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Criterion Channel
79
77
7.7
/9576/
77
/334/
74
/244/
3.8
/19182/
85
/13/
90
/221/

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
69
7.5
/5357/
73
/171/
72
/147/
3.8
/8354/
88
/3090/

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)
Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, and his son Gunbei.
poster
78
58
7.6
/1478/
67
/18/
71
/41/
3.8
/1619/
92
/71/
86
/4/

Children of Hiroshima (1952)
Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
56
7.3
/1983/
69
/65/
69
/55/
3.8
/3044/
83
/893/

Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)
Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed two years ago. When some tax money is stolen while in transit to the governor he is accused and sets out to find the money and clear his name.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
50
7.3
/1644/
67
/54/
65
/48/
3.6
/2026/
73
/882/

Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a brothel. Through friendship with Denroku, a local dice thrower and devoted father, Ichi uncovers an unholy alliance between the governor and the area strongman: among their scams is falsifying tax records to put farmers in debt, then forcing their daughters into prostitution at the boss's brothel. With help from Denroku's daughter, Otsuru, Ichi comforts Osayo until he can provoke showdowns with the villains and their henchmen.
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Criterion Channel
71
44
7.4
/1642/
71
/53/
68
/39/
3.6
/1829/

Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has been forced by a local boss to create illegal pornography to pay off his gambling debts. Ichi makes it his mission to save the man and reunite the family, even though it brings him into conflict with a samurai he sort of befriended on his way to the town.
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Criterion Channel
73
42
7.4
/1509/
70
/51/
73
/43/
3.6
/1703/
79
/15/

Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)
Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged gambling game. Of course, the local gangsters attempt to kill him, and the adventure begins. It turns out a blacksmith named Senzo examines Zatoichi's cane sword, and discovers it to be forged by his old mentor. Senzo discovers the sword is at the end of its usefulness and will break when it is used next.
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Criterion Channel
70
40
7.2
/1323/
67
/52/
71
/46/
3.6
/1787/
70
/12/

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966)
Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss.
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67
37
7.1
/1109/
62
/23/
62
/26/
3.6
/1108/
68
/287/

Ninja, A Band of Assassins (1962)
Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to assassinate the warlord before he completes his task.
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Criterion Channel
69
36
7.1
/1064/
63
/14/
71
/29/
3.6
/1667/
70
/19/

Conflagration (1958)
Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distress.
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66
17
6.6
/345/
62
/9/
72
/13/
3.4
/205/
67
/22/

Samurai Vendetta (1959)
Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the family of Lord Kira that led to the famous revenge of the 47 Ronin.
poster
67
16
6.7
/349/
67
/18/
67
/13/
3.5
/702/

A Certain Killer (1967)
A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.
poster
54
16
6.9
/246/
54
/7/
55
/12/
40
/42/

Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction (1964)
A fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have their eye on Kyoshiro. The fact that a bunch of ruthless smugglers also want him dead is the least of his problems!
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66
15
7.4
/386/
58
/9/
63
/15/
3.6
/568/

The Betrayal (1966)
A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai principles makes him an oddity among his peers, and a very vulnerable oddity in consequence. He takes the blame for the misdeeds of others, with the understanding that he will be exiled for one year and restored to the clan's good graces after the political situation dies down. As betrayal begins to heap upon betrayal, he realizes he'll have to live out his life as a ronin, if not hunted down and killed.
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11
7.4
/235/
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/7/
76
/11/
3.6
/262/

Bamboo Doll of Echizen (1963)
Kisuke, a young bamboo worker marries Tomoe, a geisha who was once involved with Kisuke's late father.
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11
7.2
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61
/5/
65
/14/
3.6
/350/

The Temple of Wild Geese (1962)
Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's lascivious head priest Kikuchi. She is drawn to a melancholy young acolyte, Jinen, who has observed the profligacy of his cruel master and Satoko's utter dependence on the man. Jinen is both fascinated and disturbed by Satoko's interest in him; he is similarly caught between loathing of Kikuchi and of the dark circumstances of his birth and his own moral weakness. The story unfolds in a dreamlike manner—a flashback inspired by a now-infamous image on a silkscreen in the souvenir shop at the so-called Temple of the Wild Geese.
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5.8
/11/
10
/1/

Geisha in the Old City (1957)
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and resilience.
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10
/1/

Hell's Assassin (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Kumoemon to sono tsuma (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark (1961)
The hairpin murdered a young girl. Detective Zenigata Heiji begin to investigate. Suddenly a murder case turns into a case of smuggling.
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6.0
/16/
10
/1/

The Old Temple Well (1961)
Features a haunted well with yet another blind masseur's vengeful ghost.
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6.0
/6/
10
/1/

The Lord Pretends (1959)
N/A
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5.7
/35/
10
/1/
40
/1/

Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane (1960)
Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daughter will also fall victim to his curse, so that she can become empowered as an agent of her father's vengeance.
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10
/1/

Teppo Yasu no Shogai (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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6.5
/24/
10
/1/

The Virgin Witness (1966)
A father decides to put his delinquent daughter into a temple in Kyoto known for its austere novitiate. Initially resistant to all forms of discipline, she ends up falling in love with the nun who is in charge of her.
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10
/1/

Gale Winds! Tengu Karama (1956)
The 40th and final "Tengu Kurama" feature starring Kanjuro Arashi.
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6.3
/18/
10
/1/

Homeless Dog (1964)
First movie of the Inu series directed by Tokuzō Tanaka
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7.1
/36/
10
/1/
60

The Homely Sister (1967)
In the 19th century Edo period, sisters Oshizu and Otaka have sacrificed their personal happiness to work and care for their ailing father. Otaka falls in love, but can’t accept a marriage proposal since her older sister needs to marry first. When Oshizu learns of this decision, she takes matters in her own hands.
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10
/1/
73
/3/

Assassins for sale (1963)
Nagasaki at the end of the Edo period had the taste of a criminal paradise, where, despite the exotic, dangerous work was always in demand. Here, three wandering samurai who earn their living by killing get to know each other. Soon they learn that government officials will be transporting a large cargo of gold and decide to steal it.
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7.5
/18/
10
/1/

The Two Bodyguards (1968)
Film directed by Kenji Misumi
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6.4
/10/
10
/1/

A Thousand Flying Cranes (1959)
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10
/1/

Judge of the Ashuras (1951)
N/A
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6.7
/51/
45
/2/
60
/1/

A Night to Remember (1962)
Seventeen years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a newspaper reporter looks for the bomb's effects, but everyone seems to have forgotten. He meets a woman who was there when it happened but when they fall in love she isn't able to move on.
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10
/1/

Traveling with Breeze (1953)
1953 Hiroshi Inagaki movie.
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10
/1/

Shippu no Seitarou (1955)
A historical drama directed by Yukiya Sato, and co-written by Rokuhei Susukita and Jiro Okuzawa. Seitarou, who travels from trip to trip, was asked by Fujisuke, who was killed in a mess at the Shinshu Oil Shop's gambling house, to deliver his child Shinkichi to his mother Megumi in the old Iwanjoya in Shiojiri, Shinshu. Megumi was crying day and night, worrying for her child. Masagoro, the boss of the land who had been aiming for the replacement of Iwanjoya, forced Megumi to marry his son Hyokichi. On the way, Seitarou and Shinkichi helped Rohno, who was looking for his fiancee....
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5.4
/8/
10
/1/
70
/1/

Zangiku monogatari (1956)
Based on the novel by Shofu Muramatsu, the film is dedicated to the actors of the renowned Japanese Kabuki theatre. Set in Japan in 1885, the story follows Kikunosuke Onoe, the adopted son of a famous Kabuki actor. Kikunosuke’s father teaches him professional acting skills, preparing him to become his successor and continue the acting dynasty. However, Kikunosuke leaves his family, much to his father’s dismay, to hone his craft outside of Tokyo and moves to Osaka.
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6.0
/13/
40
/2/
70
/1/

The Thieves' Who's Who (1966)
In the book of the world's greatest rogues, the number one man can only be one person.
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10
/1/

Zenigata Heiji Case Files: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse (1956)
N/A
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6.7
/99/
40
/5/

On the Road Forever (1964)
A wandering gambler strolls into a village searching for his father's killer, unaware that the village is run by criminals who sell the poorest peasants into slavery.
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10
/1/

Princess Finds Her Prince (1953)
N/A
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10
/1/

Ken ni kakeru (1962)
N/A
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6.6
/12/
10
/1/

The Man Disappears Yesterday (1964)
Tired of everyday life, the 8th Shogun Yoshimune flees Edo Castle and asks Ooka Echizen to become his personal assistant. In a rice shop, Yoshimune meets a simple ronin Ohashi Kenshiro, and receives permission to stay at his house, but a mysterious corpse awaits him in the house... And then the second, third and fourth murders occur...
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4.6
/7/
10
/1/

The Confusing Journey of Jirocho (1963)
An entertaining historical drama featuring popular comedians from the Kansai region of the time, such as Makoto Fujita, Minoru Shiraki, and Gannosuke Ashiya. Raizo Ichikawa as the famous yakuza boss Jirocho.
poster
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10
/1/

Nuregami botan (1961)
N/A
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7.2
/9/
10
/1/

The Phantom Samurai (1961)
N/A
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10
/1/

The Actress and the Three Rascals (1962)
N/A
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10
/1/

Song of Sado (1961)
Sentaro (Raizo Ichikawa) from Ipponmatsu sets out to commit evil and gain dignity, but his good-natured nature does not allow him to do anything bad. Along the way, Sentaro saves a young woman named Okimi (Yuko Miki) from a bad womanizer and meets a Yakuza named Katsugoro (Yoshie Mizutani). He then visits Katsugoro boss Kanjiro Inariyama (Ganjiro Nakamura II) to train to be a yakuza, but to his surprise discovers that Katsugoro is Kanjiro's only daughter, Okatsu. He also finds out that the young yakuza working in Kanjiro's house is his younger brother Hanji (Yukio Hashi). Then the Shigezo family, who had been annoying Kanjiro for a long time, set fire to his gambling hall!
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10
/1/

Ojo-kichiza (1959)
N/A


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