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HBO Max Amazon Channel
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8.0
/195109/
80
/7310/
80
/4501/
4.1
/498060/
78
/7/
8.2
/327913/
cc age 8+

Castle in the Sky (1986)
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
7.4
/721/
74
/12/
71
/21/
3.8
/944/
83

Ballad of Orin (1977)
A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
60
7.4
/2793/
70
/51/
71
/61/
3.9
/6379/
87
/293/

Pigs and Battleships (1961)
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
51
7.3
/1740/
66
/24/
65
/36/
3.8
/2594/
81
/382/

Story of a Prostitute (1965)
Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate. Seijun Suzuki's Story of a Prostitute is a tragic love story as well as a rule-bending take on a popular Taijiro Tamura novel, challenging military and fraternal codes of honor, as seen through Harumi's eyes.
poster
66
51
6.3
/1826/
62
/67/
61
/64/
3.2
/3889/
83
/101/

Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song (1973)
Nami is once again on the run from the law but is saved by an old classmate who works at a strip club. Through a subsequent conversation they discover they both have a score to settle with a particular crooked cop. However, Nami has doubts about ever trusting a man.
poster
Criterion Channel
64
42
6.6
/1461/
64
/28/
61
/28/
3.4
/3636/
62
/115/

Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)
A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.
poster
64
32
6.8
/1063/
61
/17/
63
/29/
3.4
/2971/
61
/9/

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963)
Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.
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56
32
6.0
/1011/
58
/58/
56
/45/
3.2
/2344/
43
/12/

Cleopatra: Queen of Sex (1970)
Three people from the future, who travel spiritually to the era of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII Philopator and her Roman lovers Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, become their closest friends as they try to unravel the nature of the plan developed in their own time by a sinister enemy.
poster
Criterion Channel
66
26
6.8
/658/
62
/15/
64
/16/
3.5
/2256/
67
/7/

Everything Goes Wrong (1960)
Everything goes wrong when Jiro tries to break up his mother's relationship with a business man. The young rebel Jiro has to deal with an environment of crime and prostitution, and the impact of its choices on personal relationships: one with his mother, one with her business man lover and one with the girl in love with him.
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66
20
6.4
/528/
61
/29/
59
/37/
3.4
/663/
78
/1/

Edo Porn (1981)
The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.
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72
16
7.7
/1132/
61
/6/
78
/8/
3.7
/404/

Tree Without Leaves (1986)
Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his kin, he intends to chronicle the family he grew up in.
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64
12
6.7
/243/
60
/7/
68
/12/
3.4
/473/

The Sleeping Beast Within (1960)
A newspaper reporter's search for his girlfriend's missing father lead him into heart of the criminal underworld of Yokohama's Chinatown.
poster
57
12
6.2
/376/
53
/8/
53
/17/
3.2
/400/

Nishi Ginza Station (1958)
This short comedy concerns the extramarital affair of a drugstore owner. It is based on a popular song by the star of the film, Frank Nagai.
poster
64
12
6.6
/323/
57
/7/
64
/7/
3.4
/677/

Voice Without a Shadow (1958)
Asako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued to haunt her. Years later her husband invites his boss, Hamazaki, over for dinner and she realises his voice is suspiciously like that of the killer. Before she can investigate further, Hamazaki is found dead and her husband becomes the prime suspect.
poster
62
11
6.3
/195/
60
/4/
62
/11/
3.3
/461/

Smashing the 0-Line (1960)
Katiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and the drug dealer he’s sleeping with—to get a scoop. But what happens when an even more ruthless female gang boss kidnaps his sister?
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61
9
6.0
/175/
50
/4/
70
/6/
3.2
/509/

Teenage Yakuza (1962)
A high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighbouring city.
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10
/1/

Yume Camera 2 (1987)
Second part of the Fujiko Fujio omnibus TV drama special production.
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10
/1/

偽りの花嫁 (1982)
A young wife is frightened that her husband and her father's second wife may be in cahoots with each other and are after her fortune. And then, finally, a murder occurs.
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10
/1/

The Bride is Fifteen (1964)
Hanayome wa Jūgo-sai, directed by Mio Ezaki and distributed by Nikkatsu, stars Masako Izumi and Ken Yamauchi. The high-key pink background and casual photographic portrait embody Nikkatsu’s 1960s youth-film aesthetic. Clean, hopeful, and pop-oriented. The large white title, handwritten for a softer impression, injects playful energy that contrasts with the strict vertical text blocks. As Japan’s youth culture blossomed after the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, posters like this captured the spirit of romance and rebellion marketed to teenage audiences. The vivid color palette and carefree composition signal a stylistic shift from postwar black-and-white melodrama to the vibrant optimism of modern Technicolor cinema.
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10
/1/

Kōgen ni ressha ga hashitta (1984)
At a certain high school in Karuizawa, students relied on ordinary local trains for their commute, but with only seven trains running per day, missing one meant spending two or three hours killing time in town. This sparse train schedule on the Shinetsu Main Line
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?
10
/1/

Shōjo (1961)
1961 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Kiri ni Kieta Hito (1963)
The movie depicts the complicated romantic feelings of a woman who is attracted to a man other than her fiancé.
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?
6.1
/12/
10
/1/

Adventure With Him (1965)
Mitsuo Hayama, who is preparing for his entrance examinations, secretly plans to take a trip with his classmate Akira, alone and undisturbed. Noriko learns of the trip by chance and tells Mitsuo and his friends that she will join them, and they reluctantly agree. However, on the day of the trip, Akira suddenly decides not to join. Mitsuo and Noriko, a man and a woman, begin their journey together.
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10
/1/

新遊侠伝 (1966)
In this town, Kagosuke and Ryukichi of the Okamoto family, who are deeply committed to the yakuza way, are straightforward and justice-loving hot-blooded men. However, their slight clumsiness is a flaw, but they are extremely strong in fights, and there's no one who can match them. They are head over heels for Osen-san. They are both desperately unwilling to yield even if the other is a brother.
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10
/1/

Journey to the North (1967)
Winter holidays at the university. Eikichi visits a city in the north of the country, the hometown of Yuko, a classmate for whom he has feelings. However, Yuko, having returned home, has just become engaged to a local young man, and the sudden appearance of Eikichi makes others worry that their good relationship will be spoiled. An epic about pure love, which tells the story of a man who leaves his beloved woman, praying for her happiness. Adapted from the novel "Kiri no Naka no Shojo" Yojiro Ishizaka.
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10
/1/

Jūdai no kawa (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Ponkotsu oyaji (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Season of Farewell (1962)
A touching story of a girl who sails away from her love to keep her family together.
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36
/3/
59
/5/

King of Pornography (1971)
Dumb Tatsuo Umemiya / Shingo Yamashiro comedy about a young bloke whose dick grows to inhuman dimensions (obviously a role tailor made for star Umemiya's ego). He visits a doctor, impresses ladies and opens a porn shop before running afoul with yakuza...
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10
/1/

Facing to the Clouds (1962)
A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he gets acquainted with a library worker, Reiko Nakafuji. Reiko's father was a member of the Diet who was assassinated six years ago. Through Reiko, Takema joins Tsūkai-kai, a group of young people who respect her late father's political ideas. With the assistance of Tsukai-kai, Takema eventually uncovers the political scandal related to postwar compensation which led to the murder of Reiko's father.
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4.6
/6/
10
/1/

Showdown in Gangland (1970)
Rivalry between two young gangster groups who seek to extend their influence.
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10
/1/

The Rambler Returns Home (1962)
Final installment of THE WANDERING GUITARIST series.
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10
/1/

Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu (1965)
1965 Nikkatsu youth film.
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10
/1/

Hana no saigetsu (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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6.7
/22/
10
/1/

The Gambling Monk (1963)
One summer day, the chief monk of the Hojuin Temple dies. Harumichi rushes back to town hearing about his brother's death and requests for a grand funeral. He had been unwilling to take over the family business and had chosen a life as a middle school teacher far away from home, but considering the circumstances, he changes his mind. As the new chief of Hojuin, Harumichi scrambles around day after day for donations. He has kept strictly to the straight and narrow, until he passes a bicycle race track where the sounds of cheering fans induce him into a new way of life...
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10
/1/

Hitotsu no inochi (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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7.1
/24/
10
/1/

Violent Fraternity (1974)
Set in Shibuya in 1949, this is another film based on real life former yakuza boss Noboru Ando's memoirs.
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6.8
/15/

The House of the Sleeping Virgins (1968)
About an establishment where old men pay to sleep besides young girls that had been narcotized and happen to be naked, the sleeping beauties. The old men are expected to take sleeping pills and share the bed for a whole night with a girl without attempting anything of bad taste like putting a finger inside their mouths.
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4.8
/5/
10
/1/

Stolen Pleasures (1974)
Nikkatsu Roman Porno
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6.7
/57/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Living by Karate (1961)
Wada Kōji is a chivalrous young man who leads a group of youths that take on a yakuza boss.
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10
/1/

Wind and waves of the South (1961)
Little dark-eyed boy Kazuo. Yes, he dreamed of the sea. However, like everyone here in the village. Kazuo only wanted to study first, to finish school... But he failed. Mother died. The woman who replaced her brought with her affection, comfort, and warmth of mother's hands. It seemed that joy settled in their house again. But one day a storm caught the fishermen at sea. Father did not return... Father's friends, fishermen, tried to help the widow, who was left with two children. But the money was still not enough. And then Kazuo decided to become a fisherman. After all, he was now the eldest in the family...
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10
/1/
20

Yun’s Town (1989)
A Japanese boy in love with a girl of Korean origin must battle the prejudices of those around him in order to sustain the relationship.
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5.9
/21/
40
/2/
70
/2/

Birth of a Fighter (1967)
A young boss proves his right to rule his gang.
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10
/1/

Forbidden Lips (1958)
A youth lyrical story of pure love of a girl who grew up in the Kyoto Gion quarter, with a geisha mother and sisters Maiko and a college student.
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5.4
/31/
70
/1/

The Possessed (1976)
Oshima, a rich girl married Shinzo, and her cousin girl Sawa has been jealous of Oshima deeply. Sawa cursed Oshima so Shinzo could not hold her and do anything at all. Shinzo hated Oshima, and he made love with Sawa.
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6.7
/12/
10
/1/
10
/1/

I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident (1985)
On the night of August 19, 1980, a bus was set on fire by the vagrant Hirofumi Maruyama at the Shinjuku West Exit Bus Terminal. In the burning flames, Mitsuko, who was exhausted by her affair, suddenly thought of suicide. As a result, she escaped too late from the bus and suffered a serious injury. From there, she was hospitalized for a long time. As she gradually recovered, the wife of her affair partner, Soroku Sugihara, died of cancer. Soroku proposed to Mitsuko again, and they lived together. Due to Soroku's mounting debt, they decided to flee to Tojinbo. With the desperate persuasion of her acquaintances, Mitsuko regained her desire to "live again."
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5.6
/27/
10
/1/
50
/2/

The Four Roughnecks (1974)
Gimme gimme gimme! Yusaku Matsuda and his gang are on the hunt for women, money and more money! Takeo Natsuki (Yusaku Matsuda) was just released from prison. He was the leader of three rascals; all they did was cause trouble. When they meet a girl whose father is resisting a forced eviction to make way for a construction site, they come up with their own plans to solve the problem.
poster
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6.2
/13/
10
/1/

Itsudemo yume o (1963)
This is a factory area in downtown Tokyo, and Hikaru, nicknamed Pika-chan, is a nurse at the Mihara Clinic, a friend of the poor.


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