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1. House (1977)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror
A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ôba, Ai Matsubara
Votes: 33,649
2. A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Ishun is a wealthy but unsympathetic master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Eitarô Ozawa
Votes: 4,939
3. 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: 2,583
4. Yôkihi (1955)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, History, Romance
In 8th-century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the ... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Sô Yamamura, Eitarô Shindô
Votes: 2,062
5. Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
In the last days of the Shogunate, a resourceful grifter seeks to outwit competing prostitutes, rebellious samurai and other inhabitants of a brothel in order to survive the hardened times.
Director: Yûzô Kawashima | Stars: Furankî Sakai, Sachiko Hidari, Yôko Minamida, Yûjirô Ishihara
Votes: 1,324
6. An Outlaw (1964)
98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A killer who only hits people who deserve it is tricked into killing an innocent man. He then seeks revenge against the people who employed him.
Director: Teruo Ishii | Stars: Ken Takakura, Tetsurô Tanba, Naoki Sugiura, Shinjirô Ebara
Votes: 114
7. 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
8. Izu no odoriko (1963)
87 min | Drama, Romance
Adapted from a famous short story in Japan, The Izu Dancer is the story of a male teenager on vacation in the Izu peninsula who encounters a thirteen-year-old girl who is part of a ... See full summary »
Director: Katsumi Nishikawa | Stars: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Mitsuo Hamada, Hideki Takahashi, Yôko Minamida
Votes: 62
9. The Man with a Shotgun (1961)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Crime
Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a hunter. He quickly becomes embroiled in a web of trouble surrounding the town's mill.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Hideaki Nitani, Izumi Ashikawa, Yûji Odaka, Yôko Minamida
Votes: 337
10. NET Playhouse (1964–1972)
90 min | Biography, Drama, History
American television anthology series of wide range of genres, from history and drama, to fantasy, and science fiction. Fiction novels, stories, stage plays, fairytales, and historic events are dramatized in each episode.
Stars: Irene Dailey, Rene Auberjonois, George Voskovec, Richard Dysart
Votes: 51
11. 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
12. Riyû (2004)
160 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Four people are murdered in an apartment block, but none of them seem connected.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Takehiro Murata, Saki Terashima, Miyoko Akaza, Takuro Atsuki
Votes: 150
13. Voice Without a Shadow (1958)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ishikawa, a newspaper journalist, unexpectedly meets Asako, a woman who used to work for his company some time ago as a phone operator. Three years ago, she accidentally heard the voice of ... See full summary »
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Yôko Minamida, Hideaki Nitani, Nobuo Kaneko, Toshio Takahara
Votes: 300
14. Portrait of Chieko (1967)
125 min | Drama
Takamura, poet and sculptor, is married to Chieko, who also has artistic desires. However, she is becoming increasingly aware that she can not match her husband's work.
Director: Noboru Nakamura | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Shima Iwashita, Takamaru Sasaki, Kinuko Obata
Votes: 71
15. 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
16. Zero (1984)
128 min | Drama, War
Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the testpilot of Japans new super fighter - the Zero. The movie is told in reverse from the point of ... See full summary »
Director: Toshio Masuda | Stars: Daijirô Tsutsumi, Jun Hashizume, Yû Hayami, Yûzô Kayama
Votes: 86
17. Take Me Away! (1978)
92 min | Drama, Romance
Kyoko met Tetsu during her trip to San Francisco. Soon they fell in love but getting married was not in his mind. They were to meet again back in Tokyo but Tetsu didn't turn up.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Eiji Okada, Akitsugi Moritsugi
Votes: 71
18. Tokyo Knights (1961)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Crime
A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Kôji Wada, Mayumi Shimizu, Shôichi Ozawa, Yoshiko Nezu
Votes: 182
19. Onihei hankachô (1989–2001)
54 min | Drama
Stars: Kichiemon Nakamura, Yôko Moriguchi, Fuyukichi Maki, Ryûnosuke Kaneda
Votes: 15
20. Our Town (1956)
98 min | Drama
In 1906, a man returns to Japan after finishing a job in the Philippines, only to discover that his lover is dying, leaving him a baby girl.
Director: Yûzô Kawashima | Stars: Ryûtarô Tatsumi, Yôko Minamida, Shirô Ôsaka, Taiji Tonoyama
Votes: 295
21. Nihon kyôkaku-den (1964)
98 min | Drama, History
A timber merchant and haulage firm in late 19th century Tokyo is in trouble. The widowed lady owner is being threatened by a scheming competitor who is offering much cheaper labour. X has ... See full summary »
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ken Takakura, Minoru Ôki, Hiroki Matsukata
Votes: 52
22. Jakoman to Tetsu (1964)
100 min | Drama
In a village subsisting on its 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.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Ken Takakura, Tetsurô Tanba, Isao Yamagata, Yôko Minamida
Votes: 79
23. Hungry Soul, Part II (1956)
97 min | Drama, Romance
The conclusion to Yûzô Kawashima's Hungry Soul.
Director: Yûzô Kawashima | Stars: Ryôji Hayama, Keiji Itami, Keiko Izumi, Nobuo Kaneko
Votes: 237
24. At Noon (1978)
103 min | Crime, Drama
Tadao returns from Tokyo to live in his home town. Living with his parents, he gets a job fixing radios and TV sets. He catches up with an old school friend, Tetsuji. One night Tetsuji decides to elope to Tokyo with a bar hostess.
Director: Kôichi Gotô | Stars: Kenichi Kaneda, Kôji Tamura, Shinobu Yûki, Yoshio Harada
Votes: 21
25. Keirin shônin gyôjyôki (1963)
One summer day, the priest of the Hojuuin Temple dies. As soon as he hears the news, Harumichi returns to town and organizes a grand funeral. He was never willing to take over the family ... See full summary »
Director: Shôgorô Nishimura | Stars: Eimei Esumi, Toyo Fukuda, Kotoe Hatsui, Hiroshi Hijikata
Votes: 15
26. Hungry Soul (1956)
79 min | Drama, Romance
Two women start relationships with men who are considered wrong to them.
Director: Yûzô Kawashima | Stars: Nobuo Kaneko, Setsuko Katô, Yoshirô Katô, Akira Kobayashi
Votes: 310
27. Wakaba (2004–2005)
Drama
The story is about a young woman who becomes a landscape gardener following her father's wishes. Wakaba, born and brought up in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, lived happily with her parents and ... See full summary »
Stars: Natsuki Harada, Chizuru Azuma, Koji Ishimoto, Yûko Tanaka
28. Nihon Kyokaku-den: Naniwa-hen (1965)
98 min
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Ken Takakura, Hideo Murata, Asao Uchida, Kusuo Abe
Votes: 19
29. Nihon Kyokaku-den: kanto-hen (1965)
98 min | Action, Crime
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Ken Takakura, Sumiko Fuji, Tetsurô Tanba, Kôji Tsuruta
Votes: 13
30. Kangoku bakuto (1964)
Action
A film about the confrontation between two yakuza groups in the brutal Miike prison, which contained 1,500 inmates. The second film in the series Gambler / Bakuto directed by Shigehiro Ozawa.
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Bin Amatsu, Tatsuo Endô, Kikuko Hôjô, Yôko Minamida
31. Nihon Kyokaku-den: Shira-ha no Sakazuki (1967)
94 min | Adventure, Drama
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Ken Takakura, Kenji Sugawara, Yuriko Mishima, Kusuo Abe
Votes: 7
32. The Guys Who Put Money on Me (1962)
90 min | Action, Crime
An unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young energetic boxer. This story deals more with betting action surrounding a boxing match, ... See full summary »
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Kôji Wada, Yôko Minamida, Ryôji Hayama, Tamio Kawaji
Votes: 24
33. Junko intai kinen eiga: Kantô hizakura ikka (1972)
102 min | Crime
It is almost unheard of for a ninkyô or jitsuroku yakuza to have an even halfway happy ending.
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama
Votes: 59
34. Aoi sanmyaku (1963)
100 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Katsumi Nishikawa | Stars: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Mitsuo Hamada, Hideki Takahashi, Izumi Ashikawa
Votes: 20
35. Tokyo Air Raid Glass Rabbit (1979)
105 min
Director: Yûten Tachibana | Stars: Hiroyuki Nagato, Aiko Nagayama, Yukiko Ebina, Baku Ôwada
36. Nihon kyokaku-den: kirikomi (1967)
93 min | Action, Crime
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Ken Takakura, Sumiko Fuji, Minoru Ôki, Fumio Watanabe
Votes: 13
37. Quick Draw Joe (1961)
78 min | Action, Western
Joe of Aces is a bounty hunter in the wide open spaces of Northern Japan. One night he rides in a small town with a wanted captive slung over his horse. Joe claims the reward, but the town fathers are suspicious of this cocky stranger.
Director: Takashi Nomura | Stars: Jô Shishido, Reiko Sasamori, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yôko Minamida
Votes: 19
38. Gambler (1964)
93 min | Action, Crime
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Hiroki Matsukata, Bin Amatsu, Sumiko Fuji
39. Nihon no jingi (1977)
106 min | Action, Crime
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Shin'ichi Chiba, Kôji Tsuruta, Mariko Okada
Votes: 22
40. Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten (1953)
Director: Eiichi Koishi | Stars: Eiji Funakoshi, Yosuke Irie, Bontarô Miake, Yôko Minamida
41. Hiko shonen: Wakamono no toride (1970)
89 min | Action, Crime
Director: Toshiya Fujita | Stars: Takeo Chii, Shôji Ishibashi, Yôko Minamida, Chieko Matsubara
Votes: 7
42. Garasu no Jonî: Yajû no yô ni miete (1962)
108 min | Action, Crime
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara | Stars: Jô Shishido, Izumi Ashikawa, Jôji Ai, Daisaburô Hirata
Votes: 35
43. Yakuza no uta (1960)
87 min | Action, Crime
Director: Toshio Masuda | Stars: Akira Kobayashi, Nobuo Kaneko, Hideaki Nitani, Izumi Ashikawa
Votes: 6
44. The Jungle Block (1960)
96 min | Drama
Director: Kô Nakahira | Stars: Tôru Abe, Shinsuke Ashida, Jun Hamamura, Ryôji Hayama
Votes: 8
45. Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no mon (1974)
119 min | Drama, War
Director: Mitsuo Murayama | Stars: Terumi Niki, Yumiko Fujita, Kawai Okada, Keiko Torii
Votes: 23
46. We Live Today (1959)
94 min | Action
Director: Toshio Masuda | Stars: Kyosuke Aihara, Toshio Egi, Shôki Fukae, Yûjirô Ishihara
47. Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi (1962)
Director: Toshio Masuda | Stars: Yûjirô Ishihara, Izumi Ashikawa, Shirô Ôsaka, Yôko Minamida
48. Kenju burai-cho: Asunaki otoko (1960)
84 min | Action
Director: Hiroshi Noguchi | Stars: Keiichirô Akagi, Jô Shishido, Reiko Sasamori, Yôko Minamida
Votes: 12
49. Shôri-sha (1957)
97 min | Drama
Intersecting circles of obligation link a former boxer, the youth he vows to make a champion, and the ex-showgirl whose ballet training he funds, in a story balanced between the Ginza ... See full summary »
Director: Umetsugu Inoue | Stars: Yûjirô Ishihara, Keiji Itami, Mie Kitahara, Tatsuya Mihashi
Votes: 30
50. Sokoku (2005 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Tonkô Horikawa | Stars: Takaya Kamikawa, Mako, Yoshino Kimura, Yôko Moriguchi