Post War Japan Movies
- 2023
Godzilla Minus One
Godzilla Minus One7.7372023HD
Postwar Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
- 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...
- 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...
- 1954
Godzilla
Godzilla7.5941954HD
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...
- 1959
Good Morning
Good Morning7.7191959HD
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1951
The Idiot
The Idiot71951HD
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...
- 1959
Floating Weeds
Floating Weeds7.4441959HD
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
Madadayo7.41993HD
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...
- 1957
Tokyo Twilight
Tokyo Twilight7.6081957HD
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.
- 1963
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman5.91963HD
A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.
- 1951
Repast
Repast7.41951HD
Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage, all she does is cook and clean for her husband.
- 1951
Early Summer
Early Summer7.8111951HD
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
- 1957
The Teahouse of the August Moon
The Teahouse of the August Moon5.91957HD
In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.
- 1961
Pigs and Battleships
Pigs and Battleships71961HD
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.
- 1956
Street of Shame
Street of Shame7.6351956HD
The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
- 1947
One Wonderful Sunday
One Wonderful Sunday7.21947HD
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
House of Bamboo
House of Bamboo6.1071955HD
Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow...
- 1949
Tokyo Joe
Tokyo Joe5.9531949HD
An American returns to Tokyo to try to pick up threads of his pre-World War II life there but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the...