Japanese soldier movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant japanese soldier movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, serious, realistic, tense, suspense and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with japanese soldier, soldier, world war two, military, world war, war, battles, life is a bitch, japanese army and wartime life plots mostly in War, Drama and History genres shot in Japan, China, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as japanese soldier: Caterpillar (2010), The Eight Hundred (2020), Oba: The Last Samurai (2011), The Battle of Okinawa (1971), The Pacific (2010), Fires on the Plain (2014), On Wings of Eagles (2016), The Railway Man (2013), The Last Bullet (1995), For Those We Love (2007).

List of japanese soldier movies

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Caterpillar (2010)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story: During the Second Sino-Japanese War, in 1940, Lieutenant Kurokawa returns home as a honored and decorated soldier but deprived of his arms and legs lost in battle. All hopes, from the villagers and women to close family members, turn to Shigeko, the ...
Style: sincere, serious, emotional, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: japanese soldier, quadriplegic, world war two, family problems, disability, life is a bitch, marital abuse, state affairs, soldier, military, family in crisis, political unrest ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: japan, china
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The Eight Hundred (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 149 min.
Story: In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.
Style: bleak, suspense, suspenseful
Audience: adult
Plot: chinese history, sino japanese war, japanese soldier, world war two, chinese army, siege, military, warehouse, military life, war, blood, military officer ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1937
Place: shanghai, china
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Oba: The Last Samurai (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In 1944, the American military lands on the shores of Saipan. Refusing to commit suicide with his superiors or be forced into camps for prisoners of war, Captain Oba Sakae leads a group of his men and other similarly minded local residents into the ...
Style: tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, disturbing
Plot: world war two, military, honor, world war, soldier, battles, japanese army, commander, fight, heroic mission, wartime, war ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, year 1944
Place: japan, pacific ocean, oceania
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The Battle of Okinawa (1971)
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, japanese military, military, u.s. navy, japanese soldier, japanese navy, pacific war, young soldier, american soldier, u.s. army, brutality ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945
Place: okinawa japan, japan, usa, tokyo
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The Pacific (2010)
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, emotional, suspenseful, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, battlefield, war, battles, marines, soldier, combat, squad, american soldier, pacific war, imperial japan ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, 2010s, 20th century
Place: pacific ocean, japan, alabama, okinawa, asia ...
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Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Cambodia
Duration: 173 min.
Story: Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide, stay alive whatever happens, the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in ...
Style: stylized, crying, beautiful, weird
Plot: japanese soldier, world war two, wilderness survival, hunting, realism, world war, river, moon landing, biopic, shootout, photography, jungle ...
Time: year 1973, year 1976, year 1969, year 1950, 70s ...
Place: the philippines
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Fires on the Plain (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In the final days of World War II, occupying Japanese forces in the Philippines face resistance from the local population and the American offensive. The dwindling Japanese soldiers attempt to survive through the horrors of war.
Style: psychological, tense, realistic, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot: world war two, survival, japanese soldier, military life, danger, isolation, confined, escapades, rivalry, asian prostitute, anti war, humanity ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: the philippines
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On Wings of Eagles (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport, War
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Eric Liddell - China's first gold medalist and one of Scotland's greatest athletes - returns to war-torn China.
Style: captivating, tense, thought provoking, suspense, christian film
Plot: japanese occupation of china, japanese occupation, world war two, japanese soldier, race, pow, world war, social problems, life is a bitch, historical character, historical figure, athlete's life ...
Place: china
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The Railway Man (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Switzerland, UK, Australia
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.
Style: intense, emotional, captivating, inspirational, romantic ...
Plot: world war two, war, torture, autobiography, biopic, prison, life is a bitch, human spirit, wartime life, haunted by the past, revenge, captivity ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1942
Place: burma, england, asia, thailand
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The Last Bullet (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Tijdens de laatste dagen van de Tweede Wereldoorlog wordt op het eiland Borneo een Australische legereenheid bijna geheel uitgemoord door een enkele Japanse Soldaat, Ichiro Yamamura (Koji Tamaki). Hij zit zo vol haat omdat hij zijn vrouw en kinderen ...
Plot: jungle warfare, world war two, sniper, landmine, minefield, photograph, little girl, father daughter relationship, soldier, wound, jungle, japanese soldier ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, 90s
Place: borneo, pacific ocean
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For Those We Love (2007)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story: In 1943, as Japan's WWII effort falters, a vice-admiral proposes training squadrons of "volunteer" flyers to crash their armed planes into Allied warships. Yarn follows the lives of kamikaze pilots, as remembered by an aging Kyushu ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating
Plot: aviator, fighter pilot, world war two, military, kamikaze, japanese military, world war, military training, air battle, japanese soldier, battles, heroism ...
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The Battleship Island (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min.
Story: During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island (‘Hashima Island’) to mine for coal, attempt to escape.
Style: tense, realistic, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: japanese soldier, mine, world war two, escape, rescue, betrayal, torture, father daughter relationship, freedom, soldier, colony, escapades ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, year 1944
Place: japan, east asia, asia
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I'll Remember April (1999)
Genre: Drama, Family, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Four young boys find a shipwrecked Japanese sailor during World War II and struggle with the decision to save him.
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, melancholic, touching ...
Audience: kids
Plot: japanese soldier, world war two, wartime life, coming of age, soldier, boy, friendship between boys, military, friends, racism, world war, youth ...
Place: usa, california, hawaii
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Yamato (2005)
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: realistic, captivating, serious, exciting, touching
Plot: world war two, navy, battleship, warship, kamikaze, military, war, battles, heroes, danger, japanese history, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2005, year 1945 ...
Place: japan
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City of Life and Death (2009)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 132 min.
Story: City of Life and Death takes place in 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Imperial Japanese Army has just captured the then-capital of the Republic of China, Nanjing. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the ...
Style: disturbing, rough, bleak, black and white, tense ...
Plot: world war two, japanese army, sino japanese war, sexual abuse, war crime, japanese occupation of china, war atrocity, atrocity, japanese occupation, life is a bitch, mass murder, wartime ...
Time: 1930s, year 2009, 2010s, year 1938, 20th century ...
Place: china, asia, shanghai
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My Way (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Jun-shik, who works for Tatsuo’s grandfather’s farm while Korea is colonized by Japan, dreams about participating in the Tokyo Olympics as a marathon runner. Tatsuo also aims to become a marathon runner, so the two become rivals. But the war ...
Style: tense, serious, captivating, rough, touching ...
Plot: world war two, military, war, occupation, japanese occupation of korea, military life, battles, life is a bitch, captivity, rivalry, soldier, confined ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 2010s, year 1944, 1930s
Place: somalia, asia, korea, south korea, mongolia ...
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Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 157 min.
Story: Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to ...
Style: political
Plot: world war two, world war, japanese soldier, japanese army, japanese history, military, japanese military, soldier, atomic bomb, emperor, imperial japan, pacific war ...
Time: 1940s
Place: japan, tokyo, china, usa
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Savage Beach (1989)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Donna and Taryn are federal drug enforcement agents based in the Hawaiian isles. Upon the success of a drug bust, they receive a call from Shane Aviation to fly an emergency package of vaccine from Molokai to Knox Island. Unbeknownst to them, ...
Style: independent film, sexploitation film
Plot: sexploitation, exploitation, woman with a gun, erotica, gold, machine gun, sleaze, big breasts, bare breasts, agent, sexual desire, storm ...
Place: hawaii
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Kokoda (2010)
Genre: War
Country: Australia
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: The true story of the brutal World War II military campaign fought between Australia and Japan in the green hell of the mountains of Papua New Guinea. Told from both the Japanese and Australian perspectives the documentary also explores the impact ...
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, tense
Plot: japanese army, australian history, world war two, japanese man, wartime life, japanese history, japanese military, japanese soldier, war, soldier, world war, military
Place: papua new guinea, australia
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Tanaosri (2023)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery
Country: Thailand
TV show
Story: A young huntsman is hired to take former Japanese soldiers to Tanaosri hill to find their friend who mysteriously disappeared in the Tanaosri Forest.
Style: dramatic, exciting, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: investigation, friendship, ex soldier, soldier, japanese soldier, forest, friends, hunter, lost in the woods, friend, disappearance
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The Red (2014)
Genre: War
Country: China
TV show
Story: In 1937, the Japanese imperialists launched a brutal war of aggression against China. Xu Tian was a color-blind accountant in Shanghai with military training who decided to stay close to his mother after the death of his father. After an accident ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, captivating
Plot: life is a bitch, problem, japanese soldier, historical event, male female relationship, soldier, wartime life, relationships, patriot, military officer, patriotism, military
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Wo shi te zhong bing (2011)
Genre: Action, War
Country: China
TV show
Story: A tv series about Chinese army which also tells a romantic story
Style: tense, captivating
Plot: martial arts, soldier, military life, male female relationship, wartime life, japanese soldier, couple relations, army, wartime, military, relationships, lifestyle ...
Place: china
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Kingdom 2: Far and Away (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min.
Story: It follows a young man who dreams of becoming a general and Ying Zheng, whose goal is unification.
Style: tense, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: warrior, battles, master warrior, officer, direction and purpose, army general, japanese soldier, fight, martial arts, ambition, male versus female, handheld weapon ...
Place: japan, asia, china
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Water Gate Bridge (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 153 min.
Story: In the follow-up to "The Battle At Lake Changjin", brothers Wu Qianli and Wu Wanli undertake a new task for the People's Volunteer Army, defending a bridge part of the American troops' escape route from the advancing Chinese.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, period piece ...
Plot: korean war, communist, communist propaganda, military, battles, wartime, japanese soldier, fight, war, historical event, soldier, commander ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, year 1950
Place: china, japan, north korea
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Designation Forever (2011)
Genre: War
Country: China
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: Li Chishui is a Militia Captain. In an unexpected delaying action, he goes to the front line and becomes the captain of the battalion in his county. In order to be a good captain, Li Chishui tries everything from enhancing trainings to recruiting ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense, tense
Plot: showdown, battles, combat, japanese army, fight for supremacy, soldier, warrior, army, fight, japanese soldier, one against many
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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, New Zealand, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: In 1942, British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honour and glory. In his view, the allied prisoners are cowards when they chose to surrender instead of commiting ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, realistic, bleak, experimental ...
Plot: world war two, prison, pow, war crime, christmas, anti war, war, samurai, japanese occupation, imperial japan, prison escape, prisoner of war camp ...
Time: 1940s, year 1983, year 1936, 20th century, year 1946 ...
Place: asia, southeast asia, britain, japan, australia ...
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Nanking (2007)
Genre: Biography, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese. In the midst of this horror, a small group of Western expatriates banded ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, depressing, suspense ...
Plot: world war two, against humanity, rescue, atrocity, japanese history, rape, invasion, testimony, daring rescue, survival, life is a bitch, danger ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1937, year 1938
Place: china, asia, japan, shanghai
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Operation Bikini (1963)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The film takes place aboard an American submarine in the Pacific during World War II. The sub's commander is ordered to stop and pick up an underwater demolition team led by Lt. Hayes, whose mission is to locate and destroy a US submarine ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: submarine, world war two, underwater, dream, scuba diving, japanese soldier, island, love interest, fistfight, ocean, battleship, battles ...
Time: year 1963, 20th century, 1940s
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Shanghai (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: China, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own ...
Style: captivating, stylized, suspenseful, suspense, neo noir ...
Plot: world war two, murder, uncover truth, investigation, fall in love, dishonesty, political conspiracy, love and romance, life is a bitch, dark secret, mafia, crime boss ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1941
Place: china, shanghai, asia
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Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years ...
Style: thought provoking, serious, disturbing, captivating, emotional ...
Plot: world war two, military, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, heroic mission, survival, danger, dealing with death, obsessive quest, truth, japanese army, war crime ...
Time: 70s, 1940s, year 1972, post world war two
Place: japan, asia
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