Post War Japan Movies
- 2023
Godzilla Minus One
Godzilla Minus One7.62023HD
In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the...
- 1954
Godzilla
Godzilla7.61954HD
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...
- 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...
- 1949
Stray Dog
Stray Dog7.5051949HD
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...
- 2011
From Up on Poppy Hill
From Up on Poppy Hill7.5332011HD
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...
- 1951
The Idiot
The Idiot6.951951HD
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...
- 1947
One Wonderful Sunday
One Wonderful Sunday7.31947HD
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...
- 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...
- 1959
Floating Weeds
Floating Weeds7.4561959HD
When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake...
- 1993
Madadayo
Madadayo7.31993HD
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...
- 1960
The Sun's Burial
The Sun's Burial6.5421960HD
In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of...
- 1951
Early Summer
Early Summer7.8211951HD
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
- 1957
Tokyo Twilight
Tokyo Twilight7.71957HD
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.
- 1956
Street of Shame
Street of Shame7.6651956HD
The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
- 1957
Sayonara
Sayonara6.6021957HD
Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando) is reassigned to a Japanese air base, and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese...
- 1947
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Record of a Tenement Gentleman7.2051947HD
An errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor Tane, who's reluctant to let the kid board.
- 1957
The Teahouse of the August Moon
The Teahouse of the August Moon61957HD
In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.
- 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...
- 1961
Pigs and Battleships
Pigs and Battleships7.0691961HD
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.
- 1941
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family6.91941HD
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...