Gekidô no Shôwa-shi: Okinawa kessen (AKA: Battle of Okinawa)

IMDB: 6.9/10

Told from the Japanese perspective, this war drama captures the events of World War II's Battle of Okinawa - a massive amphibious assault by U.S. troops that left more than 150,000 Japanese civilians dead.

Bitka na Neretvi (AKA: The Battle of Neretva)

IMDB: 7.0/10

World War II drama about the 1943 battle around the Neretva River between Axis forces and Yugoslav partisan units.

Anita (1973)

IMDB: 5.1/10

Anita, a young woman with a troubled childhood and a hunger for love, finds a soul mate in Erik, a kindly college student.

Oshi samurai: Kiichi Hôgan (AKA: Mute Samurai)

IMDB: 8.6/10

A masterful bounty hunter wanders Japan seeking the Spanish swordsman who killed his parents and scarred him as a child, forsaking a normal life.

Night of Dark Shadows

IMDB: 5.4/10

A painter and his wife move into a home and find themselves plagued by ghosts and spirits of his ancestors that used to be witches.

Zhui bu (AKA: Manhunt)

IMDB: 5.2/10

Accused of heinous crimes he didn't commit, a prosecutor sets out on a mission to clear his name.

Koroshiya 1 (AKA: Ichi the Killer)

IMDB: 7.0/10

As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving.

Mushukunin Mikogami no Jôkichi: Kiba wa hikisaita (AKA: Trail of Blood)

IMDB: 6.6/10

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his fat...