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Criterion Channel
86
80
8.5
/8732/
82
/227/
82
/212/
4.5
/26495/
94
/897/

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
7.5
/847/
62
/17/
77
/17/
3.7
/632/
80
/82/

Sandakan No. 8 (1974)
A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
45
7.3
/1717/
65
/58/
66
/40/
3.6
/2087/
74
/21/

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
Zatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, while fending off angry yakuza and bloodthirsty relatives out for revenge, and trying to save a sick child. Meanwhile, his luck with dice is turning.
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74
36
7.1
/915/
71
/25/
68
/37/
4.0
/2997/
82
/6/

Heroic Purgatory (1970)
Rikiya Shoda is an engineer working for the Atomic Agency in Japan. One day, his wife Nanako returns home with a lost teenager called Ayu. A man, pretending to be the father, comes to get her back; Ayu keeps telling him that Rikiya and Nanako are her parents. Through this disruption, Rikiya suddenly starts remembering his youth as a revolutionary.
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69
22
7.2
/316/
74
/9/
65
/16/
3.5
/215/
6.5
/979/

The Wild Swans (1977)
A young girl must spend six years making sweatshirts out of poison ivy in order to save her six brothers which have been turned into swans by an evil sorceress.
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Hoopla
71
17
7.4
/469/
63
/11/
76
/10/
3.6
/777/

Cash Calls Hell (1966)
Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in exchange for a half-share of 30,000,000 yen, he is to assassinate three strangers given to him on a list. However, upon meeting his first potential victim, Oida has second thoughts. Yet, even as he tries to back out, the body count starts climbing. Oida must now try to alert the people on his list of their impending danger, and find out why they are being targeted in the first place.
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66
14
7.1
/310/
62
/7/
60
/13/
3.6
/594/

Blood Is Dry (1960)
An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own advantage by turning the incident into an advertising campaign. With the success of the campaign, however, he is no longer a desperate man pointing a gun to his head, but a potential leader who wishes to take advantage of his failed suicide.
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63
10
7.3
/215/
45
/5/
64
/11/
3.6
/371/

The Long Darkness (1972)
The relationship between Tetsuro, a university student from a disgraced, burdened family, and Shino, a waitress supporting her impoverished relatives. The couple decides to marry despite the significant emotional and social hardships each faces, viewing their love as a means to overcome the shame and despair inherited from their pasts.
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Criterion Channel
61
10
7.0
/253/
52
/8/
53
/10/
3.5
/416/

The Shadow Within (1970)
When a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young son intends to murder him.
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10
/1/

Escape into Terror (1963)
Action film
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10
/1/

The Rokumeikan (1970)
TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.
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10
/1/

悲劇の将軍 山下奉文 (1953)
When Japan entered into the great tragedy that was unforgettable, the general general of the history of the Ming Dynasty, hokudai Yamashita, left the Malay front and occupied Singapore at once, and was praised as a "Malay tiger." However, the situation in Japan changed steadily by the failure of Sai pan from the GA Talca translation.
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10
/1/

At the Side of the Bridge 2 (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Eriko (1962)
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Eriko" by Yukio Hashi.
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10
/1/

Ai no uzu shio (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown (1994)
Hikaru, an ordinary man, discovers a way to unleash the supernatural powers hidden inside his soul, allowing him to cure others with his newfound “ki” healing power.
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10
/1/

Water Moon (1989)
As the monk Ryuun, whose past and origin make him prone to internal and external fits, leaves the temple towards Tokyo, he gets to catch a glimpse of enlightenment resonating with the blind Kanoko.
poster
?
5.6
/8/
10
/1/

A Man With Dragon Tattoos (1962)
In the late 1890s, coal is a precious new natural resource. During an era of rapid economic growth, dreams are instilled into the lives of many across Japan. A vigorous young man with a look of fearless determination, sets foot on the northern part of Kyushu, an area where Yakuza thrived. His name is Kingoro Tamai (Yujiro Ishihara). With plans to travel the world, Kingoro worked diligently at a coal mine. His loyalty and hard work earned the respect of his peers, his courage won the heart of the beautiful Mon (Ruriko Asaoka), and his success evoked jealousy in his enemies.
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10
/1/

Stray Sheep (1955)
1955 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.
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6.2
/32/
10
/1/
60
/1/

New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2 (1969)
Suehiro Katsuji, a prisoner of Abashiri, is sent to Shikoku to work at a dock where a fierce turf battle takes place between a local gang and the dock operator.
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6.2
/20/
10
/1/
20
/2/

The Shogun and His Mistresses (1967)
Three tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period.
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10
/1/

Zoku aizen katsura (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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5.6
/7/
10
/1/

Showdown in the Red Valley (1965)
Ken Watanabe, a young man from Tokyo, comes to the great plains of Rumo, Hokkaido to see his hometown with his own eyes. Ken, who was entangled in this land's boss Samejima and collapsed, was rescued by Shingo Kazama, a mountain man who works at the quarry. Samejima, who doesn't like Shingo, tries to interfere with Shingo's work...
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5.4
/9/
10
/1/

Maria of the Ant Village (1958)
Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been baptized under the name of Maria, comes to offer her services. However, Ant Village is not just an ordinary vagrants' community but a fine autonomous organization, and as the municipal authorities have long been demanding that the people of Ant Village leave the site, Satoko is utilized to publicize the Village and win public sympathy. While being utilized in this manner, Satoko is nevertheless glad to be able to help the people of Ant Village, especially the children, and when the summer vacation comes she decides to take the children on an excursion to Hakone. To raise funds for this purpose she becomes a rag-picker herself.
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10
/1/

Pursuit (1961)
Tsuiseki is a 1961 crime film.
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10
/1/

Police Precinct Part 21 (1963)
A burnt corpse of a man was found in Okutama. As a result of the investigation, it turns out that the criminal strangled the victim with a bandage, smashed his face with an oil canister and burned the body, trying to hide the identity of the victim. But the investigation establishes that the victim is a former criminal named Hisashi Sayama. According to Sayama's daughter-in-law, a man named Kitamura got him a job, so he left home with a copy of the family register. Trying to find the killer, the First Investigation Department is investigating all over the country, including Akita, Yokkaichi and Okinawa.
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10
/1/

Police Precinct: Landfill No. 19 (1962)
In the former landfill, where construction is currently underway, the corpse of a middle-aged man with an unusual rosary in his hand was dug up. An autopsy showed that the victim was about 40 years old, 170 cm tall, had bad teeth, and had been strangled about a month ago. The police department begins an investigation, Detectives Hayashi and Kitagawa set out to investigate the origin of the rosary, and Detectives Nagata and Watanabe begin interviewing construction workers. In the end, it turns out that the rosary belongs to some new religion... The 19th work from the series "Keishicho Monogatari".
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8.2
/14/
10
/1/

Fifth Movement (1981)
When a broadcasting company takes away its financial support from a symphony orchestra, some of the members refuse to admit defeat. The first violinist returns to his home and manages to get the orchestra back together for a grandiose performance, saved at the last minute by their original conductor -- and boding well for the future of the die-hard musicians.
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10
/1/

Drunken Harbor (1966)
Third film of the yoidore hakase series
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10
/1/

Tetsugen (1981)
Japanese film based on the life of Zen Master Tetsugen Doko.
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10
/1/

The Shootist 2 (1990)
Sequel to 'Sniper THE SHOOTIST'
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10
/1/

A Lonely Gamble (1965)
In post-war Japan, it is difficult for private business to stay afloat. The small atelier has a debt of several million yen. To get a loan, his proprietress is forced to turn to a successful businessman, owner of entertainment establishments and bars. But she has nothing to guarantee the return of the debt, and then she offers herself as collateral. A drama about the contradictory nature of human feelings.
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5.8
/13/
10
/1/

Sweet Secret (1971)
A dynamic woman who aspires to be a writer, living a wild life in constant search of freedom while indulging in lust with four men.
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10
/1/

The Life of a Horse-Trader (1963)
Hokkaido at the end of the Taisho era is Kitami. On the day his wife died of a dystocia, Bakuro Yonetaro fell asleep after being kicked by a sick woman Yuki at a vague shop after violence.
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7.0
/6/
10
/1/

Hunting Opium-Eaters (1960)
The Chase after Opium Dealers
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7.0
/44/
35
/2/
60
/6/

A House in the Quarter (1963)
With her family suffering from extreme poverty, Yuko, as the eldest daughter, is sold to a successful brothel in Kyoto. There she is assigned to serve Takamatsu, one of the brothel’s top customers. But while Takamatsu falls madly in love with Yuko, she finds herself attracted to a young priest named Kunugida. Torn by jealousy, Takamatsu hatches an evil plan to tear them apart.
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7.7
/14/
10
/1/

The Burdened Sisters (1961)
Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.
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7.5
/9/
10
/1/

Mid-August Commotion (1962)
A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General Staff of the Konoe Division on the eve of the end of the Pacific War.
poster
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7.2
/70/
10
/1/
65
/4/

Policeman's Diary (1955)
Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the officers of this local police station, it‘s part of their daily routine. One day, patrolman Yoshii (Hisaya Morishige) finds an abandoned baby and a six year old girl standing in front of the station. When he's declined by the welfare office, orphanage and local health clinic to take them in, he decides to take care of them himself.
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6.9
/15/
10
/1/

Drunkard's Paradise (1962)
A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving behind a fiance…. A unique social satire that focuses on why people drink alcohol.
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6.7
/19/
10
/1/

The Naked Sun (1958)
A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-future, have enough money to get married. As they have agreed on this procedure, it comes as a shock to the young woman to find out from her husband-to-be that he just loaned all the money they had saved to a friend. She is understandably miffed, and a big disagreement results. But after some time goes by, she discovers why the friend needed the money so badly, and the couple are back on solid footing again.
poster
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7.1
/13/
10
/1/
100
/1/

Tale of Army Brutality (1963)
Director Jun'ya Satô's debut film focuses on the inhuman training of recruits, the brutal drill system that reigned in the Japanese army during World War II, where in the first two years of training, ordinary people were turned into inhuman killers. For his first film, the director was awarded the Blue Ribbon Awards in the Debutant of the Year nomination.
poster
?
7.3
/12/
10
/1/

Drive for the Future (1980)
N/A
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7.6
/100/
51
/6/
65
/6/

The False Student (1960)
A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.
poster
59
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7.0
/132/
40
/2/
68
/8/

Tower of Lilies (1953)
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.
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7.2
/11/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Four Sisters (1962)
A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.
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6.4
/7/
10
/1/

The Fatal Raid (1969)
Kazama and three others defeated Yoshie Sangyo, but the Nishio group was disbanded due to public pressure, and the territory belonged to the Hirata group.
poster
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7.4
/32/
30
/2/
85
/2/

Yakuza of Seki (1963)
A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito. While traveling, he rescues a young girl, Osayo, whose father entrusts her to him with his dying wish. To honor his promise to Osayo's deceased father, Yatappe brings her to safety, and from a distance keeps a watchful eye on her well being.


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