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1. The Grandmaster (2013)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ziyi Zhang, Jin Zhang, Chang Chen
Votes: 36,840 | Gross: $6.59M
2. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (I) (1959)
Not Rated | 208 min | Drama, History, War
A Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Chikage Awashima, Ineko Arima
Votes: 9,398
3. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
Not Rated | 190 min | Drama, History, War
His ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Tamao Nakamura, Yûsuke Kawazu
Votes: 7,355
4. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (II) (1959)
Not Rated | 181 min | Drama, History, War
As a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Kokinji Katsura, Jun Tatara
Votes: 7,525
5. Dragon Seed (1944)
Passed | 148 min | Drama, History, War
The lives of a small Chinese village are turned upside down when the Japanese invade it, and a heroic young woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against these invaders.
Directors: Harold S. Bucquet, Jack Conway | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon, Akim Tamiroff
Votes: 1,342
6. China (1943)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, War
During the Japanese invasion of China, a cynical, macho profiteer meets a compassionate, beautiful schoolteacher.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Loretta Young, Alan Ladd, William Bendix, Philip Ahn
Votes: 639
7. Cold Steel (2011)
101 min | Action
Set in the era of Japan's invasion of China during World War Two, an ordinary hunter joins the army to be a sniper.
Director: David Wu | Stars: Victor Chen, Mingxiang Guo, Mickey He, Peter Ho
Votes: 119
8. The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)
TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here to become U.S. citizens.
Directors: Ric Burns, Li-Shin Yu | Stars: Hoon Lee, Mae Ngai, Jean Pfaelzer, David Lei
Votes: 104
9. Samurai (1945)
Passed | 78 min | Drama, War
A young Japanese-American orphan in California is taken in by a priest who is actually a Japanese secret agent and a samurai warrior. Due to the samurai's training, the boy murders his ... See full summary »
Director: Raymond Cannon | Stars: Paul Fung, Luke Chan, David Chow, Barbara Wooddell
Votes: 36
10. The March of Time: The Refugee - Today and Tomorrow (1938)
Approved | 21 min | Documentary, Short, War
The film opens with the Japanese atrocities in war-torn China, than switches to Spanish refugees fleeing to other lands. The bulk of the film deals with the fugitives from Nazi Germany. The... See full summary »
Director: Frank P. Donovan | Star: Westbrook Van Voorhis
12.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Banzai! Japan 1931-1942
(1973)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
The rise of the Japanese Empire, the Sino-Japanese War, the Soviet-Japanese border conflicts, Pearl Harbor, and the early Japanese successes in the Battle of Malaya and Battle of Singapore.
Stars: Laurence Olivier, Tomohiko Ushiba, Kôichi Kido, Lewis Bush
Votes: 465
13.
World War Weird (2017– )
Episode:
Episode #2.5
(2018)
Documentary, History, War
In 1940, Japan launch an attack on a Chinese city - but they are not dropping bombs. Swarms of fleas descend and the city is infected with the bubonic plague.
Director: Mike Ibeji | Stars: Martin K.A. Morgan, Guy Walters, Dominic Selwood, Alexandra Churchill
14.
MrBallen (2020– )
Episode:
The bravest kid in America
(2021)
15 min | Documentary
Jack Lucas joined the Marines at age fourteen using forged identification. Learning of this the Corps assigned him state side duties but he managed to stowaway on a troop ship headed for ... See full summary »
Star: John B. Allen
15.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Hirohito's War
TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, History, War
Japanese tradition made him a god, but Japanese law made him Commander in Chief of the Japanese Armed Forces. Never tried for war crimes or even interrogated, Hirohito was an enigmatic ... See full summary »
Stars: Charlton Heston, Herbert Bix, Edward Drea, Frank Gibney
16.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Mao's Secrets
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
The roots of China's conflict with Taiwan go back to WWII. While the Allied and Axis powers battled for control of Europe, China's Chiang Kai-Shek and his US-backed State Police fought a ... See full summary »
Stars: Charlton Heston, Michael Schaller, Frederic Wakeman, William F. Dorrill
17.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
The Gathering Storm
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
The activities of nations after World War I that lead to World War II.
Stars: Robert Powell, Adolf Hitler, Paul von Hindenburg, Kai-Shek Chiang
Votes: 409
18.
A Day in History (2021– )
Episode:
The Unspeakable Things that Happened in Unit 731
(2023)
17 min | Documentary, History
An overview of the unpleasant activities of Japan's Unit 731 during World War Two in China ostensibly to develop chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction.
Star: Lain Heringman
19.
How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode:
The Men Who Gave the Orders
(2023)
Documentary, History, War
Explore the men in charge whose rampant egos and misguided belief in their own abilities led to their country making fatal mistakes in the war.
Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Tim Benbow, Russell A. Hart, Alexander Henry, Giuseppe Finaldi
20.
How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode:
The Best Laid Plans
(2023)
Documentary, History, War
Explore how the seeds of Japan's defeat in 1945 were sown a decade earlier with the occupation of Manchuria in China.
Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Rana Mitter, Sandra Wilson, Yuma Totani, Guy Walters
21.
How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode:
Conquering Heroes
(2023)
Documentary, History, War
Explore how the Axis Powers' ruthless, brutal occupation and exploitation of other countries contributed to their demise.
Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Alexander Henry, Sandra Wilson, Ken Kotani, Gregg Huff
22.
Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode:
Guerrilla Warfare
(2022)
52 min | Documentary, History, War
Looking at how Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Josip Broz Tito and Võ Nguyên Giáp used Guerrilla Warfare to overcome a militarily superior enemy.
Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Eric Y. Shibuya, Eric Gomez, James Rogers, William Leogrande
23.
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Episode:
The Rising Road (1933-1939)
(2014)
TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History
FDR's pre-WWII presidency. The New Deal renews America. FDR's unprecedented popularity, the conservative opposition and Huey Long's populism. FDR warns isolationists of Hitler. Eleanor's platonic friendship with Lorena Hickok.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, William Leuchtenburg, George F. Will, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Votes: 155
24.
Nazi Mega Weapons (2013– )
Episode:
America's War: Japan's Warrior Code
(2019)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, War
The battle for Saipan is the ultimate test for Japan's greatest weapon: the warrior mindset.
Director: Ross Young | Stars: Tony Pollard, James Holland, Martin K.A. Morgan, Mike Pavelec
Votes: 25