Misako Watanabe Movies
- 1965
Kwaidan
Kwaidan7.7041965HD
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...
- 2013
The Great Passage
The Great Passage7.1322013HD
Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, The Great...
- 2016
Midnight Diner 2
Midnight Diner 27.22016HD
The Master’s late-night diner welcomes a woman troubled by funeral fans, an elderly scam victim, and a noodle delivery man struggling with love.
- 1960
Take Aim at the Police Van
Take Aim at the Police Van61960HD
A sharpshooter kills two prisoners in a police van at night. The guard on the van is suspended for six months; he's Tamon, an upright, modest man. He...
- 1963
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai6.9781963HD
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and...
- 2007
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad72007HD
Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya,...
- 1963
Youth of the Beast
Youth of the Beast6.8471963HD
When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.
- 1962
Being Two Isn't Easy
Being Two Isn't Easy6.81962HD
The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well as that of his parents.
- 2012
Bread of Happiness
Bread of Happiness6.72012HD
A couple decide to relocate from Tokyo to the northern island of Hokkaido where they settle and establish a bakery and café called Mani. One...
- 2000
Face
Face6.32000HD
Awkward and withdrawn, Masako kills her sister in an explosion of pent-up humiliation and rage that sends her tumbling into fugitive life.
- 1990
Tsugumi
Tsugumi61990HD
Tsugumi, who lives in a small seaside town, has been in delicate health from birth. Her parents spoiled her and she is rough and selfish. However, a...
- 1965
With Beauty and Sorrow
With Beauty and Sorrow5.51965HD
When the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager--and then wrote a bestselling novel about it--reappears in her life, her pupil--and...
- 1959
Kikenna onna
Kikenna onna01959HD
Based on the Seichō Matsumoto's story The Woman Who Took the Local Paper.
- 1956
Hungry Soul, Part II
Hungry Soul, Part II6.41956HD
A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a...
- 1965
Samurai Spy
Samurai Spy6.5581965HD
Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a...
- 2009
Bare Essence of Life
Bare Essence of Life62009HD
Youjin is a quirky young man living in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Yojin has a difficult time sitting still and can't focus on extended conversations....
- 2020
THE LAST GOZE
THE LAST GOZE02020HD
A "Goze" is a blind entertainer who travels to various places singing stories while playing the shamisen (Japanese three-stringed lute). Becoming a...
- 1977
Lullaby to Kill
Lullaby to Kill6.4621977HD
Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old...
- 1995
The Abe Clan
The Abe Clan71995HD
A Choice between Loyalty or Duty of the Samurai! Can the heartlessness of society crush the honor of an individual? In the spring of the 18th year of...
- 2018
The Antique
The Antique5.82018HD
Job-hunting Daisuke heads to the Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia in Kita-Kamakura with a book signed by Natsume Soseki that his deceased grandmother left...