Under the Flag of the Rising Sun

Tokyo streets at dusk a lone woman walks past a faded war monument. A widow confronts contradictory testimonies from veterans. Fukasaku directs a stark postwar mystery.

Streaming availability changes weekly. Check the Where to watch panel above — we re-pull TMDB's JustWatch index every week. If nothing's listed, the film is between licence windows.

Our similarity graph picks 6 films based on shared director, keywords, mood-cluster overlap, and MovieLens user co-rating — niche-biased away from blockbusters. Full list: /like/under-the-flag-of-the-rising-sun-1972/.

Kinji Fukasaku directed Under the Flag of the Rising Sun in 1972. See Kinji Fukasaku's full filmography, where to start with Kinji Fukasaku, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kinji Fukasaku.

Under the Flag of the Rising Sun was released in 1972 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 96 minutes.