Japanese Folklore Movies
- 2013
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya8.0962013HD
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious...
- 2022
Ox-Head Village
Ox-Head Village5.62022HD
Having launched a social media prank about a haunted building, three girls suddenly vanish. Rumours circulate that they were victims of The Ox-Head...
- 2020
Howling Village
Howling Village5.82020HD
After her brother goes missing, a young psychologist visits an infamous haunted and cursed location known as ‘Howling Village’ to...
- 1965
Kwaidan
Kwaidan7.71965HD
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...
- 2021
Suicide Forest Village
Suicide Forest Village6.62021HD
One day a mysterious box arrived and a curse began to spread all over. The source of the box is 'Jukai Village'. The village is hidden in Jukai...
- 1968
Profound Desires of the Gods
Profound Desires of the Gods7.41968HD
Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori clan, to drill a well to power a sugar mill.
- 2012
Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress
Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress6.92012HD
Hamaji, a young huntress from the mountains, stumbles into the middle of a shogun’s vendetta against a group of human-dog hybrids, the...
- 1970
Bloat
Bloat01970HD
A military officer stationed in Turkey while his wife is vacationing in Japan with their kids. During the stay, their younger son almost drowns in a...
- 2020
The Memory Eraser
The Memory Eraser5.32020HD
Ryoichi Yoshimori is a university student. His girlfriend, Kyoko Sawada is a few years older but the pair don’t care as they are deeply in...
- 2013
The Burning Buddha Man
The Burning Buddha Man3.22013HD
There is a series of Buddha statue thefts in Kyoto. Beniko, a high school girl, gets the Buddha statue at her family's temple stolen and has her...
- 2018
Rokuroku: The Promise of the Witch
Rokuroku: The Promise of the Witch62018HD
A quiet woman receives a social media request from a middle-school friend, who she doesn’t remember fondly. The two meet at a hotel’s...
- 2016
The Virgin Soldier
The Virgin Soldier6.42016HD
Two soldiers, Daniel and Jerome, flee a war we don’t see and we know nothing about. Jerome is badly injured, he will die, he says it, he knows...
- 1988
Osomatsu-kun: Go For It! Chibita's Oni War
Osomatsu-kun: Go For It! Chibita's Oni War01988HD
Osomatsu-kun New Year's Special involving Chibita and the cast in a parody of several fairy tales, the most prominent being Momotarou and Cinderella.
- 2021
The Giants
The Giants8.32021HD
We follow the epic lives of sumo legends who made it from humble beginnings in Hawaii, to becoming the first foreigners to rise to the highest ranks...
- 2023
Ukabu
Ukabu02023HD
The town where Yui lives was once surrounded by a dense forest. The forest has a legend of people being spirited away by the Tengu inhabited there....
- 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...
- 1993
Bells of Waiting
Bells of Waiting4.21993HD
"Bells of Waiting" - a horror short by Glenn McClanan - tells the eerie tale of Vanessa, a young professional who goes to her ex-boyfriend's...
- 1933
Motion Picture: The Kitsune vs. the Tanukis
Motion Picture: The Kitsune vs. the Tanukis7.41933HD
A farmer walking in the woods is frightened away by a shapeshifting fox, who then disguises himself as a samurai and makes his way to a temple,...
- 2014
Usagi Yojimbo: The Last Request
Usagi Yojimbo: The Last Request02014HD
Lintika Films has recently made a proof of concept short film that they are shopping around Hollywood. It is a combination of 2D and 3D stop-motion...
- 1898
化け地蔵
化け地蔵01898HD
One of the two earliest horror films ever made. This film is presumed lost.