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51. Night Drum (1958)
95 min | Drama
When a married woman has an affair with a young musician, feudal Japanese law requires that both offenders pay with their lives. However, the woman's husband blames himself for his wife's ... See full summary »
Director: Tadashi Imai | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Ineko Arima, Masayuki Mori, Sumiko Hidaka
Votes: 162
52. Killer Whale (1962)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy
A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it. A Japanese variation of the "Moby Dick" story.
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka | Stars: Kyôko Enami, Shiho Fujimura, Kôji Fujiyama, Chikara Hashimoto
Votes: 130
53. Heat Wave Island (1969)
103 min | Drama
Otowa is a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Jûzô Itami, Daigo Kusano, Ichirô Sugai
Votes: 16
54. Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014)
134 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A man goes to visit Count Orlock, a deviant, adulterous, shape-shifting Transylvanian vampire.
Directors: Tony Watt, John Migliore, Vivita | Stars: Max Schreck, Vivita, Tony Watt, John Migliore
Votes: 160
55. Hymn (1972)
112 min | Drama
The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind Shamisen teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel beatings.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Tokuko Watanabe, Jiro Kawarazaki, Daijirô Harada
Votes: 117
56. Human (1962)
117 min | Drama
The ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four people on the ship are becoming increasingly desperate as food and water run out.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Taiji Tonoyama, Nobuko Otowa, Kei Satô, Kei Yamamoto
Votes: 222
57. Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959)
115 min | Drama
The story of a Japanese fishing boat whose crew were accidental victims of fallout from the Bikini hydrogen bomb tests.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Jûkichi Uno, Nobuko Otowa, Harold Conway, Torahiko Hamada
Votes: 92
58. Jishin rettô (1980)
TV-14 | 126 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.
Director: Kenjirô Ohmori | Stars: Hiroshi Katsuno, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Yumi Takigawa, Kayo Matsuo
Votes: 215
59. Onna no saka (1960)
107 min | Drama
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Mariko Okada, Keiji Sada, Nobuko Otowa, Kunitarô Sawamura
Votes: 14
60. Epitome (1953)
131 min | Drama
Shusei Tokuda's starkly realistic novel about a poor girl pressed into becoming a geisha was forcefully adapted by Kaneto Shindo (Onibaba). When Ginko (Nobuko Otowa, Shindo's wife) falls in... See full summary »
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Sumiko Hidaka, Isuzu Yamada, Sô Yamamura
Votes: 120
61. Fukurô (2003)
119 min | Comedy, Drama
A mother and daughter living alone in a small village in deep Japan manage to get out of poverty seducing men, who offer their sexual services and then poisoned with a drink similar to sake.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Akira Emoto, Daijirô Harada, Mansaku Ikeuchi, Ayumi Ito
Votes: 190
62. Flame of My Love (1949)
96 min | Drama, Romance
A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls in love with its leader Kentaro Omoi, ... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Kuniko Miyake, Ichirô Sugai
Votes: 481
63. On This Earth (1957)
98 min | Drama
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kyôko Kagawa
Votes: 15
64. Akutô (1965)
119 min | Drama, History
A morally-suspect and self-serving retainer rashly baits her high-ranking employer, a regional governor, with a salacious story of a former acquaintance and catastrophe ensues.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Kyôko Kishida, Eitarô Ozawa, Isao Kimura
Votes: 110
65. The Beauty and the Dragon (1955)
106 min | Fantasy
Kabuki adaptation: A princess, a figure from the literary past who anticipates a modern woman, tempts a self righteous priest.
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Chiyonosuke Azuma, Nobuko Otowa, Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi
Votes: 14
66. Sakura no sono (1936)
Drama
Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial... See full summary »
Director: Minoru Murata | Stars: Chieko Higashiyama, Noboru Kiritachi, Yutaka Mimasu, Sachiko Murase
67. Kuro tokage (1962)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
A jeweler hires detective Akechi to find his daughter kidnapped by a famous thief known as the Black Lizard.
Director: Umetsugu Inoue | Stars: Machiko Kyô, Minoru Ôki, Junko Kanô, Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Votes: 257
68. Ronin of Ako (1961)
151 min | Action, Drama
A famous story of the 47 loyal samurai. When Lord Asano is unjustly executed, his loyal retainers strike back for revenge.
Director: Sadatsugu Matsuda | Stars: Kusuo Abe, Kyôko Aoyama, Chiyonosuke Azuma, Shinobu Chihara
Votes: 35
69. Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975)
132 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary film on the life and works of director Kenji Mizoguchi.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Takako Irie, Daisuke Itô, Kyôko Kagawa, Matsutarô Kawaguchi
Votes: 324
70. Yoru no sugao (1958)
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Machiko Kyô, Ayako Wakao, Minosuke Bandô, Eiji Funakoshi
Votes: 6
71. Mother (1963)
100 min | Drama
Tamiko is a divorced mother with a seriously ill son, struggling to save him and give both a sense of their existence. She lives with her mother and brother, but will marry a man older than... See full summary »
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Haruko Sugimura, Homizu Aratani, Kentarô Kaji
Votes: 146
72. 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
73. Chikuzan hitori tabi (1977)
119 min | Drama
After over 50 years of wandering up and down Japan, finally in the 1970s the rough-hewn blind shamisien player and folk-song collector named Chikuzan became a musical sensation. This ... See full summary »
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Ryûzô Hayashi, Nobuko Otowa, Mitsuko Baishô, Dai Kanai
Votes: 111
74. Konketsuji Rika: Hitoriyuku sasuraitabi (1973)
85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Rica wanting a new start leaves her friends and past life behind or at least that is what she thinks as trouble always seems to find her. She looks into a ship that exploded and all ... See full summary »
Director: Kô Nakahira | Stars: Rika Aoki, Tôru Minegishi, Taiji Tonoyama, Mizuho Suzuki
Votes: 134
75. Victory of Women (1946)
84 min | Drama
A socially committed film about the feudal state of many Japanese women in 1946. Hiroko Hosokawa, a female lawyer, defends Mrs. Asakura, who suffocated her child in her grief after her ... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiko Kuwano, Mitsuko Miura, Shin Tokudaiji
Votes: 175
76. The Horizon (1984)
136 min | Drama
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Toshiyuki Nagashima, Miwako Fujitani, Nobuko Otowa, Kumiko Akiyoshi
Votes: 12
77. Rennyo and His Mother (1981)
93 min | Animation
Rennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in particular the Honganji lineage that had a slump in its fortunes during the Middle Ages. According to... See full summary »
Director: Kihachirô Kawamoto | Stars: Masaaki Daimon, Kimiko Ikegami, Pinko Izumi, Kyôko Kishida
Votes: 13
78. Dobu (1954)
111 min | Drama
Postwar Tokyo. Pin (Jukichi Uno) and Toku (Taiji Tonoyama) live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru (Nobuko Otowa), a slightly demented woman who has run away from a geisha house.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Ranko Akagi, Kamatari Fujiwara, Bokuzen Hidari, Noriko Honma
Votes: 120
79. Yuwaku (1948)
106 min | Drama
Mourning the death of her father, a grieving daughter (Hara, Setsuko) meets one of his students (Saburi, Shin) and the two set out to travel to Tokyo. The two share a room en route and ... See full summary »
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Shin Saburi, Setsuko Hara, Akira Yamanouchi, Haruko Sugimura
Votes: 77
80. The Three Undelivered Letters (1979)
130 min | Drama, Mystery
A young Japanese-American man arrives at his grandmother's old hometown in Yamaguchi, begins to stay at her family's elite but dysfunctional household, and gets entangled in a sinister plot of murder.
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura | Stars: Shin Saburi, Nobuko Otowa, Mayumi Ogawa, Komaki Kurihara
Votes: 64
81. Tsuma futari (1967)
94 min | Drama, Mystery
After a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a love-and-hate drama that threatens to engulf them. The sexual anxiety between the interwoven ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Ayako Wakao, Mariko Okada, Kôji Takahashi, Takao Itô
Votes: 77
82. Dynamite Doctor (1966)
82 min | Action, Crime
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Kazue Tamaki, Kyôko Enami, Jun Hamamura
Votes: 5
83. Sakura-tai Chiru (1988)
113 min | Documentary
On 6 August 1945, in the city of Hiroshima, a small itinerant troupe of actors led by Sadao Maruyama fell victim to an atomic bombing. Kaneto Shindo collects evidence of this tragedy and reconstructs the events of August 1945.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Shôji Furuta, Takako Miki, Yasuko Yagami, Jun Hamamura
Votes: 37
84. Nishijin no shimai (1952)
Drama
A family of silkweavers are hit hard by industrialization.
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Yumiko Miyagino, Mitsuko Miura, Yûko Tsumura, Kinuyo Tanaka
Votes: 13
85. Nagasaki no kane (1950)
94 min | Romance
Director: Hideo Ôba | Stars: Masao Wakahara, Yumeji Tsukioka, Keiko Tsushima, Osamu Takizawa
Votes: 13
86. Tadare (1962)
88 min | Drama
Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adaptation by Kaneto Shindo, Masumura Yasuzo directs. A battle of woman competing for the same man. Masuko (Ayako Wakao) is the number one ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Ayako Wakao, Jirô Tamiya, Yaeko Mizutani, Eiji Funakoshi
Votes: 67
87. Kumo ga chigireru toki (1961)
93 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Heinosuke Gosho | Stars: Keiji Sada, Ineko Arima, Chieko Baishô, Sumiko Hidaka
Votes: 33
88. Onna no kunshô (1961)
110 min | Drama
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Machiko Kyô, Jirô Tamiya, Ayako Wakao, Masayuki Mori
Votes: 27
89. The White Orchid (1951)
103 min | Drama
Director: Keigo Kimura | Stars: Michiyo Kogure, Sô Yamamura, Ryô Ikebe, Ichirô Sugai
90. Ginza no onna (1955)
Ikuyo is the boss of Shizumoto, a geisha residence that employs four other women. All of them, simultaneously, reveal the extreme hardships of the profession. From the frustrated search for... See full summary »
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Sumiko Hidaka, Yukiko Todoroki, Jô Shishido
Votes: 39
91. Gin shinju (1956)
99 min | Drama
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Hiroyuki Nagato, Jûkichi Uno, Chikako Hosokawa
Votes: 9
92. Toki rakujitsu (1992)
119 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Seijirô Kôyama | Stars: Yoshiko Mita, Hiroshi Mikami, Tatsuya Nakadai, Riho Makise
Votes: 30
93. The Precipice (1958)
97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Salarymen Uozo and his friend Kosaku plan to climb a mountain. A few days before they are due to start, Kosaku confesses that he has had a fling with a married woman, with whom he is now ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Kenji Sugawara, Fujiko Yamamoto, Hitomi Nozoe, Keizô Kawasaki
Votes: 37
94. Kaigun (1963)
101 min | Drama, War
A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his best friend Shinji to join him.
Director: Shinji Murayama | Stars: Michiko Araki, Shin'ichi Chiba, Fusatarô Ishijima, Yoshi Katô
95. Sei no kigen (1967)
89 min | Drama
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama, Kayo Matsuo, Hideo Kanze
Votes: 24
96. I Lived, But... (1983)
123 min | Documentary
A documentary about Ozu's life and career.
Director: Kazuo Inoue | Stars: Ineko Arima, Chikage Awashima, Shôhei Imamura, Shima Iwashita
Votes: 248
97. The Tale of the Blue Beka Boat (1962)
101 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Yûzô Kawashima | Stars: Hisaya Morishige, Eijirô Tôno, Sachiko Hidari, Nobuko Otowa
Votes: 18
98. Ishimatsu of the Forest (1949)
97 min | Drama
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki, Chôko Iida, Reikichi Kawamura
99. Koroshita no wa dare da (1957)
91 min | Action, Crime
A gritty troubled youth drama, fuelled no doubt by the taiyozoku (sun tribe) fever than current.
Director: Kô Nakahira | Stars: Ichirô Sugai, Hisako Yamane, Akira Kobayashi, Kô Nishimura
Votes: 19
100. Onna no issho (1953)
136 min | Drama
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Koreya Senda, Jûkichi Uno, Akira Yamanouchi
Votes: 14