Japanese navy movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant japanese navy movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, exciting, serious, epic, suspenseful and tense films and TV shows about / with japanese navy, world war two, military, war, navy, sea, battles, soldier, ship and u.s. navy plots mostly in War, Drama and Action genres shot in USA, Japan, China and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as japanese navy: Yamato (2005), The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014), Midway (2019), Zipang (2004), The Pacific (2010), In Harm's Way (1965), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Midway (1976), Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Grave of the Fireflies (1988).
List of japanese navy movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to attack Pearl Harbour, an order he was duty bound to obey which went against his own personal beliefs. While this infamous attack is a low point in ...
Style:
touching
Plot:
world war two, fighter pilot, navy, japanese history, aviation, attack, air attack, newspaper reporter, war, aerial combats, tragic event, world war one ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
pearl harbor, japan, pacific ocean
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. The film was never released in ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, exciting, serious, touching
Plot:
world war two, navy, battleship, japanese history, military, war, battles, heroes, warship, lost love, first love, sea ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century, year 2005, 2000s ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The film mainly follows the famous 1597 Battle of Myeongryang during the Japanese invasion of Korea (1592-1598), where the iconic Joseon admiral Yi Sun-sin managed to destroy a total of 133 Japanese warships with only 13 ships remaining in his ...
Style:
epic, tense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
korean history, war, military, battleship, battles, heroic mission, human spirit, against the odds, warrior, sea battle, naval battle, ship ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
korea, south korea
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88K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The story of the soldiers and aviators who helped turn the tide of the Second World War during the iconic Battle of Midway in June 1942.
Style:
exciting, bleak, scary, sad, motivational ...
Plot:
world war two, sea battle, naval battle, aerial combat, aircraft carrier, warship, air battle, fighter plane, fighter pilot, navy, u.s. navy, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 1930s, year 1937, year 1941 ...
Place:
pearl harbor, pacific ocean, tokyo, washington d.c., hawaii ...
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147
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Zipang is a twenty-six episode Japanese anime television series directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi and produced by Studio Deen. It aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System in Japan from late 2004 to early 2005, and was licensed for release in North ...
Style:
anime, captivating, tense, disturbing, adult animation
Plot:
world war two, time travel, time traveler, navy, changing the past or future, military, time jump, naval battle, sent to the past, back in time, japanese navy, altering history ...
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115K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 530 min.
TV show
Story:
A 10-part mini-series from the creators of "Band of Brothers" telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.
Style:
serious, disturbing, suspenseful, emotional, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, war, battlefield, battles, squad, soldier, marines, american soldier, u.s. military, imperial japan, navy ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, 20th century
Place:
pacific ocean, japan, alabama, okinawa, asia ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
Style:
realistic, factual, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
war, world war two, naval battle, military, wartime, naval officer, father son relationship, adultery, u.s. navy, military life, suicide, marital infidelity ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, year 1942
Place:
pearl harbor, hawaii, san francisco, polynesia, pacific ocean
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had ...
Style:
epic, factual, talky, intense, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
world war two, war, u.s. navy, battles, fighter plane, aviation, military life, navy, military, air raid, airplane, state affairs ...
Time:
70s, 1940s, year 1941, 20th century
Place:
hawaii, japan, pearl harbor, washington d.c., asia ...
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20K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
Style:
realistic, factual, tense, intense, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, military, war, sea battle, u.s. navy, aviation, navy, fascism, ethnic conflict, prejudice, suspense, naval battle ...
Time:
70s, year 1942, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, hawaii, tokyo, germany, japan ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Style:
emotional, bleak, realistic, epic, disturbing ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
world war two, war, military, battles, survival, anti war, japanese history, japanese army, imperial japan, brutality, japanese military, violence ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century, year 2005, year 1945
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no ...
Style:
touching, anime, depressing, heartbreaking, dramatic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
world war two, hunger, war, orphan, homelessness, survival, siblings relations, desperation, bomb, death of child, anti war, childhood ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, post world war two
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese destroyer. He and the survivors had to make their way to an island, find food and shelter and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, john f. kennedy, ship, leadership, island, usa president, usa history, sea, president, fictional history, heroes ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
Place:
pacific ocean, oceania
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing host to a platoon from the Fleet Training Group. No sooner is the Isokaze on open water, however, then the FTG reveal themselves to be terrorist stowaways ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ship, terrorism, military, heroes, save the day, hijacking, soldier, confined, navy, national security, race against time, renegade ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo, korea, north korea
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Sgt. O'Farrell an Army soldier on an island in the South Pacific during World War II is trying to bring the two basics of life to his fellow servicemen, women and beer. The supply ship carrying the beer is torpedoed and the contingent of nurses ...
Plot:
world war two, sea, navy, sergeant, island, torpedo, nurse, japanese soldier, raft, rescue, beach, funeral ...
Place:
pacific ocean
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The crew of PT-73 get into trouble when they back the wrong horse in a race. Now they have to come up with a way to raise the money to pay off the winners.
Audience:
kids
Plot:
world war two, military, submarine, sea, u.s. navy, war, boat, gambling, beach, racehorse, sailor, frenchwoman ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
Place:
pacific ocean
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Genre: History, War
Country: China
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 1894 the Japanese Imperial Navy provokes the Chinese navy to test defenses. Some Chinese want to make concessions while others want to fight. When Japan invades, some naval officers put up a heroic resistance.
Plot:
naval battle, imperial japan, nationalism, battleship, propaganda, japanese navy
Time:
1890s, 19th century
Place:
japan, china
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront ...
Plot:
imperial japan, world war two, sea, russian empire, russian history, navy, emperor, japanese army, russian army, russian revolution, sea battle, admiral ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
japan, russia, tokyo, usa
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Set in World War II, the film depicts the story of the real-life Japanese battleship, the Yamato, which is confronted in the Pacific Ocean by giant monsters, including the most fearsome of them all, Reigo.
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, sea monster, military, sea, octopus, dinosaur, monster, suspense, battleship, father daughter relationship, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
japan
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and ...
Style:
dramatic, realistic, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, shark, warship, u.s. navy, ocean, survival, war, sea, military, submarine, rescue, disobeying orders ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
pacific ocean, san francisco, the philippines, washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army divisions to defend it at all costs. The mission quickly degenerates as vital resources and troops ...
Plot:
world war two, japanese army, military, u.s. navy, japanese military, japanese soldier, american soldier, young soldier, japanese navy, u.s. army, brutality, japanese history ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
okinawa japan, tokyo, japan, usa
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251K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of ...
Style:
exciting, serious, entertaining, futuristic, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
alien, alien invasion, military, u.s. navy, ship, battleship, evil alien, navy, alien encounter, battles, sea battle, space and aliens ...
Time:
future, year 2012, year 2005, year 2006, 2010s ...
Place:
hawaii, tokyo, new york, pacific ocean, london ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a planned third atomic bombing of Japan. Based on Harutoshi Fukui's novel Shuusen no Lorelei.
Style:
exciting, stylized, suspenseful, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, world war two, secret weapon, escapades, war, military, heroic mission, military life, chaos, battles, soldier, save the world ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, post world war two
Place:
japan, hiroshima japan, pacific ocean, asia
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
During World War II South Sea beachcomber Walter Eckland is persuaded to spy on planes passing over his island. He gets more than he bargained for as schoolteacher Catherine Frenau arrives on the run from the Japanese with her pupils in tow!
Style:
witty, feel good, humorous, sexy, sweet ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
island, world war two, stranded on an island, war, wartime, destiny, radio, imaginary friend, stranded, boat, holiday, school ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
san francisco, germany, pacific ocean
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Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
It's been six days since the attack on Pearl Harbor. Panic grips California, supposedly the next target of the Japanese forces. Everywhere in California, people are suffering from war nerves. Chaos erupts all over the state. An Army Air Corps ...
Style:
humorous, funny, satirical, not serious, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, submarine, satire, u.s. army, fighter pilot, paranoia, bomb, tank, war, soldier, military, wartime ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, 20th century
Place:
pearl harbor, los angeles, california, canada, japan ...
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338K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, emotional, epic, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
world war two, war, love, love triangle, military, airplane, love and romance, fighter pilot, aviation, navy, aerial combats, warship ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, post world war two, 20th century, year 1942 ...
Place:
hawaii, pearl harbor, japan, asia, tokyo ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
It is the early 1930s and the command of the Japanese Imperial Navy determines to construct the world's biggest and most formidable battleship, Yamato. One of the admirals, Yamamoto Isoroku, disagrees. He recruits the upstart and ...
Style:
captivating, touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
admiral, warship, conspiracy, political intrigue, government conspiracy, against the odds, political corruption, hi-tech, military, heroes, conspiracy theory, empire ...
Place:
japan
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