Belladonna of Sadness

Belladonna of Sadness 1973

7.30

An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives. After she's eventually banished from her village, the girl makes a pact with the devil to gain magical ability and take revenge.

1973

Barefoot Gen

Barefoot Gen 1983

7.50

A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.

1983

A Thousand and One Nights

A Thousand and One Nights 1969

6.80

Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power.

1969

Cleopatra: Queen of Sex

Cleopatra: Queen of Sex 1970

5.80

Three people from the future, who travel spiritually to the era of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII Philopator and her Roman lovers Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, become their closest friends as they try to unravel the nature of the plan developed in their own time by a sinister enemy.

1970

Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War

Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War 1993

8.20

Reinhard von Müsel and Yang Wen-li return to their respective homes, one victorious and the other defeated. While Reinhard earns the new name Lohengramm, while Yang and his friends celebrate some welcome news.

1993

Megazone 23

Megazone 23 1985

7.10

A young biker stumbles onto a prototype motorcycle with a hidden function that has a link to the true nature of his world.

1985

Memory

Memory 1964

5.73

This is a short, privately produced animated film. While elucidating the mystery and fuzziness as well as merits and demerits of memory in idealizing reality, the story develops into a tale of destruction of human beings, turning the existence of the earth into a memory of the universe. The production, only 5 minutes long, greatly helps expand the viewer's imagination, embodying the enchantment of animation.

1964

Tales of a Street Corner

Tales of a Street Corner 1962

5.71

The sad and happy times of a young girl and her bear doll, a young mouse and his family, a sycamore tree, an old lamp post, a hoodlum moth and an alleyway full of posters coming to life.

1962

Mermaid

Mermaid 1964

5.77

A dreamy boy in a distant country saves a fish beached on the shore. When he lets it loose in a pool of water, the fish turns into a beautiful mermaid.

1964

The Drop

The Drop 1965

5.46

A sailor is desperate for fresh water to drink while adrift on a raft in the sea.

1965

Genesis

Genesis 1968

4.80

The creation of Earth and Mankind. And how God changed his mind.

1968

Kayoko's Diary

Kayoko's Diary 1991

7.00

Kayoko is a young girl in 1940, just starting first grade. Nothing can prepare her for 1945, and the bleak times that are soon to come.

1991

Yuki

Yuki 1981

7.10

Up in Heaven, Yuki’s grandparents decide that, having turned thirteen years old, she must go down to Earth to a village that is torn by bandits and intervene to save its people. However if she does not succeed within one year she will become as insubstantial as the wind. Down in the village, Yuki is befriended by a group of orphans whose parents have all been killed by the bandits and who now subsist by begging. Yuki amazes them by taming the wild horse Blizzard. She is instrumental in getting the orphans and farmers to stand up to first the warring bandits and then Goemon, the greedy lord that owns the region. But Yuki must face her greatest challenge yet when the displeased Demon God that lives in the volcano emerges to destroy those who live beneath.

1981

The Star of Cottonland

The Star of Cottonland 1984

5.60

After two-month-old kitten Chibi-neko is abandoned by her former owners, she is found by 18-year-old Tokio. Although his mother is allergic to cats and has a great fear of them, she agrees to let him keep the kitten because she fears he is becoming too withdrawn after failing his university entrance exams. Chibi-neko soon falls in love with Tokio. In her own mind, Chibi-neko is a small human who speaks in human words, although people only ever seem to hear her meow, and she believes that all humans were once kittens like her. A stray cat tells Chibi-neko of a paradise called Cottonland, where dreams can come true.

1984

Osu

Osu 1962

5.40

A man is sitting in a dark room, looking anxious, while his tomcat explains the man why he needs some privacy.

1962

Jungle Emperor

Jungle Emperor 1966

5.80

The story of a white lion cub growing to become the king of the jungle. The movie is an edited version of the 1965 Japanese television series of the same name based on the eponymous 1950s manga. The first 2 minutes of this film are taken from the Jungle Emperor Leo (1965) TV series, while the rest is all original.

1966

Pictures at an Exhibition

Pictures at an Exhibition 1966

6.60

A series of short animated segments, without dialog, explore major characters of modern society, such as the plastic surgeon, the fashion-obsessed woman, the rumor-monger, and others, leading to a concluding comment on the progress of civilization.

1966

Cigarettes and Ashes

Cigarettes and Ashes 1965

4.80

During another routine day at the farm, a chicken refuses to part with her egg. The supervising rooster resolves the issue in one shot. The other chickens furiously escape with their eggs, but freedom is a luxury.

1965

Dororo

Dororo 1968

6.70

Before producing a TV series, a pilot film was made to let sponsors and television stations grasp the work's pervasive quality. This is the pilot film for "Dororo" in which the characters are closer to those of the original story compared to the characters in the TV series. The faces and personalities of the characters in the TV series are altered from time to time to gain popularity among its viewers. As a result, sometimes viewers really loved it, but at other times it didn't go over as well. The pilot for "Dororo" was made in color, but the TV series was monochrome due to a tighter budget. The story depicts a journey in which the boy thief named Dororo and a cursed man called Hyakkimaru destroy monsters. Hyakkimaru can be a complete "human" only after he destroys 48 devils.

1968

The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters

The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters 1972

9.00

All of Universal's greatest classic monsters gather at the Transylvania Astoria Hotel for Frankenstein's monster and his bride's Friday the 13th midnight wedding.

1972