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Criterion Channel
77
7.3
/6640/
73
/111/
73
/128/
3.8
/6959/
88
/16/
81
/112/
79
/11/

Madadayo (1993)
In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who honor him each year with a raucous “Not yet!” birthday toast. Told in warm, gently comic vignettes, Kurosawa’s farewell celebrates aging, friendship, and the sustaining ritual of teacher and pupils refusing to say goodbye.
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Amazon Prime Video
73
7.2
/10813/
70
/515/
70
/303/
3.5
/10618/
80
/5/
78
/596/
7.1
/21332/

Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994)
Bison, the ruthless leader of the international terrorist organization Shadowlaw, has been desperately searching for the greatest fighter on the planet for years. He finds it in Ryu, a young wanderer who never stays in one place long enough for Bison to find him. He does, however, get a fix on Ken Masters, an American martial arts champion who studied with Ryu as a child under the same master. Meanwhile, Major Guile of the United States Army is forced to team up with Chun Li from China in hopes of apprehending Bison and putting a stop his international ring of crime.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
50
7.0
/1987/
64
/32/
65
/48/
3.6
/1955/
75
/44/

Samurai Spy (1965)
Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high-ranking spy named Tatewaki Koriyama defects from the shogun to a rival clan, however, the world of swordsmen is thrown into turmoil. After Sasuke is unwittingly drawn into the conflict, he tracks Tatewaki, while a mysterious, white-hooded figure seems to hunt them both. By tale’s end, no one is who they seemed to be, and the truth is far more personal than anyone suspected. Director Masahiro Shinoda’s Samurai Spy, filled with clan intrigue, ninja spies, and multiple double crosses, marks a bold stylistic departure from swordplay film convention.
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76
46
7.6
/1897/
74
/45/
71
/66/
3.6
/886/
89
/30/

Antarctica (1983)
Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica.
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Criterion Channel
69
37
7.1
/1052/
62
/17/
71
/37/
3.7
/1458/

Assassination (1964)
In 1863, when American warships approach Japan, an enigmatic ronin becomes an important figure in a complex game of power between the Shogunate and the empire.
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66
35
7.2
/1115/
62
/28/
65
/38/
3.4
/822/
69
/12/
6.3
/1017/

Jack and the Beanstalk (1974)
An adventurous young boy named Jack climbs a giant beanstalk to a magical kingdom governed by a greedy, tyrannical giant.
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76
26
7.3
/532/
60
/11/
67
/18/
4.0
/2161/
100
/1/

Silence Has No Wings (1966)
Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this allegorical and oblique first feature film by Kuroki depicts in exquisite images a series of encounters and life's turning points.
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71
26
7.4
/270/
63
/8/
68
/8/
4.1
/2091/

The Rocking Horsemen (1992)
It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "The Rocking Horsemen." A warm and comic glimpse into high-school and small-town life in Japan in the 60's.
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63
20
6.5
/333/
54
/21/
58
/11/
3.3
/697/
79
/4/
5.8
/795/

Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987)
The cockroaches of Saito's apartment live in peace with their human host, who gives them lots of space to breed and plenty of leftovers to munch on. In the midst of these high living times, Naomi and Ichiro plan to get married and start a family. But when a hard-bitten stranger roach named Hans appears with news of war with the humans across the lawn, it foretells disruption-not only of Naomi and Ichiro's relationship, but of the hive's entire way of life.
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Criterion Channel
68
14
7.0
/287/
70
/9/
60
/12/
3.6
/612/

The Petrified Forest (1973)
Follows a young med student's relationships with two women: a dangerous affair with a childhood friend and his mother's struggle to rebuild their estranged relationship.
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68
12
6.8
/128/
55
/5/
76
/7/
3.6
/650/

The Weavers of Nishijin (1961)
The Weavers of Nishijin captures the process of traditional textile manufacture in Nishijin.
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12
6.8
/265/
26
/3/
64
/13/
3.6
/400/

Impasse (1967)
Shingo and Ritsuko have a baby: Takashi. They happen to be a happy couple, but soon Ritsuko wants to know who is the true father of Takashi, born by artificial insemination.
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10
/1/

Shy Security (1991)
A motocross rider avenges his father's death
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?
10
/1/

Kamigami no rirekisho (1988)
Documentary on Japan-Korea relations
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6.2
/38/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Those Swell Yakuza (1988)
Ryo, a young former banker, gets beaten up over a debt from gambling. A yakuza boss saves him, and Ryo decides to train to become a yakuza under him.
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20
/1/

Mars Sweet Home (2000)
N/A
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7.0
/75/
90
/1/
10
/2/

The Corporation (1976)
Tadashi Iki returns to Japan from a Soviet gulag 11 years after being captured during the invasion of Manchuria. He is offered a position in the expansive Kinki Corporation, but rival corporations are competing for a government contract to produce fighter planes.
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7.3
/14/
10
/1/

Kogarashi Monjirō Returns (1993)
N/A
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5.6
/174/
30
/3/
61
/8/

Tokyo: The Last War (1989)
The year is 1945. After the horrific fire-bombings of the Pacific War levels Japan to the ground, the government decides to consult spiritual psychics to aid them in winning the war. Unfortunately, the resentment and agony of the souls of the fire-bombing victims culminate together to revive the evil Onmyoji, Yasunori Kato. Only a young, psychically imbued apprentice of the priests will dare fight against the evil magic user. However, can this lone man possibly contend with Kato's overwhelming power?
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56
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6.7
/146/
37
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63
/3/
3.5
/347/

Deaths in Tokimeki (1984)
Deaths in Tokimeki tells the story of a nondescript hitman, in a remote country villa, waiting to carry out a job: the assassination of the leader of a religious cult.
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5.7
/81/
10
/1/
56
/5/

Noh Mask Murders (1991)
The patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who will succeed him as a leading practitioner of Noh theater, his granddaughter or grandson.
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10
/1/

Shinobu Otake's Inspirational Girl: Youth Lived by Love and Psychic Powers (1980)
The biography of Mifune Chizuko a woman clairvoyant.
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64
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6.3
/256/
60
/8/
67
/8/
3.4
/201/

Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of Tokyo was briefly held by the insurgents before the coup was suppressed.
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The Shocking History of the Death Penalty (1977)
Do humans have the right to judge and kill other humans? This program includes a history of capital punishment around the world through documentary footage and commentary. The electric chair, firing squad, hanging, poison gas, beating to death, slow execution, crotch-splitting, iron maiden, guillotine, execution by running, and beheading... It features a military execution in a South American country, obtained from a former prison officer. It also includes footage of the reality of life in Japanese prisons, death row inmates facing death, the parents of death row inmates, the families of their victims, and the gallows.
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Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku (1976)
A great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there were frequent uprisings in rural areas due to farmers losing their land as a result of strict tax collection. The Tonegawa area of ​​Boso was a lawless area for a generation, as two major forces fought against each other: Sukegoro of Iioka, who wields power with his industrial capital behind him, and Shigezo of Sasakawa, a rising yakuza. Furthermore, the successive floods of the Tone River, which could be called fate, forced the farmers into even more poverty and despair. Meanwhile, farmers in Nabe Village continue to live a lethargic life, but agricultural reform is about to begin under the hands of Yugaku Ohara, a ronin who has settled in the village.


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