Post War Japan Movies

  • 2023
    Godzilla Minus One

    Godzilla Minus One

    Godzilla Minus One

    7.62023HD

    In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the...

    Godzilla Minus One
  • 1954
    Godzilla

    Godzilla

    Godzilla

    7.61954HD

    Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover...

    Godzilla
  • 1959
    Good Morning

    Good Morning

    Good Morning

    7.71959HD

    A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells...

    Good Morning
  • 2011
    From Up on Poppy Hill

    From Up on Poppy Hill

    From Up on Poppy Hill

    7.52011HD

    Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of...

    From Up on Poppy Hill
  • 1949
    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    7.51949HD

    A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes...

    Stray Dog
  • 1951
    The Idiot

    The Idiot

    The Idiot

    6.951951HD

    Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love...

    The Idiot
  • 1959
    Floating Weeds

    Floating Weeds

    Floating Weeds

    7.4561959HD

    When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake...

    Floating Weeds
  • 1955
    I Live in Fear

    I Live in Fear

    I Live in Fear

    7.31955HD

    Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to...

    I Live in Fear
  • 1993
    Madadayo

    Madadayo

    Madadayo

    7.31993HD

    Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset...

    Madadayo
  • 1956
    Street of Shame

    Street of Shame

    Street of Shame

    7.6651956HD

    The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

    Street of Shame
  • 1957
    Tokyo Twilight

    Tokyo Twilight

    Tokyo Twilight

    7.71957HD

    Two 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
  • 1951
    Early Summer

    Early Summer

    Early Summer

    7.8211951HD

    A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.

    Early Summer
  • 1941
    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

    6.91941HD

    After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
  • 1957
    Sayonara

    Sayonara

    Sayonara

    6.6021957HD

    Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando) is reassigned to a Japanese air base, and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese...

    Sayonara
  • 1961
    Pigs and Battleships

    Pigs and Battleships

    Pigs and Battleships

    7.0691961HD

    In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.

    Pigs and Battleships
  • 1960
    The Sun's Burial

    The Sun's Burial

    The Sun's Burial

    6.5421960HD

    In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of...

    The Sun's Burial
  • 1947
    One Wonderful Sunday

    One Wonderful Sunday

    One Wonderful Sunday

    7.31947HD

    Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen. They manage to have...

    One Wonderful Sunday
  • 1960
    Cruel Story of Youth

    Cruel Story of Youth

    Cruel Story of Youth

    6.6931960HD

    A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.

    Cruel Story of Youth
  • 1957
    The Teahouse of the August Moon

    The Teahouse of the August Moon

    The Teahouse of the August Moon

    61957HD

    In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.

    The Teahouse of the August Moon
  • 1951
    Repast

    Repast

    Repast

    7.51951HD

    Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.

    Repast