Drama: (Genre) Titles that show a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces. See also: "Action Drama".
Historical: (Setting) Self-explanatory. This should be a title rooted in historical events.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
| Air The Movie | Watch | See Gekijouban Air |
| B | ||
| Barefoot Gen | Watch | See Hadashi no Gen |
| C | ||
| Chiyoko Millenial Actress | Buy | See Sennen Joyu |
| G | ||
 Gekijouban Air |
Watch | Kamio Misuzu is a female high school student who's missed many classes, so many that's she's thought of by her classmates as a delinquent. Yet she volunteers to do fieldwork on the local history of the town she lives in, and chooses to do the legend story of a miko named Uraha, a palace guard named Ryuuya, and the princess held captive at that palace named Kannabi no Mikoto (Kanna). At the same time, a drifter named Kunisaki Yukito-san comes to town with his small puppet, with which he can make it magically move. Drawn by fate, Yukito-san ends up assisting Misuzu with her fieldwork and the two fall in love, following a similar patter as Ryuuya and Kanna did many centuries before. |
| Grave of the Fireflies | Buy | See Hotaru no Haka |
| H | ||
 Hadashi no Gen |
Watch | Hiroshima. A small boy and his peaceful, farming family struggle with their life. And then it happens... A moving drama with much historical background. |
 Hotaru no Haka |
Buy | A brother and sister try to survive after they are left orphans from the fire-bombing of Kobe in World War II. |
| I | ||
| Ishin Shishi e no Requiem | Rent | See Rurouni Kenshin - Ishinshishi no Requiem |
| M | ||
| Millennium Actress | Buy | See Sennen Joyu |
| Miyamoto Musashi: Sōken ni Haseru Yume (Japanese) | See Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai | |
 Mononoke Hime |
Rent |
A young man, cursed with death for saving his village, leaves home to find where the curse originated from. Doing so takes him into the middle of a conflict between man and nature, an unmoving rock between two unstoppable forces. But can he save those he loves and respects while removing his curse? Will he be forced to side against his friends? |
 Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai |
A new movie about the life of the 16th century historical samurai hero, ↗Miyamoto Musashi is scheduled to be released on June 13th, '09. |
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| O | ||
 Ohoshi-sama no Rail |
Avoid |
Chitose, Chiko to her friends, and her family live comfortably in Japan occupied Korea prior to World War II. But when the war is lost and Korea is set free, will they be able to escape to their motherland before they are captured by Koreans seeking revenge and the rapidly apporaching Russian army? |
 Oseam |
Buy |
This animation is based on a Korean fairy tale of the same name with the local sale over 100,000 copies by Jeong Chae-bong, a writer well known for his innocent and heart-stirring tales. It is a story about two orphans, Gilson, a five-year-old boy, and his blind sister Gami who are brought up by a charitable monk at a secluded temple in Mt. Seorak. Gilson, a mischievous boy, is the guide for this hour-long travel in search of innocence. Having a pure heart, he befriends all living things and communicates with clouds, birds and flowers. One snowy day, however... |
| P | ||
| Princess Mononoke | Rent | See Mononoke Hime |
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