Japanese Woman
"japanese woman" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Red Beard
Synopsis:
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to…
Starring:
Toshirō Mifune,
Kyōko Kagawa,
Akemi Negishi
#2
Onibaba
Synopsis:
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughte…
Starring:
Taiji Tonoyama,
Kei Satō,
Nobuko Otowa
#3
Lady Snowblood
Synopsis:
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.
Starring:
Akemi Negishi,
Meiko Kaji,
Toshio Kurosawa
Plot:
revenge,
childbirth,
female warrior,
vengeance,
snow,
female assassin,
prison,
female protagonist,
umbrella,
sword
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#4
Harakiri
Synopsis:
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and integrity, suspecting Hanshirō of seeking charity rather than an honorable end. What …
Starring:
Shima Iwashita,
Tatsuya Nakadai,
Akira Ishihama
Plot:
samurai,
suicide,
poverty,
revenge,
seppuku,
one against many,
year 1630,
sword fight,
stabbed with a sword,
katana
...
#5
Up to You
Synopsis:
There is a man who has many sex slaves. Another man offers his wife as a sex slave to him and the slave owner agrees. He adds the man's wife to his stable. Alas, the husband comes to reverse his decision and takes his wife back. The reversal of the arrangement causes trauma.
Starring:
Katsuya Maiguma,
Mio Sugiyama,
Aika Yukihira
#6
The Boys
Synopsis:
A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.
Starring:
Laz Alonso,
Karl Urban,
Jessie T. Usher
#7
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
Synopsis:
An effervescent musical about one of the most unlikely couples seen on screen: two Otaku intent on hiding their nerdiness from their colleagues!
Starring:
Jiro Sato,
Mio Imada,
Mitsuki Takahata
#8
Suicide Squad
Synopsis:
From DC Comics comes the Suicide Squad, an antihero team of incarcerated supervillains who act as deniable assets for the United States government, undertaking high-risk black ops missions in exchange for commuted prison sentences.
Starring:
Jai Courtney,
Margot Robbie,
Will Smith
#9
Stray
Synopsis:
An orphaned teenager forms an unlikely friendship with a detective. Together they investigate her mother's murder, and uncover the supernatural force that proves to be a threat to her family.
Starring:
Miyavi,
Karen Fukuhara,
Christine Woods
Plot:
orphan,
japanese woman,
female detective,
supernatural power
...
#10
Murder Mystery
Synopsis:
On a long-awaited trip to Europe, a New York City cop and his hairdresser wife scramble to solve a baffling murder aboard a billionaire's yacht.
Starring:
Luke Evans,
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson,
Adam Sandler
Plot:
murder,
boat,
detective,
pokies,
hairdresser,
gun,
tattooed woman,
tattoo,
binoculars,
interrogation
...
#11
Mirai
Synopsis:
The movie follows a 4-year old boy who is struggling to cope with the arrival of a little sister in the family until things turn magical. A mysterious garden in the backyard of the boy's home becomes a gateway allowing the child to travel back in time and encounter his mother as a little girl and his great-grandfather as a young man. These fantasy-filled adventures allow the child to change his p…
Starring:
Koji Yakusho,
Moka Kamishiraishi,
Haru Kuroki
Plot:
time travel,
dog,
baby,
horse,
train,
tree,
sibling,
pet,
jealousy,
one word title
...
#12
In This Corner of the World
Synopsis:
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raid…
Starring:
Megumi Han,
Yoshimasa Hosoya,
Non
#13
Asura
Synopsis:
Abandoned in the barren wasteland of Kyoto, a savage, enraged orphan does whatever it takes to survive in the wild. When he crosses paths with civilization, he must learn to tame the beast within.
Starring:
Masako Nozawa,
Hiroaki Hirata,
Kinya Kitaoji
Plot:
brunette,
monk,
japanese girl,
japanese woman,
bridge,
foot bridge,
orphan,
anime,
rope bridge,
biting someone's neck
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