Japanese Family Movies
- 1986
The Karate Kid Part II
The Karate Kid Part II6.2911986HD
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...
- 1999
My Neighbors the Yamadas
My Neighbors the Yamadas71999HD
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...
- 1959
Good Morning
Good Morning7.71959HD
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells...
- 1978
Empire of Passion
Empire of Passion71978HD
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.
- 1968
Profound Desires of the Gods
Profound Desires of the Gods7.4421968HD
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.
- 1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Daughters, Wives and a Mother7.11960HD
Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former...
- 1944
Army
Army7.21944HD
Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstanding military tradition.
- 1983
The Family Game
The Family Game6.7831983HD
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...
- 1959
Odd Obsession
Odd Obsession6.3281959HD
A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the...
- 2014
Climbing to Spring
Climbing to Spring7.22014HD
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...
- 2019
When a Tree Falls
When a Tree Falls02019HD
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...
- 1988
Father
Father51988HD
A middle-aged man's family loses patience with him as he struggles with his seemingly directionless life.
- 1998
Soft Skin
Soft Skin6.91998HD
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...
- 2009
Hotel Chelsea
Hotel Chelsea02009HD
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...
- 2021
SORA
SORA02021HD
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...
- 2024
Make-Believers
Make-Believers02024HD
Masa hires rental actress and aspiring dancer, Kanako, to pose as his fiancée to impress his estranged, terminally-ill father. But as his...
- 1897
Repas en famille
Repas en famille5.31897HD
A Japanese family having tea.
- 2020
Vending Machine
Vending Machine02020HD
A young Japanese boy searches for a mysterious vending machine after the passing of his parents.
- 2024
Anata no Omitori
Anata no Omitori02024HD
A son films his elderly mother as she cares for his ailing father on his deathbed.