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1. Yu Yu Hakusho (2023)
TV-14 | 55 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A teenager dies while saving a young kid and is given a chance to be resurrected, provided he works for the Spirit World as an investigator of supernatural crimes with his newly-given powers.
Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Jun Shison, Kanata Hongô, Shûhei Uesugi
Votes: 8,287
2. Lady Snowblood (1973)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
Director: Toshiya Fujita | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza
Votes: 16,373
3. Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
Director: Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Rie Yokoyama, Yayoi Watanabe, Yôko Mihara
Votes: 4,889
4. Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter (1970)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Thriller
A street girl gang clashes with racist local gangsters after one of the girls starts dating an Afro-Japanese man.
Director: Yasuharu Hasebe | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Rikiya Yasuoka, Tatsuya Fuji, Jirô Okazaki
Votes: 889
5. Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a cop is transferred to a new precinct it is obvious that the area's yakuza mob are not dealing with just another policeman. The cop is bent on results and is not immune to becoming ... See full summary »
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuo Umemiya, Hideo Murota
Votes: 942
6. Under the Open Sky (2020)
126 min | Crime, Drama
A lifelong Yakuza, released from prison after 13 years, journeys to find the mother who abandoned him as a child. He is hindered by his gangster past and struggles to adapt to his new life outside of prison.
Director: Miwa Nishikawa | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Seiji Rokkaku, Yukiya Kitamura, Hakuryû
Votes: 1,841
7. Aibou: Tokyo Detective Duo (2000–2024)
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
8. Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
To avoid a death sentence for her prior acts of bloodshed, the vengeful swordswoman Lady Snowblood is conscripted by the Japanese Secret Police to assassinate political dissidents.
Director: Toshiya Fujita | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Jûzô Itami, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Yoshio Harada
Votes: 4,237
9. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After spending a year in solitary confinement, Matsu escapes from prison with six more convicts, followed by the guards led by the vengeful warden who wants her dead at all costs.
Director: Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Fumio Watanabe, Yukie Kagawa, Kayoko Shiraishi
Votes: 3,387
10. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Matsu is sheltered by an incestuous prostitute on her run from the police, her ex-prison mate and a cop whose arm she hacked off.
Director: Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Mikio Narita, Reisen Ri, Yayoi Watanabe
Votes: 2,119
11. Hiroshima Death Match (1973)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young criminal joins a yakuza family to kill the gangsters who beat him up, but falls in love with his boss' widow's niece, piling up enemies and corpses along his wayward way.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Shin'ichi Chiba, Meiko Kaji, Shingo Yamashiro
Votes: 1,918
12. Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss (1970)
Not Rated | 80 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A wandering tough biker girl aids a female delinquent gang in their battles against an all-male Seiyu group over a fixed boxing match.
Director: Yasuharu Hasebe | Stars: Akiko Wada, Meiko Kaji, Kôji Wada, Tatsuya Fuji
Votes: 840
13. Blind Woman's Curse (1970)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Crime, Horror
The head of a yakuza gang is being trailed by a mysterious, vengeful blind woman.
Director: Teruo Ishii | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Hoki Tokuda, Makoto Satô, Hideo Sunazuka
Votes: 1,638
14. Rakuyôju (1986)
105 min | Drama
Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his kin, he intends to chronicle the family he grew up in.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Keiju Kobayashi, Nobuko Otowa, Ichirô Zaitsu, Meiko Kaji
Votes: 1,084
15. Kinou nani tabeta? (2019– )
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Kakei Shiro is a 45 year old lawyer who works at a small law firm. His partner, Yabuki Kenji, is an affable hairdresser in his 40s. They have been together for three years yet Shiro has never told anyone that Kenji is his partner.
Stars: Meiko Kaji, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yurika Nakamura, Hayato Isomura
Votes: 638
16. Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song (1973)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Once again on the lam, Matsu is helped by a strip club worker who holds a grudge against the detective who's trying to find her.
Director: Yasuharu Hasebe | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Masakazu Tamura, Yumi Kanei, Hiroshi Tsukata
Votes: 1,615
17. Lullaby of the Earth (1976)
111 min | Drama
The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and deceptiveness of the outside world, when her grandmother dies.
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Mieko Harada, Natsuko Kahara, Meiko Kaji, Shigeo Katô
Votes: 254
18. Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo (1970)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Five freewheeling friends conjure up a plan to rob 30 million yen from a religious movement.
Director: Toshiya Fujita | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Bunjaku Han, Takeo Chii, Tatsuya Fuji
Votes: 528
19. Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71 (1971)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The series swansong, Beat '71, sees Kaji framed and sent to prison by her boyfriend's father and with the help of some hippies she strives to be re-united.
Director: Toshiya Fujita | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Tatsuya Fuji, Yoshio Harada, Takeo Chii
Votes: 379
20. Onihei hankachô (1989–2001)
54 min | Drama
Stars: Kichiemon Nakamura, Yôko Moriguchi, Fuyukichi Maki, Ryûnosuke Kaneda
Votes: 15
21. Kinou nani tabeta? (2021)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Shiro Kakei lives with his boyfriend Kenji Yabuki. Shiro works as an attorney and cooks well. He is meticulous and also thrifty. Kenji is a hairdresser with a good personality.
Director: Kazuhito Nakae | Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Seiyô Uchino, Kôji Yamamoto, Hayato Isomura
Votes: 521
22. The Voice of Sin (2020)
142 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A newspaper reporter is working on an investigative piece regarding an unsolved mystery dating back thirty years. there was gangsterism and extortion at play. As part of his work the man ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Shun Oguri, Gen Hoshino, Yutaka Matsushige, Kanji Furutachi
Votes: 646
23. The Wicked (1980)
129 min | Drama, Mystery
A selfish playboy uses rich women to pay off his debts. Divorcing his wife and marrying the woman he loves throws him into a spiral of destruction.
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura | Stars: Takao Kataoka, Keiko Matsuzaka, Junko Miyashita, Mariko Fuji
Votes: 74
24. Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal (1970)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two Japanese men help a Vietnam war deserter escape from Japan for Sweden. They plan to fund the escape by selling LSD pills. After word of the drug deal gets spread around they find themselves fending off rival gangs.
Director: Yasuharu Hasebe | Stars: Tatsuya Fuji, Noriko Kurosawa, Eiji Gô, Meiko Kaji
Votes: 426
25. Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)
86 min | Action, Drama
Nami is an ex-convict who becomes a hostess to support a sick woman who bailed her out. In doing so, she gets involved in a local gangster's scheme to take over the bar she works for.
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Tatsuo Umemiya, Tsunehiko Watase, Akiko Koyama
Votes: 321
26. The Boss's Head (1975)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Drama, Comedy
Sugawara is Kuroda, an itinerant gambler who steps in when a hit by drug-addicted assassin Kusunoki goes wrong, and takes the fall on behalf of the Owada family, but when the gang fails to ... See full summary »
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Tsunehiko Watase, Yuriko Hishimi, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Votes: 344
27. Samurai Rebellion (2013 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
A samurai family is comprised of a father, mother and a son. The father wishes his son to find a wife and procreate. The father talks of this to his colleague and how he wishes to become a ... See full summary »
Director: Meiji Fujita | Stars: Masakazu Tamura, Yukie Nakama, Naoto Ogata, Mariko Fuji
Votes: 14
28. Onihei hankachô (1995)
105 min | Drama
Director: Yoshiki Onoda | Stars: Kichiemon Nakamura, Yumi Takigawa, Etsushi Takahashi, Shigeru Kôyama
Votes: 27
29. Kozure Ôkami: Meifumadô no shikaku-nin (1989 TV Movie)
140 min | Action, Drama
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka | Stars: Masaharu Arikawa, Shôki Fukae, Koreharu Hisatomi, Hirotarô Honda
Votes: 28
30. Tetsuko no heya (1976– )
35 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Meiko Nakamura, Makoto Ôtake, Tomio Umezawa
Votes: 33
31. Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980)
Not Rated | 224 min | Crime
A compilation edition of the first four films in Kinji Fukasaku's violent yakuza saga, previously screened only as part of a limited Japanese theatrical release in 1980 and on the Toei cable channel.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Meiko Kaji, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Akira Kobayashi
Votes: 96
32. Double Suicide of Sonezaki (1978)
112 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A poor merchant and a prostitute plan to commit suicide together after being pressured and betrayed by their surroundings.
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Ryûdô Uzaki, Hisashi Igawa, Sachiko Hidari
Votes: 195
33. Jînzu burûsu: Asu naki buraiha (1974)
91 min | Crime, Thriller
Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn't hers. Meanwhile, Jiro Katagiri is up to no good with his gangster friends and ends up making off with all their ... See full summary »
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Tsunehiko Watase, Meiko Kaji, Ryôhei Uchida, Hideo Murota
Votes: 163
34. Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 (1968)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime
YAKUZA GANGSTER THRILLER
Director: Keiichi Ozawa | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Ryôhei Uchida, Junko Maya
Votes: 211
35. Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2: She-Cat Gambler (1972)
86 min | Action, Crime
Nami (played by Meiko Kaji) returns to Tokyo to find the man who killed her father 13 years ago. On the way she saves a young woman named Hanae whose father had sold her for prostitution, ... See full summary »
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Shin'ichi Chiba, Shingo Yamashiro, Fujio Suga
Votes: 199
36. Retaliation (1968)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Crime
Fresh out of prison, yakuza lieutenant Jiro Sagae is recruited by a new gang to help defeat a powerful rival family in this bloody, stylish crime film that inspired Japanese yakuza films of the '70s.
Director: Yasuharu Hasebe | Stars: Akira Kobayashi, Jô Shishido, Hideaki Nitani, Tamio Kawaji
Votes: 335
37. Nogaremono orin (2006–2007)
Drama
Stars: Noriko Aoyama, Dai Watanabe, Rantaro Mine, Yoshiyuki Shibata
38. Zankoku onna rinchi (1969)
82 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Yuji Tanno | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Annu Mari, Kiyomi Katena, Teruko Hasegawa
Votes: 8
39. Seven Women in Prison (2017)
54 min | Crime, Drama
Kotone Kamiwatari, a Kyoto geisha of many mysteries, gets drunk one night and finds herself framed for the murder of a fellow geisha. She ends up in a women's prison, where she gets bullied... See full summary »
Stars: Ayame Gôriki, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Reina Triendl, Kami Hiraiwa
Votes: 23
40. Blood for Blood (1971)
86 min | Action, Crime
A uniformly excellent, no-no-nonsense, straightforward yakuza sage. This also has one of underrated and comparatively-unknown-in-the-west composer Kaburagi's most exciting and memorable ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuharu Hasebe | Stars: Jô Shishido, Makoto Satô, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuya Fuji
Votes: 32
41. Flickering Flames (1977)
91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
In the early hours of April 13th, a five-year-old hemophiliac is kidnapped from a Tokyo hospital. Inspector Kitahara goes to speak to the family of the child. Then, suddenly, the phone rings. The kidnapper wants money.
Director: Masahisa Sadanaga | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Meiko Kaji, Mieko Harada, Atsuo Nakamura
42. Kodomo no koro sensô ga atta (1981)
101 min | Drama, War
Weeks before the end of World War II, a boy finds an American girl hidden in the barn of his grandmother's house. The girl turns out to be his cousin, and they become friends, but the Japanese police is informed of the girl's presence.
Director: Sadao Saito | Stars: Catharia, Meiko Kaji, Fumie Kashiyama, Hiromi Kurita
Votes: 12
43. Moriya, mi Ciudad (2019)
120 min | Documentary
Moriya is a small city of Japan surrounded by the immense Tokyo and other important cities, but its humility hides its great beautyness. Chris Jiménez visit the downtown apart from its rivers, sanctuaries, parks and beautiful landscapes.
Director: Chris Jiménez | Star: Sanae Nagashima
44. Frontline of the Night: Secret Zone of Tokyo (1971)
82 min | Action, Crime
Director: Motomu Ida | Stars: Jirô Okazaki, Eiji Gô, Sachiko Kuwahara, Yaeko Wakamizu
Votes: 8
45. Shinjuku outlaw: Buttobase (1970)
86 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Toshiya Fujita | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Yoshio Harada, Meiko Kaji, Tsuneya Oki
Votes: 33
46. The Man of Five Rings (1981– )
Action
After 2 years of completely isolation in mountains, Musashi comes back in order to live a normal life. However, after his duel against Kijiro Sasaki he has many enemies who want to kill him.
Stars: Sakai Bakako, Meiko Kaji, Kinnosuke Nakamura
Votes: 28
47. Kôya no surônin (1972–1973)
2,925 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Shun Ôide, Jirô Sakagami, Meiko Kaji
Votes: 25
48. Hana o kuu mushi (1967)
99 min | Drama
Director: Shôgorô Nishimura | Stars: Hideaki Nitani, Kiwako Taichi, Eiji Gô, Kotobuki Hananomoto
Votes: 13
49. Kinou Nani Tabeta? 2020 Happy New Year Special (2020 TV Special)
Romance
The household of Shiro and Kenji is facing a financial crunch while they continue to maintain their ¥25000 budget. Wataru and Kohinata's lover's quarrel continues as usual What do they learn about their relationships through these hiccups?
Directors: Kenji Katagiri, Kazuhito Nakae, Katsumi Nojiri | Stars: Hayato Isomura, Meiko Kaji, Chan Kawai, Airi Matsuyama
Votes: 35
50. Main Line to Terror (1975)
121 min | Drama, Thriller
A hospital intern threatens to blow up a bullet train because he believes that their noise and pollution is contributing to his patients deaths.
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Jirô Tamiya, Masaomi Kondô, Keiko Takahashi, Meiko Kaji
Votes: 25