Movies: Shōwa era 1926 89

  • 1976
    In the Realm of the Senses

    In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

    In the Realm of the Senses

    6.61976HD

    A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship....

    In the Realm of the Senses
  • 2025
    BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues

    BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues (2025)

    BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues

    9.42025HD

    Two brothers start working as benshi narrators of silent films in a cinema in the early 20th century. This premise is the jumping-off point for an epic family saga that follows the protagonists and their descendants through wars and technological dev...

    BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues
  • 1963
    High and Low

    High and Low (1963)

    High and Low

    8.41963HD

    A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway....

    High and Low
  • 2025
    YUKIKAZE

    YUKIKAZE (2025)

    YUKIKAZE

    02025HD

    Just 80 years ago, the peaceful sea was a battlefield. Soldiers continued to fight, dreaming of returning home, and their families continued to pray and wait for their safety. What stories were there in each of their lives, and what were they each th...

    YUKIKAZE
  • 2007
    Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

    Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)

    Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

    6.92007HD

    Would-be writer Ryunosuke Chagawa is still living across the street from Norifumi Suzuki and his auto repair shop, though now he shares his home with Junnosuke, an orphan he's taken under his wing at the urging of pretty Hiroi, who continues to manag...

    Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
  • 1953
    Tokyo Story

    Tokyo Story (1953)

    Tokyo Story

    8.21953HD

    The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with th...

    Tokyo Story
  • 2005
    Always - Sunset on Third Street

    Always - Sunset on Third Street (2005)

    Always - Sunset on Third Street

    7.52005HD

    Teenage Mutsuko comes to Tokyo for work but ends up at a repair shop. She befriends the owner's family. Neighbors Hiromi, writer Chagawa with admirer Junnosuke strive alongside them in postwar Tokyo's evolution....

    Always - Sunset on Third Street
  • 2012
    Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

    Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012)

    Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

    6.82012HD

    The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is pregnant and he has built a second level on his shop to provide his adopted son Junnosuke with a private sp...

    Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
  • 1949
    Late Spring

    Late Spring (1949)

    Late Spring

    81949HD

    Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the re...

    Late Spring
  • 2016
    In This Corner of the World

    In This Corner of the World (2016)

    In This Corner of the World

    7.92016HD

    Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wi...

    In This Corner of the World
  • 2019
    The Great War of Archimedes

    The Great War of Archimedes (2019)

    The Great War of Archimedes

    6.62019HD

    It is the early 1930s and the command of the Japanese Imperial Navy determines to construct the world's biggest and most formidable battleship, Yamato. One of the admirals, Yamamoto Isoroku, disagrees. He recruits the upstart and mathematics' expert ...

    The Great War of Archimedes
  • 1962
    An Autumn Afternoon

    An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

    An Autumn Afternoon

    7.81962HD

    Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her....

    An Autumn Afternoon
  • 1984
    Station to Heaven

    Station to Heaven (1984)

    Station to Heaven

    91984HD

    From a true incident that happened in 1960's Japan. This drama is contemporary in setting but medieval in its characters and emotions as it focuses on a tangled web of murder and deceit encountered by a beautiful woman, Kayo after her abusive husband...

    Station to Heaven
  • 1960
    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    7.91960HD

    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 around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for...

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
  • 2009
    Oppai Volleyball

    Oppai Volleyball (2009)

    Oppai Volleyball

    6.22009HD

    Terajima Mikako became a boys volleyball team coach at a junior high school she has been assigned to. As an incentive for the team members who do not show the slightest enthusiasm, she promises to show them her boobs if they win a game....

    Oppai Volleyball
  • 1964
    Gate of Flesh

    Gate of Flesh (1964)

    Gate of Flesh

    6.61964HD

    In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining tenuous friendships and a semblance of order in a world of chaos. But when a renegade ex-soldier stu...

    Gate of Flesh
  • 1983
    The Family Game

    The Family Game (1983)

    The Family Game

    6.81983HD

    A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a moderate academic success; but the younger son is a rebellious goof-off for whom a tutor must be hired...

    The Family Game
  • 2021
    Asakusa Kid

    Asakusa Kid (2021)

    Asakusa Kid

    7.22021HD

    Before he hit it big, Takeshi Kitano got his start apprenticing with comedy legend Fukami of Asakusa. But as his star rises, his mentor's declines....

    Asakusa Kid
  • 1952
    The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

    The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)

    The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

    7.61952HD

    The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis....

    The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
  • 2006
    Hula Girls

    Hula Girls (2006)

    Hula Girls

    6.82006HD

    Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction....

    Hula Girls