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Criterion Channel
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82
8.0
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78
/206/
78
/200/
4.2
/20005/
100
/11/
92
/97/
94
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Early Summer (1951)
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
poster
Criterion Channel
89
78
8.8
/8467/
86
/212/
84
/202/
4.6
/25705/
97
/28/

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.
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63
7.5
/39450/
75
/1017/
71
/580/
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
73
58
6.9
/2762/
69
/37/
65
/67/
3.6
/6112/
100
/7/
65
/33/

Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
56
7.6
/1978/
67
/26/
75
/44/
3.9
/2877/
84
/366/

Repast (1951)
Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
37
7.1
/1379/
66
/27/
65
/19/
3.6
/3319/
77
/19/

Cruel Gun Story (1964)
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their leverage is to promise him money for surgery for Rie. Togawa consents and plans the heist with three others. The plan is solid, but it doesn't go smoothly. Togawa must improvise, there are traitors somewhere, and double-crosses mount. Can Togawa escape with enough money to help his sister and ensure a passage out of Japan?
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FlixHouse
64
31
6.7
/547/
63
/25/
67
/12/
3.5
/1946/
80
/5/
38
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Black Tight Killers (1966)
Daisuke Honda, a war photographer in Vietnam, meets Yuriko Sawanouchi, a stewardess on his plane back to Japan. After drinking with her at a Tokyo bar, he becomes involved in saving Yuriko from assassination by stylish, female ninjas. When trying to rescue Yuriko from kidnappers, Daisuke discovers a group of foreigners are hunting for a WWII-era treasure hidden on an island by Yuriko's father.
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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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67
14
7.2
/328/
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/10/
63
/10/
3.6
/649/

The Balloon (1956)
Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress and a new lover who sings at a nightclub. When Murakami’s daughter befriends the mistress, the affair throws the family into turmoil.
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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.
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10
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Madam (1957)
Japanese drama film.
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10
/1/

Gambler in the Sea (1961)
Joe, a master diver, explodes his fighting spirit and friendship across raging seas and scorching deserts in this gorgeous and entertaining epic.
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10
/1/

Confessions of a Gynecologist (1950)
A timely masterpiece that boldly reveals women's secrets on the issue of when abortion is acceptable...
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10
/1/

Shojohou (1950)
A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand tall like the peaks of a place that has endured the winds and snow of love! Eisuke Taniguchi (Shimizu), president of Towa Electric Works, has three beautiful daughters. The eldest, Kozue (Todoroki), is an intelligent and dynamic modern girl, the second, Yoko (Otowa), is a modest girl with Japanese tastes, and the third, Hanayo (Wakayama), is a mischievous girl who has not yet lost her schoolgirl temperament. All three have feelings for Kiichiro Matsuzaki (Uehara), the president of a magazine company. He was married to Kozue, the eldest daughter, by agreement between their parents, but it was Yoko whom he loved, so he asked her to end her engagement to him.
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10
/1/

One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds (1952)
1952 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Sekai no haha (1958)
N/A
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10
/1/

I Will Challenge (1959)
Akira, a student who is professionally engaged in boxing, aspires to follow in the footsteps of his late father and become a champion when, during training, he becomes embroiled in a murder case. His school friend is involved in the case, and Akira also becomes the target of villains...
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10
/1/

Tatsumaki kozō (1960)
Tommy, a tornado boy who arrived at Arima Onsen in search of his father, whom he separated from when he was young, meets a girl named Eiko after driving away a group of thugs causing trouble at a variety show venue. Additionally, a drifter named Nanajo, impressed by Tommy's skills, approaches him with a story about a smuggling ship sinking off the coast of Kobe...
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10
/1/

Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Fighting Yasubei (1952)
Yasube Nakayama left the clan and lives in Edo. One day, Yasubei visits his uncle Rokuroemon Kanno to borrow money from a moneylender in the amount of 13 ryo in order to save Oteru, the daughter of a merchant. However, the next day, Rokuroemon was killed in a fight by the Murakami brothers. Yasubei rushed to the scene, took revenge and became the husband of Miya, the daughter of Horibe Yahei.
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10
/1/

Hitori tabi (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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5.4
/12/
10
/1/

Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku (1958)
"Tomorrow is Another Day" tells the story of three brothers who struggle to shake free of the father's ties to the yakuza underworld. A star vehicle for the popular singer/actor Yūjirō Ishihara.
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10
/1/

Wakai toppū (1960)
On his way back to Yokohama, a young boy named Kenji Hase encounters a girl named Yoshiko who is being harassed by the Kaminaryu gang. He rescues her and they head towards Yokohama in Yoshiko's car. In Yokohama, there is an uproar because Kenji's father, Shozo Hase, a customs officer, has been accused of stealing confiscated drugs. The story unfolds with thrilling action as Kenji bravely confronts the gang of villains who framed his father and kidnapped him, all while seeking justice and vindicating his father's innocence.
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6.3
/7/
10
/1/

Burūtaun aoi machi no ōkami (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Hatoba de akuma ga warau toki (1962)
Japanese action film distributed by Taiho.
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6.3
/6/
10
/1/

The Young and Bad (1962)
Not too long ago, Soichiro was considered one of the most powerful men in business. But his business had failed, his granddaughter had committed suicide. There was nothing in his life anymore that he could look forward to. Sochiro was ready to put an to it end to all. As he drives down the Usui Pass, headed toward his summer house in Karuizawa, a girl in red heels, wearing nothing else but a coat jumps in front of the car.
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6.8
/18/
10
/1/

The Man with a Sinister Laugh (1960)
After getting out of prison, a young yakuza tries to find out who killed his girlfriend, attempts not to get drawn back into crime, and to find his missing sister.
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10
/1/
35
/6/

The Guitarist from the Sea (1960)
Plans to build a touristic hot spring on the island of Izu Oshima run afoul of the Kobe yakuza group, which intends to use the island as a relay base for drug smuggling.
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10
/1/

Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16 (1957)
A biopic about Japanese baseball player, Tetsuharu Kawakami.
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10
/1/

Song of the Underworld (1956)
A conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken out. When an Izu underling starts a fight with a Yoshida man, Fuyu, the Izu family sends Tsuruta, a senior member of the clan, to make a personal apology to Fuyu. Tsuruta discovers that the woman he is in love with is Fuyu's sister, Tatsuko. Tsuruta ends up gambling with a swindler, who is in fact Tatsuko's husband. (The general plot of the film was re-used for Seijun Suzuki's Kanto Wanderer).
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5.2
/15/
10
/1/

Mysterious Dwarf (1955)
The daughter of a wealthy family goes missing at the same time a mysterious dwarf is running around town scattering body parts in public areas.
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10
/1/

Roar of the City (1958)
This action drama depicts a horrifying murder case over a photo of a mysterious beautiful woman hidden in a wallet, and the justice and love-hate relationship between the men involved in the case.
poster
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10
/1/

Kawa wa nagareru (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Kidō sōsahan muhō chitai (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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4.6
/6/
10
/1/

Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Tale on Tokai Chivalry (1964)
The film is set in Fukagawa in the early Showa period and depicts a fateful confrontation between two men who rise and fall in a black stream, trying to live a real human life, violating the cruel laws of the passing generation.
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10
/1/

Tiger of the Sea (1964)
A group of pirates sail the treacherous Pacific ocean in search for wealth.
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10
/1/

Loss of Innocence (1965)
A young journalist is writing an article on what happens to girls who are raped. He uncovers the story of a young girl who committed suicide when recognized by her former fiancee after she had become a prostitute. Other stories are interwoven, and the journalist finally comes to the conclusion, which he publishes, that "keeping your virginity until your wedding day will never be a source of regret for either men or women."
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6.8
/30/
10
/1/

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger (1960)
When Ryuji - the Gun Slinger, a drug addict leaves hospital to which he was taken after a gunfight by a notorious killer named Gin of Colt, he is employed as a bodyguard by Yo Sangen, chief of a narcotics smuggling ring.
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10
/1/

続変化大名 (1954)
N/A
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10
/1/

A Turning to Hell (1959)
Maki, a porter at the Sakura Hotel, finds a body in Room No. 2 and picks up a piece of paper on which is written "one-third of the key", also the part of a key. From a newspaper he learns that the dead man is an official who has been detained as a suspect in a bribery case involving 150,000,000 yen and that another suspect named Matsunaga is still in custody. Maki realizes that if he can obtain the other two-thirds of the key, he will be a multi-millionaire.
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10
/1/

I'll End in Hell (1961)
Joji Dan tries to find the heir of a prosperous Japanese millionaire who died in Mexico. However, the bandits want to take over the inheritance and Joji has to use his skills as a fast and accurate shooter!
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10
/1/

Maboroshi Tantei: Chiteijin Shūrai (1960)
First "Maboroshi tantei" film, based on the manga by Jiro Kuwata.
poster
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10
/1/

Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou (1963)
N/A
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6.0
/15/
10
/1/

Birth of a Jazz Maiden (1957)
Kawai Midori's father left the family a long time ago and since her mother passed away, she has taken care of her younger siblings by herself by working with a group of itinerant camellia oil peddlers. While she is In Izu selling camellia oil, she meets a young student, Katō Yutaka, who asks her to let him take her picture. The peddlers also meet a jazz band, and when Midori sings a song, teased by the band's star singer Nanjō Haruo, the band members are enraptured by her beautiful voice. She eventually joins the band and quickly becomes a popular jazz singer.
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10
/1/

Saigo no totsugeki (1957)
A narrative depicting the appearance of soldiers scattered in Rabaul during the Pacific War. The original work of Yoshinori Matsuura was dramatized by Toyama Tetsu of “Smuggling of the Body”, also directed by Yutaka Abe, and Shigeyoshi Mine of “Densuke's Propaganda” was in charge of the shooting. The main performers are Michitaro Mizushima of “Smuggling of the Body”, Ryoji Hayama of “The Sorrowful Garden”, Shoji Yasui of “The People of Okino”, Shiro Osaka of “Lonely Man”, “Tetsuji Kawakami Story 16” In addition to Hiroshi Nihonyanagi, Shinsuke Maki, Isamu Kosugi of the "Hunger Soul", Ko Mishima, Satoshi Nishimura, Saburo Hiromatsu, Hiroshi Kondo and others.
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10
/1/

White Fish (1953)
A family comprised of a man, woman and their only son is torn apart when the father, who is a doctor with his own clinic, is to go off to war. Soon the wife and the son are left without an update of his status and whether he is alive or not. With the clinic lying dormant the doctor's wife rents the premises to her husband's underling. This is a man who does not accept payment from the poor. The woman, in the meantime, works at a restaurant whose owner being ill has given her additional duties. Her younger sister is an unmarried finance writer who also lives with them. It is both sisters, however, who receive marriage proposals.
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10
/1/

Bodyguard from Hell (1955)
Kitagawa, a drug control officer in the Kanto Shinetsu area, was ordered to investigate the situation of drug trafficking around Yokohama.


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