Ocean Waves (1993), Tokyo Story (1953), The Makioka Sisters (1983), Black Rain (1989), Tokyo Story (1953), Double Suicide (1969) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Osaka, Japan movies.
Storyline: The arrival of a pretty transfer student from Tokyo sets in motion a change in the relationship between two best friends.
Plot Keywords: student, teacher, young girl, young boy, lover, friend, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Elderly couple Shukishi and Tomi Hirayama live in the small coastal village of Onomichi, Japan with their youngest daughter, schoolteacher Kyoko Hirayama. Their other three surviving adult children, who they have not seen in quite some time, live either in Tokyo or Osaka. As such, Shukishi and Tomi make the unilateral decision to have an extended visit in Tokyo with their children, pediatrician Koichi Hirayama and beautician Shige Kaneko, and their respective families (which includes two grandchildren). In transit, they make an unexpected stop in Osaka and stay with their other son, Keiso Hirayama. All of their children treat the visit more as an obligation than a want, each trying to figure out what to do with their parents while they continue on with their own daily lives. At one point, they even decide to ship their parents off to an inexpensive resort at Atami Hot Springs rather than spend time with them. The only offspring who makes a concerted effort on this trip is Noriko ...
Plot Keywords: father, mother, doctor, hairdresser, daughter-in-law, soldier, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.—L.H. Wong <as9401k56@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg>
Plot Keywords: sister, wife, rebel, bank employee, accountant, daughter, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. In Japan, however, he manages to escape. As they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game the Japanese way.
Plot Keywords: police officer, partner, gangster, guide, bartender, thrilling, cool ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An elderly Japanese couple (Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama) visit their busy children but are not treated with respect.
Plot Keywords: father, mother, doctor, hairdresser, daughter-in-law, soldier, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei (Kirchiemon Nakamura) knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu (Shima Iwashita), he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, even foregoing other customers while Jihei schemes to somehow buy her freedom. His efforts yield ruinous consequences for his business and his family life, and Koharu is meanwhile purchased by another client.
Plot Keywords: business owner, courtesan, wife, father-in-law, intense, passionate, disheartening ...
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