Japanese Family Movies

  • 1986
    The Karate Kid Part II

    The Karate Kid Part II

    The Karate Kid Part II

    6.2911986HD

    Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-year exile. There he must confront Yukie, the love...

    The Karate Kid Part II
  • 1999
    My Neighbors the Yamadas

    My Neighbors the Yamadas

    My Neighbors the Yamadas

    71999HD

    The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that...

    My Neighbors the Yamadas
  • 1959
    Good Morning

    Good Morning

    Good Morning

    7.71959HD

    A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells...

    Good Morning
  • 1978
    Empire of Passion

    Empire of Passion

    Empire of Passion

    71978HD

    In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.

    Empire of Passion
  • 1968
    Profound Desires of the Gods

    Profound Desires of the Gods

    Profound Desires of the Gods

    7.4421968HD

    Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori clan, to drill a well to power a sugar mill.

    Profound Desires of the Gods
  • 1960
    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    7.11960HD

    Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former...

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother
  • 1944
    Army

    Army

    Army

    7.21944HD

    Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstanding military tradition.

    Army
  • 1983
    The Family Game

    The Family Game

    The Family Game

    6.7831983HD

    A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a...

    The Family Game
  • 1959
    Odd Obsession

    Odd Obsession

    Odd Obsession

    6.3281959HD

    A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the...

    Odd Obsession
  • 2014
    Climbing to Spring

    Climbing to Spring

    Climbing to Spring

    7.22014HD

    Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their...

    Climbing to Spring
  • 2019
    When a Tree Falls

    When a Tree Falls

    When a Tree Falls

    02019HD

    A young couple is devastated when their son is killed by a falling tree during a windstorm. As the distraught father begins to look for answers into...

    When a Tree Falls
  • 1988
    Father

    Father

    Father

    51988HD

    A middle-aged man's family loses patience with him as he struggles with his seemingly directionless life.

    Father
  • 1998
    Soft Skin

    Soft Skin

    Soft Skin

    6.91998HD

    Minako, a Tokyo housewife, is depressed that everyone has an active life outside the home except her. Taking her inspiration from TV reports of a...

    Soft Skin
  • 2009
    Hotel Chelsea

    Hotel Chelsea

    Hotel Chelsea

    02009HD

    A Japanese couple honeymoon at the Chelsea Hotel in New York. That night the wife finds her husband's dead body and a video tape of the brutal...

    Hotel Chelsea
  • 2021
    SORA

    SORA

    SORA

    02021HD

    Sora and Umi (both played by Lee Tae-kyung) who were born to a Japanese father and a Korean mother and raised in South Korea. Sora now lives in...

    SORA
  • 2024
    Make-Believers

    Make-Believers

    Make-Believers

    02024HD

    Masa hires rental actress and aspiring dancer, Kanako, to pose as his fiancée to impress his estranged, terminally-ill father. But as his...

    Make-Believers
  • 1897
    Repas en famille

    Repas en famille

    Repas en famille

    5.31897HD

    A Japanese family having tea.

    Repas en famille
  • 2020
    Vending Machine

    Vending Machine

    Vending Machine

    02020HD

    A young Japanese boy searches for a mysterious vending machine after the passing of his parents.

    Vending Machine
  • 2024
    Anata no Omitori

    Anata no Omitori

    Anata no Omitori

    02024HD

    A son films his elderly mother as she cares for his ailing father on his deathbed.

    Anata no Omitori