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1. The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995)
101 min | Drama, Mystery
Mike Hama is a private investigator who has been reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle.
Director: Kaizô Hayashi | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Kiyotaka Nanbara, Haruko Wanibuchi, Shirô Sano
Votes: 222
2. Hitodenashi no koi (1995)
86 min | Mystery, Romance
Director: Masako Matsuura | Stars: Michiko Hada, Hiroshi Abe, Haruko Katô, Eiji Okada
Votes: 11
3. Chiroru no banka (1992)
90 min | Drama
Stars: Ken Takakura, Reiko Ôhara, Naoki Sugiura, Eiji Okada
Votes: 8
4. Heat Wave (1991)
110 min | Crime, Drama
A woman follows in her late father's footsteps and becomes a gambler, only to meet her father's murderer at a game.
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Kanako Higuchi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiko Oginome, Masahiro Motoki
Votes: 302
5. Traffic Jam (1991)
108 min | Comedy
A hard working salaryman takes off five days from his busy job and sets off with his wife and two children to visit his parents in his hometown for the 1991 new year holidays. He decides ... See full summary »
Director: Mitsuo Kurotsuchi | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Hitomi Kuroki, Junko Takarada, Shingo Yuzawa
Votes: 63
6. Summer of the Lion Kings (1991)
107 min
Director: Banmei Takahashi | Stars: Shô Aikawa, Kôji Matoba, Miyuki Kôsaka, Hideo Higashikokubaru
Votes: 11
7. 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
8. Oedipus no yaiba (1986)
119 min | Drama, Mystery
Director: Tôichirô Narushima | Stars: Masato Furuoya, Kentarô Shimizu, Masaki Kyômoto, Yuki Kitazume
9. Ôidippsu no katana (1986)
119 min | Drama
Director: Tôichirô Narushima | Stars: Masato Furuoya, Masaki Kyômoto, Yuki Kitazume, Kentarô Shimizu
10. Haru no kane (1985)
128 min | Drama, Romance
Narumi Rokuheita and his wife Noriko spend their lives separated. Soon they start looking for love elsewhere.
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara | Stars: Kin'ya Kitaôji, Yûko Kotegawa, Yoshiko Mita, Eiji Okada
Votes: 20
11. Antarctica (1983)
G | 143 min | Adventure, Drama
Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica. Ushioda and Ochi eventually leave Antarctica, only to return to search for the dogs inadvertently marooned there.
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara | Stars: Ken Takakura, Tsunehiko Watase, Eiji Okada, Masako Natsume
Votes: 1,768
12. Akujo kamakiri (1983)
84 min | Crime, Mystery
Masako, a beautician, is an ambitious woman. She happens to meet a man who works for a life insurance company. She seduces the man and tries to use him as an accomplice to a crime.
Director: Shunichi Kajima | Stars: Midori Satsuki, Mako Toyoda, Eiji Okada, Isamu Nagato
13. W no higeki (1983 TV Movie)
Crime, Mystery
While the Watsuji family is gathering at a cottage, a young girl Mako says that she accidentally killed her grandfather. They devise a strategy so that they can protect Mako from the police investigation.
Director: Shin'ichi Kamoshita | Stars: Kumiko Akiyoshi, Iyo Matsumoto, Ineko Arima, Ryûzô Hayashi
15. Meikingu obu 'Nankyoku monogatari' (1983 TV Movie)
63 min | Documentary
Stars: Masato Hara, Masanori Hata, Shinji Kanai, Koreyoshi Kurahara
16. Shi no dangai (1982 TV Movie)
97 min | Mystery
Director: Eiichi Kudô | Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Hyôe Enoki, Saiko Isshiki, Aoi Nakajima
17. Crazed Fruit (1981)
85 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A working class young man, Tetsuo, who distrusts all rich people, falls in love with a girl, Chika, from an affluent family. He has a difficult time, but love survives despite the problems.
Director: Kichitarô Negishi | Stars: Yûji Honma, Yuki Ninagawa, Eiko Nagashima, Nobutaka Masutomi
Votes: 130
18. Bôkensha kamikaze (1981)
115 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
An ex-Olympic athlete and a student commit cash robbery. Aki Hoshino, a Pre-med student, becomes inspired to steal money the school collected as "special fees" from parents wanting to assure their offspring's' acceptance.
Director: Ryûichi Takamori | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Shizue Abe
Votes: 24
19. Tuesday Suspense Theater (1981–2005)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stars: Kaori Momoi, Ryôko Nakano, Eiji Okada, Yoshio Harada
20.
Tuesday Suspense Theater (1981–2005)
Episode:
The Vanished Tanker
(1981)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Kiyoshi Nishimura | Stars: Ryôko Nakano, Eiji Okada, Hayato Tani, Mutsumigoro
21.
Edogawa Rampo no bijo (1977–1994)
Episode:
Kagami jigoku no bijo
(1981)
Mystery
Director: Umetsugu Inoue | Stars: Shigeru Amachi, Megumi Igarashi, Takashi Kashiwabara, Chû Arai
22. Jishin rettô (1980)
TV-14 | 126 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.
Director: Kenjirô Ohmori | Stars: Hiroshi Katsuno, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Yumi Takigawa, Kayo Matsuo
Votes: 215
23. Tokyo Daijishin Magnitude 8.1 (1980 TV Movie)
110 min | Thriller
Director: Kiyoshi Nishimura | Stars: Makoto Akatsuka, Shin'ichi Chiba, Toshio Egi, Midori Kiuchi
24. Kofukugo shuppan (1980)
112 min | Drama
Director: Kôichi Saitô | Stars: Kyôko Enami, Mariko Fuji, Yutaka Hayashi, Kiyoshi Igarashi
25. Zou monogatari (1980)
113 min | Documentary, Family
Directors: Narimichi Hino, Koreyoshi Kurahara | Star: Eiji Okada
26.
Edogawa Rampo no bijo (1977–1994)
Episode:
Emanieru no bijo
(1980)
Mystery
Director: Umetsugu Inoue | Stars: Shigeru Amachi, Megumi Igarashi, Takashi Kashiwabara, Chû Arai
27. Kôsatsu (1979)
116 min | Drama
The men who surround and torment the young protagonist (demanding teacher, owner of the company that rapes his own daughter, despotic and uncompromising father) are opposed to women (victims of men) as embodiment of salvation.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Kô Nishimura, Nobuko Otowa, Tsutomu Kariba, Akemi Negishi
Votes: 105
28. Dog of Fortune (1979)
137 min | Crime, Drama
From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. Goro's master held a weapons smuggling case and the corruptions of those who are involved.
Director: Shigeyuki Yamane | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Yôko Shimada, Isao Natsuyagi, Takeo Chii
Votes: 86
29. Monkey (1978–2004)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
An adaptation of a Chinese folktale about a pilgrimage to the West undertaken by a monk and his divine guardians.
Stars: Masaaki Sakai, Shirô Kishibe, Masako Natsume, Miriam Margolyes
Votes: 2,137
30. The Glacier Fox (1978)
G | 90 min | Documentary
The story of a family of foxes struggling to survive in the hostile environment of northern Japan.
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara | Stars: Arthur Hill, Eiji Okada
Votes: 143
31. Blue Christmas (1978)
133 min | Sci-Fi
UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest ... See full summary »
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Hiroshi Katsuno, Keiko Takeshita, Eiji Okada, Kaoru Yachigusa
Votes: 135
32. 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: 73
33. August Without Emperor (1978)
140 min | Drama, Thriller
A group of ultra-right military prepares a coup d'etat, code-named August Without the Emperor, with the goal of establishing a military dictatorship.
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto | Stars: Tsunehiko Watase, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Kuniyasu Atsumi
Votes: 74
34. Edo no Taka: Goyôbeya Hankachô (1978)
1,710 min | Drama
In 18th century Japan a group of samurai falconers investigates people's appeals about corruption and crimes.
Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Ryô Kurosawa, Ichirô Nakatani, Jirô Sakagami
Votes: 15
35. Love and Faith (1978)
154 min | Drama
Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who advises warlord Hideyoshi in sixteenth-century feudal Japan. His daughter, the beautiful Lady Ogin, has an unrequited love for Lord Ukon, who has ... See full summary »
Director: Kei Kumai | Stars: Ryôko Nakano, Kichiemon Nakamura, Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune
Votes: 50
36. Lost Love (1978)
106 min | Drama
In a melancholic seaside town, the bodies of two lovers who committed double suicide are found on the shore. A local reporter and the dead woman's pimp begin to investigate and find out that something very suspicious is going on.
Director: Kazuo Kuroki | Stars: Jun Fubuki, Jun Hamamura, Yoshio Harada, Yûdai Ishiyama
Votes: 55
37. 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
38.
Monkey (1978–2004)
Episode:
Monkey Goes Wild About Heaven
(1978)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Monkey is summoned to Heaven. He steals and eats the heavenly peaches, whilst there and gains immortality. He then fights 2 of the Emperor's officials whilst there and all 3 of them are ... See full summary »
Director: Yûsuke Watanabe | Stars: Masaaki Sakai, Toshiyuki Nishida, Shirô Kishibe, Masako Natsume
Votes: 50
39.
Tokyo Megure Keishi (1978)
Episode:
Keishi to seifu-kôkan
(1978)
108 min | Mystery
Director: Akira Inoue | Stars: Kin'ya Aikawa, Kyô Hanaki, Etsuko Ichihara, Nobuo Kaneko
40.
Edogawa Rampo no bijo (1977–1994)
Episode:
Kuro suisen no bijo
(1978)
Mystery
Director: Umetsugu Inoue | Stars: Shigeru Amachi, Megumi Igarashi, Chû Arai, Yoshirô Kitamachi
41.
Yokomizo Seishi shirîzu (1977–1978)
Episode:
Shinjurô Part 1
(1978)
54 min | Mystery
Director: Hitoshi Ôzu | Stars: Ikkô Furuya, Isamu Nagato, Akiko Nomura, Kamatari Fujiwara
42.
Yokomizo Seishi shirîzu (1977–1978)
Episode:
Shinjurô Part 3
(1978)
54 min | Mystery
Director: Hitoshi Ôzu | Stars: Ikkô Furuya, Isamu Nagato, Akiko Nomura, Kamatari Fujiwara
43.
Yokomizo Seishi shirîzu (1977–1978)
Episode:
Shinjurô Part 2
(1978)
54 min | Mystery
Director: Hitoshi Ôzu | Stars: Ikkô Furuya, Isamu Nagato, Akiko Nomura, Kamatari Fujiwara
44.
Edo no Taka: Goyôbeya Hankachô (1978)
Episode:
Otakagumi tanjô
(1978)
Drama
Director: Azuma Morisaki | Stars: Michio Hino, Yoshio Inaba, Nobuo Kawai, Akiko Kazami
45.
Edo no Taka: Goyôbeya Hankachô (1978)
Episode:
Tanuma ichizoku no inbô
(1978)
Drama
Director: Mitsuo Murayama | Stars: Ryô Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Ichirô Nakatani, Eiji Okada
46.
Edo no Taka: Goyôbeya Hankachô (1978)
Episode:
Sôzetsu otakagumi taichô senshi!
(1978)
Drama
Director: Takashi Harada | Stars: Ryô Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Ichirô Nakatani, Eiji Okada
47.
Edo no Taka: Goyôbeya Hankachô (1978)
Episode:
Gekitô otakagumi fukuchô senshi su!
(1978)
Drama
Director: Azuma Morisaki | Stars: Hiroko Isayama, Ryô Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Ichirô Nakatani
48.
Edo no Taka: Goyôbeya Hankachô (1978)
Episode:
Kessen otakagumi zen'in shichi e mukau!
(1978)
Drama
Director: Takashi Harada | Stars: Hiroko Isayama, Akiko Kazami, Ryô Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune
49. Edogawa Rampo no bijo (1977–1994)
Mystery
Based on the writings of Edogawa Ranpo, the series adapted the cases of private detective Kogoro Akechi and his friends with a modern, adult twist featuring more lurid sex and violence than before.
Stars: Shigeru Amachi, Chû Arai, Megumi Igarashi, Akihiko Hanyû
50. 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