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1. Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Not Rated | 147 min | Drama, Thriller
An entomologist on vacation is trapped by local villagers into living with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara | Stars: Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida, Kôji Mitsui, Hiroko Itô
Votes: 22,691
2. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (I) (1959)
Not Rated | 208 min | Drama, History, War
A Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Chikage Awashima, Ineko Arima
Votes: 9,357
3. High and Low (1963)
Not Rated | 143 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yutaka Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyôko Kagawa
Votes: 53,163
4. Red Beard (1965)
Not Rated | 185 min | Drama
In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan
Votes: 21,092
5. The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Not Rated | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara
Votes: 42,222
6. The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Not Rated | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi
Votes: 14,011
7. Floating Weeds (1959)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama
The head of a Japanese theatre troupe returns to a small coastal town where he left a son who thinks he is his uncle, and tries to make up for the lost time, but his current mistress grows jealous.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Ganjirô Nakamura, Machiko Kyô, Haruko Sugimura, Ayako Wakao
Votes: 8,971
8. A Fugitive from the Past (1965)
183 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Three thieves escape from a heist, one of them killing the other two. He is sheltered by a prostitute and sought after by the police, but only after ten years his true motivation unravels.
Director: Tomu Uchida | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Sachiko Hidari, Kôji Mitsui, Yoshi Katô
Votes: 1,297
9. Early Spring (1956)
145 min | Drama
A young man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital romance.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Chikage Awashima, Ryô Ikebe, Teiji Takahashi, Keiko Kishi
Votes: 3,715
10. A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
A kabuki actor's mistress hatches a jealous plot to bring down her lover's son.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Takeshi Sakamoto, Chôko Iida, Kôji Mitsui, Emiko Yagumo
Votes: 3,461
11. Japan's Longest Day (1967)
157 min | Drama, History, War
A dramatization of the 24-hour period in which the Japanese government was deadlocked over the decision to accept or reject the Allies' demand for an unconditional surrender following the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Seiji Miyaguchi, Rokkô Toura, Chishû Ryû, Sô Yamamura
Votes: 1,011
12. There Was a Father (1942)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A schoolteacher struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, having neither money nor future prospects.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Chishû Ryû, Shûji Sano, Shin Saburi, Takeshi Sakamoto
Votes: 3,152
13. The Secret Sword (1963)
108 min | Action, Drama
A young swordsman, Tenzen, becomes possessed by his own evil sword style. It falls to his brother to restore the family's lost honor, and to challenge Tenzen to a duel to the death.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Kôshirô Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Nagato, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata, Junko Ikeuchi
Votes: 39
14. Kiku to Isamu (1959)
117 min | Drama
Immediately after the Second World War, sister Kiku and brother Isamu, whose mother was a prostitute and the father was a GI, live with their grandmother in the country. Because their ... See full summary »
Director: Tadashi Imai | Stars: Emiko Takahashi, Tanie Kitabayashi, George Okunoyama, Aiko Asahina
Votes: 91
15. A Hen in the Wind (1948)
84 min | Drama
A man returns from World War II to find his desperate wife had resorted to one night of prostitution to pay for their son's hospital bills.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Shûji Sano, Chieko Murata, Chishû Ryû
Votes: 1,813
16. The Inheritance (1962)
107 min | Drama
A dying businessman intends to will two hundred million yen to his three illegitimate children, but his associates scheme to take advantage of the situation.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Keiko Kishi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Sô Yamamura, Seiji Miyaguchi
Votes: 1,067
17. Mother Country (1962)
127 min | Drama, War
In 1919, a group of Japanese immigrants arrives in Hawaii. Among them Yoshio Inoue and his wife Kishimo and Sumi, a young woman ready to get married soon. With the soil that is hard to work... See full summary »
Director: Zenzô Matsuyama | Stars: Takahiro Tamura, Hideko Takamine, Tamotsu Hayakawa, Mickey Curtis
Votes: 18
18. Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama
Various tales in the lives of Tokyo slum dwellers, including a mentally deficient young man obsessed with driving his own commuter trolley.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, Shinsuke Minami
Votes: 7,620
19. Scandal (1950)
Approved | 105 min | Drama
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Shirley Yamaguchi, Yôko Katsuragi, Noriko Sengoku
Votes: 4,663
20. The Lower Depths (1957)
Not Rated | 137 min | Drama
In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyôko Kagawa, Ganjirô Nakamura
Votes: 5,942
21. Tonkatsu taishô (1952)
95 min | Comedy
Director: Yûzô Kawashima | Stars: Shûji Sano, Etsuko Miyama, Keiko Tsushima, Teiji Takahashi
Votes: 23
22. Love Letter (1953)
98 min | Drama, Romance
Explores the wounds of war, the limits of love and the need to forgive. A sad and troubled man, Reikichi Mayumi finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.
Director: Kinuyo Tanaka | Stars: Masayuki Mori, Yoshiko Kuga, Jûkichi Uno, Jûzô Dôsan
Votes: 516
23. The Thick-Walled Room (1956)
110 min | Drama
A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Kô Mishima, Torahiko Hamada, Keiko Kishi, Toshiko Kobayashi
Votes: 642
24. The Lighthouse (1957)
162 min | Drama
Covering the years from 1932 through 1957, this is the story of the trials and tribulations of lighthouse keeper Shiro and his wife Kiyoko.
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita | Stars: Hideko Takamine, Keiji Sada, Takahiro Tamura, Katsuo Nakamura
Votes: 153
25. Gerô no kubi (1955)
98 min
The tragic, bloody and unjust revenge of the young samurai Shintaro on his faithful servant, the spear-carrier Nohei, who accidentally kills his master's father.
Director: Daisuke Itô | Stars: Jun Tazaki, Akihiko Katayama, Eitarô Ozawa, Kôji Mitsui
Votes: 14
26. Dragnet Girl (1933)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealous girlfriend will do anything to keep him.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Jôji Oka, Sumiko Mizukubo, Kôji Mitsui
Votes: 1,053
27. I Will Buy You (1956)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Sport
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to his team.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Keiji Sada, Keiko Kishi, Minoru Ôki, Yûnosuke Itô
Votes: 560
28. Glow of the Firefly (1958)
123 min | Drama, Romance
Tose got incredibly lucky to go from being the peasants' daughter to the owner of a famous inn. But her husband doesn't support her, they have no children of their own, and there is unrest in the country that threatens their business.
Director: Heinosuke Gosho | Stars: Chikage Awashima, Junzaburô Ban, Ayako Wakao, Miki Mori
Votes: 42
29. The Left Handed Sniper: Tokyo Bay (1962)
90 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
An undercover Japanese cop meant to operate within a gang, which deals in drugs is killed, by a sniper. The police are searching for a left-handed man as they determined the killer to be. A young detective is in charge.
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura | Stars: Jirô Ishizaki, Hiromi Sakaki, Kyôko Aoi, Kô Nishimura
Votes: 19
30. Battle of Okinawa (1971)
TV-14 | 149 min | Drama, History, War
Told from the Japanese perspective, this war drama captures the events of World War II's Battle of Okinawa - a massive amphibious assault by U.S. troops that left more than 150,000 Japanese civilians dead.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Keiju Kobayashi, Yûzô Kayama, Tetsurô Tanba, Tatsuya Nakadai
Votes: 466
31. Street Without End (1934)
89 min | Drama
Story of a waitress whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some intrigued movie talent scouts, ends up taking a stiflingly domestic turn after a wealthy businessman accidentally hits her with his car.
Director: Mikio Naruse | Stars: Setsuko Shinobu, Akio Isono, Hikaru Yamanouchi, Nobuko Wakaba
Votes: 398
32. Nagasaki no kane (1950)
94 min | Romance
Director: Hideo Ôba | Stars: Masao Wakahara, Yumeji Tsukioka, Keiko Tsushima, Osamu Takizawa
Votes: 13
33. Oedo gonin otoko (1951)
132 min | Action, Drama, History
During the 17th Century bands of hatamoto, samurai vassals of the Tokugawa shogunate, were causing havoc in the new capital city of Edo. Opposing them was Banzui-in Chobei,whose sole aim ... See full summary »
Director: Daisuke Itô | Stars: Tsumasaburô Bandô, Utaemon Ichikawa, Isuzu Yamada, Kôkichi Takada
Votes: 83
34. The Body (1962)
85 min | Drama
The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute.
Director: Masashige Narusawa | Stars: Michiko Saga, Ichirô Sugai, Kumeko Urabe, Kazuko Matsuo
Votes: 15
35. Yopparai tengoku (1962)
93 min | Drama
Director: Minoru Shibuya | Stars: Chishû Ryû, Akira Ishihama, Chieko Baishô, Masahiko Tsugawa
Votes: 14
36. What Is Your Name? (1953)
127 min | Drama, Romance
Machiko and Haruki are not allowed to meet. When at last they find each other, Haruki has to part for Europe.
Director: Hideo Ôba | Stars: Keiko Awaji, Chikage Awashima, Haruyo Ichikawa, Kodayû Ichikawa
Votes: 49
37. 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
38. Thus Another Day (1959)
74 min | Drama, Romance
A young wife looses patience with her career-minded husband and returns to her parents' home while an unpaid mortgage forces the couple to rent out their home for the summer to the husband's boss.
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita | Stars: Teiji Takahashi, Yoshiko Kuga, Kanzaburô Nakamura, Shûji Sano
Votes: 114
39. A Hero of Tokyo (1935)
63 min | Drama
The story focuses on the widower Nemoto, ostensibly a businessman, who has one son, Kanichi, the hero of the title. Nemoto remarries; his new wife is a widow with a son and daughter of her ... See full summary »
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu | Stars: Mitsugu Fujii, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Yûkichi Iwata, Michiko Kuwano
Votes: 75
40. Koko ni izumi ari (1955)
176 min | Drama
The story of a group of young people who organize their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages shortly after the war.
Director: Tadashi Imai | Stars: Keiko Kishi, Eiji Okada, Keiju Kobayashi, Kôji Mitsui
Votes: 13
41. Gang vs Gang (1962)
91 min | Crime
Mizuhara did his time in jail for Boss Komori. Now that he is out, the old gang wants to say welcome back with a bullet.
Director: Teruo Ishii | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Tetsurô Tanba, Tatsuo Umemiya, Hideo Kô
Votes: 50
42. Kaachan to 11-nin no kodomo (1966)
Reminiscences of a big peasant family where since 1925, a child comes every other year.The father is called to fight in China.A daughter is allowed to go off as a teacher. The youngest girl writes a prize poem glorifying her mother.
Director: Heinosuke Gosho | Stars: Sachiko Hidari, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Masakazu Tamura
Votes: 8
43. Banba no Chûtarô (1955)
86 min | Action, Drama
Chutaro of Banba is a lone yakuza searching for the mother who abandoned him when he was five. During his travels, he is pursued by the henchmen of a yakuza boss whom he'd attacked.
Director: Nobuo Nakagawa | Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Isuzu Yamada, Hisaya Morishige, Kôji Mitsui
Votes: 21
44. Killers on Parade (1961)
82 min | Action, Crime
A young journalist turns to an assassin for help when a team of hired killers comes gunning for her.
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: Yûsuke Kawazu, Shima Iwashita, Kayoko Honoo, Fumio Watanabe
Votes: 335
45. Carmen Comes Home (1951)
86 min | Comedy
A girl who had left her home village for life in Tokyo returns to her home years later, and evokes a scandal when the locals discover that she's a stripper.
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita | Stars: Hideko Takamine, Shûji Sano, Chishû Ryû, Kuniko Igawa
Votes: 701
46. A Mother Should Be Loved (1934)
93 min | Drama
Two half-brothers try to cope with the loss of their father.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Yûkichi Iwata, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Den Ôhinata, Seiichi Katô
Votes: 530
47. Daigaku no wakadanna (1933)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu | Stars: Mitsugu Fujii, Harurô Takeda, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Sumiko Mizukubo
Votes: 39
48. Showa kyokyaku den (1963)
90 min | Action, Crime
Director: Teruo Ishii | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Minoru Ôki, Kanjûrô Arashi, Tatsuo Umemiya
Votes: 10
49. What Is Your Name? Part II (1953)
120 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Hideo Ôba | Stars: Keiko Awaji, Chikage Awashima, Kimie Hayashi, Shin'ichi Himori
Votes: 24
50. Epitaph to My Love (1961)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Ishihara Kiyoshi plans to marry the woman he loves, Chiee, a coffee shop girl. After an accident, Chiee loses her memory.
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: Yûsuke Kawazu, Shima Iwashita, Yumeji Tsukioka, Fumio Watanabe
Votes: 44