Memoirs of a Geisha

2005-12-06

japan, sibling relationship, prostitute, mentor, brothel, world war ii, geisha, secret love, japanese culture, loss of virginity, period drama, kimono, sumo, kyoto japan, 1920s, 1940s, 1930s, student mentor relationship, loss of sister, loss of parents

In This Corner of the World

2016-11-12

husband wife relationship, world war ii, hiroshima, japan, family relationships, japanese culture, based on manga, seinen, japanese history, 1940s, anime, 1930s

The Cricket

1980-04-18

prostitute, parent child relationship, brothel, maid

Sisters of the Gion

1936-10-15

japan, sibling relationship, lover, geisha, kyoto japan

The Insect Woman

1963-11-16

buddhism, japan, prostitute, adultery, confession, parent child relationship, brothel, commune, pregnancy, greed, cynicism, independent film, family relationships, poverty, prostitution, lust, freeze frame, incest, starvation, prostitution ring, 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1910s, 1930s, serf, spanning generations, breastfeeding, abusive stepfather, false virginity

Tombstone of the Fireflies

2008-07-05

japan, sibling relationship, based on novel or book, world war ii, remake, guerra mondiale

Lady Maiko

2014-09-13

geisha, coming of age, kyoto japan

Nobody Knows

2004-08-07

japan, sibling relationship, loss of loved one, season, tokyo, japan, kids on their own

Life, Above All

2010-05-19

loss of loved one, parent child relationship, coffin, school, poverty, prostitution

Cry for Happy

1961-03-03

navy, geisha

Letters from Iwo Jima

2006-12-19

world war ii, cave, dying and death, iwo jima, pacific theater, japanese army, imperial japan, 1940s

In the Realm of the Senses

1976-05-15

pornography, jealousy, brothel, passion, longing, geisha, deceived wife, based on a true story, prostitution, 1930s

Kokoda

2006-04-25

japan, world war ii, soldier, new guinea

The Sun

2005-10-08

world war ii, biography, japanese surrender, 1940s, general douglas macarthur, history of japan, japanese emperor, hirohito

The Vicious Kind

2009-01-17

love triangle, sibling relationship, prostitute, adultery, parent child relationship, infidelity, cheating, small town, self-destruction, virgin, naivety, orgasm, insomnia, marriage, love, dysfunctional family, betrayal, dark comedy, independent film, family relationships, loss of virginity, unfaithfulness, masturbation

Tokyo Twilight

1957-04-30

sibling relationship, daughter, post war japan

The Barbarian and the Geisha

1958-09-30

geisha, consul, japanese history, 19th century

Fallen Blossoms

1938-02-02

period drama, historical drama

Her Brother

1960-11-01

sibling relationship, tradition, 1920s, religious stepmother, rascal brother

The Geisha

1983-09-10

geisha

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970-01-26

japan, hawaii, world war ii, pearl harbor, u.s. navy, soldier, japanese army, imperial japan, 1940s

Brideshead Revisited

2008-07-25

venice, italy, sibling relationship, england, based on novel or book, parent child relationship, new love, morocco, artist, castle, studies, innocence, loss, alcoholism, oxford, best friend, university, catholicism, nobility, oxford university, 1920s, dominant mother

Map of the Human Heart

1993-04-22

world war ii, inuit, arctic, interracial romance, tuberculosis, snowmobile, 1940s, cartographer, 1930s

Street of Shame

1956-03-18

prostitute, based on novel or book, desperation, brothel, despair, tokyo, japan, poverty, post war japan, shame

My Sister

1944-01-01

world war ii, music, social commentary, siblings

Woman of Rumor

1954-06-20

suicide attempt, kyoto japan

Iyobinte Pusthakam

2014-11-07

witch, parent child relationship, writing, world war ii, communist, british empire, deception, slave, period drama, master

The Story of a Geisha

1977-08-27

Hearth Fires

1972-05-24

sibling relationship, single parent, parent child relationship

The Unknown Woman

2011-02-04

parent child relationship, world war ii, homefront, working women

Not Scared to Die

1973-01-12

japan, china, martial arts, world war ii, japanese occupation

Morning for the Osone Family

1946-02-21

japan, politics, post world war ii

The Only Son

1936-09-15

parent child relationship, tokyo, japan, 1930s

Love Street

2002-02-13

We'll Be Seeing Us Again

1974-01-01

vietnam

A mentor

mentor

Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire

2004-05-26

japan, samurai, miniseries, edo period, feudal japan

Tea with Mussolini

1999-03-25

italy, hotel, loss of loved one, ambassador, world war ii, widow, female friendship, florence, italy, benito mussolini, independent film, expatriate, 1940s, 1930s

Rocco and His Brothers

1960-10-06

sibling relationship, prostitute, parent child relationship, milan, boxer, work, widow, love, murder, working class, illegal prostitution, matriarch

花の特攻隊　あゝ戦友よ

1970-05-16

world war ii

Fires on the Plain

1959-11-03

world war ii, philippines, cannibal, japanese army, 1940s

The Wind Rises

2013-07-20

japan, flying, world war ii, earthquake, airplane, biography, great depression, love, tuberculosis, anime, ghibli

My Geisha

1962-03-09

geisha

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

1941-03-01

sibling relationship, post war japan, yoshikawa

Once Before I Die

1966-12-01

infidelity, world war ii, invasion, philippines, loss of virginity

Shayô

2009-06-13

Impossible to Imagine

2019-03-23

japan, identity, biracial, kyoto japan

Purple Butterfly

2003-07-04

resistance, world war ii, shanghai, china, japanese occupation, 1940s

My So-Called Father

2014-09-19

parent child relationship, family relationships, memory loss, swedish

The Virgin and the Tough Guy

1974-06-01

loss of virginity

Paradise Road

1997-02-11

prison, world war ii, prisoner of war, island, singapore, indonesia, 1940s

The Resistance

2011-11-10

assassination, assassin, resistance, world war ii, nazi, protection, history, revenge, ninja, soldier, genocide, occupation, 1930s

Hitler: A Career

1977-07-08

world war ii, nazi, biography, media manipulation, nazism, 1920s, 1940s, nazi propaganda, 1930s, eve of world war ii, republic of weimar

Midway

1976-06-18

world war ii, u.s. navy, battle of midway, soldier, american, pacific theater, 1940s

Come See the Paradise

1990-08-17

new york city, world war ii, forbidden love, love, interracial marriage, 1940s

MacArthur's Children

1984-06-23

japan, post world war ii

The War Between Us

1995-12-10

world war ii, woman director, japanese canadian

Kanche

2015-10-23

Pride

1998-05-23

japan, world war ii, prime minister, pearl harbor, hiroshima, japan, trial, military tribunal, post world war ii

I Turn to You

2015-03-01

sibling relationship, parent child relationship

The Secret Life of Geisha

1999-01-01

japan, woman director

Grave of the Fireflies

1988-04-16

sibling relationship, hunger, world war ii, shelter, wartime, anime, orphan siblings, children in wartime

Charlotte Gray

2001-12-17

france, loss of loved one, resistance, world war ii, nazi, escape, woman director

Atonement

2007-09-07

sibling relationship, nurse, loss of loved one, based on novel or book, flirt, new love, wind, world war ii, lie, letter, twist, mistake, innocence, author, redemption, summer, dunkirk, london blitz, sepsis

Her Sister's Keeper

2006-11-26

sibling relationship, loss of loved one, sister

Saijo katagi

1959-04-15

shop, family business , marriage, family relationships, kyoto

Danseuses japonaises

1898-02-06

Biloxi Blues

1988-03-25

mississippi river, homophobia, world war ii, boot camp, based on play or musical, loss of virginity, basic training, semi autobiographical, 1940s, barracks, drill sergeant

The Man Who Planted Trees

1987-05-13

france, shepherd, world war ii, world war i, village, forest, widower, deforestation, reforestation, 1940s, 1930s

After This Our Exile

2006-10-15

loss of loved one, parent child relationship, husband wife relationship, leaving one's family

Act of Love

1953-12-17

suicide, prostitution

Battle Stations

1956-02-01

world war ii

Albert & Hermann Goering

2016-01-10

world war ii, nazi, biography, docudrama, nazism, anti-nazi, 1920s, 1940s, 1930s, brother brother relationship

Lore

2012-08-02

germany, sibling relationship, world war ii, nazi, woman director, nazism, 1940s, mother daughter relationship, children in wartime, nazi war criminal, german family

JAPAN, Our Homeland

2007-04-07

anime

A Time of Destiny

1988-04-22

italy, san diego, california, world war ii, based on opera, 1940s

Kyoto

1970-09-16

Nagasaki Butterfly

1972-03-18

Japan's War In Colour

2003-12-31

japan, world war ii

Pretty Baby

1978-04-05

prostitute, photographer, brothel, virgin, new orleans, louisiana, photography, young prostitute, loss of virginity, brothel madam, child prostitution, early 1900s

Don't Worry, I'm Fine

2006-09-06

love triangle, france, sibling relationship, loss of loved one, parent child relationship, lie, leaving one's family, normandy, france, postcard, anorexia, twins, family

Matsuchiyo - Life of a Geisha

2018-10-05

geisha, atami

Canopy

2013-09-08

world war ii, singapore, jungle, imperial japan, 1940s, very little dialogue

okaasan (mom)

2019-10-30

japan, mother daughter relationship, female filmmaker, short