ★ 7.2When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in the
Battle of Blood Island
1960 ★ 5.4Two American GIs are the only survivors of a unit wiped out in a battle with Japanese troops on an isolated island. The two, who don't like each other, find try
Untamed Woman
1957 ★ 7.5A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for success,
Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan
1959 ★ 6.5This horror tale adapts the Japanese legend about a man who faces the consequences of betraying his wife in order to acquire wealth and power. Tokaido Yotsuya K
Antarctica
1983 ★ 7.2Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica. Antarctica is a 1983 Japanese drama and adv
The Bad Sleep Well
1960 ★ 7.7In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of
The Eternal Zero
2013 ★ 7.0A brother and sister learn their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during World War II. During their research into his life, they get conflic
Di Desa
1943 ★ 0.0A propaganda film which tells us about the daily life of Indonesian people under Japanese military occupation. Showing a happy life as a voluntary army, farmer,
Kingdom 2: Far and Away
2022 ★ 7.3It follows a young man who dreams of becoming a general and Ying Zheng, whose goal is unification. Topic: Film "Kingdom 2: Far and Away" (2022). Role: Meticulou
Madame Aema 4
1990 ★ 10.0In this entry in the long-running Madame Aema series, Aema's husband becomes romantically involved with a Japanese woman after taking a job at a Japanese compan
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer
1992 ★ 6.3A Japanese salaryman finds his body transforming into a weapon through sheer rage after his son is kidnapped by a gang of violent thugs. Task: Write a factual,
The Children of Huang Shi
2008 ★ 6.7About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese oc
Tokyo Twilight
1957 ★ 7.7Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child. Tokyo Twilight is a 1957
Heroes of the East
1978 ★ 7.3When a series of martial misunderstandings spirals into an international incident, a Chinese martial arts student struggling to relate to his new Japanese wife