Post War Japan Movies
- 2023
Godzilla Minus One
Godzilla Minus One7.5772023HD
In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the sur...
- 1954
Godzilla
Godzilla7.6251954HD
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Yemani soon discover something far m...
- 2011
From Up on Poppy Hill
From Up on Poppy Hill7.52011HD
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 both op...
- 1949
Stray Dog
Stray Dog7.51949HD
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 underc...
- 1959
Good Morning
Good Morning7.71959HD
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of...
- 1951
The Idiot
The Idiot6.9491951HD
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 Kame...
- 1951
Early Summer
Early Summer7.81951HD
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
- 1959
Floating Weeds
Floating Weeds7.4611959HD
When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake...
- 1993
Madadayo
Madadayo7.3291993HD
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 o...
- 1957
Sayonara
Sayonara6.61957HD
Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando) is reassigned to a Japanese air base, and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese peo...
- 1947
One Wonderful Sunday
One Wonderful Sunday7.2681947HD
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 many small...
- 1957
Tokyo Twilight
Tokyo Twilight7.61957HD
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.
- 1975
The International Gang of Kobe
The International Gang of Kobe5.71975HD
In 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun by United States occupation forces and international g...
- 1951
The Lady of Musashino
The Lady of Musashino6.41951HD
Set in post-war Japan, The Lady of Musashino tells the story of Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage. She confides in h...
- 1955
I Live in Fear
I Live in Fear7.31955HD
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 saf...
- 1960
Cruel Story of Youth
Cruel Story of Youth6.6731960HD
A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.
- 1949
Tokyo Joe
Tokyo Joe6.11949HD
An American veteran returns to Tokyo to try to pick up the threads of his pre-World War II life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals an...
- 1951
Repast
Repast7.4741951HD
Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage, all she does is cook and clean for her husband.
- 1956
I Will Buy You
I Will Buy You7.0771956HD
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.
- 1957
The Teahouse of the August Moon
The Teahouse of the August Moon5.9741957HD
In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.