Japanese epic films

1997 anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki

1954 Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa

1984 film directed by Hayao Miyazaki

1985 film by Akira Kurosawa

1954 film directed by Ishirō Honda

2008 Chinese film directed by John Woo

2023 film directed by Takashi Yamazaki

Pulgasari is a 1986 monster film directed and produced by Shin Sang-ok during his North Korean abduction. A co-production between North Korea, Japan, and China, it is supposedly a remake of Bulgasari, a 1962 South Korean film that also depicts Bulgasari/Pulgasari, a creature from Korean folklore. The ensemble cast includes Chang Sŏnhŭi, Ham Kisŏp, Ri Chongguk, Ri Ingwŏn, and Yu Kyŏngae, with Kenpachiro Satsuma in the title role. Set during the Goryeo dynasty, Pulgasari follows a blacksmith's daughter who brings to life a metal-eating monster her late father created to defeat the monarchy.

1954 film by Hiroshi Inagaki

2016 anime film by Takeshi Nozue

1967 film by Masaki Kobayashi

1959–1961 trilogy of films by Masaki Kobayashi

1967 film by Kihachi Okamoto

is a 1962 Japanese epic science fiction disaster film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Based on an idea by Jojiro Okami, the film is about mankind's efforts to move Earth out of its orbit to prevent it from colliding with a runaway white dwarf star. The film was extensively edited for its American release.

1966 film by Kihachi Okamoto

1959 film by Hiroshi Inagaki

1971 film by Kihachi Okamoto

2021 film directed by Kōbun Shizuno

film trilogy directed by Satsuo Yamamoto