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Criterion Channel
77
76
7.3
/11937/
74
/392/
69
/178/
3.7
/14688/
82
/11/
92
/146/

Shogun Assassin (1980)
A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search of vengeance.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
69
7.5
/5377/
73
/173/
73
/148/
3.8
/8752/
88
/105/

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)
Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, and his son Gunbei.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
68
6.2
/8818/
67
/409/
70
/274/
3.3
/27323/
86
/7/
63
/300/

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
An Okinawan prophecy that foretells the destruction of the Earth is seeming fulfilled when Godzilla emerges to return to his destructive roots. But not all is what it seems after Godzilla breaks his ally Anguirus's jaw. Matters are further complicated when a second Godzilla emerges, revealing the doppelgänger as a mechanical weapon.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
66
7.9
/7388/
78
/260/
73
/189/
4.0
/13992/
100
/7/
94
/4/

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
62
7.4
/3417/
70
/58/
69
/77/
3.8
/4072/
91
/71/

Kill! (1968)
A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with gangsters. But when both men discover the wrongdoings of the nefarious clan leader, they side with a band of rebels who are under siege at a remote mountain cabin.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
56
7.0
/3072/
70
/73/
67
/75/
3.4
/2615/
73
/65/

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
Zatoichi treks to a village that has always been a favorite spot of his, only to discover that it’s become a living hell, plagued by feuding father and son yakuza as well as the younger crime boss’s bodyguard, scruffy, smart-mouthed, cash-hungry Yojimbo of legend.
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Criterion Channel
63
56
6.3
/4710/
66
/163/
64
/135/
3.3
/12353/
59
/110/

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.
poster
76
46
7.6
/1908/
74
/45/
71
/67/
3.6
/927/
89
/30/

Antarctica (1983)
Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica.
poster
Criterion Channel
67
37
6.9
/1439/
61
/31/
62
/34/
3.3
/1397/
78
/21/

Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973)
Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He shows inadequate respect to the treasurer, who wants him dead.
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Fandor
64
36
6.2
/1241/
62
/48/
66
/46/
3.2
/3700/
64
/9/

Lake of Dracula (1971)
A young girl suffers a terrifying nightmare of a vampire with blazing golden eyes. Eighteen years later, it is revealed to be a hellish prophecy when a strange package containing an empty coffin mysteriously turns up at a nearby lake.
poster
66
36
6.3
/1000/
66
/59/
67
/45/
3.2
/2789/
71
/10/

Evil of Dracula (1974)
A professor takes up a new post at an all-girls school only to discover the principal concealing a dark secret.
poster
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32
6.3
/1290/
58
/33/
58
/34/
3.4
/956/
58
/28/

G.I. Samurai (1979)
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.
poster
65
31
6.5
/591/
64
/20/
58
/26/
3.7
/1983/

Mandala (1971)
Two university students from Kyoto decide to swap partners and spend the night in an isolated motel. However, one of the couples is attacked. Desperate for answers, they search for the attackers and come across a cult that promotes sexual freedom.
poster
68
29
7.0
/455/
59
/15/
67
/21/
3.9
/1600/

Poem (1972)
The ascetic houseboy of a Japanese lawyer bears witness to the secretive sexual relationship between the lawyer's assistant and the maid, the lawyer's wife's sexual dissatisfaction, and the arrival of the lawyer's brother, who has a plan for the family's land and property.
poster
67
28
7.2
/2156/
65
/17/
60
/19/
3.6
/797/

Inn of Evil (1971)
The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an isolated inn (the one that the title refers to), the head-quarters of a group of smugglers, with stolen money intended to ransom his loved one who is forced to work in a brothel.
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65
21
7.3
/522/
55
/7/
62
/18/
3.8
/1034/

A Story Written with Water (1965)
Struggling with his true emotions, dreams, memories of the past and the reality Shizuo is about to marry, but is torn between his wife-to-be and the love to his mother.
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68
21
6.9
/837/
65
/21/
64
/26/
3.5
/478/
76
/9/

Red Lion (1969)
Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to Sawando, his hometown, to announce the end of tyranny.
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18
7.6
/500/
61
/7/
72
/11/
3.8
/689/
Popcorn
93
/8/

A Wanderer's Notebook (1962)
Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko Takamine – Phillip Lopate calls it “probably her greatest performance” – and Kinuyo Tanaka as mother and daughter living from hand to mouth in Twenties Tokyo. Based on the life and career of Fumiko Hayashi, the novelist whose work Naruse adapted to the screen several times, A Wanderer’s Notebook traces her bitter struggle for literary recognition in the first half of the twentieth century – her affairs with feckless men, the jobs she took to survive (peddler, waitress, bar maid), and her arduous, often humiliating attempts to get published in a male-dominated culture.
poster
66
17
6.8
/135/
56
/8/
70
/8/
3.6
/1212/

Cute Devil (1982)
While Ryoko is in Vienna studying music, her boyfriend dies in a traffic accident. Ryoko believes that she has psychic powers which killed him, and when she returns to Japan she is sent to a mental hospital. While recovering, her brother-in-law, Kouji, decides to look after her, and she goes to his house to act as a governess for Kouji's sister Keiko's daughter, Alice – who Ryoko becomes increasingly sure had something to do with her sister Fuyuko’s death.
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Criterion Channel
68
14
7.0
/288/
70
/9/
60
/12/
3.6
/636/

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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14
6.9
/520/
63
/17/
75
/12/
3.6
/390/

The Battle of Okinawa (1971)
The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army divisions to defend it at all costs. The mission quickly degenerates as vital resources and troops are diverted to other islands. After a civilian evacuation ends in tragedy most of non-combatants are forced to remain on the island. Many convert to soldier status. Tokyo sends mixed messages that squander time and resources, as when they order the defenders to build an airstrip for aircraft that never come. The truth soon becomes obvious: the high command decides that the island cannot be held and effectively abandons the Okinawan defenders. When the Americans land many troops are deployed in the wrong places. As the slaughter mounts, a suicidal attitude takes hold. Okinawa becomes a death trap, for civilian volunteers and non-combatants as well.
poster
57
10
5.2
/219/
56
/8/
55
/15/
3.3
/324/

Ecstasy of the Black Rose (1975)
After his leading actress becomes pregnant and wants to quit, Juzo, an adult film director, becomes obsessed with finding the woman whose moaning he captured secretly at a dentist’s office to star in the film instead.
poster
60
9
5.9
/163/
50
/3/
64
/5/
3.4
/545/

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi (1979)
Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known being The Inugami Family. Kosuke Kindaichi is the most famous detective in Japan. Kindaichi gets a new case to figure out who has beheaded a valuable statue and made off with its head.
poster
53
8
5.4
/125/
36
/12/
54
/10/
3.4
/367/

An Eater (1963)
A meditation on eating people and quiet waitresses.
poster
?
65
/2/

Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters (1971)
A theatrical release of The Return of Ultraman episodes 13-14. It was released on December 12, 1971 as part of the Toho Champion Festival along with Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Earth's Greatest Battle (edited from Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster) and shorter versions of The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee, and The Little Match Girl.
poster
?
10
/1/

Onryō! Azawarau ningyō (1980)
The mysterious death of a trading company employee on an overseas business trip triggers a corruption and bribery case. A bizarre mystery surrounding the bereaved family.
poster
?
10
/1/

Chivalrous Life (1965)
In the middle of the era, Taisho, a big boss in Asakusa Iizuka, was severely questioned by the police about the source of funds for the Daido Federation, to which he belonged. The creditor, Izo, visited the local police station daily, worried about the safety of his boss, and himself came to the attention of the police. Izo embarks on a journey to escape, but in the meantime, the new rising yakuza Dojima plans to kill Iizuka...
poster
?
10
/1/

Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword (1982)
A series of murders at Fukagawa lumberyard is tied to a grudge letter from the deceased Kansuke Tsukunamiya. Officer Kasajiro Sakane investigates the baffling case.
poster
?
6.6
/5/
10
/1/

Undercover Ninja: Secret Assassins (1983)
The federal lord of Kofu, Tunatoyo (Tsutomu Isobe), was elected to be the next General. On his way on a trip to Edo for the ceremony, his scapegoat was shot. Oometsuke ordered an Oniwaban, Shinnosuke Takusyoku (Mikijiro Hira) to take Tsunatoyo to Edo safely. However, the enemy turned out to be his younger brother and the federal lord of Tatebayashi Kiyotake (Yoshihiro Kobayashi). On top of that, the Oniwaban sent by Kiyotake to assassinate Tsunatoyo was Shinsuke's father-in-law, Genshin Uno (Shigeru Kamiyuama).
poster
?
10
/1/

The Shogun's Vault I (1981)
Tomizo, a master storehouse-breaker who has been released from prison in Denmacho after serving five years plans to break into the Edo Castle gold storehouse to avenge the death of his father, who died a violent death at a gold mine on Sado Island. With the help of Hanji, a playboy who took care of him in prison, as his partner, Tomizo decides on the night of fireworks to be held in Edo Castle as the day to carry out his plan. Kanpei, a wise man, is suspicious of the plan.
poster
?
30
/2/

Shogunate Secret Ninja (1983)
Lord Tokugawa Tsunatoyo, bound for Edo to be sworn in as the next shogun, is the target of merciless ninja assassins hired by corrupt officials hoping to put their own candidate in his place. His only hope is the “Oniwaban,” the shogunate’s secret ninja force, sworn to throw their lives down recklessly to prevent this coup. But will they stand a chance of getting the lord to his ceremony in time? A perilous chase, betrayal after betrayal, and a final bloodbath await them as ninja battle ninja in one last, desperate struggle.
poster
?
10
/1/
80
/1/

Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun (1983)
Samon Kamiyama, a yoriki of the Minami-machi magistrate infiltrates the Denzū-machi prison disguised as Mushuku Sahēji. Samon is mistaken for a snitch and about to be beaten up when he was saved by the quick thinking of a ferryman Sanji. The infiltration is the plan of Samon and chief elder Abe Isenokami, who has asked Samon to obtain smuggling evidence against shipping whole retailers Kawachiya Senemon and his son Sennosuke.
poster
?
7.9
/18/
10
/1/

The Gift of the Fox (1971)
N/A
poster
?
5.8
/16/

The Sea of Eden (1976)
Nanjo, a new teacher at a girls' high school, unwittingly becomes the object of gossip when he buys underwear for Shimizu and spends his vacation with a female teacher. It turns out that Nanjo and Shimizu have fallen in love.
poster
?
6.8
/11/
10
/1/

Born Fighter (1970)
Story about a big boss who built the foundation of an industrial city.
poster
?
7.3
/17/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Magistrate of the Floating World (1981)
Kodaira Mochizuki has come from Edo to keep Horisoto secure.
poster
?
7.2
/15/
10
/1/

Aoba shigereru (1974)
Based on the novel of the same name by Hisashi Inoue.
poster
?
10
/1/
30
/2/

Morning Moon Is Cruel (1981)
N/A
poster
?
10
/1/

A Chorus of One Million People (1972)
A civic music group, created by Tsukasa Nitta, a high school teacher in Koriyama City, and Akiko Watanabe, the daughter of a record shop and teacher of a music class, invites Takuro Yoshida to Koriyama City to hold a concert. He then starts being harassed by the Hashimoto group, a local gangster group which manages the city's entertainment.
poster
?
8.2
/11/
10
/1/

Abandoned (1981)
The film tells the story of a man who was washed ashore on an uninhabited island after a ship wrecked by a storm, and after twelve years, he returned to human society.
poster
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10
/1/
70
/1/

Ultraman Ace: Giant Ant Terrible-Monster vs. The Ultra Brothers (1989)
Theatrical version of episode 5 of Ultraman Ace TV series. Two women go missing, with witnesses testifying that they vanished underground. The only common link between the incidents was that both women had type O blood. TAC closes the case, but when Yuko and Seiji are out shopping, Yuko herself is targeted. Seiji manages to free her, and the two catch a glimpse of the terrible-monster, Aribunta.
poster
?
10
/1/
60
/1/

Return of Ultraman (1971)
Episodes 5 and 6 of Return of Ultraman show, screened at Toho Champion Festival.
poster
?
10
/1/

Dr. Ochanoko's Horror Theater (1981)
A group of short 8mm works before visual artist debut of Mr. Tezuka Makoto
poster
?
6.5
/20/

The Last Game (1979)
After the war-time government orders the disbanding of the Big-Six baseball league, the teams of Waseda and Keio universities play one final game before they are drafted into the armed forces and face the hardships of military service.
poster
?
6.5
/29/
37
/4/
57
/4/

Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan: The Movie (1981)
A Sun Vulcan movie was released on July 18, 1981 at the Toei Manga Festival. It takes place some time after episode 23. In it Black Magma decides to separate Hiba from his teammates while plotting to blow up Tokyo with hidden bombs.
poster
?
5.5
/101/
50
/2/
60
/4/

Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82 (1979)
Mika Hino is a sharp-shooting investigator that belongs to the infamous "Gator Branch.” When an executive board member of a trading company is accused of being involved in a bribery, Mika is assigned to keep watch over him. A few nights later her target is found dead outside of his 30 floor office building. With an apparent suicide note as evidence, local police conclude the case as a suicide. Mika’s assignment may have ended in failure, but her mission has just begun...
poster
?
9.0
/12/
10
/1/

Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai (1980)
N/A
poster
?
6.7
/23/
35
/2/
60
/1/

Bullet Wound (1969)
Yuzo Kayama is an American-Japanese operative working for the US to uncover an arms deal between an American seller and Chinese communists, and to take out both parties. After almost getting assassinated himself, he takes a wounded civilian with him despite living in a world where no one can be trusted.


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