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Kanopy
92
8.6
/397630/
84
/5714/
85
/4063/
4.6
/383477/
100
/103/
97
/6724/
98
/7/
cc age 13+

Seven Samurai (1954)
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
6.5
/11494/
66
/495/
70
/320/
3.5
/33005/
92
/13/
68
/384/

Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.
poster
70
66
6.6
/6050/
69
/237/
71
/175/
3.5
/15885/
80
/15/
64
/101/

Mothra (1961)
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
61
6.7
/6134/
63
/115/
65
/136/
3.4
/11213/
80
/5/
65
/77/

Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado for discipline and humility. As Sanshirō matures, he proves judo’s spirit against old-guard challengers—including a deadly duel—while falling for his vanquished opponent’s daughter. Based on the novel by Tsuneo Tomita, son of Tomita Tsunejirō, the earliest disciple of judo.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
59
6.7
/4789/
67
/87/
67
/95/
3.3
/7677/
86
/7/
58
/42/

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1952)
A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.
poster
57
55
6.2
/2832/
63
/530/
69
/328/
3.1
/28178/
52
/21/
56
/700/
40
/4/

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.
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Criterion Channel
59
47
5.5
/2636/
57
/77/
67
/69/
3.1
/4488/
54
/733/

Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years later a wild boy is discovered wandering the streets of the city alone, born of the immortal heart.
poster
Criterion Channel
59
45
6.1
/2100/
57
/80/
63
/59/
3.1
/4125/
52
/41/

The Mysterians (1957)
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by night, after which they request a small patch of land on Earth and the right to marry earthling women, claiming to be pacifists. Mankind must decide whether to capitulate or to resist.
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73
42
7.5
/2356/
76
/37/
72
/44/
3.6
/916/

Chûshingura (1962)
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
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Criterion Channel
73
37
7.5
/1341/
74
/25/
72
/37/
3.7
/1144/

The Rickshaw Man (1958)
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.
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Criterion Channel
71
33
7.2
/818/
71
/19/
70
/22/
3.6
/2002/

Snow Trail (1947)
Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojiri encounter a young woman and her father, as well as Honda, a mountaineer. The inn folk do not realize their guests are wanted criminals and the visitors are treated with great kindness. Honda volunteers to lead them over the mountains, but Eijima's paranoia endangers all of them as they make the perilous trip.
poster
74
30
7.7
/1166/
72
/21/
72
/29/
3.7
/782/
79
/11/

Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
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Criterion Channel
62
24
7.0
/480/
57
/4/
61
/11/
3.6
/824/
54
/102/

Ginza Cosmetics (1951)
A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.
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65
13
6.4
/592/
57
/19/
66
/16/
77
/3/

The Human Vapor (1960)
A failed science experiment gives a librarian the ability to turn into a gaseous substance. He goes on to rob banks to fund his dancer girlfriend's career, killing those who interfere. Now Tokyo's most wanted criminal, can authorities stop him?
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53
12
5.4
/349/
57
/14/
45
/15/
2.8
/688/

Beast Man Snow Man (1955)
Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.
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?
5.8
/8/
10
/1/

Love on Rainbow Island (1956)
Japanese counterpart to Romeo and Juliet
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?
7.7
/18/
10
/1/

Bandits on the Wind (1961)
1961 Japanese movie
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?
6.2
/10/
10
/1/

Irresponsible Life in Edo Japan (1964)
A comedy directed by Kajiro Yamamoto, based on an original idea by Koji Toita, co-written by Yasuo Tanami, who worked on "Hibari Chiemi Izumi Sannin Yoba" and Kajiro Yamamoto, who worked on "The Story of a Genius Swindler: Tanuki no Hanamichi." Photographed by Seiichi Endo of "Things That Live at the End of the Earth."
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?
8.1
/14/
10
/1/

Garakuta (1964)
1964 Japanese movie
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?
7.0
/19/
10
/1/

University Bandits (1960)
A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a lodge during a blizzard. This ski action romp has the tempo of a musical, and Okamoto Kihachi's style is on full display. Tsuruta Koji makes a special appearance as a senior member of the mountain club.
poster
?
7.6
/21/

Subterranean Heat (1938)
N/A
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?
7.8
/28/
10
/1/

A Man in the Storm (1957)
Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a karate expert.
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?
6.8
/28/
10
/1/

Rebels on the High Sea (1956)
A film by Hiroshi Inagaki.
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?
7.7
/35/
10
/1/

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung (1959)
The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow Buddhist travelers. Though portrayed as a literal, if rather anthropomorphized, monkey in the original legends, this film substitutes the spindly comic actor Norihei Miki, sans makeup.
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?
10
/1/

The Lone Journey (1955)
Forced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. Movie posters for local cinemas were often displayed at sento (public baths) too. The handwritten text on the bottom here announces the film will play at Hassen for 3 days.
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?
6.7
/32/
60
/2/

Brother and Sister (1936)
Ino tries to control Mon’s every move, but she becomes a fallen woman, having an affair with a student, Obata whereas her sister San remains a “good girl.” The mother is very supportive of her daughters, but, the father, Akaza, who is the stonecutter foreman on the damn, lacks control of his family.
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10
/1/

Zoku izuko e (1967)
Sequel to "真実の愛情を求めて 何処へ" (1954). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka.
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?
4.8
/30/
10
/1/

Home-Brewed Tatsu (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Blood on the Sea (1961)
Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.
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7.4
/99/
62
/4/
63
/3/

Saga of the Vagabonds (1959)
Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting and befriending Taro, Rokuro decides to return the money to Taro. But Taro's unscrupulous brother Jiro falsely accuse Taro of the theft, and Taro reactively joins the outlaw band and encourages them to steal from the nobles and give to the poor.
poster
?
5.4
/6/

Kantaro of Ina (1943)
War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.
poster
51
?
7.8
/56/
10
/1/
65
/11/

Young Swordsman (1963)
This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the law is unfair. His brother keeps his opinions about the law to himself. The swordsman vents his frustration by cutting off the thumbs of an enemy. The fighter is then banished. To live, he becomes a thief. To restore the family's lost honor, the other brother is forced to challenge the fighter to a duel.
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?
4.9
/23/
50
/1/

Shanghai Landing Party (1939)
This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a documentary mode. In the film story, Japan's marine regiment protects Japanese residents and Chinese refugees-women and young children-from rampant street fighting, Shanhai Rikusentai unsparingly uses its first eight minutes for an official-mannered self-justification of the war. From the viewpoint of explaining Japan's military operation,the narration refers to the city s spatial division in sync with maps on screen.
poster
?
10
/1/

Chihō kisha (1962)
N/A
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5.2
/5/
10
/1/

Operation Mad Dog (1963)
Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda
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10
/1/

恐妻時代 (1952)
Japanese comedy film made by Kiyoshi Saeki
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10
/1/

An Edoite Judge (1953)
Period film about a feudal era judge living in Edo
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10
/1/

Forty-Eight Man (1952)
Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki
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10
/1/

Four Seasons of Women (1950)
Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda
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6.2
/8/
30
/1/

Onna keizu (1942)
1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.
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7.4
/31/
10
/1/

The Youth and His Amulet (1961)
Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the boy's rescue in times of difficulty.
poster
?
10
/1/
53
/3/

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1) (1956)
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
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?
7.1
/14/

Sky of Hope (1942)
What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy in 1942.
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?
6.0
/11/
40
/1/

Song of the White Orchid (1939)
Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colonial region of Manchuria, and the first film in the Kazuo Hasegawa/Shirley Yamaguchi (Ri Koran) “Continental Trilogy.” Handsome Hasegawa (representing Japan) runs up against an impertinent Yamaguchi (representing the continent); not surprisingly, in the course of the film the woman comes around and realizes the benevolent intentions of the Japanese. In Song of the White Orchid Yamaguchi leaves Hasegawa, who plays an expatriate working for the railway, because of a misunderstanding. She joins a communist guerilla group plotting to blow up the Manchurian railway. Learning of the subterfuge that led to the misunderstanding, she renews her faith in Hasegawa—and by extension Japan—and tries to undermine the plot.
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?
7.6
/94/
45
/2/
70
/3/

The Life of a Horse Trader (1951)
The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, despite being a father and a husband he is frequently drawn to taverns.
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?
6.2
/9/

Musashibo Benkei (1942)
A 1942 Jidaigeki by the veteran jidaigeki filmmaker Kunio Watanabe about the legendary warrior Musashibo Benkei with Hideko Takamine portraying Minamoto no Yoshitsune (who is, of course, a man). The film climaxes in the famous encounter/fight btw Benkei and Yoshitsune at the Gojo Bridge.
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?
7.3
/100/
50
/2/
70
/3/

Tokyo Sweetheart (1952)
Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a streetcorner artist all struggle to make their livings and to find happiness in difficult surroundings.
poster
?
5.5
/12/

Hideko the Cheerleader (1940)
Hideko, a young Baseball fan, determined to cheer for her favourite baseball team by creating a new song for them.


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