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Japanese historical drama films
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The list Japanese historical drama films includes
Marie Antoinette, Throne of Blood, The Wind Rises, Grave of the Fireflies and The Floating Castle.
The list consists of 38 members.
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Marie Antoinette
2006 film directed by Sofia Coppola
Overview: Marie Antoinette is a 2006 historical drama film written, directed, and produced by Sofia Coppola. Based on the 2001 biography Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser, the film covers the life ...
Release date: 24 May 2006Genre: Biography, Drama, HistoryDirector: Sofia CoppolaProducer: Francis Ford Coppola, Sofia CoppolaWriter: Sofia CoppolaThe retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 14 to her reign as queen at 19 ...
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125 Years Memory
2015 Japanese film directed by Mitsutoshi Tanaka
Overview: 125 Years Memory (海難１８９０, Kainan 1890) is a 2015 drama film directed by Mitsutoshi Tanaka starring Seiyo Uchino, Kenan Ece and Shioli Kutsuna. Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between ...
Release date: 5 December 2015Genre: HistoryDirector: Mitsutoshi TanakaProducer: Kazuhito Amano, Emrah GamsizogluWriter: Eriko KomatsuTwo historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected: The sinking of the Turkish frigate Ertugrul off the Japanese ... 0
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The Wind Rises
2013 Japanese animated film
Overview: The Wind Rises (Japanese: 風立ちぬ, Hepburn: Kaze Tachinu, lit. 'The Wind Has Risen') is a 2013 Japanese animated historical drama film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Studio Ghibli ...
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, War, History, RomanceDirector: Hayao MiyazakiCast: Hideaki Anno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto, Masahiko Nishimura, Steve Alpert, Mansai NomuraProducer: Naoya Fujimaki, Ryoichi FukuyamaWriter: Hayao MiyazakiA look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II. 0
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Throne of Blood
1957 Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa
Overview: Throne of Blood (Japanese: 蜘蛛巣城, Hepburn: Kumonosu-jō, lit. 'The Spider Web Castle') is a 1957 Japanese jidaigeki film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special ...Release date: 15 January 1957Genre: War, Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, ActionDirector: Akira KurosawaProducer: Akira Kurosawa, Sojiro MotokiWriter: Hideo Oguni, Shinobu HashimotoA ruthlessly ambitious lord, egged on by his wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become Emperor. 0
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Harakiri
1962 Japanese jidaigeki film
Overview: Harakiri (切腹, Seppuku) is a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. The story takes place between 1619 and 1630 during the Edo period and the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. It tells ...Release date: 16 September 1962Genre: DramaDirector: Masaki KobayashiCast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentarô Mikuni, Shima Iwashita, Akira Ishihama, Shichisaburo Amatsu, Yoshirô AokiProducer: Shinobu Hashimoto, Yasuhiko Takiguchi 0
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Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005 historical drama film
Overview: Good Night, and Good Luck (stylized as good night, and good luck.) is a 2005 historical drama film about American television news directed by George Clooney, with the movie starring David Strathairn, ...
Release date: 1 September 2005Genre: Drama, History, BiographyDirector: George ClooneyProducer: Marc Butan, Ben CosgroveWriter: George Clooney, Grant HeslovBroadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy. 0
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Yojimbo
1961 film by Akira Kurosawa
Overview: Yojimbo (Japanese: 用心棒, Hepburn: Yōjinbō, lit. Bodyguard) is a 1961 Japanese samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa, who also co-wrote the screenplay and was one of the producers. The film stars Toshiro ...Release date: 25 April 1961Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime, Comedy, ActionDirector: Akira KurosawaProducer: Ryûzô Kikushima, Akira KurosawaWriter: Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô KikushimaA crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town. 0
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Grave of the Fireflies
1988 Japanese animated film directed by Isao Takahata
Overview: Grave of the Fireflies (Japanese: 火垂るの墓, Hepburn: Hotaru no Haka) is a 1988 Japanese animated historical war drama film written and directed by Isao Takahata, and produced by Studio Ghibli. It is based ...
Release date: 16 April 1988Genre: Drama, War, AnimationDirector: Isao TakahataCast: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Kôzô Hashida, Masayo SakaiProducer: Joey Goubeaud, Toru HaraWriter: Akiyuki Nosaka, Isao TakahataA young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II. 0
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The Floating Castle
2012 Japanese film
Overview: The Floating Castle (のぼうの城, Nobō no Shiro) is a 2012 Japanese historical-drama film directed by Shinji Higuchi and Isshin Inudo, starring Mansai Nomura, and adapts Ryō Wada's novel (2007) of the same name ...Genre: Drama, HistoryDirector: Shinji Higuchi, Isshin InudôProducer: Kazuya Hamana, Osamu KubotaWriter: Ryô Wada 0
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Kagemusha
1980 film directed by Akira Kurosawa
Overview: Kagemusha (影武者, Shadow Warrior) is a 1980 epic jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is set in the Sengoku period of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class criminal who is taught ...
Release date: 23 April 1980Genre: Drama, History, WarDirector: Akira KurosawaCast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Hideji Ōtaki, Daisuke RyûProducer: Audie Bock, Francis Ford CoppolaWriter: Masato Ide, Akira KurosawaA petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up ... 0
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Assassination
1964 film
Overview: Assassination (暗殺, Ansatsu), also known as The Assassin, is a 1964 film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. 0
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Godzilla Minus One
2023 film by Takashi Yamazaki
Overview: Godzilla Minus One (Japanese: ゴジラ-1.0（マイナスワン）, Hepburn: Gojira Mainasu Wan) is a 2023 Japanese epic kaiju film written, directed, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki. It is the 37th film in the ...
Director: Takashi YamazakiCast: Minami Hamabe, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Sakura Andô, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Munetaka AokiWriter: Takashi YamazakiPost war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb. 0
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Emperor
2012 film by Peter Webber
Overview: Emperor is a 2012 American-Japanese historical drama film directed by Peter Webber. Tommy Lee Jones and Matthew Fox star in lead roles as General Douglas MacArthur and Brigadier General Bonner Fellers ...
Release date: 8 March 2013Genre: Drama, History, WarDirector: Peter WebberProducer: Yasushi Akutagawa, Tim CoddingtonWriter: Vera Blasi, David KlassAs the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ... 0
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Ichimei
2011 film by Takashi Miike
Overview: Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (一命, Ichimei) is a 2011 Japanese 3D jidaigeki drama film directed by Takashi Miike. It was produced by Jeremy Thomas and Toshiaki Nakazawa, who previously teamed with Miike ...Release date: 1 May 2011Genre: DramaDirector: Takashi MiikeProducer: Toshiaki Nakazawa, Jeremy ThomasWriter: Kikumi Yamagishi, Yasuhiko TakiguchiAn tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense ... 0
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Qui êtes-vous, Monsieur Sorge?
1961 film by Yves Ciampi
Overview: Who Are You, Mr. Sorge? is a 1961 French–Japanese drama film directed by Yves Ciampi. The original French-language name is Qui êtes-vous, Monsieur Sorge? 0
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Akai tsuki
2004 Japanese film
Overview: Akai Tsuki (Japanese: 赤い月, transl. "red moon") is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. It is set in Manchukuo during World War II. 0
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Gishiki
1971 film by Nagisa Ōshima
Overview: The Ceremony (儀式, Gishiki) is a 1971 Japanese drama film directed by Nagisa Ōshima, starring Kenzo Kawarasaki and Atsuko Kaku. The film takes place in post-war Japan, following a family clan through their ...Release date: 18 May 1971Genre: Comedy, DramaDirector: Nagisa ÔshimaProducer: Mamoru Sasaki, Tsutomu Tamura 0
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Wife of a Spy
2020 film
Overview: Wife of a Spy (Japanese: スパイの妻, Hepburn: Supai no tsuma) is a 2020 Japanese spy drama film directed and co-written by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Starring Yū Aoi and Issey Takahashi, the film is set in Japan during ...
Director: Kiyoshi KurosawaProducer: Tamon Kondô, Hideyuki OkamotoWriter: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Kiyoshi KurosawaA Japanese merchant who leaves his wife behind in order to travel to Manchuria, where he witnesses an act of barbarism. His subsequent actions cause m ... 0
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Persona Non Grata
2015 Japanese film
Overview: Persona Non Grata (杉原千畝 スギハラチウネ, Sugihara Chiune) is a 2015 Japanese biographical drama film directed by Cellin Gluck. It depicts the life of Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara who was appointed a vice ...Genre: Adventure, Biography, History, WarDirector: Cellin GluckCast: Toshiaki Karasawa, Koyuki, Borys Szyc, Agnieszka Grochowska, Fumiyo Kohinata, Cezary LukaszewiczProducer: Malgorzata Fogel-Gabrys, Katarzyna Fukacz-CebulaWriter: Tetsurô Kamata, Hiromichi MatsuoAgainst his country's orders, a Japanese diplomat issues visas to refugees, saving over 6,000 Jewish lives at the outbreak of World War II. 0
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Giovanni's Island
2014 Japanese animated film
Overview: Giovanni's Island (ジョバンニの島, Joban'ni no Shima) is a 2014 Japanese animated historical drama film directed by Mizuho Nishikubo and produced by Production I.G and co-produced and presented by the Japan ...Release date: 22 February 2014Genre: Animation, Drama, History, RomanceDirector: Toshihiko NishikuboProducer: Fuminori Honda, Mitsuhisa IshikawaWriter: Shigemichi Sugita, Wendee LeeA dramatic yet heart-warming story of cross-cultural friendship among children in the aftermath of WWII, presented by Tokyo-based award-winning animation ... 0
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