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Kanopy
89
8.1
/194073/
79
/3157/
80
/2425/
4.2
/261905/
98
/64/
93
/2665/
98
/18/
cc age 15+

Rashomon (1950)
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
poster
Kanopy
88
8.1
/27863/
78
/561/
80
/623/
4.3
/55624/
100
/34/
93
/412/

Ugetsu (1953)
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
80
8.0
/15278/
78
/266/
76
/272/
4.1
/23000/
100
/19/
91
/265/

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
77
8.0
/5286/
79
/117/
79
/121/
4.2
/9665/
100
/16/
93
/93/

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
63
7.6
/3563/
73
/64/
76
/100/
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
68
60
7.1
/6118/
66
/93/
70
/122/
3.6
/8000/
60
/10/
73
/90/

The Idiot (1951)
A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry Hokkaidō and is pulled into a volatile tangle of love and pity between the disgraced Taeko Nasu, the proud Ayako, and his possessive friend Akama. Kameda’s saintly compassion exposes everyone’s wounds, steering the quartet toward jealousy, violence, and inexorable tragedy. Adapted from Dostoevsky’s novel.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
59
6.7
/4783/
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
Criterion Channel
72
51
7.4
/1711/
67
/49/
66
/41/
3.8
/1862/
79
/829/

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
The blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a jealous husband bent on revenge. Zatoichi tours Edo's underground via a rousing onsen fight scene, gambling houses and the gender-bending character of Umeji, before a final, flame-filled conflagration.
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Criterion Channel
70
45
7.1
/2206/
63
/31/
66
/65/
3.8
/3145/
75
/16/

Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love with her and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets. The ministers misuse their power so much that there is a popular revolt against the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.
poster
Criterion Channel
57
43
6.0
/3036/
51
/50/
59
/57/
2.9
/5257/

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two (1945)
A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his discipline against an American prizefighter and later facing vengeful karate brothers. As rival schools and public spectacle push him toward violence, he must reconcile strength with restraint and the true spirit of his art.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
37
7.7
/855/
68
/16/
75
/22/
4.1
/4674/

Forever a Woman (1955)
Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and her breast cancer diagnosis. In the last stage of her life, she meets a young journalist from Tokyo who wants to write a story on her life.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
34
7.2
/634/
63
/17/
68
/25/
3.6
/2736/

Love Letter (1953)
A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.
poster
Criterion Channel
66
27
6.9
/550/
54
/7/
69
/16/
3.5
/541/
71
/79/

Her Brother (1960)
Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother.
poster
71
22
7.4
/587/
66
/22/
68
/26/
3.8
/780/
71
/3/

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.
poster
66
20
7.3
/543/
60
/8/
62
/18/
3.7
/780/
60
/12/

Brother and Sister (1953)
The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.
poster
74
20
7.3
/504/
65
/13/
68
/18/
3.8
/936/
89
/3/

The Ball at the Anjo House (1947)
After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the family holds one last ball before leaving.
poster
73
19
7.2
/773/
65
/8/
59
/17/
3.7
/785/
95
/5/

The Lady of Musashino (1951)
Set in post-war Japan, The Lady of Musashino tells the story of Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage. She confides in her younger cousin, Tsutomo, and the two become close, but decide not to consummate their affair. He instead becomes involved with the flirtatious Tomiko, who is also conducting an affair with Michiko's husband. When Michiko finds that her husband has abandoned her, she decides to take her fate into her own hands.
poster
70
17
7.4
/470/
62
/11/
71
/9/
3.8
/799/

Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960)
Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-laws have no objection to her return to her own family.
poster
66
16
7.4
/536/
51
/7/
68
/13/
3.6
/560/

The Heart (1955)
In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained relationship stemming from an unknown incident in their past.
poster
67
14
7.2
/328/
64
/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.
poster
64
13
7.0
/536/
50
/10/
69
/12/
3.5
/341/

Alone Across the Pacific (1963)
Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his careful planning, many unforeseen events will test his determination.
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Criterion Channel
65
9
7.2
/192/
60
/5/
57
/13/
3.6
/276/

Night Drum (1958)
Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spiteful whispers also reach his ear about an adulterous affair carried on, in his long absence, between his wife and a famous drummer. With Hikokuro’s honor imperiled by rumor, his family insists on a formal investigation into the veracity of the gossip. Through the combined testimony of many witnesses, a tale unwinds around the visits of a traveling musician hired to tutor the family heir, the spurned attentions of the man who started the rumor, and the ultimate truth behind the accusations. The conclusion of events prove as much an indictment of bushidō as it is of the reluctant parties involved. Adapted from a 1706 play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon and based on a true case.
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?
10
/1/

Nocturne of a Woman (1961)
A woman has to give up her dream of becoming an actress when her family goes into debt, but she catches the eye of a businessman while working at a nightclub. He sets her up with her own nightclub, but with expectations attached.
poster
?
10
/1/

A Certain Woman (1954)
N/A
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?
5.2
/9/
10
/1/

This Day's Life (1957)
N/A
poster
?
10
/1/

Wild Ducks and Green Onions (1968)
The four-member con group, including the intellectual boss Nobukichi Ishiguro (Masayuki Mori), who is called an "aristocrat con man" for his elegant appearance; the amorous Kyuhei Maruki (Tadao Takashima); the inventive Yosuke Mori (Hideo Sunatsuka); and the amorous Mami (Mako Midori), set one bizarre trap after another in their quest for the perfect crime in this wry crime comedy.
poster
?
25
/2/

Sword and Flower (1972)
Masuda Toshio film starring Watari Tetsuya and Mori Masayuki, about a lone-wolf type (Watari) seeking love and defending the honor of an elderly widower (Mori).
poster
?
5.6
/14/
10
/1/

Bright Sea (1963)
On the day of college graduation, Mieko (Sayuri Yoshinaga) stood on stage as the valedictorian for the Department of English. During her university years she made sure that she would always come out on top, and she did. With a victorious graduation behind her, she plans out the next chapter of her life: become a successful novelist and go out with a classmate she's been secretly eyeing for the past couple of years.
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?
6.5
/12/
10
/1/

Pure White Nights (1951)
"Pure White Nights" - A romantic tale that depicts love between married people and the psychology of their marriage with elegant and a controversial touch. Love, art and suffering until the tragic and absurd ending.
poster
?
6.9
/31/
10
/1/
60
/1/

A Design for Dying (1961)
Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as shrewd as the shrewdest of the older generation of dyed-in-the-wool Osaka businessmen, steps into picture and Shikiko soon feels that he is indispensable to her. But the advent of a man in their midst breaks up the harmony that has existed among the four women, as gradually he forces himself on them with promises of love.
poster
?
6.7
/28/
30
/2/
80
/1/

The Cannery Boat (1953)
Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy.
poster
?
6.6
/7/
10
/1/

This Greedy Old Skin (1960)
A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers, including her own son, who makes a meagre living stripping taxicabs.
poster
?
7.2
/23/
10
/1/
70
/1/

This Way, That Way (1952)
An intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who has run away from home, turns up unexpectedly to stay with them. Their mundane lives are sent into disarray by the emotional and energetic Ako.
poster
?
6.2
/6/
10
/1/

Challenge to Live (1961)
An employee at an oil cartel (Mihashi) is haunted by an act years before when he euthanized a fellow soldier when the two were adrift at sea during the Pacific War. Matters are complicated further when he falls in love with the soldier's younger sister (Tsukasa).
poster
?
6.3
/20/
10
/1/

Stolen Love (1951)
Romantic melodrama
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?
10
/1/

Homecoming (1964)
Moriya Tomoko, a young girl working for a publishing company, is told by a woman art dealer that her real father did not die, as everyone believes, during the revolution in Cuba, but is now living in Japan. Tomoko's mother has remarried a strict, narrow-minded university professor, whose only worry is protecting his family name from the slightest blemish.
poster
?
6.4
/13/

The Most Beautiful Day of My Life (1948)
Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.
poster
?
7.6
/17/
10
/1/

Beauty and the Thief (1952)
The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and poetic, with two central themes which intermingle to compound an admirable panel of a critical period in Japanese history: the great famine in the mid 19th Century.
poster
?
10
/1/
60
/1/

Reunion (1953)
If two clouds go away, the eyes of a maiden who gets wet in tears, Tsukaman Aise who earnestly wished, and the two who cried under the harsh trials of ten years when they fell in love and fell in love, climbed the hill of memories again. Surprisingly, there was an event that turned a moment of joy into tears ...
poster
?
10
/1/

The Third Dead Angle (1959)
Yoshikawa and Kaji are alumni - Yoshikawa leads a life loyal to his company Toho Corporation, whilst Kaji works in the underground world for Aoyama, a fixer trying to buy Toho out. One day, Yoshikawa is ordered to take a look into the information leakage which had resulted in a serious fall of the company stock price. Following his order, Yoshikawa reunites with Kaji but their relationship gets complicated through the presence of Akiko, the daughter of Kubo, chairman of Toho Corporation. There is an obvious financial conspiracy and several men are killed - Who is the true mastermind behind all the plots?
poster
66
?
7.4
/243/
55
/4/
63
/7/
3.7
/310/

The Other Woman (1961)
In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable Ginza aunt is really their mother.
poster
?
6.4
/14/
10
/1/

Human Torpedoes Attack (1956)
N/A
poster
58
?
7.2
/137/
40
/2/
63
/6/

A Whistle in My Heart (1959)
The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state.
poster
?
6.5
/42/
50
/3/
60
/1/

Sun Above, Death Below (1968)
Suspense drama about an assassin charged with breaking up a gold smuggling ring, and the contract subsequently purchased against him and his employer.
poster
?
10
/1/

Refresher Course for Wives (1961)
One night, three wives, Matsuyo, Keiko and Mari, receive a mysterious telephone call. The voice tells them that she has their husbands with her and invites them to " P " Hotel to see for themselves. They have been married for many years and are bored with their husbands, and are about to secretly carry on affairs with the other's mates.
poster
?
6.4
/23/
10
/1/
60
/1/

The Romance of Yushima (1955)
Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after Hayase lost his parents in a war. Hayase has been secretly married to Otsuta, a former geisha, and has been unable to tell Sakai of the marriage, aware as he is that Sakai wants him to marry his daughter, Taeko. Otsuta wants Hayase to tell Sakai about her, but understands the difficulty of his position. At a festival, Otsuta is mistaken for a pickpocket and taken to the police. Because of her background as a geisha, newspaper reporters eagerly delve into her past and report that she has been married to Hayase. Unaware of what has been printed in the papers, Hayase decides to tell Sakai about his marriage. Sakai shows the newspaper to him and orders Hayase to part with Otsuta. Given no chance to explain, Hayase accepts Sakai's order.
poster
Criterion Channel
54
?
6.4
/113/
45
/2/
55
/6/

The Good Fairy (1951)
The wife of an elite government official left her husband, and a young journalist is sent to investigate the case. But his boss has a hidden agenda.
poster
?
10
/1/

Devils-in-Law (1968)
N/A


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