1980s Japanese Movies
The 40 most popular 1980s japanese movies on Flickfolio, ranked by popularity. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

Modori River
1983 · 2h 17m
country: Japan
The story of Takeha, a free-spirited genius poet who lived through Taisho Romanticism, and the women who gave themselves over to his ambitions.

Morning Moon Is Cruel
1981 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
A small-time gofer gets his dream car while running hush money for his boss's counterfeit empire, picks up a jilted singer at the airport along the way, and ends up the last man standing in everyone's love life but his own.

Door
1988 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Yasuko, a housewife, lives in an urban high-rise apartment with her husband Satoru and her son Takuto. Annoyed by spam calls and door-to-door salesmen, Yasuko slams the door on a salesman’s hand when he tries to squeeze a flyer through the apartment's chained front door. He leaves, but the next day, her nightmare starts.

My Neighbor Totoro
1988 · 1h 26m
country: Japan
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.

On the Beach
1985 · 1h 7m
country: Japan
In a summer in Shonan village, Sumiko is the daughter of an important upper-class Shikishima family, she loves to paint pictures, is going through a cooling-off of an arranged marriage that did not work out. However, she feels attraction for Nishina a rough and obscene man ... On the other hand, the younger sister, Naomi Sumiko is envious of her sister for her beauty. Naomi feels ugly since all men seem to like Sumiko. Both sisters then become embroiled in a major problem in discovering the real intentions of Nishina, a man who hides behind a mask to rape women.

Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment
1985 · 43m
country: Japan
Masked thugs torture an innocent woman in increasingly brutal ways.

Kiki's Delivery Service
1989 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

Nun in Rope Hell
1984 · 1h 9m
country: Japan
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.

Akira
1988 · 2h 4m
country: Japan
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

Warriors of the Wind
1984 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.

Powerless King
1981 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Set in the neon heartbeat of Yokohama, this film ignites an outrageously erotic 17-hour odyssey of desire that unleashes from a lazy Sunday afternoon to a feverish Monday dawn. A sultry fertile female college student meets a band of insatiable young men, sparking a frenzy of scintillating passion that blurs every sexual boundary. Every moment throbs with wild, uninhibited lust—a dizzying climax of youthful ardor and raw, intense, unfettered ecstasy. This cinematic explosion catapults desire into an endless flight of erotic fantasy, transforming ordinary encounters into a delirious, sensual inferno.

Castle in the Sky
1986 · 2h 5m
country: Japan
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

Dirty Pilgrimage to the West: Broken Volume
1988 · 1h
country: Japan
With Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing, the monk Tripitaka continues his journey in search of the scriptures. King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn are waiting for Tripitaka's body and Goku's semen. Goku is lured into a mysterious sensual trap, and Tripitaka is kidnapped and falls into the hands of King Golden Horn.. Part 2 of a trilogy.

Lucky Sky Diamond
1989 · 58m
country: Japan
At the clinic where her boyfriend Katayama, a young genius doctor, is the director, Yoko, a young girl who continues to suffer from eerie nightmares every day, is not getting better despite the care of her sister Sakurako and Katayama's treatment. Sakurako, the sister, is suspicious of Yoko's condition and confronts Katayama, who tells her that she suffers from a serious mental disorder and that the only way to cure it is to have brain surgery. Yoko, despite being persuaded by her sister and Katayama, agrees to the surgery, although she is skeptical...

Ran
1985 · 2h 40m
country: Japan
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.

Uniform Virgin Pain
1981 · 1h 3m
country: Japan
After school two virginal high school girls, Mari and Emi, decide to visit a disco club in the red light district. While Mari is dancing to the beat Emi is picked up by two men and sexually assaulted. The next day the two men try to force Emi into prostitution. When Mari finds out what happened to her best friend she burns with revenge… and conceals a razor.

Shin mibôjin geshuku: Sanshoku soi netsuki
1987 · 1h 1m
country: Japan
No overview available

Guinea Pig Part 2: Flower of Flesh and Blood
1985 · 42m
country: Japan
A woman kidnapped in the dead of night awakens in a grisly dungeon, where her deranged assailant prepares her body for a morbid ritual.

Guinea Pig: Mermaid in the Manhole
1988 · 58m
country: Japan
An artist dealing with the grief of his wife leaving him finds solace in painting the squalor of the sewer. He discovers a trapped mermaid, whom he brings home to heal. Her condition worsens, and she asks the artist to paint her before she dies.

Beauty in Rope Hell
1983 · 1h 17m
country: Japan
A mailman becomes obsessed with a pretty, young wife. He captures the woman, tortures her and keeps her in his basement dungeon where she becomes his private sex toy.

Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
1980 · 2h 18m
country: Japan
Two men and a woman plan to steal 1.5 Billion yen.

Wet Kimono
1983 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
In the early Showa period, a young woman named Asako drifts into a certain red light district. She appears in a white dress, straw hat, and white parasol, which is out of place in this area, but what kind of past does she have, and what are her feelings as she drifts there?

Cherry Blossoms
1989 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
A story about love triangle between mother and daughter relation...

The Rape
1982 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Yahagi Michiko is accosted and raped walking home one evening. From there she maneuvers the logistics of the police, hospital, and criminal justice system while balancing her home life including romantic relationships.

Elder Sister's Diary
1984 · 1h 6m
country: Japan
Hayashi Taro is still a high school student, but lives in Tokyo with Yuko, who works at a no-pan coffee shop. Shigeya Yoshida, an architectural designer in Yokohama, likes June and goes to hotels. Yoshida's wife, Hideyo, notices the existence of June and is very jealous. In addition, Hideyo had a younger brother named Kiyoshi, who had feelings similar to love for his sister. When June and Shigeya were dating Shonan at night, Hayashi Taro attacked Shigeya....

The Unspoiled Diamond
1982 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
A college student has an affair with a married, middle-aged teacher.

Female Teacher: Dirty Afternoon
1981 · 1h 6m
country: Japan
A teacher, Sakiko Kurata, receives a phone call regarding one of her former students. Young Sueko is accused of being a prostitute and has requested Sakiko’s help. This minx seduces random strangers for sex, but does not ask for payment. Sakiko has moved to another town and barely remembers Sueko, but there’s something about her that awakens painful memories of her own secretive past. What is that strange paint thinner smell on Sueko? Who is the man in the nylon ski mask that violently assaulted Sakiko many years ago? In her search for answers, Sakiko discovers that her past may have inadvertently destroyed another family’s future.

Bondage: Whip and Rope
1984 · 1h 4m
country: Japan
Ryoichi, a fugitive, stays at Cape Hotel. Two women were at the hotel. That night, a woman's sudden scream is heard. Looking out, he sees a naked woman bound with ropes, tied to a wheelchair, passing right before his eyes. SM bondage lesbian scenes unfold in the hotel night.

Female Teacher Hunting
1982 · 1h 6m
country: Japan
Frustrated by claims that he raped a fellow student, Daisuke drops out of high school before a verdict is reached, lashing out at Shimako, a sympathetic teacher who believes he should stay and prove his innocence. Though Daisuke flees to a remote seaside town, their paths seem destined to cross again, threatening to reopen fresh wounds before they can heal.

Tetsuo: The Iron Man
1989 · 1h 7m
country: Japan
A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair dispose of the corpse in hopes of quietly moving on with their lives. However, the businessman soon finds that he is now plagued by a vicious curse that transforms his flesh into iron.

Shin mibôjin geshuku hatsu hiraki hatsu ire
1981 · 1h 3m
country: Japan
No overview available

Guinea Pig Part 4: Devil Doctor Woman
1986 · 48m
country: Japan
A doctor conducts experiments on patients which end up in anguish!

Angel's Egg
1985 · 1h 11m
country: Japan
In the ruins of a strange city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms. She bonds with a boy who is searching for a bird he saw in a dream.

Story of White Coat: Indecent Acts
1984 · 56m
country: Japan
A trainee has dream is to become a nurse and live a comfortable life. But that dream turns into a nightmare when she becomes the object of obsession for the sex crazed son of a major shareholder at the hospital where she works. When he is admitted to the hospital with alcohol poisoning, no nurse is safe! Will she escape his clutches or will she finally succumb to his amorous appetite?

Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone
1989 · 41m
country: Japan
In order to wish for immortality and avenge his father, Garlic Jr. collects the dragon balls, kidnapping Goku's son Gohan in the process. Goku, Kami, Piccolo, and Krillin unite to rescue Gohan and save the world from being sucked into a dead zone.

Beautiful Sisters: Flesh Slaves
1986 · 1h 10m
country: Japan
A man on the run from the police takes two sisters hostage in their dental office apartment. He makes himself at home sexually abusing them and getting food service. But the sisters are resilient and quietly develop a plan for revenge.

Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies
1986 · 50m
country: Japan
The great King Gurumes is searching for the Dragon Balls in order to put a stop to his endless hunger. A young girl named Pansy who lives in the nearby village has had enough of the treachery and decides to seek Muten Rōshi for assistance. Can our heroes save the village and put a stop to the Gurumes Army?

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983 · 2h 4m
country: Japan
Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.

The Key
1983 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
No overview available

Campus Special Investigator Hikaruon
1987 · 29m
country: Japan
Hikaru Shihoudo is Hikaruon, a metal super hero fighting the forces of the evil organization known as Urael. Disguised as a transfer student, he must investigate a series of strange suicides in town.