Category
page 1Films set in Kyoto
Lost in Translation
2003 film directed by Sofia Coppola
The Last Samurai
2003 film directed by Edward Zwick
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Rashomon
is a 1950 Japanese period drama (jidaigeki) film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay he co-wrote with Shinobu Hashimoto. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, and Takashi Shimura, it follows various people who describe how a samurai was murdered in a forest. The plot and characters are based upon Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's short story "In a Grove", with the title and framing story taken from Akutagawa's "Rashōmon". Every element is largely identical, from the murdered samurai speaking through a Shinto psychic to the bandit in the forest, the monk, the assault of the wife, an
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005 film directed by Rob Marshall
Bullet Train
2022 film directed by David Leitch
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946 film by Akira Kurosawa
Kwaidan
1964 Japanese film by Masaki Kobayashi
The Life of Oharu
1952 film by Kenji Mizoguchi
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985 film
The Yakuza
1974 film by Sydney Pollack
Fist of Legend
1994 film by Gordon Chan
The War of the Gargantuas
1966 film by Ishirō Honda
The End of Summer
1961 film by Yasujirō Ozu
Kuroneko
is a 1968 Japanese jidaigeki horror film directed by Kaneto Shindō, and an adaptation of a supernatural folktale. Set during a civil war in feudal Japan, the film's plot concerns the vengeful spirits, or onryō, of a woman and her daughter-in-law, who are raped and murdered by a band of samurai. It stars Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, and Kiwako Taichi.
The Challenge
1982 film by John Frankenheimer
Kokuho
2025 Japanese drama film directed by Lee Sang-il
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
1999 film by Shūsuke Kaneko
Sisters of the Gion
1936 film by Kenji Mizoguchi
The Crucified Lovers
1954 film by Kenji Mizoguchi
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
2021 film directed by Keishi Ōtomo
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955 film by Hiroshi Inagaki, Jun Fukuda
Rebirth of Mothra III
1998 film by Okihiro Yoneda
Rikyu
1989 film by Hiroshi Teshigahara
A Geisha
1953 film by Kenji Mizoguchi
Kubi
2023 film by Takeshi Kitano
The Makioka Sisters
1983 film by Kon Ichikawa
Shogun's Samurai
1978 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Death of a Tea Master
1989 film by Kei Kumai
Lost Girls and Love Hotels
2020 film directed by William Olsson
Heroes of the East
1978 film by Lau Kar-leung
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969 film. 2nd entry in "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" series.
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979 film. 24th entry in "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" series.
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Zen
2009 Japanese film about Dōgen Zenji directed by Banmei Takahashi
Shinsengumi
1969 film by Tadashi Sawashima
Fall Guy
1982 film by Kinji Fukasaku
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon
1977 film by Yukio Noda
The House Where Evil Dwells
1982 film by Kevin Connor
Night River
1956 film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura