Japanese New Wave Movies
- 1964
Woman in the Dunes
Woman in the Dunes8.2071964HD
A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village and...
- 1966
Tokyo Drifter
Tokyo Drifter7.0951966HD
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu"...
- 1966
The Face of Another
The Face of Another7.7851966HD
A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.
- 1964
Pale Flower
Pale Flower7.3711964HD
A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young...
- 1964
Gate of Flesh
Gate of Flesh6.6381964HD
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,...
- 1960
The Naked Island
The Naked Island7.9691960HD
A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.
- 1971
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets7.41971HD
An experimental, psychedelic odyssey through Japanese subculture experienced via the eyes of a disillusioned young man, who must contend with intense...
- 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.
- 1966
Fighting Elegy
Fighting Elegy71966HD
Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually,...
- 1962
Pitfall
Pitfall7.3251962HD
A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of...
- 1960
Cruel Story of Youth
Cruel Story of Youth6.6931960HD
A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.
- 1960
Night and Fog in Japan
Night and Fog in Japan6.51960HD
Uninvited guests crash a former student radical's wedding and accuse him, his bride and other guests of ignoring their political commitments.
- 1966
The Pornographers
The Pornographers7.331966HD
Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady,...
- 1967
Love for an Idiot
Love for an Idiot61967HD
A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she enslaves him to her whims.
- 1956
Crazed Fruit
Crazed Fruit7.2241956HD
Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking.
- 1964
Intentions of Murder
Intentions of Murder7.1251964HD
The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect...
- 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...
- 1965
A Story Written with Water
A Story Written with Water6.51965HD
Struggling with his true emotions, dreams, memories of the past and the reality Shizuo is about to marry, but is torn between his wife-to-be and the...
- 1958
Giants and Toys
Giants and Toys6.81958HD
Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.
- 1964
Assassination
Assassination7.0881964HD
Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political manoeuvring...