Movies: Machiko Kyō

  • 1950
    Rashomon

    Rashomon (1950)

    Rashomon

    8.11950HD

    Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human na...

    Rashomon
  • 1953
    Ugetsu

    Ugetsu (1953)

    Ugetsu

    7.91953HD

    In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysteriou...

    Ugetsu
  • 1953
    Gate of Hell

    Gate of Hell (1953)

    Gate of Hell

    7.11953HD

    Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married....

    Gate of Hell
  • 1959
    Floating Weeds

    Floating Weeds (1959)

    Floating Weeds

    7.51959HD

    When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake of Ozu's own silent film The Story of Floating Weeds (1934)....

    Floating Weeds
  • 1966
    The Face of Another

    The Face of Another (1966)

    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
  • 1957
    The Teahouse of the August Moon

    The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957)

    The Teahouse of the August Moon

    61957HD

    In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead....

    The Teahouse of the August Moon
  • 1956
    Street of Shame

    Street of Shame (1956)

    Street of Shame

    7.71956HD

    The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law....

    Street of Shame
  • 1959
    Odd Obsession

    Odd Obsession (1959)

    Odd Obsession

    6.21959HD

    A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the introduction of his daughter's lover to his wife....

    Odd Obsession
  • 1955
    Princess Yang Kwei Fei

    Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955)

    Princess Yang Kwei Fei

    6.71955HD

    In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working i...

    Princess Yang Kwei Fei
  • 1960
    The Wandering Princess

    The Wandering Princess (1960)

    The Wandering Princess

    6.71960HD

    Pu Zhe , the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, Pu Wen, marries Ryuko the daughter of a long-established aristocratic family - all in the interest of the Japanese rulers , which legitimizes the relationship between Japan and its Chinese pup...

    The Wandering Princess
  • 1953
    Brother and Sister

    Brother and Sister (1953)

    Brother and Sister

    6.61953HD

    The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill...

    Brother and Sister
  • 1962
    Black Lizard

    Black Lizard (1962)

    Black Lizard

    7.11962HD

    The cunning detective Akeichi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief known as Black Lizard....

    Black Lizard
  • 1954
    Aizen katsura

    Aizen katsura (1954)

    Aizen katsura

    01954HD

    1954 Japanese movie...

    Aizen katsura
  • 1953
    Kurohyō

    Kurohyō (1953)

    Kurohyō

    01953HD

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    Kurohyō
  • 1958
    Musume no boken

    Musume no boken (1958)

    Musume no boken

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    Musume no boken
  • 1951
    The Tale of Genji

    The Tale of Genji (1951)

    The Tale of Genji

    5.41951HD

    Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his heart is broken by Awaji does Genji realizes how much pain he himself has caused....

    The Tale of Genji
  • 1958
    Mother

    Mother (1958)

    Mother

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    Mother
  • 1958
    The Loyal 47 Ronin

    The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)

    The Loyal 47 Ronin

    61958HD

    Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the target of a merciless revenge....

    The Loyal 47 Ronin
  • 1960
    A Woman's Testament

    A Woman's Testament (1960)

    A Woman's Testament

    5.81960HD

    The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the second story, a beautiful young woman is employed by an unscrupulous real estate agent to convince ma...

    A Woman's Testament
  • 1949
    Hanakurabe tanuki-den

    Hanakurabe tanuki-den (1949)

    Hanakurabe tanuki-den

    01949HD

    Princess Oboro, the queen of the Tanuki palace and stubborn at heart, falls in love with coffeehouse worker Kurotaro at first sight....

    Hanakurabe tanuki-den