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1. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
R | 139 min | Biography, Drama, History
World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, serving during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer
Votes: 596,023 | Gross: $67.21M
2. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen
Votes: 1,196,592 | Gross: $70.10M
3. Empire of the Sun (1987)
PG | 153 min | Drama, War
A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers
Votes: 134,488 | Gross: $22.24M
4. Cure (1997)
Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Masato Hagiwara, Koji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa
Votes: 23,278 | Gross: $0.09M
5. Mister Roberts (1955)
Passed | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacific's backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irritations.
Directors: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua Logan | Stars: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon
Votes: 18,278 | Gross: $21.20M
6. The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
PG | 113 min | Action, Family, Sport
Daniel accompanies his mentor, Mr. Miyagi, to Miyagi's childhood home in Okinawa. Miyagi visits his dying father and confronts his old rival, while Daniel falls in love and inadvertently makes a new rival of his own.
Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Pat Morita, Ralph Macchio, Pat E. Johnson, Bruce Malmuth
Votes: 99,070 | Gross: $115.10M
7. Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
R | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Barry Pepper, Joseph Cross, Jesse Bradford
Votes: 129,376 | Gross: $33.60M
8. Samurai Champloo (2004–2005)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Fuu, a waitress who works in a teahouse, rescues two master swordsmen, Mugen and Jin, from their execution to help her find the "samurai who smells of sunflowers."
Stars: Kazuya Nakai, Ginpei Sato, Ayako Kawasumi, Steve Blum
Votes: 55,534
9. All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
Unrated | 146 min | Crime, Drama, Music
The problematic lives of teenager students for whom the singer Lily Chou-Chou's dreamy music is the only way to escape an alienating, violent and insensitive society.
Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Hayato Ichihara, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayumi Ito, Takao Osawa
Votes: 11,247 | Gross: $0.02M
10. Sonatine (1993)
R | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war then escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Tetsu Watanabe, Masanobu Katsumura
Votes: 23,330
11. Flying Leathernecks (1951)
Approved | 102 min | Action, Drama, War
Major Kirby leads The Wildcats squadron into the historic WWII battle of Guadalcanal.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor, Janis Carter
Votes: 5,534
12. The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An insurance investigator tries to determine any irregularities in the policy of a heiress' dead husband, but soon finds himself suspected of her murder.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Anita Strindberg, Alberto de Mendoza, Janine Reynaud
Votes: 3,580
13. The Men's Club (1986)
R | 101 min | Drama
A group of men get together to form a "discussion group". They share their feelings about women, life, love, and work. The party gets rowdier and rowdier, and then the wife returns home. ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: David Dukes, Richard Jordan, Harvey Keitel, Frank Langella
Votes: 1,053 | Gross: $2.44M
14. The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
Approved | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyô, Eddie Albert
Votes: 3,782
15. Boiling Point (1990)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two disquieted junior baseball players seek revenge on the local yakuza for attacking their coach.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Yûrei Yanagi, Yuriko Ishida, Taka Guadalcanal
Votes: 7,512 | Gross: $0.00M
16. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (II) (1959)
Not Rated | 181 min | Drama, History, War
As a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Kokinji Katsura, Jun Tatara
Votes: 7,517
17. Harukana Receive (2018– )
Animation, Drama, Sport
In beach volleyball, there is no room for aces. To achieve victory, each player must find their one, irreplaceable partner that they can rely on in the court of sand. At least, that is what... See full summary »
Stars: Kana Yûki, Saki Miyashita, Tia Lynn Ballard, Sarah Wiedenheft
Votes: 334
18. Rage (2016)
142 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different Japanese cities.
Director: Sang-il Lee | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Mirai Moriyama, Aoi Miyazaki, Satoshi Tsumabuki
Votes: 3,413
19. My Korean Teacher (2016)
98 min | Comedy
Young-Ung is not having a good time. His girlfriend is a gold digger and cheated on him. He is in Japan and working, but his employer has laid him off and is being raided. The products are ... See full summary »
Director: Yûzô Asahara | Stars: Nozomi Sasaki, Yesung, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Eri Fuse
Votes: 97
20. The Conscientious Objector (2004)
TV-MA | 101 min | Documentary, War
The story of Desmond Doss, a US Army medic who was the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
Director: Terry Benedict | Stars: Ralph Baker, Carl Bentley, Alessandro Bianchi, James Boylan
Votes: 365
21. Asobi ni ikuyo! (2010–2011)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
Nice guy Kio's normal life gets turned upside down when he meets a friendly, sexy cat-alien named Eris. She's on a peaceful mission - and she's ready to play. Things get even friskier when her fellow felines set up base in Kio's house.
Stars: Kanae Itô, Mutsumi Tamura, Kana Hanazawa, Haruka Tomatsu
Votes: 680
22. Happy (2012)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
Happy takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy.
Director: Roko Belic | Stars: Marci Shimoff, Ed Diener, Richard Davidson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Votes: 3,382
23. Okinawa (1952)
Passed | 67 min | Action, Drama, History
Captain Hale takes over command of a U. S. Naval vessel as it prepares to take part in the invasion of Okinawa in the Second World War. His crew includes a rowdy gun crew who punctuate fire missions with banter and antics.
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Cameron Mitchell, Richard Denning, Rhys Williams
Votes: 271
24. A Far Shore (2022)
128 min | Drama
Aoi has dropped out from high school and gives birth to a baby son with Masaya. They are born and live in Okinawa.
Director: Masaaki Kudô | Stars: Kotone Hanase, Yumemi Ishida, Shinsuke Kato, Yoshiro Sakuma
Votes: 174
25. Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)
93 min | Crime, Drama
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Tsunehiko Watase, Akiko Kudô
Votes: 1,044
26. The Coming War on China (2016)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, History
From award winning journalist John Pilger, reveals what the news doesn't - that the world's greatest military power, the United States, and the world's second economic power, China, both nuclear-armed, may well be on the road to war.
Director: John Pilger | Stars: Franklin Blaisdell, James Bradley, Bruce Cumings, Dana Rohrabacher
Votes: 1,691
27. Tears for You (2006)
118 min | Drama, Romance
8-year old Yotaro gains a 3-year old step-sister, Kaoru, when his mother marries a jazz musician who plays in a club in Naha, Okinawa where they live. Before long Kaoru's father deserts ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Masami Nagasawa, Kumiko Asô, Eiichirô Funakoshi
Votes: 1,189
28. Battle of Okinawa (1971)
TV-14 | 149 min | Drama, History, War
Told from the Japanese perspective, this war drama captures the events of World War II's Battle of Okinawa - a massive amphibious assault by U.S. troops that left more than 150,000 Japanese civilians dead.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Keiju Kobayashi, Yûzô Kayama, Tetsurô Tanba, Tatsuya Nakadai
Votes: 466
29. Silent Venom (2009 Video)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An American submarine traveling through dangerous territorial waters is put in even more danger when two scientists bring venomous snakes on board.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Luke Perry, Krista Allen, Tom Berenger, Louis Mandylor
Votes: 1,162
30. Megane (2007)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Taeko is a stressed career woman who leaves her life in the city for an island vacation. The vacation does not become what she expected as everyone on the island is strange.
Director: Naoko Ogigami | Stars: Satomi Kobayashi, Mikako Ichikawa, Ryô Kase, Ken Mitsuishi
Votes: 1,891
31. Level Five (1997)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary, Romance, War
The French computer programmer Laura inherits the task of making a computer game of the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. She searches the internet for information on the battle, and ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Catherine Belkhodja, Kenji Tokitsu, Nagisa Ôshima, Junichi Ushiyama
Votes: 948 | Gross: $0.02M
32. Karate Girl (2011)
TV-MA | 92 min | Action
A mysterious group kidnap a girl's sister. Years later, the group reappears and she is determined to get her sister back.
Director: Yoshikatsu Kimura | Stars: Rina Takeda, Hina Tobimatsu, Tatsuya Naka, Kazutoshi Yokoyama
Votes: 594
33. FTA (1972)
R | 103 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
Available for the first time since it mysteriously disappeared in 1972 after only one week in theaters, this raucous film is a riveting slice of the Vietnam anti-war movement.
Director: Francine Parker | Stars: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Pamela Donegan, Len Chandler
Votes: 474
34. Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 (1974)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary
In this uncomfortably intimate film, documentary filmmaker Kazuo Hara visits his ex-girlfriend Miyuki and records her new relationships.
Director: Kazuo Hara | Stars: Kazuo Hara, Miyuki Takeda, Sachiko Kobayashi
Votes: 405
35. Please Twins! (2003–2004)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A boy named Maiku gets the surprise of his life when two girls show up on his doorstep and demand to live with him. Only problem is, one of them is his twin sister.
Stars: Daisuke Namikawa, Mai Nakahara, Johnny Yong Bosch, Miyuki Sawashiro
Votes: 599
36. Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands (2015)
TV-PG | 59 min | Documentary
Stunning 3-part BBC documentary about the natural world and wildlife of Japan's islands: Honshu, Hokkaido and the Southernmost Islands.
Stars: Michelle Dockery, Peter Drost, Graham MacFarlane, Robin Cox
Votes: 634
37. Please Teacher! (2002)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
An alien who becomes a teacher, and a student start a relationship and have to keep it all secret.
Stars: Sôichirô Hoshi, Kikuko Inoue, Ayako Kawasumi, Sayaka Ôhara
Votes: 1,249
38. Gunjô: Ai ga shizunda umi no iro (2009)
119 min | Drama
A drama centered on a young woman who heads to her father's home in Okinawa to try and cope with her boyfriend's death.
Director: Yosuke Nakagawa | Stars: Masami Nagasawa, Seiji Fukushi, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Shinji Rachi
Votes: 631
39. Chekeraccho!! (2006)
117 min | Drama, Musical
What do high school students usually do? While away their days dissatisfied with and unhappy about their lives. These four Okinawans are little different. Toru meets Nagisa, with her long ... See full summary »
Director: Rieko Miyamoto | Stars: Hayato Ichihara, Mao Inoue, Yûta Hiraoka, Tasuku Emoto
Votes: 170
40. Non Non Biyori: The Movie - Vacation (2018)
71 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Summer vacation is drawing to an end. When Suguru wins a free trip to Okinawa, all of the five students of Asahigaoka branch school are excited to end their vacation with a bang. Along with... See full summary »
Director: Shin'ya Kawatsura | Stars: Kotori Koiwai, Rie Murakawa, Ayane Sakura, Kana Asumi
Votes: 404
41. Dear Summer Sister (1972)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
Story is about a Tokyo girl looking round Okinawa island for her long-lost brother and finding he is the tourist guide with whom she has had an affair.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Hiromi Kurita, Shôji Ishibashi, Lily, Hôsei Komatsu
Votes: 223
42. Blues Harp (1998)
107 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Ambitious yakuza Kenji befriends harmonica-playing bartender Chuji, who moonlights as a part-time drug-dealer for the opposing gang. Their friendship is threatened by Kenji's plans for ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Seiichi Tanabe, Saori Sekino, Mickey Curtis
Votes: 1,184
43. Born Bone Born (2018)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
It is the anniversary of the death of the wife and mother of an Okinawan family and the Shinjos have congregated back on the island. It is time to honour the dead by practicing the ritual ... See full summary »
Director: Gori | Stars: Ayame Misaki, Eiji Okuda, Michitaka Tsutsui
Votes: 65
44. Leaving on the 15th Spring (2013)
114 min | Drama
A minor island of Okinawa in Southern Japan has limited technology and no high school. When teenagers reach the age of 15, they have to decide to stay on the island or leave for higher education.
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshida | Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi, Toshihito Kokubo, Ayaka Miyoshi, Saori
Votes: 185
45. Trumpet on the Cliff (2016)
102 min | Drama
Aoi studies photography at a school in Tokyo. She undergoes a heart transplant operation and goes to the island of Okinawa to recover. Her uncle lives on the island. There, she holds a ... See full summary »
Director: Sun-Hee Han | Stars: Minami Sakuraba, Nanami Sakuraba, Nene Ôtsuka, Takurô Tatsumi
Votes: 119
46. Battle of Okinawa in Color (2017)
Documentary, History, War
From white-knuckle, high-speed dogfights to brutal land combat, witness the Battle of Okinawa in vivid color.
Stars: Jeff Wilburn, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., Chester W. Nimitz, Mitsuru Ushijima
Votes: 20
47. Let Him Rest in Peace (1985)
103 min | Crime, Drama
A man returns to his seaside roots to confront a yakuza boss. Along the way, he charms young men, softens a hard woman, and busts a few heads.
Director: Yôichi Sai | Stars: Tatsuya Fuji, Mitsuko Baishô, Yoshio Harada, Ryûzô Hayashi
Votes: 64
48. Dai Nippon teikoku (1982)
180 min | Drama, History, War
Favorable portrayal of Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, who approved of the bombardment of Pearl Harbor, as a patriot. The film is a jingoistic defense of Japanese imperialism.
Director: Toshio Masuda | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Teruhiko Aoi, Tomokazu Miura, Masako Natsume
Votes: 55
49. Horror in the East (2000 TV Movie)
PG | Documentary, War
An examination of atrocities and depredations committed by Imperial Japanese military forces, from 1931 to 1945.
Stars: Edward Herrmann, Samuel West
Votes: 231
50. Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped (1995 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary
Documentary addressing controversial questions surrounding the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan at the end of World War II. Includes interviews with historians and analysis of records left by participants in the decision.
Stars: Peter Jennings, Gar Alperovitz, Barton Bernstein, McGeorge Bundy
Votes: 42