Japan
Onibaba (1964) IMDb WikiData NeoDB TMDB Douban
鬼婆
director: Kaneto Shindō actor: Nobuko Otowa / Jitsuko Yoshimura
other title: Onibaba - Le assassine / A Mulher Demónio
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.
Paprika (2006) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
パプリカ
8.6 (29 ratings) director: Satoshi Kon actor: Megumi Hayashibara / Tohru Emori
other title: Paprika - Sognando un sogno / Paprica
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.
Cloud (2024) IMDb TMDB WikiData
Cloud クラウド
director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa actor: Masaki Suda / Daiken Okudaira
other title: Cloud クラウド
Ryōsuke Yoshii, an ordinary reseller, carelessly earns grudges by people and becomes entangled in a life-threatening struggle.
War of the Ninja Monsters: Jaron vs Goura (2024) NeoDB TMDB IMDb
忍獣大戦記 蛇龍対號羅
director: Shinpei Hayashiya actor: Mizuho Yoshida / Keiki Hayashiya
other title: 忍獣大戦記 蛇龍対號羅
Two men, tired from work, visit the town of Chichibu to enjoy their favorite hobby - exploring caves. But little do they know, the town has been secretly protected by the descendants of the righteous Shinobi ninja since the Sengoku period. The two unlucky friends accidentally break a spell that awakens two colossal beasts, Jaron and Goura. The area’s rival clans manipulate them into a fierce battle, bringing chaos to the area. But a righteous female ninja steps up, wanting to stop the destruction and restore the seal. Can she defeat the evil ninjas that stand in her way before Chichibu is completely destroyed by two kaiju?
Sept. 22, 2025 watched
Not a lot of war, ninjas or monsters. A lot of tone shifts & grating comedy music.

Watched in the #MonsterMiru #WatchParty on miru.miyaku.media and Mastodon, after #Monsterdon's showing of 'The Angry Red Planet' (1959).
2020s Horror Japan Kaiju MonsterMiru
Ninja vs Shark (2023) IMDb WikiData
妖獣奇譚 ニンジャVSシャーク
director: Koichi Sakamoto actor: Kohshu Hirano / Shun Nishime
other title: 妖獣奇譚 ニンジャVSシャーク
In the Edo period, at the remote village of Okitsu, the evil cult leader Koushirou uses ninjutsu to bewitch sharks and forces them to attack local pearl divers so the cult can steal the pearls from their mangled corpses. Desperate for help, the village chief hires Kotaro Shiozaki, a guard at a nearby temple, but Kotaro soon finds his path blocked by lady ninja Kikuma and a gigantic shark that doesn't seem like something from this world.
July 26, 2025 watched
The thing you have to understand about 'Ninja vs Shark' is that for the first hour it's a low-budget but good, serious, dramatic samurai movie with betrayal, conflict, family drama, unrequited love, emotionally significant flashbacks, melodramatic villains, geysers of CGI blood, curses, giant sharks, magical ninjas, devil worship, zombies, sorcery, human sacrifice, decapitations, and homoerotic shape-shifting vampiric ninja weresharks... and only then does it get crazy. Absolutely unhinged!

Watched for #SharkWeek on BMovieBonanza https://piefed.social/post/1076908
2023 BMovieBonanza Horror Japan Ninja
The 47 Ronin (1941) TMDB
元禄 忠臣蔵
director: Kenji Mizoguchi actor: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki / Kan'emon Nakamura
other title: I 47 ronin ribelli / 47 Ronin
In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Lord Asano to commit suppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Lord Kira. Lord Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the dishonor of their Lord. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi asks the Shogun to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses his request and Oishi and forty-six ronin revenge their Lord.
The Final Piece (2025) IMDb TMDB
盤上の向日葵
director: Naoto Kumazawa actor: Kentaro Sakaguchi / Ken Watanabe
other title: 盤上の向日葵
Keisuke, a 10-year-old boy, living hard despite being abused by his father, finds a ray of light in the midst of his suffering and conflict ---- a shogi world where he fights quietly and passionately in his sharpened senses. Even though he gives up and tries to escape from the light, his passion for shogi continues to guide him thereafter. Eventually, he would learn the true meaning of life.
Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
ゴジラ ファイナルウォーズ
director: Ryuhei Kitamura actor: Masahiro Matsuoka / Rei Kikukawa
other title: Gojira - Final Wars / Godzilla: Final wars
Humanity finally rids themselves of Godzilla, imprisoning him in an icy tomb in the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay waste to Earth's cities. Overwhelmed, humanity is seemingly saved by a race of benevolent aliens known as Xiliens. But not all is what it seems with these bizarre visitors. If humanity wishes to survive, they must reluctantly resurrect their most hated enemy, Godzilla.
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) WikiData IMDb TMDB
ゴジラ・モスラ・キングギドラ大怪獣総進撃
director: Shusuke Kaneko actor: Chiharu Niiyama / Ryudo Uzaki
other title: Godzilla, Mothra e King Ghidorah - Assalto di mostri giganti / Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack
Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits within Godzilla that seek to destroy both the nation and its people for the suffering they inflicted in the Pacific conflict.
Aug. 11, 2025 watched
Great final battle... and then another final battle... and then another... and another... and another!

Seen in #Monsterdon #WatchParty
2000s Godzilla Japan Kaiju KingGhidorah