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1. Blind Beast (1969)
86 min | Drama, Horror
A blind sculpter and his mother kidnap a young model.
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Eiji Funakoshi, Mako Midori, Noriko Sengoku
Votes: 3,900
2. Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? (1974)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action
After extracting information by raping a ghost, Hanzo uncovers a plot among high officials to steal the shogunate's gold and loan it out to the poor.
Director: Yoshio Inoue | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Kô Nishimura, Mako Midori, Mikio Narita
Votes: 960
3. 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: 702
4. 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
5. I Am a Cat (1975)
116 min | Comedy, Drama
The cat of the title roams around the house of a poor schoolteacher in the late 19th century, observing the goings-on of the teacher and his neighbors.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Kuriko Hano, Jûzô Itami, Nobuto Okamoto
Votes: 261
6. Stray Dog (1973)
104 min | Crime, Drama
When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior, Chief Detective Sato, Murakami works ... See full summary »
Director: Azuma Morisaki | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Shinsuke Ashida, Keiko Matsuzaka, Tarô Shigaki
Votes: 255
7. The Trusted Confidant (2007– )
Drama, History
2007's Japanese NHK Taiga drama Furin Kazan (meaning 'Wind, Forest, Fire & Mountain' NOT The Trusted Confidant as stated above) contains everything you could want in this type of series- ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Issei Takahashi, Seiyô Uchino, Fusako Urabe, Ennosuke Ichikawa IV
Votes: 179
8. Sleepy Eyes of Death: In the Spider's Lair (1968)
81 min | Action, Drama
Our anti-hero discovers locals who are oppressed, held captive against their will. For the swordsman to succeed, he first must wade through traps and assassins, and a few seductive maidens.
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Mako Midori, Maka Sarijo, Yûsuke Kawazu
Votes: 128
9. Utamaro: Yume to shiriseba (1977)
140 min | Biography, Drama
Follows the life of the famous classical printmaker, Utamaro Kitagawa, set during the time when Utamaro is commissioned to produce pornographic woodblocks.
Director: Akio Jissôji | Stars: Shin Kishida, Eiji Okada, Mikio Narita, Shingo Yamashiro
Votes: 108
10. The Egoists (2011)
136 min | Drama
Two troubled young lovers - a gambler and a stripper - run off to the tranquil Japanese countryside to marry and start a new life. But their dark past follows them in the form of a veteran loan shark.
Director: Ryûichi Hiroki | Stars: Anne Suzuki, Kengo Kôra, Sora Aoi, Yasushi Fuchikami
Votes: 100
11. Lost Lovers (1971)
123 min | Drama
Takeru, a young rebel, is traveling alone in the North of Honshu. He once used to practice pole vaulting but he gave up and became a robber. Along his trip he crosses the path of a young ... See full summary »
Directors: Kunio Shimizu, Sôichirô Tahara | Stars: Renji Ishibashi, Tatsuharu Iwabuchi, Keizô Kanie, Tenmei Kano
Votes: 55
12. Nippon dorobô monogatari (1965)
117 min | Comedy
Gisuke is an illegal dentist by day and a thief by night. One night during an attempted robbery he witnesses a derailment. Later communists are found guilty of the incident, but he knows it was not them.
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Yûnosuke Itô, Shin'ichi Chiba, Shinjirô Ebara
Votes: 51
13. The Detective Story (1979–1980)
Action, Comedy
A cop from San Francisco sets up as a detective in Japan and takes on cases.
Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Mikio Narita, Kaori Takeda, Michihiro Yamanishi
Votes: 36
14. The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro (1977)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries to cure a cat lady by reversing her trauma, and finally, rescues his niece who is about to be lured into prostitution.
Director: Azuma Morisaki | Stars: Kunie Tanaka, Harue Akagi, Mitsuko Baishô, Junzaburô Ban
Votes: 35
15. Hitori Shizuka (2012– )
Drama
In a residential area, a man is murdered by another man, who broke in his apartment. Sergeant Kizaki, who is working near the area, hears a gunshot and runs towards the apartment. Detective... See full summary »
Stars: Kaho, Asuka Kurosawa, Ittoku Kishibe, Narushi Ikeda
Votes: 33
16. 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: 32
17. Fukeba tobuyona otokodaga (1968)
90 min | Comedy
Sabu and his gang members pick up the young girl, Hanako, at an Osaka train station. Sabu's gang attempts to fool Hanako into starring in a pornographic movie, but Sabu feels badly for Hanako and decides to leave the gang with her.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Osami Nabe, Mako Midori, Ichirô Arishima, Kogan Ashiya
Votes: 26
18. Hakuchû no shûgeki (1970)
89 min | Action, Crime
THIS FILM PACKS CONSIDERABLY MORE WALLOP.
Director: Kiyoshi Nishimura | Stars: Toshio Kurosawa, Noriko Takahashi, Shin Kishida, Taiji Tonoyama
Votes: 24
19. Dorodarake no junjô (1977)
96 min | Drama, Romance
Teenage cousins Masao and Tamiko fall in love when she comes to his riverside brewery house to take care of his sickly mother. Family objections ensue as Tamiko is older than Masao, and the two cannot marry in peace.
Director: Sôkichi Tomimoto | Stars: Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Kô Nishimura, Eiko Nagashima
Votes: 24
20. Shinran: Path to Purity (1987)
140 min | Drama
In the 12th century, a young man explores the different schools of Buddhism.
Director: Rentarô Mikuni | Stars: Junkyu Moriyama, Michiyo Yasuda, Ako, Kazuo Andô
Votes: 22
21. Japanese Belly Button (1977)
102 min | Comedy, Musical
Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss.
Director: Eizô Sugawa | Stars: Mako Midori, Akihiro Miwa, Hajime Hana, Osami Nabe
Votes: 21
22. Zoku ô-oku maruhi monogatari (1967)
95 min | Drama
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Tomoko Ogawa, Mako Midori, Masayo Banri, Chieko Higashiyama
Votes: 21
23. Yajû shisubeshi: fukushû no mekanikku (1974)
86 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Eizô Sugawa | Stars: Hiroshi Fujioka, Mako Midori, Akemi Mari, Toshio Kurosawa
Votes: 20
24. Seishun no mon: Jiritsu hen (1982)
137 min | Drama
Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara | Stars: Kaori Momoi, Kôichi Satô, Kaoru Sugita, Tsunehiko Watase
Votes: 20
25. Follow the Girls (1971)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Azuma Morisaki | Stars: Hisaya Morishige, Meiko Nakamura, Mitsuko Baishô, Mako Midori
Votes: 15
26. Too Young to Die (1969)
82 min | Action, Thriller
A young couple, composed by a cheating wife and a retired car racer, arrive at a drive-in. A man with a gun arrives at the restaurant and takes hostages.
Director: Kiyoshi Nishimura | Stars: Toshio Kurosawa, Mako Midori, Koji Takahashi, Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Votes: 15
27. Horror Theater Unbalance (1973– )
Horror
A Japanese Anthology television series created by Tsuburaya and Fuji TV to air on the Fuji TV network on Monday Nights for 13 episodes.
Stars: Renji Ishibashi, Eiji Okada, Keiko Tsushima, Hiromi Tsuru
Votes: 14
28. Star Sand (2017)
110 min | Drama
It is the first week of April 1945. The Americans are bombarding Okinawa and have landed in their tens of thousands. But on a small island remote from the terrors of battle, 16-year-old ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Pulvers | Stars: Lisa Oda, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Brandon McClelland, Takahiro Miura
Votes: 14
29. Army Intelligence 33 (1968)
88 min | Drama, Action
Chiba portrays a promising young soldier who is framed for murder, and forced to become a spy after being found guilty in military court.
Director: Tsuneo Kobayashi | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Mako Midori, Ryô Ikebe, Kenji Imai
Votes: 14
30. Hikô shôjo Yôko (1966)
TV-PG | 85 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Mako Midori, Hayato Tani, Renji Ishibashi, Yuki Jôno
Votes: 14
31. Ankokugai Main Street (1964)
103 min | Action, Crime
Director: Umetsugu Inoue | Stars: Ken Takakura, Tatsuo Umemiya, Kyôsuke Machida, Yoshiko Mita
Votes: 12
32. Kuruwa sodachi (1964)
106 min
Director: Jun'ya Satô | Stars: Yoshiko Mita, Katsuo Nakamura, Tatsuo Umemiya, Mako Midori
Votes: 12
33. Playgirl (1969–1974)
Adventure
When mystery novelist and independently wealthy socialite Makoto Masako decides to start a business she settles upon a unique Insurance & Investigation Service. Recruiting a number of ... See full summary »
Stars: Hideo Murota, Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi, Hiroshi Ogasawara, Franz Gruber
Votes: 8
34. Boku wa tenshi ja naiyo (1977)
90 min
Director: Morio Agata | Stars: Morio Agata, Tadanori Yokoo, Eiichi Ohtaki, Mako Midori
Votes: 7
35. Nihiki no mesu inu (1964)
91 min | Crime
Director: Yûsuke Watanabe | Stars: Mayumi Ogawa, Mako Midori, Naoki Sugiura, Seiji Miyaguchi
Votes: 7
36. Mamushi to aodaishô (1975)
91 min | Crime
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Tamio Kawaji, Mako Midori, Ichirô Araki
Votes: 7
37. Aoi uta - Nodo jiman Seishun hen (2006)
115 min | Drama
Story concerns teen amateurs trying to make their musical marks, set in Mutsu, Aomori, Japan.
Director: Takashi Kaneda | Stars: Gaku Hamada, Satoshi Tomiura, Motoki Ochiai, Saki Terashima
Votes: 7
38. Buried (2014 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshida | Stars: Yôjin Hino, Joe Hyûga, Ayumi Ito, Yûta Kanai
Votes: 6
39. Akujo (1964)
85 min
Director: Yûsuke Watanabe | Stars: Mayumi Ogawa, Mako Midori, Hizuru Takachiho, Tatsuo Umemiya
40. Jyûgun ianfu (1974)
86 min
Director: Ryûichi Takamori | Stars: Yutaka Nakajima, Mako Midori, Yûko Kanô, Yôko Mihara
41. Yasashii Nippon jin (1971)
114 min
Director: Yôichi Higashi | Stars: Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Mako Midori, Sôichi Itô, Renji Ishibashi
42. Inumukoiri (2017)
245 min | Drama
Ninomiya Azusa is a depressed elementary school teacher in Tokyo, who has problems both at work and in her personal life. One day, she suddenly hears a voice saying "If you go to Imore ... See full summary »
Director: Ikki Katashima | Stars: Narimi Arimori, Shôhei Mutô, Noriko Eguchi, Shogen
43. Nippon yôkaiden - Satori (1973)
100 min
Director: Yôichi Higashi | Stars: Mako Midori, Jiro Kawarazaki, Hatsuo Yamaya, Kei Satô
44. Tokyo Megure Keishi (1978)
54 min | Mystery
The Japanese adaptations of Georges Simenon's Maigret novels relocating the plots to 1978 Tokyo.
Stars: Kin'ya Aikawa, Nobuo Kaneko, Atsuo Nakamura, Fujio Tokita
45. Tale of Kawachi Chivalry (1967)
87 min | Crime
Chiba plays a young man returning to his hometown. He begins working as chef, but he seems more interested in fooling around and picking fights.
Director: Ryûichi Takamori | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Mako Midori, Junzaburô Ban, Reiko Ôhara
46. Fighters on Fire (1968)
89 min | Comedy
Satirical comedy about an actress who becomes aware of social problems.
Director: Yûsuke Watanabe | Stars: Hiroshi Inuzuka, Osami Nabe, Mako Midori, Toyo Takahashi
48. Abazure (1966)
Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Yûsuke Watanabe | Stars: Setsuko Amano, Yuriko Azuma, Hiroshi Date, Nobuo Hara
49. Kuroi neko (1965)
76 min | Drama, Romance
Helping her mother manage a nightclub, young Emiko quickly realizes how difficult life is.
Director: Yûsuke Watanabe | Stars: Yoshiko Mita, Mako Midori, Kôji Takahashi, Michiyo Kogure
50. Yoru no mesuinu (1966)
85 min | Crime
A playboy bartender pretends to be gay in order to approach women. He is in cahoots with another opportunist, a young woman who is trying to seduce a rich married man.
Director: Shinji Murayama | Stars: Tatsuo Umemiya, Mako Midori, Shin'ichi Chiba, Atsushi Nagasawa