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51. Fateful Mountain Pass (1974)
History
1616. High Priest Tenkai (Yoshida Yoshio) informs Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami (Konoe Jushiro) of his concerns about Hidenari, the surviving son of Toyotomi Hideyori who managed to escape from the ... See full summary »
Stars: Gorô Ibuki, Jûshirô Konoe, Kei Satô, Masakazu Tamura
52. Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Promising to make a delivery for a dying man, the blind swordsman Zatoichi comes across the usual crime gangs but also meets a blind monk who brings into question his use of violence.
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Shigeru Amachi, Jun Hamamura, Mayumi Ogawa
Votes: 1,294
53. Gokudô kisha 2: Baken tensei hen (1994)
Director: Rokuro Mochizuki | Stars: Chikako Aoyama, Eiji Okuda, Kei Satô
Votes: 22
54. Nemuri Kyoshiro: Full Moon Killing (1989 TV Movie)
Drama, History, Mystery
This is the first special drama reviving the character of Nemuri Kyoshiro, played by Masakazu Tamura, who gained popularity in the TV series. The simple Engetsu style without CG is ... See full summary »
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka | Stars: Ichirô Murakoshi, Kei Satô, Yumi Takigawa, Masakazu Tamura
55. Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970)
120 min | Drama
After leaving high school, Michio Yamada (Norio Nagayama in the real life incidents) becomes involved in the shudan shushoku, a post-war Japanese government work program which involves ... See full summary »
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Daijirô Harada, Nobuko Otowa, Keiko Torii, Kiwako Taichi
Votes: 197
56. Erotic Liaisons (1992)
95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A low-key private detective agency in Paris is run by Rie and her lover and partner Kishin, two ex-pats who tick along between cases by giving guided tours of the city to busloads of ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Yûya Uchida, Rie Miyazawa, Jennifer Galin, Takeshi Kitano
Votes: 131
57. Station (1981)
132 min | Drama
Constantly put to the test and faced with tragedy wherever he turns, can a man finally find solace and a modicum of love or rest with what is left of his hometown, his family, love or himself?
Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishô, Ayumi Ishida, Setsuko Karasuma
Votes: 282
58. Eleven Samurai (1967)
100 min | Adventure, Drama, History
The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbor, Nariatsu. But when the Oshi clan is blamed for the incident, eleven of their best warriors decide to trade their lives for justice.
Director: Eiichi Kudô | Stars: Isao Natsuyagi, Kôtarô Satomi, Kôji Nanbara, Junko Miyazono
Votes: 410
59. Jigoku no kyôen (1961)
94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Tatsuya Mihashi, Reiko Dan, Junko Ikeuchi, Jun Tazaki
Votes: 47
60. Hymn to a Tired Man (1968)
130 min | Drama
During WWII a soldier is beaten so badly by a superior officer he is left deaf. After the war he is an inventor and meets this officer at the patent office. The man is still the bully he was.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Michiyo Aratama, Makoto Fujita, Toshio Kurosawa, Tomoko Naraoka
Votes: 149
61. The Great Villains (1968)
93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Psychological action drama about the activities of a corrupt lawyer.
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Jirô Tamiya, Kei Satô, Mako Midori, Isao Kuraishi
Votes: 34
62. Yajû shisubeshi (1980)
119 min | Drama, Crime, Action
A journalist steals a gun from a cop after killing him and goes on a spree of robbery and murder.
Director: Tôru Murakawa | Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Mako Midori, Akemi Mari, Toshio Kurosawa
Votes: 312
63. Supai Zoruge (2003)
182 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the outbreak of World War II and in the midst of the Japanese imperial ambitions in Eastern Asia.... See full summary »
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: Iain Glen, Masahiro Motoki, Kippei Shîna, Takaya Kamikawa
Votes: 272
64. Nemuri Kyôshirô: Engetsu Sappô (1982– )
810 min | Drama
In this version, Nemuri (famous for his vaunted Full-Moon Sword technique) is caught up in the Conspiracy of the 13 Clans. The titular role is played by Kataoka Takao. The villainous leader... See full summary »
Stars: Kayo Matsuo, Shohei Hino, Shirô Kishibe, Tôru Abe
65. Green Requiem (1988)
97 min
A Sci-Fi fantasy depicting the love between Asuka, a girl who replenishes nutrients through photosynthesis, and Nobuhiko, a young man who works at the National Institute of Botanical Sciences.
Director: Akiyoshi Imazeki | Stars: Kahori Torii, Shinobu Sakagami, Satomi Kobayashi, Eiji Okada
66. The Strange Tale of Oyuki (1992)
116 min | Biography, Drama
The film tells the story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seducer who falls madly in love for a young geisha named Oyuki. Meticulous ... See full summary »
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Masahiko Tsugawa, Yuki Sumida, Kazuyo Asari, Jun Hamamura
Votes: 180
67. Ninja bugei-chô (1967)
123 min | Animation, Action, History
The vengeful son of a murdered feudal lord meets a renegade ninja helping peasants and farmers rebel against Oda Nobunaga's regime in this unusual animated film where still manga drawings are accompanied with sound.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Rokkô Toura, Kei Yamamoto, Hôsei Komatsu, Noriko Matsumoto
Votes: 241
68. Jû-kai no mosukîto (1983)
108 min | Drama
Jukkai no Mosukito is the tragic story of a policeman who has never succeeded in anything in life and seems to be hopelessly bound to failure in all his undertakings. His ex-wife and ... See full summary »
Director: Yôichi Sai | Stars: Yûya Uchida, Ann Lewis, Kyôko Koizumi, Kai Atô
Votes: 159
69. Devil's Temple (1969)
76 min | Drama
An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women, and a vicious killer.
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Hideko Takamine, Michiyo Aratama, Kei Satô
Votes: 173
70. Golden Partners (1979)
98 min | Drama
A motorcycle cop and a freelance photographer team up to salvage 1 billion yen worth of the Imperial Navy's gold.
Director: Kiyoshi Nishimura | Stars: Tomokazu Miura, Tatsuya Fuji, Misako Konno, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Votes: 9
71. Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)
80 min | Action, Comedy
A carefree afternoon at the beach turns into a comic misadventure when three young Japanese men are mistaken for illegal Korean residents.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Kazuhiko Kato, Osamu Kitayama, Norihiko Hashida, Kei Satô
Votes: 703
72. Shushoku sensen ijonashi (1991)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Takeo is a university graduate who stumbles his way through the idiosyncrasies of Japan's graduate recruitment market. Big and respectable corporations put him through the wringer, whilst ... See full summary »
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko | Stars: Yûji Oda, Kôji Matoba, Nobuko Sendô, Emi Wakui
Votes: 36
73. Kin'yû fushoku rettô: Jubaku (1999)
114 min | Drama
When a major bank is caught paying off a corporate extortionist, the media and prosecutors begin to dig, breaking open a money-and-favors scandal to its core.
Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kippei Shîna, Ikuji Nakamura
Votes: 191
74. Yamaguchi-gumi San-daime (1973)
106 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on the road to becoming boss of Japan's largest gang.
Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Tsunehiko Watase, Mayumi Nagisa, Tatsuo Umemiya
Votes: 17
75. Yomigaeru kinrô (1979)
131 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night. In a delicious scheme of payback, he seeks to dominate the corporation that employs him by day.
Director: Tôru Murakawa | Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Jun Fubuki, Kei Satô, Mikio Narita
Votes: 294
76. Outlaw: Goro the Assassin (1968)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama
To fulfill a prison mate's dying wish, and to right what is wrong, Gôro will kill again. Tetsuya Watari meets his archenemy Shuusuke Shirayama, a rival gangster who also wants to part with the yakuza ways.
Director: Keiichi Ozawa | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Kei Satô, Chitose Kobayashi
Votes: 176
77. Amai yoru no hate (1961)
85 min | Crime, Drama
An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate them so he can move up the social ladder.
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida | Stars: Masahiko Tsugawa, Michiko Saga, Teruyo Yamagami, Sumiko Hidaka
Votes: 279
78. Punishment Island (1966)
87 min | Drama, Mystery
Seeking revenge against the guard who tormented him, a young man returns to the island where he was imprisoned in reform school. But his plans for vengeance are disturbed when he encounters a strange and beautiful young woman.
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: Akira Nitta, Kei Satô, Kinzô Shin, Taiji Tonoyama
Votes: 261
79. Sanada Taiheiki (1985–1986)
Drama, History
Based on Shôtarô Ikenami's novel by the same title. The drama focuses on the history of the Sanada clan during the late Sengoku period.
Stars: Yûki Kudô, Tetsurô Tanba, Mariko Okada, Keiko Tsushima
Votes: 26
80. Tôkyô-wan enjô (1975)
100 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Thriller about hijackers taking control of an oil tanker and threatening to blow it all up in Tokyo Bay.
Director: Katsumune Ishida | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Hiroshi Fujioka, Jô Shishido, Kei Satô
Votes: 43
81. Dear Summer Sister (1972)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
Story is about a Tokyo girl looking round Okinawa island for her long-lost brother and finding he is the tourist guide with whom she has had an affair.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Hiromi Kurita, Shôji Ishibashi, Lily, Hôsei Komatsu
Votes: 223
82. Waga michi (1974)
130 min | Drama
Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government bureaucracy and indifference all along the way.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama, Rokkô Toura, Dai Kanai
Votes: 40
83. The Revolutionary (1962)
100 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the year 1637 in Shimabara of Tokugawa-era Japan, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of a charismatic Christian rebel leader Shiro Amakusa.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Hashizô Ôkawa, Ryûtarô Ôtomo, Satomi Oka, Rentarô Mikuni
Votes: 205
84. Clouds at Sunset (1967)
106 min | Drama
A Japanese soldier deserts his position and travels to a small town on the Sea of Japan to start over. When a young maid falls for him, he talks her into sleeping with an older man for money.
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: Shima Iwashita, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kei Satô, Mayumi Ogawa
Votes: 39
85. 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
86. Sûpâ gun redei Wani Bunsho (1979)
96 min | Action
Mika Hino is a sharp-shooting investigator that belongs to the infamous "Gator Branch." When an executive board member of a trading company is accused of being involved in a bribery, Mika is assigned to keep watch over him.
Director: Chûsei Sone | Stars: Emi Yokoyama, Kaoru Janbo, Kei Satô, Shin Kishida
Votes: 80
87. Shin Hanshichi torimono chô (1997– )
Mystery
The hero is Hanshichi, a young but highly skilled Edo-era detective. Widowed for two years, Hanshichi lives alone in a tenement house. His sister-in-law Okume, who has a crush on him, looks in on him from time to time.
Stars: Mitsunori Isaki, Yôko Moriguchi, Riho Makise, Minken Karasawa
88. Oniwaban (1974)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
Deep in the mountains of feudal Japan, a group of children endure cruel and unorthodox training in order to become the Shogunate's most secret and deadly weapons - the Demon Spies! Their ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Tsuboshima | Stars: Keiko Aramaki, Hiroshi Ayukawa, Jun Fujimaki, Shôzô Fukuyama
Votes: 145
89. Daitokai - Tatakai no hibi (1976– )
54 min | Action, Drama
Sergeant Raisuke Kuroiwa (Tetsuya Watari) and the Kuroiwa Force, a special Flying Squad-esque division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police solves crimes and cracks down on their perpetrators.
Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Kaku Takashina, Takehiko Ono, Yûjirô Ishihara
Votes: 10
90. Prayer beads (2004)
270 min | Horror
This horror anthology is featuring nine independent episodes, each 30 minutes long, that are revolving around bad karma and terror.
Stars: Jun Haichi, Joe Odagiri, Kei Satô, Takashi Yûki
Votes: 67
91. 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
92. Bullet Wound (1969)
94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Thriller about a Japanese-American CIA agent (Kayama) in Japan.
Director: Shirô Moritani | Stars: Yûzô Kayama, Kiwako Taichi, Kei Satô, Eiji Okada
Votes: 14
93. Appassionata (1984)
129 min | Biography, Drama
Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Tsuya, who loves painting more than anything and is hopeless at housework, attends art school.
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Mariko Okada, Yûko Natori, Morio Kazama, Kei Satô
Votes: 45
94. Nippon no akuryo (1970)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Murase is a bodyguard in a yakuza group. Ochiai is a police officer who once was a student activist. When they meet, they are surprised how identical they look. They decide to trade places with each other.
Director: Kazuo Kuroki | Stars: Yôsuke Enomoto, Tatsumi Hijikata, Eiko Horii, Hideo Kanze
Votes: 113
95. Hachidai shôgun Yôshimune (1995– )
45 min | Drama, History
Stars: Toshiyuki Nishida, Tôru Emori, Nenji Kobayashi, Masahiko Tsugawa
Votes: 7
96. Let Him Rest in Peace (1985)
103 min | Crime, Drama
A man returns to his seaside roots to confront a yakuza boss. Along the way, he charms young men, softens a hard woman, and busts a few heads.
Director: Yôichi Sai | Stars: Tatsuya Fuji, Mitsuko Baishô, Yoshio Harada, Ryûzô Hayashi
Votes: 64
97. The Tattooed Hitman (1974)
R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama
One of the only pre-1980s yakuza films to be dubbed-into-English.
Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Tsunehiko Watase, Mayumi Nagisa, Tatsuo Umemiya
Votes: 97
98. Yokomizo Seishi shirîzu (1977–1978)
54 min | Mystery
Stars: Isamu Nagato, Ikkô Furuya, Akiko Nomura, Tamotsu Hayakawa
Votes: 11
99. Izakaya Chôji (1983)
126 min | Drama
Eiji, also known as Choji, quits the shipyard to start Izakaya Choji (snack bar) with his wife Shigeko on the outskirts of Hakodate.
Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Ken Takakura, Reiko Ôhara, Tokiko Katô, Kunie Tanaka
Votes: 109
100. Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke (1989 TV Movie)
145 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Yagyu Jubei, the finest swordsman in the land, is called upon to bare his blade to help Iemitsu keep his post.
Director: Toshio Masuda | Stars: Tetsuo Kurata, Tôru Nakamura, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kei Satô
Votes: 10