Hoshi wo tsugu mono (1990) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB

ほしをつぐもの

director: Kazuo Komizu actor: Takeshi Kitano / Kunie Tanaka …

other title: ほしをつぐもの

An old man falls into a coma and dreams about his childhood during WWII.

Oshin (2013) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB

おしん

director: Shin Togashi actor: Kokone Hamada / Aya Ueto …

other title: おしん

A young girl named Oshin is sent to work for another family, because of her own family's financial condition. Nevertheless, the young girl lives strongly.

The Last Judgment (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb

最後の審判

director: Hiromichi Horikawa actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Chikage Awashima …

other title: 最後の審判

Driven by greed and a desire for his cousin's wife, Jiro orchestrates a complex frame-up to have his cousin arrested for murder.

Secret Agent 101 (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb

神火101 殺しの用心棒

director: Teruo Ishii actor: Muga Takewaki / Jeanette Lin Tsui …

other title: 神火101 殺しの用心棒

Japan-Hong Kong co-production.

Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin (1996) [Movie] TMDB

サラリーマン専科 単身赴任

director: Yuzo Asahara actor: Yuji Miyake / Yoshiko Tanaka …

other title: サラリーマン専科 単身赴任

Based on the long running manga of the same name by Sadao Shouji.

O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo (1966) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData

Atout cœur à Tokyo pour OSS 117

director: Michel Boisrond actor: Frederick Stafford / Marina Vlady …

other title: OSS 117, a Tokio si muore / OSS 117 - Teufelstanz in Tokio …

After an American Navy base is annihilated by a secret weapon, Agent OSS 117 is sent to Japan to investigate the organization that's claiming responsibility, and threatening the US with another attack, if they don't pay.

The Insect Woman (1963) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData

にっぽん昆虫記

director: Shōhei Imamura actor: Sachiko Hidari / Tomio Aoki …

other title: Cronache entomologiche del Giappone / A Mulher Inseto …

A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with this metaphor, introduces the life of Tome, who keeps trying to change her poor life.