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Godzilla Minus One

8.5

Post-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. (Source: IMDb)

Gochisosan

7.9

In the food themed drama, Uno Meiko is the daughter of parents who run a western style restaurant in Tokyo. She marries and moves to Osaka with her husband. Meiko experiences cultural differences between Tokyo and Osaka,…

Umechan Sensei

7.9

The story is set in the devastated area of Kamata, Tokyo, in 1945 just after the end of the war. Horikita plays Shimomura Umeko, the youngest of 3 siblings whose father is a doctor at a university hospital. Compared…

The Outsider

7.2

An epic set in post-WWII Japan and centered on an American former G.I. who joins the yakuza. 1952 Japan a former American Army Captain Nick Lowell is in an Osaka prison where he saves Kiyoshi, a yakuza, from being hung…

Umi ni Nemuru Diamond

8.3

A grand tale of love, friendship, and family spanning 70 years, set between the coal industry boom in Hashima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, from 1955 and modern-day Tokyo. The story weaves together the bonds of family,…

Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color

8.0

In post-war Japan, traumatised survivors must fight off a giant, devastating monster in this meticulously decolourised version of "Godzilla Mins One" (Source: Netflix)

Castella

7.3

Masashi is a 5th-grade student in elementary school. His family consists of his father, Masato; his mother, Kiyoko; younger brother, Shigeri; younger sister, Reiko; and his grandmother, En. His father, Masato, works…

Auntie Duohe

8.0

A young Japanese woman lives with a Chinese family in the aftermath of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

The Brave Victory

During a time of war, a man joins the Communist party and starts on a road to revolution. In the year 1946 when the Nationalists and the Communists were engaging each other's forces in Dongbei, bandits have become a…

Keisei Saimin no Otoko - Matsunaga Yasuzaemon

6.0

Matsunaga Yasuzaemon was a man called “Electricity Monster”. The post-war recovery and high economic growth serve as the basis for him to achieve the breakup and privatisation of the electricity business. As a follower…

Keisei Saimin no Otoko - Kobayashi Ichizou

6.0

Second of a 3-part series of biographical dramas to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the establishment of NHK, this series documents the life of railway tycoon Kobayashi Ichizou, who established the famous all-women's…

Umechan Sensei: Kekkon Dekinai Otoko to Onna Special

Hikaru Hekiga

2.0

Follows Sone Kikuo as he develops the gastroscopy in post-WWII Japan.

Okinawa no Tami

A semi-documentary depiction of the people of Okinawa who fought bravely during their military occupation. Adapted from a novel written by Ishino Keiichiro (石野径一郎).