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1. Gozu (2003)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A yakuza enforcer is ordered to secretly drive his beloved colleague to be assassinated. But when the colleague unceremoniously disappears en route, the trip that follows is a twisted, surreal and horrifying experience.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Yûta Sone, Kimika Yoshino, Shohei Hino, Keiko Tomita
Votes: 12,720 | Gross: $0.05M
2. Shinjuku Incident (2009)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A simple Chinese immigrant wages a perilous war against one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the planet.
Director: Tung-Shing Yee | Stars: Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu, Jinglei Xu
Votes: 13,562
3. Hachi-ko (1987)
107 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The true story about a dog's loyalty to its master, even after his death.
Director: Seijirô Kôyama | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaoru Yachigusa, Toshinori Omi, Toshirô Yanagiba
Votes: 5,821
4. Lone Wolf and Cub (1973–1976)
TV-MA | Action, Adventure, Drama
The adventures of a samurai and his young son.
Stars: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Kazutaka Nishikawa, Takumi Satô, Taketoshi Naitô
Votes: 295
5. Shogun's Shadow (1989)
114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A small band of heroes goes on a journey to protect a five year old who is next in line to become the Shogun of Japan. The boy's father, the Mad Shogun, tries to remove his son from the line of succession by any means possible.
Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Ken Ogata, Norihito Arai, Toshihiro Asari, Shin'ichi Chiba
Votes: 701
6. Proof of the Man (1977)
100 min | Crime, Drama
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police Detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York City. There he is joined by Detective Shuftan, and together they sort out the crime.
Director: Jun'ya Satô | Stars: George Kennedy, Mariko Okada, Yûsaku Matsuda, Broderick Crawford
Votes: 441
7. The Insect Woman (1963)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama
Life story of a woman born in poverty trying to succeed. Through her many schemes, she faces her ups and downs in a cyclical nature, fueled mostly by self-interest.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Seizaburô Kawazu, Kazuo Kitamura, Tanie Kitabayashi, Teruko Kishi
Votes: 2,492
8. Pigs and Battleships (1961)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A young hoodlum decides to work for a criminal organization that is tearing itself apart.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Hiroyuki Nagato, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Masao Mishima, Tetsurô Tanba
Votes: 2,584
9. Aibou: Tokyo Detective Duo (2000–2023)
110 min | Drama
Detective Ukyo Sugishita and his partner solve cases by just the two of them as "Special Task Unit" of MPD where demoted people belong.
Stars: Yutaka Mizutani, Atsushi Yamanishi, Kazuhisa Kawahara, Ryo Ono
Votes: 136
10. Izo (2004)
Not Rated | 128 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
An executed samurai takes an existential journey throughout time, space and eternity in search of bloody vengeance.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kazuya Nakayama, Kaori Momoi, Ryûhei Matsuda, Ryôsuke Miki
Votes: 4,747
11. Tombstone of the Fireflies (2008)
100 min | Drama, War
Set during World War II, the film follows a young brother and sister as they attempt to survive the aftermath of the firebombing of Kobe City.
Director: Tarô Hyûgaji | Stars: Reo Yoshitake, Rina Hatakeyama, Keiko Matsuzaka, Seiko Matsuda
Votes: 379
12. Sukeban deka (1985)
25 min | Action, Drama
Stars: Yuki Saitô, Kôji Naka, Hiroyuki Nagato, Sei Hiraizumi
Votes: 75
13. Yo-Yo Girl Cop (2006)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action
Recruited by a clandestine police organization, "K" must stop a plot by student radicals to create anarchy in Japan. Armed with a hi-tech steel yo-yo, and a new name (Asamiya Saki), she ... See full summary »
Director: Kenta Fukasaku | Stars: Aya Matsuura, Rika Ishikawa, Erika Miyoshi, Yui Okada
Votes: 1,194
14. Sukeban deka (1987)
93 min | Action, Drama
Neo-nazi takes over a school, turns it into training camp with attempt to coup d'etat. Sukeban Deka should stop him, but it seems to impossible if she's alone.
Director: Hideo Tanaka | Stars: Yui Asaka, Masatô Ibu, Keizô Kanie, Gorô Kataoka
Votes: 239
15. Onna goroshi abura no jigoku (1992)
115 min | Drama
A young man's frequent patronage of a prostitute leads to debt.
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Kanako Higuchi, Miwako Fujitani, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroyuki Nagato
Votes: 207
16. Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978)
163 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Kôshirô Matsumoto, Shima Iwashita, Keiko Matsuzaka
Votes: 435
17. Aka chôchin (1974)
93 min | Drama, Romance
A man meets a girl in the city. He falls in love with the chick. She claims she has fallen head over heels for him. She moves in with him. Returning home one day there is a man in their ... See full summary »
Director: Toshiya Fujita | Stars: Kenji Takaoka, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Hiroyuki Nagato, Shôji Ishibashi
Votes: 53
18. Ronin Gai (1990)
117 min | Action, Drama
A group of masterless samurai living in Edo's red light district must fend off a militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes.
Directors: Kazuo Kuroki, Masahiro Makino | Stars: Yoshio Harada, Kanako Higuchi, Renji Ishibashi, Kaoru Sugita
Votes: 576
19. Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
G | 82 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Clara finds herself in a magical world where her toys have come to life but must fight the evil mice who threaten the kingdom before she can return home.
Director: Takeo Nakamura | Stars: Michele Lee, Melissa Gilbert, Lurene Tuttle, Christopher Lee
Votes: 282
20. The Warped Ones (1960)
Not Rated | 75 min | Crime, Drama
A juvenile delinquent gets out of the pen and causes reckless mayhem, mostly directed at the girlfriend of the journalist who helped send him up.
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara | Stars: Tamio Kawaji, Yuko Chiyo, Eiji Gô, Hiroyuki Nagato
Votes: 1,049
21. Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki yuusha-tachi (1990)
107 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Based on a true story. In 1915, a mountain village in Japan was attacked by a giant bear, dubbed "Red Spot", who terrorized the villagers for days, murdering the men and carrying off the ... See full summary »
Director: Shin'ichi Chiba | Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Mika Muramatsu, Akira Kurosaki, Takeshi Maya
Votes: 134
22. Atsuhime (2008)
45 min | Drama, History
The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Atsuhime who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Stars: Takehiro Hira, Aoi Miyazaki, Yumiko Takahashi, Marina Kozawa
Votes: 253
23. Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963)
107 min | Drama
Two twin girls are separated at birth. One grows up in a loving family. The other one doesn't. They finally meet by complete accident on a town fair. No one ever told them about the other one so they begin familiarizing with each other.
Director: Noboru Nakamura | Stars: Shima Iwashita, Hiroyuki Nagato, Seiji Miyaguchi, Teruo Yoshida
Votes: 215
24. The Visitor in the Eye (1977)
100 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
Komori Tiaki is a budding tennis student. However, one day in training her coach hits the ball into her eye accidentally. She is taken to hospital but is advised that she will never regain the sight in her eye.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Jô Shishido, Nagisa Katahira, Shingo Yamamoto, Etsuko Shihomi
Votes: 156
25. Brutal Tales of Chivalry 7: Hell Is a Man's Destiny (1970)
93 min | Action, Crime
Young yakuza Shujiro Hanada (Takakura) goes to prison after losing his cool in a rigged gambling game and slashing a few other players. When he's released in 1927, the world has changed. ... See full summary »
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Sumiko Fuji, Michiko Araki
Votes: 49
26. Silence Has No Wings (1966)
100 min | Drama
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.
Director: Kazuo Kuroki | Stars: Mariko Kaga, Hiroyuki Nagato, Shôichi Ozawa, Fumio Watanabe
Votes: 483
27. Tenkôsei: Sayonara anata (2007)
120 min | Drama
A Japanese boy and girl meet again at 15 at school after many years apart. They magically switch bodies. They are forced to switch lives as well.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Misako Renbutsu, Naoyuki Morita, Takuro Atsuki, Hiroshi
Votes: 313
28. House of Sleeping Beauties (1995)
110 min | Drama
About an establishment where old men pay to sleep besides young girls that had been narcotized and happen to be naked, the sleeping beauties. The old men are expected to take sleeping pills... See full summary »
Director: Hiroto Yokoyama | Stars: Yoshio Harada, Yuka Ohnishi, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Yoshiyuki Fukuda
Votes: 19
29. Stolen Desire (1958)
92 min | Comedy
A rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Osamu Takizawa, Shin'ichi Yanagisawa, Hiroyuki Nagato, Kô Nishimura
Votes: 683
30. Zankoku onna rinchi (1969)
82 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Yuji Tanno | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Annu Mari, Kiyomi Katena, Teruko Hasegawa
Votes: 8
31. Daimajin Kanon (2010)
Drama
Misaki Kanon is a young woman who comes to the big city with dreams of becoming a singer. At first everything goes well, she falls in love and works towards her dream. But then her ... See full summary »
Stars: Nozomi Sasaki, Yukiko Ikeda, Kôjun Itô, Mitsunari Sakamoto
Votes: 22
32. Sukeban Deka III: Shôjo ninpô-chô denki: san-shimai mottomo kiken na tabi: yattsu no shi no wana (1987 TV Movie)
72 min
Director: Hideo Tanaka | Stars: Yui Asaka, Satomi Fukunaga, Nagare Hagiwara, Miho Hayashi
Votes: 14
33. Stewardess monogatari (1983– )
Romance, Drama
Stars: Tony Cetera, Morio Kazama, Chiemi Hori, Nagisa Katahira
Votes: 25
34. Akai giwaku (1975–1976)
50 min | Drama
A 17-year-old student contracts leukemia from radiation exposure. The 29-episode series focuses more on love interest and family than the threat posed by nuclear contamination.
Stars: Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Shizuo Chûjô, Mitsuo Hamada
Votes: 36
35. Tokugawa bugei-chô: Yagyû san-dai no ken (1993– )
712 min | Drama
Yagyu Sekishusai is a consumate swordsman teaching the Yagyu Shinkage style of fencing from his family dojo. His ambition has always been to achieve fame for the Yagyu clan. His son ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Kôshirô Matsumoto, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Tokuma Nishioka, Ineko Arima
Votes: 12
36. Blue Blue Sky (2010)
128 min | Drama, Family
High school girls decided to participate the Calligraphy Demonstration Event. The importance of calligraphy is 'to learn how to express oneself',which is also the most difficult skill that ... See full summary »
Director: Takafumi Ohta | Stars: Karin Aiba, Michelle Fujisaki, Tomoko Fujita, Yuria Haga
Votes: 26
37. Akitsu Springs (1962)
113 min | Drama, Romance
Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida | Stars: Mariko Okada, Hiroyuki Nagato, Sô Yamamura, Jûkichi Uno
Votes: 1,191
38. Endless Desire (1958)
101 min | Comedy, Crime
Endless Desire is a black comedy on the spoils of war much extended and enhanced by the greed, treachery, laziness, and lust of the postwar decade.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Hiroyuki Nagato, Misako Watanabe, Kô Nishimura, Sanae Nakahara
Votes: 490
39. Mito Kômon (1969–2011)
Stars: Kôtarô Satomi, Takashi Naitô, Sanpei Hayashiya, Mikihisa Azuma
Votes: 23
40. My Second Brother (1959)
101 min | Drama
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Hiroyuki Nagato, Kayo Matsuo, Takeshi Okimura, Akiko Maeda
Votes: 261
41. Season of the Sun (1956)
89 min | Drama
The story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing and chasing girls, and who more often than not spend their nights getting into brawls. In ... See full summary »
Director: Takumi Furukawa | Stars: Yôko Minamida, Hiroyuki Nagato, Kô Mishima, Asao Sano
Votes: 103
42. Sukeban Deka II: Shôjo tekkamen densetsu (1985–1986)
Action
Stars: Yôko Minamino, Hiroyuki Nagato, Keizô Kanie, Akie Yoshizawa
Votes: 6
43. Smashing the 0-Line (1960)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Crime
Two reporters of divergent morals investigate a drug ring, delving deeper into the underworld in the process.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Hiroyuki Nagato, Yûji Odaka, Mayumi Shimizu, Sanae Nakahara
Votes: 172
44. The Outcast (1962)
119 min | Drama
A young man struggles to come to terms with his true identity in a remote caste-based village in early 20th century Japan.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Shiho Fujimura, Hiroyuki Nagato, Rentarô Mikuni
Votes: 215
45. Yurusarezaru mono daiisshô: Shishi no kessen (2003)
95 min | Crime
A member of a Yakuza gang seeks revenge on the people responsible for the death of his boss.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Masaya Sato, Shôko Aida, Naomi Akimoto, Narimi Arimori
Votes: 345
46. I Hate But Love (1962)
106 min | Drama, Romance
A celebrity impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. When his controlling manager, the woman he loves, follows, the two must reconcile while dodging reporters.
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara | Stars: Yûjirô Ishihara, Ruriko Asaoka, Hiroyuki Nagato, Izumi Ashikawa
Votes: 307
47. Puraido (2009)
126 min | Drama, Music
When a woman is hired to clean another's house the last thing one expects is for the maid to be invited to a live performance by her employer, but that is how these two begin their ... See full summary »
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko | Stars: Stephanie, Hikari Mitsushima, Michiko Godai, Yukari Ichijô
Votes: 81
48. The Sleeping Beast Within (1960)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Crime
A businessman returns from an extended trip, but something seems off. Criminal operations and religious cults come into play, while the man's daughter and her journalist boyfriend race to find the truth.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Hiroyuki Nagato, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Shinsuke Ashida, Kô Nishimura
Votes: 210
49. The Life of Matsu the Untamed (1943)
100 min | Drama
Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy, Toshio, and is hired by the boy's parents.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Tsumasaburô Bandô, Keiko Sonoi, Yasushi Nagata, Kamon Kawamura
Votes: 220
50. Danger Pays (1962)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When one billion yen goes AWOL, "Joe the Ace" (Shishido) spies an opportunity to get rich quick, but things soon go wrong as it turns out he isn't the only one who'll stop at nothing to get his hands on the missing cash.
Director: Kô Nakahira | Stars: Jô Shishido, Hiroyuki Nagato, Ruriko Asaoka, Arihiro Fujimura
Votes: 207