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Kanopy
90
8.3
/100630/
82
/1690/
83
/1265/
4.5
/172711/
98
/57/
96
/1465/
92
/20/
cc age 11+

Ikiru (1952)
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.6
/44610/
75
/1610/
76
/1063/
4.1
/148405/
94
/78/
89
/1072/
79
/20/

Godzilla (1954)
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
poster
Criterion Channel
66
65
6.3
/9436/
64
/349/
65
/273/
2.8
/14092/
85
/26/
72
/479/
61
/8/
cc age 10+

Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for both Japan and the world lies on a secret weapon, which may prove more destructive than the monster itself.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
63
7.6
/3570/
73
/64/
76
/102/
3.9
/6712/
83
/577/

Floating Clouds (1955)
A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
59
7.8
/1512/
72
/22/
76
/44/
4.1
/3842/
100
/241/

Two in the Shadow (1967)
A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.
poster
Criterion Channel
61
59
6.2
/8414/
61
/337/
68
/241/
3.2
/22099/
50
/8/
62
/245/

Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing Godzilla and Rodan, the Xiliens offer a cure for cancer. As Glenn investigates, he develops a romance with Miss Namikawa and uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.
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Criterion Channel
59
45
6.1
/2105/
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.
poster
57
40
6.0
/1625/
60
/51/
55
/47/
3.1
/2158/
51
/38/

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974)
Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crossed. So he wants the tape back.
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Hoopla
53
38
5.6
/1786/
55
/85/
58
/45/
2.9
/2228/
37
/81/

Battle in Outer Space (1959)
In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men. In response, a global council meeting is held to determine the source of the attacks and prepare a rocket ship armada for a counter-attack, a true battle in outer space. . . The film is a sequel of sorts to Toho's THE MYSTERIANS in the reprise of the Etsuko Shiraishi character of that film as its heroine. It was edited to 74 minutes for its American release.
poster
73
33
7.1
/1071/
75
/28/
68
/20/
3.6
/825/
80
/29/

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)
A college senior, Shuhei, is blackmailed by a professor into joining the school's sumo team. He is aided by a group of misfits who must team together to defeat their rivals or face disgrace and the disbandment of the sumo club.
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Criterion Channel
52
30
5.3
/1072/
50
/54/
57
/32/
2.6
/3160/

Varan (1958)
When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Varan, a giant monster, who decides to leave the valley and head straight for Tokyo.
poster
64
30
6.3
/203/
66
/30/
61
/29/
3.4
/2057/

Japanese Spiderman: Episode 0 (1978)
The Iron Cross Army are sabotaging oil-tankers with the help of their monster, the Sea-Devil, a semi-mechanical anthropomorphic swordfish with an ability to shoot torpedoes from its mouth. Spiderman employs the help of the interpol agent Juzo Mamiya to help him stop the Iron Cross Army.
poster
74
30
7.7
/1169/
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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Hoopla
40
21
4.4
/932/
40
/44/
43
/31/
2.3
/1310/
27
/29/

Varan the Unbelievable (1962)
In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric monster Obaki from hibernation at the lake's bottom, and it proceeds to attack Japan. Although made by a U.S. independent film company, this film was based on a Japanese Toho monster film of 1958, "Daikaiju Varan", from which all of the monster effects scenes and a few incidental dramatic shots were edited into it.
poster
73
17
7.3
/425/
67
/7/
65
/14/
3.8
/863/
86
/4/

Sudden Rain (1956)
A husband and wife's pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.
poster
65
13
6.4
/596/
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?
poster
67
11
6.8
/339/
60
/11/
68
/13/
3.5
/349/
69
/2/

Fancy Dance (1989)
Yohei, a punk rocker, becomes a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Though initially rebelling against the tough monastic discipline, he learns to adjust. Then his girlfriend shows up, enticing him to return to his rock 'n' roll roots.
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?
10
/1/

Kwaidan (1992)
N/A
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?
20
/1/

The Breed (2000)
Children born with special power. They seek blood for eternal life. And tonight, the victims ...!
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?
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
?
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.
poster
?
10
/1/

The Enchanting Devil (1959)
Thriller directed by Seiji Maruyama
poster
?
6.5
/21/
10
/1/

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku (1958)
1958 Japanese movie
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?
6.2
/7/
10
/1/

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen (1957)
Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.
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?
7.6
/7/
10
/1/

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen (1957)
Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban.
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?
10
/1/

Stray Sheep (1955)
1955 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.
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?
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.
poster
?
10
/1/

The Crimson Sky (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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?
10
/1/

Ultra Q: The 1/8 Project (1990)
Theatrical version of episode 17 of Ultra Q TV series.
poster
?
10
/1/

Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu (1956)
N/A
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?
6.9
/11/
10
/1/

Fifty-Fifty (1963)
The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.
poster
?
10
/1/

Wedding March (1951)
Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa
poster
?
6.9
/76/
60
/1/
50
/1/

A Woman in the Typhoon Area (1948)
Four unlucky pirates head to a weather tracking station set on a remote island with the intention of holding the weather trackers as hostages and assaulting their next incoming supply ship; but at the station they are told that a serious typhoon is on the way, so the ship will be delayed.
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?
7.0
/15/
10
/1/

The Wind Blows Twice (1952)
Kanae, who broke up with her husband and moved to her uncle's house, met two men when her father, a university professor, collapsed. Michihara, a wealthy man and Miyashita, a youth scholar. Kanae is attracted to Miyashita, but ...
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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
?
8.1
/24/
10
/1/

Three Generations of Company Presidents (1956)
The third installment in the Shacho Series.
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?
7.4
/26/
10
/1/

Foghorn (1952)
A Japanese woman, the mistress of an American, falls in love with her servant.
poster
?
6.1
/14/
25
/2/

Girls in the Orchard (1953)
Girls in the Orchard (1953) is about tension between the life of a family in a rural area with all the traditions (continuing family business, taking care of the land)-- and the modernity and lure of a life in the city.
poster
?
6.0
/60/
40
/3/

Falling into the Evening (1998)
Rica and Kengo have been living together for the past four years. It's been a very happy time for Rica; the only dark spot being an accident she caused during a shoot for a commercial in which Kengo's good friend, Shibata, nearly lost his life. The memory of this event weighs heavily on Rica's conscience. One night Kengo tells Rica that he has fallen in love with a charming but inscrutable woman named Hanako.
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?
10
/1/

Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker (1953)
1953 jidaigeki directed by Nobuo Nakagawa of Jigoku and Ghost of Yotsuya fame.
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?
5.1
/23/
10
/1/

Life of a Country Doctor (1960)
A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first time in Japan. Unfortunately for him, however, his wife's addiction to gambling is of such a magnitude that he is down to selling his underwear to make money. The image sticks and he becomes known as the 'underwear doctor.' On the other hand, his successful surgery's patient is so grateful he himself wants to become a physician.
poster
57
?
6.7
/180/
40
/2/
63
/6/

The Lovelorn Geisha (1960)
A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself 'already dead'.
poster
63
?
7.9
/227/
10
/1/
90
/5/
3.8
/348/

Happiness of Us Alone (1961)
The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a school reunion, and the film follows their trials and tribulations ... and joys.
poster
65
?
7.4
/126/
50
/2/
72
/9/

The Scent of Incense (1964)
After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life deeply gets in trouble.
poster
?
6.3
/76/
35
/2/
62
/4/

Big Shots Die at Dawn (1961)
Grown up son arrives home to learn his father, the newly elected mayor, has been assassinated. So he journeys down a path to find the assassin and gets involved with two opposing yakuza gangs.
poster
62
?
6.4
/203/
51
/8/
61
/9/
3.4
/241/

The Last Gunfight (1960)
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investigate the death of the wife of gangster Tetsuo Maruyama of the Kozuka gang, probably at the hands of one of the Oka gang. During a gang gunfight, Maruyama is rescued by Detective Fujioka and the two become friends. But Maruyama insists on avenging his wife's murder, even if it means conflict with his new friend.
poster
?
8.8
/7/
10
/1/

A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister (1957)
An Ishiro Honda film.
poster
?
7.6
/73/
10
/1/
85
/4/

Farewell Rabaul (1954)
A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have little regard for life. Seeking the companionship of any woman who will have them, they spend their days indulging in every fantasy in order to escape the overwhelming fear of death looming just over the horizon.


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