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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: 8,091
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: 16,290
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: 4,861
4. 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: 1,813
5. 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: 885
6. 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: 1,601
7. 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
8. 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: 2,103
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: 3,370
10. 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: 4,211
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: 1,906
12. 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: 937
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: 1,635
14. 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: 837
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: 634
16. 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: 1,083
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: 253
18. 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: 520
19. 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: 72
20. 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: 424
21. 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: 343
22. 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: 526
23. Tetsuko no heya (1976– )
35 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Meiko Nakamura, Makoto Ôtake, Tomio Umezawa
Votes: 33
24. 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: 641
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. Zankoku onna rinchi (1969)
82 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Yuji Tanno | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Annu Mari, Kiyomi Katena, Teruko Hasegawa
Votes: 8
27. 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: 192
28. 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: 377
29. 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: 198
30. 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: 160
31. 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: 334
32. 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
33. Iribito - Ihôjin - (2021– )
Mystery
Naho is the deputy curator of the art gallery established by her grandfather, an avid art collector. Naho's husband is the managing director at a different art gallery in Ginza which his ... See full summary »
Stars: Mitsuki Takahata, Shunsuke Kazama, Sumire, Yôko Moriguchi
Votes: 18
34. The Homeless (1974)
97 min | Crime
Director: Kôichi Saitô | Stars: Ken Takakura, Shintarô Katsu, Ichirô Nakatani, Noboru Andô
Votes: 66
35. 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
36. Anata no tonari ni dare ka iru (2003– )
Drama, Mystery, Romance
Family bonds are tested as Azusa's past comes back to haunt her with a vengeance. Are her fears real or imagined? Is she fixating on inconsequential coincidences, lending cruel memories greater power, or is there actually someone watching?
Stars: Kazuki Kitamura, Takashi Kashiwabara, Miho Shiraishi, Kaori Yamaguchi
Votes: 22
37. Onihei hankachô (1995)
105 min | Drama
Director: Yoshiki Onoda | Stars: Kichiemon Nakamura, Yumi Takigawa, Etsushi Takahashi, Shigeru Kôyama
Votes: 27
38. 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
39. 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
40. 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
41. A Gangster's Morals (1970)
87 min | Action, Crime
Director: Yasuharu Hasebe | Stars: Saburô Kitajima, Shinsuke Minami, Kôtarô Satomi, Tamio Kawaji
42. Hangyaku no Melody (1970)
85 min | Action, Crime
The disbandment of the Tanno clan left gang member Tetsu to stray from the crime family's fold. He roamed the streets as a one man band, wearing a denim jacket and long hair with sunglasses to cover his piercing eyes.
Director: Yukihiro Sawada | Stars: Yoshio Harada, Takeo Chii, Tatsuya Fuji, Meiko Kaji
Votes: 23
43. 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
44. Shinjuku outlaw: Buttobase (1970)
86 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Toshiya Fujita | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Yoshio Harada, Meiko Kaji, Tsuneya Oki
Votes: 33
45. 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: 209
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. Tenshi ni Request wo (2020– )
Drama
Shugo Shimada is a former detective who now works in an investigation office with assistant Akari Kojima. Shugo does not have any motivation to work and one day, he receives an unusual ... See full summary »
Stars: Yôsuke Eguchi, Jun Shison, Yuka Itaya, Mitsuko Baishô
Votes: 7
48. Shushô jingi: O-inochi chôdai (1969)
93 min | Action, Crime
Director: Buichi Saitô | Stars: Hiroko Ôgi, Ryô Ikebe, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuya Fuji
Votes: 6
49. 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
50. Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu (1965)
Drama
Director: Kiyoshi Horiike | Stars: Kotoe Hatsui, Meiko Kaji, Sôichirô Maeno, Taketoshi Naitô