Japanese Family Movies
- 1986
The Karate Kid Part II
The Karate Kid Part II6.2831986HD
After discovering that his father is at death's door, Mr. Miyagi sets out to Japan, to see him with Daniel. Upon arriving, Miyagi must confront an...
- 1999
My Neighbors the Yamadas
My Neighbors the Yamadas7.0111999HD
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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 1959
Odd Obsession
Odd Obsession6.21959HD
A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the...
- 1968
Profound Desires of the Gods
Profound Desires of the Gods7.41968HD
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.
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 1983
The Family Game
The Family Game6.71983HD
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1988
Father
Father51988HD
A middle-aged man's family loses patience with him as he struggles with his seemingly directionless life.
- 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.