Netflix Movies and Categories Finder: Classic Japanese Movies
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Rashomon
What is true? What is false? Several witnesses see an event differently in Akira Kurosawa's Oscar-winning masterpiece.
Released: 2015-10-01
Runtime: 01:28:13
Netflix ID: 60010815
An Autumn Afternoon
In director Ozu's last film, an aging widower struggles with modernity and loneliness as he searches for a suitable husband for his daughter.
Released: 2016-05-20
Runtime: 01:52:50
Netflix ID: 70104401
Tokyo Story
An elderly couple in post-World War II Japan travel to Tokyo to visit their children but are received rather coldly by their offspring.
Released: 2015-11-22
Runtime: 02:15:53
Netflix ID: 60031727
Twenty-Four Eyes
Starting a decade before World War II, a young teacher works to give her 12 students hope, even as the growing shadow of global conflagration looms.
Released: 2015-11-22
Runtime: 02:35:53
Netflix ID: 70105681
Doro no Kawa
A young boy growing up in a poor neighborhood of postwar Osaka makes a new friend and slowly becomes aware of the ways the adults around him survive.
Released: 2016-05-20
Runtime: 01:45:10
Netflix ID: 80103562
Floating Weeds
An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, sparking jealousy from his mistress.
Released: 2020-09-05
Runtime: 01:58:58
Netflix ID: 60036789
Vengeance Is Mine
Legendary Japanese director Shohei Imamura (The Eel) helms this chilling tale of horror and revenge based on actual events about a seemingly harmless young man who blossomed into a cold-blooded, remorseless murderer.
Released: 2015-10-01
Runtime: 02:20:22
Netflix ID: 70067850
Intentions of Murder
Downtrodden housewife Sadako seizes an unlikely opportunity to escape her oppressive life after she is raped by a robber in her home.
Released: 2020-08-08
Runtime: 02:29:54
Netflix ID: 70117959
Profound Desires of the Gods
An engineer from mainland Japan arrives to survey a remote Okinawan island and gets entangled with a superstitious, incestuous local family.
Released: 2020-09-05
Runtime: 02:54:18
Netflix ID: 81312801
Shiawase no Kiiroi Hankachi
A man who's just been dumped quits his job to take a road trip. Along the way he picks up a brokenhearted young woman and a man with a secret past.
Released: 2015-09-01
Runtime: 01:48:10
Netflix ID: 80073173
The Insect Woman
Peasant woman Tome struggles to make her way in life against the backdrop of Japan's 20th century transformations, doing whatever it takes to survive.
Released: 2020-08-08
Runtime: 02:02:57
Netflix ID: 70117958
Castle of Sand
A nameless man is found murdered in a rail yard, stumping a pair of detectives as they try to unravel the identity of both the killer and the victim.
Released: 2017-07-31
Runtime: 02:22:54
Netflix ID: 70049044
Galaxy Express 999
A destitute boy travels on an intergalactic train line with a mysterious woman named Maetel in hopes of fulfilling a promise to his slain mother.
Released: 2017-12-29
Runtime: 02:08:08
Netflix ID: 80197637
Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise
An aimless kid named Shiro finds purpose through his nation's space program and, with the help of his devout friend, becomes the first man in space.
Released: 2017-12-30
Runtime: 02:00:37
Netflix ID: 70080749
Rhapsody in August
Four Japanese youths visit their elderly grandmother, a woman who's never forgotten the horrors caused by the bombing of Nagasaki during World War II.
Released: 2016-05-12
Runtime: 01:37:36
Netflix ID: 60028523
Gakko
Sad about their classmate Ino, night school teacher Kuroi and students Zhang, Eriko, Midori and Kazu look back on their experiences at the school.
Released: 2016-05-20
Runtime: 02:08:31
Netflix ID: 80103329
Fall Guy
A fading star convinces a loyal underling to marry his pregnant girlfriend to avoid a scandal, then insists he act as his double in a dangerous stunt.
Released: 2015-09-01
Runtime: 01:47:44
Netflix ID: 70020769
The Ghost of Yotsuya
In this acclaimed retelling of the age-old ghost story, a selfish husband is haunted by the terrifying specter of his long-suffering wife, Oiwa.
Released: 2020-11-27
Runtime: 01:16:38
Netflix ID: 81318418
Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster
Three-headed dragon Ghidorah rampages through Tokyo, with Mount Fuji becoming the battleground for a confrontation with Mothra, Godzilla and Rodan.
Released: 2020-12-01
Runtime: 01:32:59
Netflix ID: 70067808
The Human Vapor
An investigation into a series of bank robberies leads police to an ethereal dancer, and a mysterious man able to turn himself into vapor.
Released: 2020-11-27
Runtime: 01:31:14
Netflix ID: 81318417
Destroy All Monsters
In 1999, the world's monsters begin attacking cities. To stop them, humans must free them all from alien mind control so they can defend the planet.
Released: 2020-12-01
Runtime: 01:28:45
Netflix ID: 438164
Godzilla
Awakened by nuclear weapons testing, an ancient monster rises from the depths of the Pacific Ocean and begins wreaking havoc on Japan.
Released: 2020-12-01
Runtime: 01:36:12
Netflix ID: 60035960
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Alien invaders hatch a plot to conquer Earth with their own mechanized Godzilla, setting up a collision course with the true King of the Monsters.
Released: 2020-12-01
Runtime: 01:24:17
Netflix ID: 70012281
Terror of Mechagodzilla
When aliens from the third planet of the black hole attempt to take over Earth, they find themselves pitted against Godzilla.
Released: 2020-12-01
Runtime: 01:23:16
Netflix ID: 1033310
The H-Man
While investigating the mysterious disappearance of a low-level gangster, police discover that liquid radioactive creatures are attacking civilians.
Released: 2020-11-27
Runtime: 01:26:02
Netflix ID: 70120055
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
A flying Godzilla comes to save the day when a corrosive monster feeding off of industrial pollutants wreaks toxic havoc on society.
Released: 2020-12-01
Runtime: 01:25:16
Netflix ID: 70012280
Godzilla Raids Again
Two pilots make an emergency landing on a remote island and stumble upon the earth-shaking terror of two gigantic beasts locked in battle.
Released: 2020-12-01
Runtime: 01:21:35
Netflix ID: 70059917
Godzilla vs. Gigan
Using an amusement park as its base, an alien race enlists the help of Gigan and King Ghidorah in their plan to defeat Godzilla and takeover Earth.
Released: 2020-12-01
Runtime: 01:29:06
Netflix ID: 70012279
Son of Godzilla
When a weather balloon test gone wrong unearths a giant egg that hatches a baby Godzilla, adult Godzilla adopts him and defends him from monsters.
Released: 2020-12-01
Runtime: 01:25:32
Netflix ID: 70018618
War of the Insects
A plane crash on a Japanese island spurs a hunt for a powerful weapon as intrigue swirls around some very unusual insects in this eco-thriller.
Released: 2015-10-15
Runtime: 01:24:02
Netflix ID: 80076988
Godzilla vs. Megalon
When a deep sea nation sends the gigantic Megalon to destroy the world above, it’s up to Godzilla and a super robot named Jet Jaguar to save the day.
Released: 2020-12-01
Runtime: 01:21:32
Netflix ID: 80117630
All Monsters Attack
A bullied schoolboy daydreams that he's friends with Godzilla’s son, but things take a serious turn when he gets kidnapped by robbers in real life.
Released: 2020-12-01
Runtime: 01:09:23
Netflix ID: 80117535
Tora-san Series
An irresponsible peddler with a heart of gold travels through Japan, falling in love wherever he goes but always winding up a perennial bachelor.
Released: 2016-12-01
Netflix ID: 80129597
The Sinners of Hell
When a theology student flees a hit-and-run accident, he becomes tormented with guilt and trapped in a cycle of suffering — in this world and the next.
Released: 2020-11-27
Runtime: 01:40:48
Netflix ID: 70053550
The Secret of the Telegian
A soldier long thought to be dead uses a teleportation device to seek vengeance on the comrades who betrayed him during the last days of World War II.
Released: 2020-11-27
Runtime: 01:25:32
Netflix ID: 81318402
Godzilla vs. Mothra
When Tokyo is again threatened by Godzilla, officials believe the key to defeating the mutant may involve a giant moth goddess from a remote island.
Released: 2020-12-01
Runtime: 01:28:37
Netflix ID: 549156
Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster
Four shipwrecked men on a remote island awaken a dormant Godzilla to help them stop a group of brutal terrorists and the sea monster they control.
Released: 2020-12-01
Runtime: 01:26:37
Netflix ID: 70020808