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Criterion Channel
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7.3
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70
/53/
67
/38/
3.8
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75
/12/
87
/33/

A Taxing Woman (1987)
Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities. Itakura and Gondo soon find themselves engaged in a complicated, satirical battle of wits.
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Criterion Channel
73
57
7.2
/2191/
70
/82/
69
/57/
3.6
/3451/
83
/933/

Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)
After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face the killer, a hired ronin.
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37
7.1
/1114/
62
/23/
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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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16
7.2
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3.6
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100
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And Then (1985)
Daisuke is supposed to be out looking for a respectable job and equally respectable wife. He is 30 years old and devotes his attention to music and literature; his family is wealthy and can support his interests. When his friend Hiraoka returns with his wife Michiyo, problems arise.
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6.9
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40
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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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Criterion Channel
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13
7.5
/296/
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/8/
71
/11/
3.7
/457/

The Third Shadow Warrior (1963)
In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three doubles, of shadows, of Lord Yasutaka. After months of intense and cruel training, he faces his destiny when the Lord and the other two shadows are killed in battle and he must take on the role of Lord Yasutaka....
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6.4
/334/
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/11/
52
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3.3
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade (1963)
Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both sides in a game of corruption, ambition, and double crosses. The leader of the Kaga clan, who thinks he has killed his smuggling partner, fears that the shogunate will discover his illegal activities. He learns of evidence that will prove his guilt. Meanwhile, his partner is not dead, and, assisted by a master of Shorenji boxing, is looking for revenge and for his loot. The Kaga leader sends the beautiful Chisa to enlist Nemuri's aid. The unexpected happens: the hard-bitten Nemuri falls in love. Can he protect her, topple the criminals, and avoid the boxer's deadly skill?
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6.3
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53
/11/
3.4
/299/

Yakuza Ladies (1986)
When her crime boss husband is sent to prison, a woman assumes control of one of the most powerful gangs in Japan.
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6.7
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62
/11/
3.4
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Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege (1964)
[Period covered: 1614-1615] Tokugawa Ieyasu is now the ruler of all Japan. But one last loose thread must be tied up before his domination is complete -- the destruction of the Toyotomi clan, now beseiged in Osaka castle. Ieyasu's ninja are the only ones who can penetrate the fortress, but unfortunately for Ieyasu, Kirigakure Saizo and the other Toyotomi ninja can just as easily get out. As armies of samurai maneuver for battle, the fate of the nation will be decided by a desperate struggle in the dark!
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20
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Jitsuroku: Hokkaidō yakuza sensō: gyakuen (2001)
Original video
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10
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The White Road Across the River (1959)
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10
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Oniisan to oneesan (1961)
A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.
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10
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Iro no Michi Oshiemasu: Yume San'ya (1961)
A unique story of a life of romance, divided into three episodes about the profound secrets of the path deeply rooted in the essence of human nature, depicted with a wry and stylish touch.
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10
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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.
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10
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The Unruly Ronin's Journey II (1992)
Formerly a covert spy under the shogunate, ronin Azami Onijuro and his carefree companion, ronin, journeyed along the Kiso Highway. As they approached the Echizen Domain, they encountered a woman named Osode. Recognizing Onijuro's formidable skills, she asked for his help as she was on her way to Owari. Osode, the daughter of the second-ranking retainer of the Katsuyama Domain, carried a blood-sealed letter that served as evidence of a conspiracy involving the assassination of the domain lord by the Deputy Chief and the lord's younger brother. Onijuro's group becomes a target and is chased after by the chief retainer's top enforcer.
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10
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Tabiwa Oiroke (1961)
Will the assassin take my life or will a beautiful woman take my chastity? Or will a beautiful woman take your chastity? On the Tokaido Highway of Flowers, a beautiful swordsman is in peril! Tokaido is a journey of women's peril! Pink Kumudo no Kenjidoshu! A swarm of beautiful women chases after him! The forest of white blades that ambushes! Tokaido is in full bloom!
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10
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Ame no Kudan-zaka (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
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Sōran wataridori (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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/11/
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50
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Yakuza vs. Gang Leader (1974)
Gokudo Shimamura comes to blows with the Delinquent Boss who rolls into town with his motorcycle gang.
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6.0
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10
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The Old Temple Well (1961)
Features a haunted well with yet another blind masseur's vengeful ghost.
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20
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Kizu Blood Apocalypse 5 (2000)
The final 'Kizu Blood Apocalypse' film.
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10
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Straw hat of Itako (1961)
A film about young wandering Yakuza. Yukio Hashi's first film role.
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20
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Road to the Don 19 (2001)
The nineteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
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20
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Road to the Don 18 (2001)
The eighteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
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20
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Road to the Don 17 (2001)
The seventeenth 'Road to the Don' film.
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20
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Road to the Don 3 (1998)
The third 'Road to the Don' film.
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20
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Road to the Don 2 (1998)
The second 'Road to the Don' film
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Scars of Honor (1960)
Japan, 1643, as the Kato clan of Aizu falls from power two brave samurai will settle a dispute in the time-honored tradition of their clan, by drawing their blades in a duel to the death.
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10
/1/
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Rabble Tactics (1963)
The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to keep the wolf from the door. The farmers are recruited in groups of fifteen. In Yaju's village, there are only twelve men, so they press Oto, who looks more like a boy than a girl, to join, disguised as a man.
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10
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風来物語任侠篇 (1959)
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10
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風来物語 あばれ飛車 (1960)
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10
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駿河遊侠傳 賭場荒し (1964)
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20
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True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules (2002)
Former yakuza gang boss Noboru Ando reminisces about old partner in crime Kei Hanagata.
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6.8
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What Price Love? (1960)
Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebrated historical case tried by magistrate Tadasuke Ooka, whose shrewd legal decisions became the stuff of legend. Okuma Shirokoya, the daughter of a lumber merchant in Edo (today’s Tokyo), embarked on an affair and was executed after conspiring with her maid to murder her husband. (Source: https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/proiezione/shirokoya-komako/)
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Princess Sen in Edo (1960)
A gorgeous tragic love picture scroll depicting a beautiful woman who weeps over her strange fate and falters in her search for true love!
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10
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The Path I Remember (1959)
Japanese drama
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10
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Yamaotoko no Uta (1962)
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6.6
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10
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Disobedience (1958)
A university student wants to avenge his sister from a businessman who abandoned her after leaving her pregnant. To do this, he decides to seduce the man’s sister to make him suffer the same fate.
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10
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Dokonjo Taisho (1966)
Ryosuke Kotaki's life motto was his grandfather's will, "Study, make money, drink alcohol, and win the first prize". So, first of all, he went to Osaka to win the first prize with favorite shogi. In the car, he hit it off with a woman named Okichi and decided to live in the Shogi Kaisho, which is run by Okichi's father, Yoichi. Ryosuke's skill was strong, and he was happy to make a lot of money in gambling shogi. However, he lost to a middle-aged man by dropping four cards. This man was actually Heihachi Kudo, who is said to be the best of both worlds in the Kansai chess world at the time...
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6.9
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50
/4/
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Bronze Magician (1963)
Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1952) & the milestone silent surrealist masterpiece A Page of Madness (Kurutta Ippeji, 1926).
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60
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3.5
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The Most Valuable Wife (1959)
lchiro, the president of Mihara & Co., is henpecked by his wife Momoko, a clever and beautiful woman, but prattling and intrusive. She makes her younger sister Nashiko marry lchiro's younger brother, Jiro, manager of his company and now plans to marry her youngest sister Kyoko to her husband's youngest brother, Saburo. This means her domination of the Miharas and their business, a fine triple play which would gain her the title of "The Most Valuable Madam." However, in opposition to Momoko, Kyoko boldly declares that she will never marry Saburo. However Saburo is a most attractive young man and attracts Kyoko. Will she or her elder sister be able to win the title of "The Most Valuable Madam"?
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10
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Etajima, the Naval Academy (1959)
The former Japanese Naval Academy was at Etajima, one of the many islands of the beautiful Inland Sea. Among the new cadets were Ishikawa and Murase. Murase's mother had remarried after his father's death and the impressionable boy hated his overbearing father who held the whip-hand over his gentle mother. Out of defiance of his step-father he became wayward. But he was bright and his teacher persuaded him to enter the Academy as he knew that if he left home, his mother need not feel apologetic towards her husband on his account. Discipline was strict, their studies were hard and, in between, all the new cadets received an ample share of beatings, at the hands of the senior cadets, for the slightest mistakes. Murase thought all picked on him the most, especially Cadet First Class Kogure, who manhandled him at the slightest excuse.
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10
/1/

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven (1962)
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10
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Nuregami botan (1961)
N/A
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6.5
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10
/1/
70
/1/

Vagabonds from Badgerville (1961)
A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society.
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10
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Yôki na tono-sama (1962)
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10
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The Actress and the Three Rascals (1962)
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10
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Bara daimyo (1960)
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