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Criterion Channel
90
8.3
/19605/
79
/389/
80
/411/
4.4
/34418/
100
/20/
95
/266/
96
/17/

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
67
7.8
/5316/
77
/88/
77
/143/
4.1
/11253/
80
/10/
82
/31/

Street of Shame (1956)
The lives of five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
poster
63
7.5
/39424/
75
/1017/
71
/578/
3.7
/15428/
57
/30/
81
/738/
46
/8/

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
51
7.4
/1308/
66
/27/
73
/35/
3.8
/1810/
89
/390/

Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portrait of a quartet of aging geishas contemplating their troubles with men and money.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
45
7.1
/2208/
63
/31/
66
/65/
3.8
/3145/
75
/16/

Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love with her and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets. The ministers misuse their power so much that there is a popular revolt against the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.
poster
73
41
7.4
/1541/
69
/28/
71
/43/
3.8
/2446/
75
/10/

The Woman in the Rumor (1954)
After living a traumatic experience in Tokyo, Yukiko returns to Kyoto, where Hatsuko, her mother, runs a brothel, which upsets Yukiko very much.
poster
72
39
7.4
/605/
60
/7/
66
/21/
3.8
/1312/
86
/131/

Kisses (1957)
Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. After successfully gambling on a bicycle race, they spend an enjoyable day together at the beach.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
55
38
5.1
/3104/
56
/100/
64
/89/
3.0
/6100/
44
/5/

Gamera vs. Barugon (1966)
Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is discovered to have been an egg that births a new monster called Barugon. The creature attacks the city of Osaka by emitting a destructive rainbow ray from his back, along with a freezing spray capable of incapacitating Gamera.
poster
69
33
7.1
/731/
64
/17/
69
/29/
3.6
/1590/

Black Test Car (1962)
Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.
poster
75
33
7.4
/415/
56
/6/
75
/14/
3.7
/572/
100
/201/

Summer Clouds (1958)
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.
poster
72
33
7.3
/538/
65
/11/
72
/17/
3.6
/946/
77
/86/

The Water Magician (1933)
Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an orphaned carriage driver Kinya Murakoshi, and pledges to put him through law school in Tokyo. She always encloses money in her letters to him, until one hard winter there is no work to be found.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
47
31
4.8
/1416/
51
/41/
52
/36/
3.0
/2119/
24
/853/

Warning from Space (1956)
Large star-shaped aliens travel to earth in hopes of warning them about an oncoming catastrophe. To prevent panic about their appearance, one alien takes the form of a popular singer.
poster
Criterion Channel
55
23
6.5
/764/
53
/9/
60
/23/
3.4
/1169/
30
/18/

Carmen Comes Home (1951)
A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist.
poster
62
20
6.5
/352/
63
/13/
59
/13/
3.2
/1437/

The Most Dangerous Game (1978)
The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in a vicious power struggle between two large corporations over a sizable government defence contract.
poster
65
17
6.9
/575/
58
/6/
66
/17/
3.5
/494/

Criminal Woman: Killing Melody (1973)
Reiko Ike stars as the daughter of a man who has been pushed into drug dealing by the local Yakuza mob. Having outlived his usefulness to the gang he is murdered and Reiko is gang raped, leading her to attempt a knife attack on the Yakuza boss (Ryoji Hayama) at a swank nightclub. Failing to kill him she ends up in prison, where she befriends a crew of other malcontents (including Yumiko Katayama and Chiyoko Kazama) and meets the Yakuza boss's girlfriend (Miki Sugimoto). Upon release Reiko reassembles her mob and launches a Machiavellian scheme to engineer a gang war between Hayama's Oba Industries and the formerly dominant Hamayasu Clan. The rival gangs begin killing each other off and Reiko works her way closer to her ultimate vengeance.
poster
61
16
6.6
/364/
52
/4/
60
/18/
3.4
/644/

Tokyo March (1929)
A classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in Taishō-era Japan, The nostalgic scenes of 1920s Tokyo provides a valuable visual experience set against the background of the title song, "Tokyo March." (Sadly, less than a half hour of the footage has been recovered and restored.)
poster
65
14
6.9
/311/
66
/10/
58
/10/
3.4
/711/

Black Report (1963)
After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.
poster
57
11
5.5
/292/
55
/10/
58
/10/
3.0
/547/

The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (1957)
Police investigate a series of mysterious murders where the only clue is a strange buzzing noise at the scene of the crime.
poster
64
8
6.7
/177/
57
/4/
63
/10/
3.5
/229/

Dancing Girl (1951)
The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved another man, finally leads to the breakup of the family.
poster
?
10
/1/

Green Fruit (1964)
Two sisters live with their family. The elder is reserved; the younger lively. Yet, the former is first engaged and all goes well until the young man disappears
poster
?
10
/1/

Thirst (1958)
N/A
poster
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10
/1/

Hit and Run Gang (1960)
Detective Goto, who had sniffed out drugs as the culprit behind the murder of an elderly woman, was run over and killed while pursuing the culprit. His younger brother Matabei vowed to challenge the culprit in front of his brother's grave. A fast-paced action-packed story.
poster
?
10
/1/

Mother (1958)
N/A
poster
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10
/1/

Morning Whistling (1957)
N/A
poster
?
10
/1/

Love River (1958)
N/A
poster
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10
/1/

Bride Candidate (1957)
N/A
poster
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10
/1/

Ripe and Marriageable (1959)
1959 youth comedy.
poster
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10
/1/

Diary of a Substitute Doctor (1959)
N/A
poster
?
10
/1/

Trump Card of Revenge (1966)
N/A
poster
?
10
/1/

A Storm Zone (1959)
N/A
poster
?
10
/1/

雲を呼ぶ講道館 (1965)
N/A
poster
?
10
/1/

Tasogare no Tokyo Tower (1959)
A sweet and melancholy story that depicts, with beautiful sentimentality, the day when a dreamy and lovely young girl first discovers love in the twilight of Tokyo Tower.
poster
?
10
/1/

A Grain of Wheat (1958)
The film depicts a group of boys and girls who graduate from a local junior high school and head to Tokyo to find employment, and the teachers who watch over them. Co-written by newcomer Shigeki Chiba and Kaneto Shindo, the film was directed by Kozaburo Yoshimura.
poster
?
10
/1/

Wakai yatsura no kaidan (1961)
1961 Japanese movie
poster
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10
/1/

The Paths of Two Maidens (1952)
Melodrama about two sisters with different mothers.
poster
?
10
/1/

Fūshinraishin (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
poster
?
5.0
/7/
10
/1/

Asakusa at Night (1954)
A young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a pure-hearted downtown girl fall in love in Asakusa in this entertaining tale of love and action.
poster
?
5.8
/7/
10
/1/

The Red Water (1963)
Comedy drama film
poster
?
5.6
/10/
10
/1/

A Rainbow at Every Turn (1956)
Momoko and Asako are half sisters, daughters of the famous architect Tsuneo Mizuhara, who also have another half sister in Kyôto, Wakako, whom they have not had. While Asako is a sweet young lady, Momoko, the eldest, goes out with whomever she wants, thus hiding the trauma caused by seduction and abandonment during the war by young Keita Aoki. One day Keita re-enters her life.
poster
?
10
/1/

Ashita au hito (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
poster
?
10
/1/

All is Well (1955)
Daichi Tateharu who was an employee of the Mori Seisakusho has been recruited from Siberia, but the company changed its name to Toyo Denki Seisakusho, and the president Shingo Mori was the general affairs manager.
poster
?
10
/1/

Shogun's Holiday (1958)
During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo (Hiroshi Kawaguchi) to the fishmonger Isshin Tasuke (Kazuo Hasegawa) to help him understand the world. Tasuke, who does not know that Takechiyo is the shogun's heir, trains him harshly. Tasuke's wife Naka (Michiko Ai) is concerned about his harsh teaching style, but Takechiyo gains strength day by day and adapts to his new life. Soon, Takechiyo begins secretly talking about love with a city girl named Otoyo (Hitomi Nozoe), but...
poster
?
10
/1/

Forbidden (1962)
Yukiko Shiba, a doctor, and Akira Sakai, a composer and musician, are lovers. Their love is a forbidden one. He is married, with children. She is a doctor with a bright career ahead of her.
poster
?
10
/1/

Wicked Nun (1971)
N/A
poster
?
6.0
/21/
25
/2/

The Pit of Death (1968)
Horror film directed by Koji Shima.
poster
?
5.4
/5/
10
/1/

Dreams Come True at Night (1967)
N/A
poster
?
10
/1/

The Enforcer (1964)
N/A
poster
?
6.7
/23/
10
/1/

The Woman Who Touched the Legs (1952)
A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where she is going to hold a memorial service for her father. Of course, the detective falls in love with his prey.


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