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Asian Movies i want to watch

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  • I Was Born, But... (1932)

    1. I Was Born, But...

    19321h 30mNot Rated91Metascore
    7.8 (6.5K)
    Two young brothers throw a tantrum when they discover that their father isn't the most important man in his workplace.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsTatsuo SaitôTomio AokiMitsuko Yoshikawa
  • A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)

    2. A Story of Floating Weeds

    19341h 26mNot Rated
    7.6 (3.7K)
    A kabuki actor's mistress hatches a jealous plot to bring down her lover's son.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsTakeshi SakamotoChôko IidaKôji Mitsui
  • An Inn in Tokyo (1935)

    3. An Inn in Tokyo

    19351h 19m
    7.4 (1.8K)
    Unemployed Kihachi and his two sons struggle to make ends meet. But that doesn't keep Kihachi from wooing single mother Otaka.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsTakeshi SakamotoYoshiko OkadaChôko Iida
  • Robô no ishi (1938)

    4. Robô no ishi

    19381h 59m
    6.9 (18)
    The turn-of-the-century story, based on a newspaper serial, concerns a young boy who is forced into labor by his drunkard father. He later resorts to theft to support himself before finally being rescued by a sensitive teacher.
    DirectorTomotaka TasakaStarsAkihiko KatayamaReizaburô YamamotoHisako Takihana
  • The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)

    5. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

    19392h 28mNot Rated
    7.8 (4.7K)
    The adopted son of a legendary actor, and an aspiring star himself, turns to his infant brother's wet nurse for support and affection - only for her to give up everything for her beloved's glory.
    DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsShôtarô HanayagiKôkichi TakadaRyôtarô Kawanami
  • Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947)

    6. Record of a Tenement Gentleman

    19471h 12m
    7.7 (2.4K)
    In postwar Japan, an abandoned boy nobody wants to take care of grows a relationship with a cynical middle-aged woman.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChôko IidaHôhi AokiEitarô Ozawa
  • Spring in a Small Town (1948)

    7. Spring in a Small Town

    19481h 38m
    7.3 (3.6K)
    A lonely housewife finds her monotonous life altered when her childhood sweetheart returns to town.
    DirectorMu FeiStarsChaoming CuiWei LiYu Shi
  • Setsuko Hara and Chishû Ryû in Late Spring (1949)

    8. Late Spring

    19491h 50mNot Rated93Metascore
    8.2 (21K)
    Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûSetsuko HaraYumeji Tsukioka
  • Early Summer (1951)

    9. Early Summer

    19512h 5mNot Rated94Metascore
    8.0 (10K)
    A family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsSetsuko HaraChishû RyûChikage Awashima
  • Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, and Kinuyo Tanaka in Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

    10. Sansho the Bailiff

    19542h 4mNot Rated96Metascore
    8.3 (19K)
    In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.
    DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsKinuyo TanakaYoshiaki HanayagiKyôko Kagawa
  • Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, and Yôko Minamida in A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)

    11. A Story from Chikamatsu

    19541h 42mNot Rated
    8.0 (5.2K)
    Ishun is a wealthy but unsympathetic master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out.
    DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsKazuo HasegawaKyôko KagawaYôko Minamida
  • Taira Clan Saga (1955)

    12. Taira Clan Saga

    19551h 48m
    7.3 (1.1K)
    After his father is not rewarded for his military achievements, Taira Kiyomori rebels against the court and the monks who rule the country. He also falls in love with Tokiko and discovers unsettling revelations about his parentage.
    DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsNarutoshi HayashiRaizô IchikawaTatsuya Ishiguro
  • Equinox Flower (1958)

    13. Equinox Flower

    19581h 58m83Metascore
    7.8 (5.2K)
    A businessman clashes with his elder daughter over her choice of a husband.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsShin SaburiKinuyo TanakaIneko Arima
  • Conflagration (1958)

    14. Conflagration

    19581h 39m
    7.1 (1K)
    Follows Mizoguchi, an aspiring Buddhist monk who became involved in the temple that was owned by his father. Through a series of flashbacks, framed as a police interrogation, Mizoguchi unravels the story of his obsession with the temple beginning with his childhood.
    DirectorKon IchikawaStarsRaizô IchikawaGanjirô NakamuraTatsuya Nakadai
  • Night and Fog in Japan (1960)

    15. Night and Fog in Japan

    19601h 47m
    6.8 (914)
    Long takes and a highly theatrical visual approach combine to form a tense and confrontational look at the decline of a socialist student activists' movement in Japan.
    DirectorNagisa ÔshimaStarsMiyuki KuwanoFumio WatanabeMasahiko Tsugawa
  • Setsuko Hara, Mariko Okada, Keiji Sada, and Yôko Tsukasa in Late Autumn (1960)

    16. Late Autumn

    19602h 8mNot Rated
    7.9 (6.5K)
    A widow tries to marry off her daughter with the help of her late husband's three friends.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsSetsuko HaraYôko TsukasaMariko Okada
  • The Cloud-Capped Star (1960)

    17. The Cloud-Capped Star

    19602h 6mNot Rated
    7.8 (3.5K)
    A selfless young woman (Supriya Choudhury) sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family.
    DirectorRitwik GhatakStarsSupriya ChoudhuryAnil ChatterjeeGyanesh Mukherjee
  • The House Is Black (1963)

    18. The House Is Black

    196320mShort
    7.8 (5.9K)
    Set in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes "ugliness", of which there is much in the world as stated in the opening scenes, with religion and gratitude.
    DirectorForugh FarrokhzadStarsForugh FarrokhzadEbrahim GolestanHossein Mansouri
  • Charulata (1964)

    19. Charulata

    19641h 57mNot Rated
    8.1 (7.6K)
    The lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.
    DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeMadhavi MukherjeeShailen Mukherjee
  • The Pornographers (1966)

    20. The Pornographers

    19662hNot Rated
    7.2 (2.6K)
    While avoiding the mob and local authorities, a world-weary pornographer finds being a family man the most difficult as he wrestles with his own desires and afflictions.
    DirectorShôhei ImamuraStarsShôichi OzawaSumiko SakamotoKeiko Sagawa
  • Death by Hanging (1968)

    21. Death by Hanging

    19681h 57mNot Rated
    7.5 (3.6K)
    A Korean man is sentenced to death by hanging, but he survives the execution. For the following two hours, his executioners try to work out how to handle the situation in this black farce.
    DirectorNagisa ÔshimaStarsKei SatôDo-yun YuFumio Watanabe
  • Soumitra Chatterjee, Simi Garewal, and Sharmila Tagore in Days and Nights in the Forest (1970)

    22. Days and Nights in the Forest

    19701h 55m
    8.1 (3.1K)
    Four carefree, jaded middle-class bachelors from Calcutta head out for a holiday in the wilderness. Before long, each man undergoes their own journey of self-discovery.
    DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSharmila TagoreKaberi BoseSimi Garewal
  • Distant Thunder (1973)

    23. Distant Thunder

    19731h 41mNot Rated
    7.9 (1.8K)
    As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation while his generous wife Ananga conversely tries to help and support the community.
    DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeBobitaSandhya Roy
  • A River Called Titas (1973)

    24. A River Called Titas

    19732h 39mNot Rated
    7.2 (1.4K)
    After their wedding night, a fisherman's young wife is kidnapped on the Titas River in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh.
    DirectorRitwik GhatakStarsRosy SamadKabori SarwarRawshan Zamil
  • The Sealed Soil (1977)

    25. The Sealed Soil

    19771h 30m
    7.1 (157)
    A young woman in pre-revolution Iran is caught between the traditional values of her small village and her own yearnings for independence and individuality. Her persistent refusal of marriage proposals coupled with her unseemly removal of her hood causes her family to seek the help of an exorcist, convinced she must be possessed by evil spirits.
    DirectorMarva NabiliStarFlora Shabaviz

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