200 1980s Japanese Films for 2026

In the aftermath of the Second World War, the denizens of a small Japanese fishing village struggle with defeat, cultural change, and the arrival of American troops.

A mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all challenges and plan for an ultimate revenge match.

After a woman is framed for the murder of her fisherman husband, she seeks out a bloody revenge on the corrupt businessmen responsible.

A woman gets caught by the wife of her lover which results in a stabbing. Feeling guilty she runs away and joins a nunnery. But she soon discovers that several nuns and a well known author have turned the place into their own personal S&M playground.

A story of a shopkeeper and his ex-wife, lives full of tragedy.

After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.

A photographer for a weekly magazine becomes obsessed with Nami, a woman he first saw getting brutally raped in an underground porn video. After tracking her down, he begins an affair with her, initially unaware that she is also in an abusive relationship with Muraki, the man responsible for the video that started it all.

くの一は名器の持ち主！ソープ嬢に変身して男を悩殺！現代の大都会で猿飛佐助が巨額の埋蔵金を探し回るという奇想天外のSFポルノ。戦国時代、大坂夏の陣で真田幸村と共に討死したはずの十勇士の一人猿飛佐助は埋蔵金の隠し場所を示す密書をもって江戸へ行く途中、敵方服部半蔵の手下くノ一・陽炎と大地震に遭遇してタイムスリップ！そして現代の東京に迷い込んでしまう。陽炎はソープ嬢となり、佐助は服部半蔵の子孫・鳶子に引取られる。鳶子は佐助の密書を見たが意味の解読ができない。陽炎は霧隠才蔵の子孫で芸能社の留蔵にスカウトされることになる。しかも、そのタレント事務所には失くした密書の半分がある。その２枚の密書を合わせると埋蔵金の隠し場所が判明するのだが・・・。
A.D. 1615, Osaka Castle, Japan. Yukimura Sanada, the lord of Sanada clan knew Toyotomi would be defeated by Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa. He consigned a secret encrypted document to the legendary Ninja hero Sasuke Sarutobi. If decrypted, the document would tell the hidden location of buried treasure box owned by Toyotomi clan. Sasuke dashed to Edo, but he was shadowed by a female enemy Ninja, Kagero, who reports to Hanzo Hattori. During their close combat, earthquake attacked the combat zone. Two Ninjas were involved into time slip. And A.D.1984, Sasuke's quest for the hidden treasure begins. Tobiko, the modern clever female Tokyo University student....Is she Sasuke's hostile or friendly?

A young theatre actress fights for her uncertain career while having to confront the personal sacrifices that will arise from it.