15 May 1998
My Name is Joe
Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.
Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the Dohyō
A film about sumo wrestler Wakanohana Kanji I. He was nicknamed "Devil of the dohyo" due to his excellent fighting spirit and endurance.
Top Billed Cast
青山恭二 Young Wakanohana
坂東好太郎 
石原まき子 Kayoko Wakanohana
四代目 澤村國太郎 Uichiro Hanada (Katsuji's father)
Wakanohana Kanji I Himself
安部徹 Taro Sawabayashi Mieko Hirooka Tomoko Taka
Similar movies
My Name is Joe My Name is Joe Mountain Woman 
Mountain Woman 30 Jun 2023
Mountain Woman
Late 18th century, Tohoku. An outcast girl, Rin lives in a village suffering from famine. She draws strength from Mt. Hayachine, where the spirits of humans ascend after passing.
Tomorrow's Joe The Movie 
Tomorrow's Joe The Movie 08 Mar 1980
Tomorrow's Joe The Movie
An abridged remake of the first Ashita no Joe TV series, released in 1980 to provide back-story for the second TV series to new fans who were not familiar with the first TV series or the manga.
Donut Boy 
Donut Boy 09 Mar 2024
Donut Boy
A Cambodian American wants to advance into the next tier of amateur boxing but his loyalty to his cousin threatens to keep him out of the ring.
The 47 Ronin 
The 47 Ronin 08 Dec 1941
The 47 Ronin
In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Lord Asano to commit suppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Lord Kira. Lord Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the dishonor of their Lord. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi asks the Shogun to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses his request and Oishi and forty-six ronin revenge their Lord.
Miss Oyu 
Miss Oyu 22 Jun 1951
Miss Oyu
Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke and Shizu to marry so that she can remain close to Shinnosuke.
The Big Game 
The Big Game 10 Jul 1942
The Big Game
A player on a soccer team, where everyone matches together just perfectly, has fallen out of a championship tournament due to illness; which leads to a big problem: who would be the perfect man to replace him? Werner Fehling appears to be the perfect replacement for the sick man. The problem is, he's a bitter rival of the goalkeeper, Jupp Jaeger. Both men love the same girl, Grete Gabler. Grete is the daughter of a senior member of the sports club, which is why she feels doubly under pressure not to do anything to jeopardize the success of the team.
A Gentleman's Game 
A Gentleman's Game 20 Aug 2002
A Gentleman's Game
A drama revolving around characters whose lives are transformed one summer at an exclusive East Coast country club.
Gedo 
Gedo 04 Apr 2000
Gedo
East meets West as the Japanese Yakuza battle drug lords and the LAPD in the streets of Los Angeles...
License to Live 
License to Live 23 Jan 1999
License to Live
Yutaka was fourteen years old when he was run over by a car and fell into a coma. Now, ten years later, he wakes up and realizes that his family is not intact anymore: father, mother and sister live at different places. Yutaka decides to re-open the pony farm that his family once ran.
Japanese War Bride 
Japanese War Bride 29 Jan 1952
Japanese War Bride
A Korean war vet and his bride face subtle and sometimes extreme racism when they return to his home in rural California.
Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills 
Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills 31 May 2008
Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills
Based on a short story written by Shuhei Fujisawa (who also wrote Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor), the film depicts the uneasy life of Noe Isomura (Rena Tanaka) with the difficult family she has married into after her former husband passed away. One day as she tries to brake off a branch of a cherry tree, she is aided by a samurai who she does not recognize but who recognizes her. He turns out to be a former suitor that she never met named Yaichiro Tezuka (Noriyuki Higashiyama) and who teaches swordsmanship to the local samurai. Meanwhile, the powerful new chief retainer of the village enacts land policies that threaten the survival of the local farmers.
The Four Minute Mile 
The Four Minute Mile 09 Nov 1988
The Four Minute Mile
For two brilliant young athletes - Roger Bannister of England and John Landy of Australia - the 1952 Helsinki Olympics present an exciting challenge. But events help set them on the path to something even more memorable than an Olympic gold medal - the race to break the four-minute mile....
Sandow 
Sandow 27 Apr 2018
Sandow
An impressionable Launceston Elliot comes under the spell of the iconic Sandow The Magnificent. He seeks out his idol and becomes his protégée.
Uppercut 
Uppercut 30 Sep 2021
Uppercut
Blue Hour. The day slowly says goodbye to the night - but still defends itself a little. Steph enters Rick's boxing stall in Berlin-Wedding. She is insecure, wild, frustrated - and yet determined. She craves recognition. Through rick. The gym operator, former heavyweight boxer from Boston. It was equipped with everything a champ needs. And is now broken. Seriously injured, worn down, disaffected, sick early on. She can do a lot, but not really. He can't do much anymore, but he realizes all the more. Above all, their energy, their will, their talent. That night, two soul mates are found. Without them knowing.
Bison Kaalamaadan 
Bison Kaalamaadan 17 Oct 2025
Bison Kaalamaadan
A young man fights to overcome violence plaguing his village and succeed as a professional kabaddi player.
The Rocket 
The Rocket 25 Oct 2005
The Rocket
The story of Quebec's most beloved hockey player, Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, focusing on the struggles of a French Canadian in the National Hockey League dominated by Anglophones.
Caterpillar 
Caterpillar 14 Aug 2010
Caterpillar
The story of a village woman given the grueling task of looking after (and fulfilling the sexual needs of) her quadruple amputee husband, a Japanese soldier in the Second Sino-Japanese War who has been decreed a "War God" by the Emperor.
Keylor Navas, Hombre de Fe 
Keylor Navas, Hombre de Fe 26 Dec 2017
Keylor Navas, Hombre de Fe
The story of real life Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas, from his humble beginnings in his home town to his rise to greatness as an elite soccer player.
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 19 Nov 2008
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Filmmaker and author Kevin Rafferty takes viewers back to 1968 to witness a legendary college football game and meet the people involved, interweaving game footage with players' reflections. The names may be familiar, but their views on the game's place in the turbulent history of the 1960s college scene add an unexpected dimension.