japanese – Rarefilm Archive

Scratched Faces (1971) A Scarred Life

rarefilm — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:06:30 +0000

Set in Osaka, during the devastated time of post-war Japan, this is a tale of the yakuza who set about rebuilding after the death of their Oyabun (big boss). Battles erupt as tempers explode as someone seeks to fill the seat of power.

Director: Shigehiro Ozawa

Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisabur? Wakayama, Akiko Kudô

Also Known As (AKA): Kizu darake no jinsei, A Scarred Life, Life’s Bloody Wounds

IMDB

File Name : A Scarred Life 1971.avi
File Size : 1.42 GB / 1457.74 MB
Resolution : 704×480
Duration : 01:36:17
Video : MPEG-4 Visual, 1 974 kb/s, 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Audio : MPEG Audio, 128 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (hardcoded)
Country: Japan
Genre: Crime, Drama

A_Scarred_Life_1971.avi

Other movies by Shigehiro Ozawa:

Tokyo Girl (2008) Tôkyô shôjo

rarefilm — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:18:51 +0000

The occurrence of an earthquake in Japan is not unusual. What would be, however, is the existence of a hole through time and the passage of a phone through which two people – one hundred years apart – can communicate. When a schoolgirl comes into communication with an aspiring writer, who is studying under poet and novelist Soseki Natsume, the most unlikely of romances ensues.

Director: Kôdai Hama, Kazuya Konaka

Stars: Kaho, Naomi Akimoto, Marika Fukunaga

Also Known As (AKA): Tôkyô shôjo, Garota de Tóquio, Tokyo Girl

IMDB

File Name : Tokyo.Girl.2008.720p.mkv
File Size : 2.61 GB / 2668.72 MB
Resolution : 1280×720
Duration : 01:38:45
Video : AVC, 24.000 FPS
Audio : AAC, 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: HDTVRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (srt)
Country: Japan
Genre: Fantasy, Romance

Tokyo.Girl.2008.720p.mkv
Tokyo.Girl.2008.720p.srt

Ishimatsu of the Forest (1949)

rarefilm — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:59:21 +0000

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.

Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura

Stars: Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki, Chôko Iida

Also Known As (AKA): Mori no Ishimatsu

IMDB

File Name : Mori.No.Ishimatsu.1949.mkv
File Size : 5.67 GB / 5803.77 MB
Resolution : 1080×1080 @ 1440×1080
Duration : 01:37:18
Video : AVC, 8 177 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : AAC, 160 kb/s, 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: HDTVRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (srt), Japanese (embedded)
Country: Japan
Genre: Crime, Drama

Mori.No.Ishimatsu.1949.mkv
Mori.No.Ishimatsu.1949.srt

Thus a Noise Speaks (2012) Noizu ga iu niwa

rarefilm — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:02:05 +0000

When Kacchi came back home for summer break from abroad, she came out to her family as a homosexual. Her mother and father couldn’t take it and answered in negative. Though Kacchi had a depression for their reactions, she decided to face her family again throughout a filmmaking about the ‘coming-out’.

Director: Kaori Oda

Stars: Chigusa Oda, Kaori Oda, Sayuri Oda

IMDB

File Name : Thus a Noise Speaks 2010.mkv
File Size : 1.12 GB / 1145.14 MB
Resolution : 1920×1080
Duration : 00:38:42
Video : AVC, 25.000 FPS
Audio : AAC, 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: WEBRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (hardcoded)
Country: Japan
Genre: Short, Drama, Family

Thus_a_Noise_Speaks_2010.mkv

Kill Devil (2004) Yûichi Onuma

rarefilm — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:05:28 +0000

Several teenagers are sent to a island where they must kill each other.

Director: Yûichi Onuma

Stars: Yûko Daike, Yoshihisa Higashiyama, Mika Katô

Also Known As (AKA): Kill Onigokko, Kill Tag

IMDB

File Name : KILL_DEVIL.avi
File Size : 1.37 GB / 1400.39 MB
Resolution : 624×368
Duration : 01:25:47
Video : MPEG-4 Visual, 2 082 kb/s, 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Audio : AC-3, 192 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (hardcoded)
Country: Japan
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

KILL_DEVIL.avi

And Yet We Live (1951) Dokkoi ikiteru

rarefilm — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:58:34 +0000

A portrait of Japan, five years after its defeat in WWII, still in the grip of unemployment, this socially conscious work was made with the participation of several members of the Communist party and outside the commercial studio system.

Director: Tadashi Imai

Stars: Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Kan’emon Nakamura, Isao Kimura

Also Known As (AKA): Nous Sommes Vivants, Still I Live On

IMDB

File Name : And Yet We Live 1951.mkv
File Size : 1.66 GB / 1703.98 MB
Resolution : 706×480 @ 656×480
Duration : 01:41:57
Video : AVC, 1 950 kb/s, 24.000 FPS
Audio : AC-3, 384 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (srt)
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama

And_Yet_We_Live_1951.mkv
And_Yet_We_Live_1951.srt

Youth of the Beast (1963) Yajû no seishun

rarefilm — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 13:58:27 +0000

Joe Shishido plays a tough guy with a secret agenda. His violent behavior comes to the attention of a yakuza boss who immediately recruits him. He soon tries to make a deal with a rival gang a starts a gang war. His real motivations are gradually revealed as we find out how this all ties in with the murder of a policeman shown at the beginning of the film.

Director: Seijun Suzuki

Stars: Jô Shishido, Misako Watanabe, Tamio Kawachi

Also Known As (AKA): A Juventude da Besta, La Jeunesse de la bête, La giovinezza di una belva umana, The Brute, Jagd auf die Bestie, Wild Youth

IMDB

File Name : Youth.of.the.Beast.1963.mkv
File Size : 2.32 GB / 2375.36 MB
Resolution : 1024×436
Duration : 01:31:31
Video : AVC, 3 306 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : AAC, 320 kb/s, 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: BRRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: Japan
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery

Youth.of.the.Beast.1963.mkv

The Towers of Musahino Line (1997)

rarefilm — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:45:42 +0000

Miharu Tamaki is about to move to Nagasaki due to his parents’ divorce. As his final summer vacation in Tokyo draws to a close, he is drawn to an inscription on a high voltage tower reading “Musashino Line Tower 75”. With his friend, he resolves to find Tower 1.

Director: Naoki Nagao

Stars: Atsushi Itô, Daikichi Sugawara, Tomoroo Taguchi

Also Known As (AKA): Tetto Musashino-sen, Alto voltaje

IMDB

File Name : The Towers of Musahino Line 1997.mp4
File Size : 2.21 GB / 2265.7 MB
Resolution : 720×404
Duration : 01:55:28
Video : AVC, 2 481 kb/s, 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Audio : AAC, 258 kb/s (VBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: None
Country: Japan
Genre: Adventure, Drama

The_Towers_of_Musahino_Line_1997.mp4

Tarao Bannai (1978) Norifumi Suzuki

rarefilm — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:40:43 +0000

A crime thriller directed by Norifumi Suzuki that focuses on a hatchet-wielding fox-faced phantom and macabre horror-style deaths.

Director: Norifumi Suzuki

Stars: Akira Kobayashi, Ryô Ikebe, Ichirô Zaitsu

IMDB

File Name : Tarao Bannai 1978.avi
File Size : 1.04 GB / 1068.26 MB
Resolution : 640×256
Duration : 01:44:14
Video : MPEG-4 Visual, 1 299 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : MPEG Audio, 128 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: None
Country: Japan
Genre: Crime, Thriller

Tarao_Bannai_1978.avi

Immoral Lecture (1959) Fudôtoku kyôiku kôza

rarefilm — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:56:01 +0000

Debauchee pretends to be a high-ranking official and tries to take advantage of that position to live his life as he pleases.

Director: Katsumi Nishikawa

Stars: Shir? ?saka, Kinz? Shin, Hiroyuki Nagato

IMDB

File Name : Immoral Lecture 1959.mkv
File Size : 0.83 GB / 852.79 MB
Resolution : 1280×544 @ 1278×544
Duration : 01:27:46
Video : AVC, 1 107 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : E-AC-3, 224 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: WEBRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (srt)
Country: Japan
Genre: Comedy, Drama

Immoral_Lecture_1959.mkv
Immoral_Lecture_1959.srt