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Criterion Channel
82
7.9
/22531/
76
/537/
77
/437/
4.2
/57279/
91
/46/
89
/336/

Kwaidan (1965)
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
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Criterion Channel
84
81
8.5
/10892/
82
/306/
81
/273/
4.6
/37381/
73
/15/
95
/56/

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
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Criterion Channel
86
80
8.5
/8734/
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
89
78
8.8
/8534/
86
/212/
84
/203/
4.6
/26542/
97
/28/

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.
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Criterion Channel
80
77
7.9
/13050/
76
/272/
77
/250/
4.1
/25221/
80
/10/
90
/377/

The Sword of Doom (1966)
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.
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Kanopy
82
73
7.7
/4864/
74
/64/
74
/105/
4.0
/8644/
100
/9/
86
/53/
84
/5/

The End of Summer (1961)
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.
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75
57
7.4
/2708/
69
/39/
73
/57/
3.8
/1985/
83
/44/

Samurai Assassin (1965)
Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.
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73
42
7.5
/2364/
76
/37/
72
/44/
3.6
/948/

Chûshingura (1962)
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
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Criterion Channel
69
36
7.1
/1070/
63
/14/
71
/29/
3.6
/1871/
70
/19/

Conflagration (1958)
Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distress.
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75
33
7.4
/417/
56
/6/
75
/14/
3.7
/623/
100
/201/

Summer Clouds (1958)
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.
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74
30
7.7
/1176/
72
/21/
72
/29/
3.8
/820/
79
/11/

Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
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76
29
7.4
/872/
63
/21/
70
/24/
3.8
/2119/
100
/1/

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956)
A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job pouring sake for male customers at a small bar run by a sympathetic older woman, while Yoshigi is shunted off into a nearby noodle shop, where he gets a job delivering noodles. Tsutue charms and runs off with one of her clients. Yoshigi, ignoring the attentions of a sweet co-worker, pursues Tsutue.
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69
18
7.4
/526/
55
/7/
73
/13/
3.7
/689/

The Thin Line (1966)
Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is racked with guilt and confesses to his wife, Masako. In an effort to further relieve his tortured sense of guilt, he then confesses to Sugimoto. Neither his wife nor his friend can believe that he could have been involved.
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66
16
7.4
/537/
51
/7/
68
/13/
3.6
/571/

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.
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Criterion Channel
70
16
7.1
/412/
66
/9/
69
/10/
3.7
/808/

Wife (1953)
Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and the husband finds the wife slovenly and mean-spirited: she neither cooks not cleans particularly well and is generally disagreeable. In turn, he alternately ignores her and treats her as a servant. Neither is particularly happy, not helped by their unsatisfactory lodgers. The husband is easily seduced by an ex-colleague, a widow with a small child who needs some security, and considers leaving his wife.
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67
14
7.2
/328/
64
/10/
63
/10/
3.6
/664/

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.
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64
13
7.1
/345/
56
/11/
61
/13/
3.6
/457/

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman (1963)
A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.
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70
11
7.3
/213/
65
/5/
71
/14/
3.6
/224/

A Trap (1965)
When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.
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6.8
/12/

The Oil-Hell Murder (1957)
A privileged son betrays his family for the favors of a geisha in 18th century Osaka.
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6.8
/11/

Company President Travels Abroad (1963)
Executives from a Japanese department store travel to Hawaii to acquire land for expansion but become entangled in romantic distractions and miscommunication. By the time they act, the property is lost to a rival, forcing an abrupt return to Tokyo and uncertain outcomes.
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6.8
/11/

Playboy President (1961)
A straight-laced employee is tasked with supervising his impulsive CEO during a business trip intended to revive struggling sales.
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10
/1/

Muhō Ichidai (1957)
The movie is about a man who started a brothel to make money out of his poor circumstances in the late Meiji period.
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10
/1/

The Wind and Waves (1961)
A film by Shinobu Hashimoto.
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10
/1/

大安旅行 (1968)
N/A
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10
/1/

Aoi Secret Book (1958)
A Golden Age drama depicting the exploits of passionate patriot Uotaro Toge in the midst of a mysterious standoff over the Secret Book of Aoi, which will determine the rise or fall of the 350,000-koku Mito clan, and showcasing swashbuckling swordsmanship.
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10
/1/

A Boy and Three Mothers (1958)
N/A
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7.5
/26/
10
/1/

The Masterless 47 (1960)
Part one of The Masterless 47.
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10
/1/

Heso no taisho (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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7.6
/8/
10
/1/
58
/2/

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

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

Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16 (1957)
A biopic about Japanese baseball player, Tetsuharu Kawakami.
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6.2
/7/
10
/1/

Dancing Sisters (1957)
It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daughters. Haruko, the eldest, is the lead vocalist in a band. Natsuko is the conscientious type, who spends her days in ballet classes beautifying herself. The youngest of the three, Akiko is a bookworm who found her niche in philosophy. Although the sisters may appear to have nothing in common, there is one thing they all agree on; "Mom needs a new husband".
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5.6
/11/
10
/1/

Once a Rainy Day (1966)
Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.
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6.6
/8/
10
/1/

Shimizu Port Salaryman Sequel (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Victory and Defeat (1960)
After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Yamanaka (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who is no longer in top form and is ranked number one, for a title fight, but his comrade Hata (Kojiro Hongo) is not happy with this choice, and so he moves to the gym run by the criminal businessman Goda (Toru Abe) and burning desire to beat Yamanaka.
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7.5
/16/
10
/1/

Structure of Hate (1961)
Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over their inequitable positions and love lives.
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6.4
/13/
10
/1/

Tsukiyo no kasa (1955)
Housewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in a residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo. If two people come together, they will talk about selling kimonos, if three people come together, they will discuss food shopping, and when four people come together, there will be laughter. Focusing on four housewives who gather at the edge of the well, it depicts the daily life of each household.
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10
/1/

3 Gents in the Snow Country (1964)
Shûe Matsubayashi movie
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6.0
/16/
10
/1/

Called to the Stand (1956)
Chief editor Shirou Kanzaka (Hisaya Morishige) of Sankei Publishing Inc. is being tried for embezzlement and the staging of Chiyo Umehara's suicide. The victim is a woman who's said to have had sexual relations with the defendant. Four intertwined witnesses; a critic, Shirou's employee, a singer, and his wife, are all called to the stand. His destiny now lies in their hands.
poster
?
45
/2/

Sky Scraper! (1969)
A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.
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10
/1/

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf (1955)
In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens.
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10
/1/

Shimizu Port Salaryman (1962)
N/A
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5.3
/14/
10
/1/

The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night (1960)
Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.
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7.6
/8/
10
/1/

Three Faces (1955)
Five years have passed since the three comrades who saved their lives on the Burma Campaign-Kenichiro Kishi, Eiji Shiga, and Daizo Kobayashi promised to meet again five years later at the platform of Shinagawa Station, which was crowded with repatriates. , The day of reunion is approaching.
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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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10
/1/

Vanished Glory (1955)
In the first group of Yoshitake Ichi and Taketatsu Sada Preparatory Training, the team leader was Sou Adachi, a veteran warrior with strict training. Yoshitake's father was called, and his mother lived in the house where he used to work, but Midori, a female student at that house, secretly loved Yoshitake.
poster
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6.8
/37/
10
/1/
47
/3/

Crossroad (1956)
Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having an affair with his secretary, Harumi. In his attempt to perfect his crime, he drives to a remote quarry to bury his wife’s body, but along the way, he finds another dead body in the back of his car! Given no choice, Ise dumps both bodies. Meanwhile, Yoshie begins her search for her missing brother, Yoshihiko. After surprising twists and turns, Ise faces his fate.
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7.1
/18/
10
/1/

The Masterless 47 – Part II (1961)
N/A


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