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Kanopy
90
8.3
/100476/
82
/1682/
83
/1263/
4.5
/171593/
98
/57/
96
/1465/
92
/20/
cc age 11+

Ikiru (1952)
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
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
/102/
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
71
44
7.3
/1739/
73
/36/
73
/51/
3.8
/2352/
60
/15/

The Castle of Sand (1974)
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
poster
54
38
6.0
/1824/
57
/50/
57
/38/
3.0
/2232/
38
/365/

The H-Man (1958)
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works.
poster
Criterion Channel
52
30
5.3
/1064/
50
/54/
57
/32/
2.6
/3160/

Varan (1958)
When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Varan, a giant monster, who decides to leave the valley and head straight for Tokyo.
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Hoopla
40
21
4.4
/932/
40
/44/
43
/31/
2.3
/1310/
27
/29/

Varan the Unbelievable (1962)
In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric monster Obaki from hibernation at the lake's bottom, and it proceeds to attack Japan. Although made by a U.S. independent film company, this film was based on a Japanese Toho monster film of 1958, "Daikaiju Varan", from which all of the monster effects scenes and a few incidental dramatic shots were edited into it.
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69
13
7.3
/263/
64
/5/
68
/11/
3.7
/495/

A Wife's Heart (1956)
Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close to the bank clerk (Mifune Toshiro) she's asked for a loan.
poster
53
12
5.4
/349/
57
/14/
45
/15/
2.8
/688/

Beast Man Snow Man (1955)
Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.
poster
62
12
6.4
/419/
65
/12/
53
/13/
3.3
/444/

The Three Treasures (1959)
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Emperor's vassal, prefers Ouso's stepbrother, and conspires to have Ouso die on a dangerous mission he has contrived. But Ouso prevails in the mission and returns to his father's castle under a new name, Prince Yamato Takeru. Otomo plots to have the Prince sent into even greater danger, but Otomo is unaware that the gods have favored the Prince and the outcome is far from what any of them expected.
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?
5.8
/8/
10
/1/

Love on Rainbow Island (1956)
Japanese counterpart to Romeo and Juliet
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?
10
/1/

The Woman Who Calls for Corpses (1973)
Japanese horror movie from 1973.
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?
7.8
/20/

Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon (1940)
A movie by Hiroshi Inagaki
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?
10
/1/

All is Well (1955)
Daichi Tateharu who was an employee of the Mori Seisakusho has been recruited from Siberia, but the company changed its name to Toyo Denki Seisakusho, and the president Shingo Mori was the general affairs manager.
poster
?
7.6
/7/
10
/1/

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen (1957)
Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban.
poster
?
6.9
/16/
10
/1/

Ôban (1957)
A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban.
poster
?
10
/1/

Secret Agreement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secret Leak Incident (1988)
TV film about the "Nishiyama Incident", a scandal surrounding the 1972 return of Okinawa to Japan. Produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of TV Asahi in 1978 and released theatrically by Office Henmi in 1988.
poster
?
6.9
/19/
10
/1/

I Saw the Killer (1956)
N/A
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?
7.3
/18/
10
/1/

Hito mo arukeba (1960)
A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.
poster
?
10
/1/

Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu (1956)
N/A
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?
6.2
/8/
10
/1/
100
/1/

Sex and Life (1969)
Dr. Mikami is an elderly somewhat clumsy, very popular therapist, his patients turn to him with all possible and impossible questions. Because Dr. Mikami's specialty is sexual clarification... The world's best-selling sex literature was filmed here in a manner close to the original. And the openness of the image shows the shocking conflicts of young people in scenes that were never filmed. Shocking documents about sex life from the doctor's office.
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?
6.5
/10/
10
/1/
65
/4/

Code Between Brothers 6 (1967)
Sixth film in the "Kyodai Jingi" series. Three gangsters challenge an underworld group in northern Japan.
poster
?
10
/1/
100
/1/

Bot-chan (1953)
1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.
poster
?
10
/1/
53
/3/

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1) (1956)
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
poster
?
8.0
/63/

Jakoman and Tetsu (1949)
In a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one of the fish companies by the name of Tetsu, decides to overthrow Jakoman and his cohorts.
poster
?
10
/1/

Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume (1955)
N/A
poster
?
8.1
/15/
10
/1/

Echo Mountain (1959)
An Ishiro Honda film.
poster
?
6.8
/38/
40
/2/
60
/1/

Get 'em All (1960)
Gang of robbers quarrel about the loot, but when one of them gets killed, his younger brother seeks them out to ice them one by one.
poster
?
8.3
/30/
10
/1/
100
/1/

The Man Who Came to Port (1952)
An Ishiro Honda film.
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?
6.2
/17/
10
/1/

A Man Among Men (1955)
Gangsters Ken and Maki are rivals in the ticket-scalping game. They make an uneasy truce, but Ken wrecks the truce by agreeing to fix a boxing match in which Maki has an interest in one of the fighters. After a terrible brawl, the two gangsters discover that they have both been played for suckers by their bosses. They join forces to turn the tables on the bosses.
poster
?
7.6
/67/
36
/3/
60
/1/

The Last Kamikaze (1970)
With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji Tsuruta stars as a Kamikaze squad leader who has second thoughts about suicide runs. He becomes torn between his own morality and his duty to his country when he must deal with a pilot under his command who refuses to complete his mission.
poster
?
6.9
/98/
20
/1/
45
/2/

Dog of Fortune (1979)
From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of his master who held a secret to a weapons smuggling case and the corruptions of those who are involved, Goro's adventure unfolds.
poster
58
?
6.5
/131/
43
/6/
63
/3/

The Big Boss (1959)
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.
poster
61
?
6.9
/278/
55
/8/
61
/10/

Desperado Outpost (1959)
When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother's killer.
poster
?
7.5
/51/
10
/1/

All About Marriage (1958)
Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister.
poster
62
?
6.4
/203/
51
/8/
61
/9/
3.4
/241/

The Last Gunfight (1960)
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investigate the death of the wife of gangster Tetsuo Maruyama of the Kozuka gang, probably at the hands of one of the Oka gang. During a gang gunfight, Maruyama is rescued by Detective Fujioka and the two become friends. But Maruyama insists on avenging his wife's murder, even if it means conflict with his new friend.
poster
58
?
6.1
/335/
51
/9/
61
/8/
3.2
/311/

The Secret of the Telegian (1960)
Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims.
poster
?
5.4
/12/
10
/1/
60
/1/

The Spell of the Hidden Gold (1958)
Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.
poster
64
?
7.4
/126/
55
/5/
56
/7/
3.6
/318/

The Beast Shall Die (1959)
A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mother with a younger man.
poster
?
6.4
/94/
60
/3/
65
/2/

Mr. Pu (1953)
A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.
poster
?
6.6
/44/
36
/3/
63
/3/

So Young, So Bright (1955)
Two high school girls, Ruri and Yumi, go to Kyoto on a school trip, here they get acquainted with Hinagiku, there are many adventures ahead of the three of them. A musical starring 3 Japanese pop music and TV stars.
poster
?
10
/1/

Their Father's Wife (1953)
N/A
poster
?
7.3
/15/
10
/1/

Youth of Heiji Senigata (1953)
N/A
poster
?
7.0
/67/
45
/2/
80
/1/

The Twilight Story (1960)
In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a sex worker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher (at least he says he's unmarried) and falls in love.
poster
?
6.8
/64/
80
/1/
60
/1/

The Revolt (1980)
When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miyagi, tries to honor his dying wish to rescue his sister. Upon finding Kaoru at a party working as a geisha and later rescuing her from committing suicide, Col. Miyagi allows her to move in with him. Over time, the two grow close, but in spite of Kaoru's growing feelings for him, Col. Miyagi is unable to bring himself to return her love. On the night of his deployment to war, Col. Miyagi finally admits his feelings for Kaoru, but will they ever be able to enjoy a peaceful life together now that a very violent and bloody military revolt is under way...
poster
60
?
5.9
/189/
51
/5/
64
/7/
3.3
/266/

Invisible Man (1954)
When an invisible man is run down by a car it’s up to an eager young reporter and a strange clown to bring a dangerous gang to justice.
poster
?

The Wife is a University Student (1956)
Outspoken student Noriko stands up to bullies and befriends pitcher Mitsuo. As their bond deepens, she impulsively declares she wants to marry him—then reconsiders, realizing both still have growing to do before love can truly begin.
poster
?

Wharf with the Weeping Girl (1956)
After a gang killing forces him to flee abroad, ex-yakuza Ryūji returns to Yokohama a year later to find his lover’s sister’s killer. With help from a mysterious woman, he exposes the real culprit and brings down the smuggling ring.


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