Japanese Noir Movies
- 1963
High and Low
High and Low8.31963HD
In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by...
- 1960
The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well7.71960HD
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled d...
- 1966
Tokyo Drifter
Tokyo Drifter7.11966HD
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo...
- 1964
Pale Flower
Pale Flower7.41964HD
A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young wo...
- 1957
I Am Waiting
I Am Waiting6.51957HD
A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.
- 1967
A Colt Is My Passport
A Colt Is My Passport71967HD
A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.
- 1960
Take Aim at the Police Van
Take Aim at the Police Van6.21960HD
A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.
- 1958
Rusty Knife
Rusty Knife5.91958HD
Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughin...
- 2008
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
The Most Beautiful Night In The World6.12008HD
Betrayed and disgraced, big-city reporter Kazuya Mizuno is banished to a desk at Kaname's boring little town newspaper. But Kaname isn't as boring as...
- 1964
Cruel Gun Story
Cruel Gun Story6.31964HD
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's...
- 1960
Intimidation
Intimidation7.11960HD
Koreyoshi Kurahara's ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a desperate bank manager, blackmailed for book-cooking, a...
- 1959
ゆがんだ月
ゆがんだ月01959HD
- 2021
OSARU-CHAN
OSARU-CHAN02021HD
When two brothers steal a valuable heirloom from an elderly Japanese woman, they unknowingly awaken her demigod son, Osaru, who does not take kindly t...
- 1963
Badge of the Night
Badge of the Night01963HD
A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose missing person search soon becomes a murder case. Nig...
- 2002
Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas
Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas62002HD
Film director and screenwriter Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017),who in the sixties was the great innovator of Japanese cinema; and his collaborator, art dir...