Japanese New Wave Movies

  • 1964
    Woman in the Dunes

    Woman in the Dunes

    Woman in the Dunes

    8.21964HD

    A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village and...

    Woman in the Dunes
  • 1960
    The Naked Island

    The Naked Island

    The Naked Island

    81960HD

    A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.

    The Naked Island
  • 1964
    Gate of Flesh

    Gate of Flesh

    Gate of Flesh

    6.61964HD

    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,...

    Gate of Flesh
  • 1966
    The Face of Another

    The Face of Another

    The Face of Another

    7.81966HD

    A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.

    The Face of Another
  • 1966
    Tokyo Drifter

    Tokyo Drifter

    Tokyo Drifter

    7.0691966HD

    After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu"...

    Tokyo Drifter
  • 1964
    Pale Flower

    Pale Flower

    Pale Flower

    7.41964HD

    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...

    Pale Flower
  • 1962
    Pitfall

    Pitfall

    Pitfall

    7.31962HD

    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...

    Pitfall
  • 1961
    Pigs and Battleships

    Pigs and Battleships

    Pigs and Battleships

    7.11961HD

    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.

    Pigs and Battleships
  • 1966
    Fighting Elegy

    Fighting Elegy

    Fighting Elegy

    71966HD

    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,...

    Fighting Elegy
  • 1960
    Cruel Story of Youth

    Cruel Story of Youth

    Cruel Story of Youth

    6.71960HD

    A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.

    Cruel Story of Youth
  • 1966
    The Pornographers

    The Pornographers

    The Pornographers

    7.31966HD

    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,...

    The Pornographers
  • 1971
    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

    7.41971HD

    An experimental, psychedelic odyssey through Japanese subculture experienced via the eyes of a disillusioned young man, who must contend with intense...

    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
  • 1967
    Love for an Idiot

    Love for an Idiot

    Love for an Idiot

    61967HD

    A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she enslaves him to her whims.

    Love for an Idiot
  • 1956
    Crazed Fruit

    Crazed Fruit

    Crazed Fruit

    7.21956HD

    Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking.

    Crazed Fruit
  • 1964
    Intentions of Murder

    Intentions of Murder

    Intentions of Murder

    7.11964HD

    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...

    Intentions of Murder
  • 1965
    A Story Written with Water

    A Story Written with Water

    A Story Written with Water

    6.51965HD

    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...

    A Story Written with Water
  • 1960
    The Sun's Burial

    The Sun's Burial

    The Sun's Burial

    6.51960HD

    In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of...

    The Sun's Burial
  • 1965
    Tattooed Life

    Tattooed Life

    Tattooed Life

    7.11965HD

    After his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with his younger brother.

    Tattooed Life
  • 1958
    Giants and Toys

    Giants and Toys

    Giants and Toys

    6.81958HD

    Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

    Giants and Toys
  • 1960
    One Way Ticket to Love

    One Way Ticket to Love

    One Way Ticket to Love

    5.91960HD

    The backstage romances of an egotistical singer and his under-valued manager, a lovelorn bandman and a nude dancer.

    One Way Ticket to Love