Gems of Japanese Cinema - 日本の映画の宝石
It's a personal selection of some Japanese films that I recommend you to watch over the hundreds I've seen, it's quite eclectic (wide choice of genres).
Films are sorted by year of release and you'll find original Japanese title in the description.
The list will evolve, I still got plenty of Japanese films to watch.
I hope you'll enjoy watching them ;)
Bonne séance !
映画を見てお楽しみください!
Films are sorted by year of release and you'll find original Japanese title in the description.
The list will evolve, I still got plenty of Japanese films to watch.
I hope you'll enjoy watching them ;)
Bonne séance !
映画を見てお楽しみください!
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- DirectorSadao YamanakaStarsDenjirô ÔkôchiKiyozoKunitarô SawamuraA man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hunting it.Tange Sazen et le pot d'un million de ryôs
The Million Ryo Pot
丹下左膳余話 百萬両の壺 (Tange Sazen yowa: hyakuman ryō no tsubo)
10/10 - DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsDaijirô NatsukawaIchirô TsukidaChiyoko ÔkuraBased on Soseki Natsume's 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story of desire and ambition. Fujio is beautiful, talented, well-heeled, and engaged to Munechika, a rising young diplomat. She has promised him a gold watch, a family heirloom, as an emblem of their engagement. But she falls in love with Ono, a student employed to tutor her in English, who is attracted by her beauty and wealth. Ono is himself bound by an engagement to Sayoko, the daughter of his mentor, Professor Inoue. The self-centered Fujio is ready to forsake everything for Ono, but he is prevailed upon to go ahead with his marriage to Sayoko. Fujio then offers the watch to Munechika who, perceiving Fujio's true feelings, hurls the watch into the sea.Les coquelicots
The Poppy
虞美人草 (Gubijinsō)
9/10 - DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsIsuzu YamadaYôko UmemuraChiyoko ÔkuraA young woman becomes a mistress of her boss in order to support her family.L'élégie de Naniwa
Naniwa Elegy
浪華悲歌 (Naniwa erejī)
9/10 - DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsIsuzu YamadaYôko UmemuraBenkei ShiganoyaTwo geisha sisters lead a hard life in the Gion district of Kyoto. After one of them feels obliged to support a bankrupt businessman, the other sister sets up various schemes to get rid of him.Les sœurs de Gion
Sisters Of The Gion
祇園の姉妹 (Gion no kyōdai)
9/10 - DirectorSadao YamanakaStarsChôjûrô KawarasakiKan'emon NakamuraTsuruzô NakamuraThe lives of two slum neighbors, one of a happy-go-lucky gambler and the other of a poor ronin, converge when the two get involved with the affairs of a powerful samurai official and his gangsters.Pauvres humains et ballons de papier
Humanity And Paper Balloons
人情紙風船 (Ninjo kamifūsen)
9/10 - DirectorYasujirô ShimazuStarsShinobu AokiReiko HikawaChôko IidaThree jobless men start working simultaneously in a big store in Tokyo. As they get involved with the boss' daughter, and they think that they might have an affair with her, they try to separate from their fiancés. But they realize that things develop differently...Les trois prétendants
The Trio's Engagement
婚約三羽烏 (Konyaku sanbagarasu)
9/10 - DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsChôjûrô KawarasakiYoshizaburo ArashiUtaemon IchikawaThe legendary Forty-seven ronin plot to avenge the death of their lord, Asano Naganori, by killing Kira Yoshinaka, a shogunate official responsible for Asano being forced to commit seppuku.Les 47 rônins
The 47 Ronin
元禄忠臣蔵 (Genroku chūshingura)
8/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsDenjirô ÔkôchiSusumu FujitaYukiko TodorokiSugata, a young man, struggles to learn the nuance and meaning of judo, and in doing so comes to learn something of the meaning of life.La légende du grand judo
Sanshiro Sugata
姿三四郎 (Sugata Sanshirō)
9/10 - DirectorMikio NaruseStarsShôtarô HanayagiEijirô YanagiIchijirô ÔyaA self-absorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer, who then commits suicide. His act of cruelty compels his father to disown him, leading the once promising actor to a life on the streets. But his desire to win back the respect of his father and the affection of the dead actor's daughter pushes him toward a more noble existence.La chanson de la lanterne
Song Of The Lantern
歌行燈 (Uta-Andon)
9/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraToshirô MifuneReizaburô YamamotoA drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond.L'ange ivre
Drunken Angel
酔いどれ天使 (Yoidore tenshi)
9/10 - DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûSetsuko HaraYumeji TsukiokaSeveral people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.La fin du printemps
Late Spring
晩春 (Banshun)
9/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMachiko KyôMasayuki MoriThe rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.Rashômon
Rashomon
羅生門 (Rashōmon)
8/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneShirley YamaguchiYôko KatsuragiA celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.Scandale
Scandal
醜聞 (Shubun)
8/10 - DirectorMikio NaruseStarsKen UeharaSetsuko HaraYukiko ShimazakiMichiyo lives in a small home in Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.Le repas
Repast
めし (Meshi)
10/10 - DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsHideko TakamineShûji SanoChishû RyûA 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.Carmen revient au pays
Carmen Comes Home
カルメン故郷に帰る (Carmen kokyō ni kaeru)
9/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsSetsuko HaraMasayuki MoriToshirô MifuneA Japanese veteran, driven partially mad from the war, travels to the snowy island of Hokkaido where he soon enters a love triangle with his best friend and a disgraced woman.L'idiot
The Idiot
白痴 (Hakuchi)
9/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraNobuo KanekoShin'ichi HimoriA bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.Vivre
Ikiru
生きる (Ikiru)
9/10 - DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsKinuyo TanakaTsukie MatsuuraIchirô SugaiFollows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.La vie d'O'Haru, femme galante
The Life Of Oharu
西鶴一代女 (Saikaku ichidai onna)
8/10 - DirectorMikio NaruseStarsHideko TakamineMitsuko MiuraKyôko KagawaPoor, pathetic mother Ose has four children, three daughters and a son, by four different men.L'éclair
Lightning
稲妻 (Inazuma)
8/10 - DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûChieko HigashiyamaSô YamamuraAn old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.Voyage à Tokyo
Tokyo Story
東京物語 (Tōkyō monogatari)
10/10 - DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsMasayuki MoriMachiko KyôKinuyo TanakaA tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.Les contes de la lune vague après la pluie
Ugetsu
雨月物語 (Ugetsu monogatari)
9/10 - DirectorTeinosuke KinugasaStarsMachiko KyôKazuo HasegawaIsao YamagataA samurai pursues a married lady-in-waiting.La porte de l'enfer
Gate Of Hell
地獄門 (Jigokumon)
8/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko TsushimaFarmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.Les sept samouraïs
Seven Samurai
七人の侍 (Shichinin no samurai)
10/10 - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsTakashi ShimuraAkihiko HirataAkira TakaradaAmerican nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable dinosaur-like beast.Godzilla
ゴジラ (Gojira)
8/10 - DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsHideko TakamineItsuo WatanabeMakoto MiyagawaSchoolteacher Hisako Oishi forms an emotional bond with her pupils and teaches them various virtues, while at the same time worrying about their future.Les vingt-quatre prunelles
Twenty-Four Eyes
二十四の瞳 (Nijūshi no hitomi)
8/10 - DirectorHiroshi InagakiStarsToshirô MifuneMariko OkadaKôji TsurutaMusashi Miyamoto returns to Kyoto after years of absence. After a series of fights against the Yoshioka School, he challenges its master to a duel.Duel à Ichijoji
Samurai II: Duel At Ichijoji Temple
続宮本武蔵 一乗寺の決闘 (Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō)
9/10 - DirectorMikio NaruseStarsHideko TakamineMasayuki MoriMariko OkadaA tragic social drama set in post war Japan and concerns a lonely woman trying to find purpose and stability in a devastated Tokyo.Nuages flottants
Floating Clouds
浮雲 (Ukigumo)
9/10 - DirectorKon IchikawaStarsRentarô MikuniShôji YasuiTatsuya MihashiA conscience-driven Japanese soldier traumatized by the events of WWII adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.La harpe de Birmanie
The Burmese Harp
ビルマの竪琴 (Biruma no tategoto)
10/10 - DirectorHiroshi InagakiStarsToshirô MifuneMariko OkadaKôji TsurutaMusashi Miyamoto is challenged to a duel by a confident swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. He agrees to fight him in a year's time.La voie de la lumière
Samurai III: Duel At Ganryu Island
決闘巌流島 (Miyamoto Musashi kanketsuhen: kettō Ganryūjima)
9/10 - DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsMachiko KyôAiko MimasuAyako WakaoThe personal tales of various prostitutes who occupy a brothel.La rue de la honte
Street Of Shame
赤線地帯 (Akasen chitai)
9/10 - DirectorNoboru NakamuraStarsSadako SawamuraMariko OkadaMasami TauraL'averse
When It Rains, It Pours
土砂降り (Doshaburi)
9/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneIsuzu YamadaKyôko KagawaIn 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.Les bas-fonds
The Lower Depths
どん底 (Donzoko)
8/10 - DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsFumio WatanabeTatsuya NakadaiIneko ArimaA love triangle develops between a benevolent student, his innocent girlfriend, and a cruel petty criminal, all as a point of diagnosis of a social disease that had Japan slowly succumbing to lawlessness during the post-War era.Le fleuve noir
Black River
黒い河 (Kuroikawa)
8/10 - DirectorMikio NaruseStarsChikage AwashimaMichiyo AratamaKumi MizunoA war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.Nuages d'été
Summer Clouds
鰯雲 (Iwashigumo)
9/10 - DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsKinuyo TanakaTeiji TakahashiYûko MochizukiA kabuki theatre-inflected story about a poor village whose people have to be carried to a nearby mountain to die once they get old.La ballade de Narayama
The Ballad Of Narayama
楢山節考 (Narayamabushikō)
9/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMisa UeharaMinoru ChiakiLured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.La forteresse cachée
The Hidden Fortress
隠し砦の三悪人 (Kakushi toride no sanakunin)
9/10 - DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsShin SaburiKinuyo TanakaIneko ArimaA businessman clashes with his elder daughter over her choice of a husband.Fleurs d'équinoxe
Equinox Flower
彼岸花 (Higanbana)
9/10 - DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsTatsuya NakadaiMichiyo AratamaChikage AwashimaA 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.La condition de l'homme : Il n'y a pas de plus grand amour
The Human Condition: No Greater Love
人間の條件 (Ningen no jōken)
10/10 - DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsKeiji SadaYoshiko KugaChishû RyûTwo boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set.Bonjour
Good Morning
お早う (Ohayō)
10/10 - DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsTatsuya NakadaiMichiyo AratamaKokinji KatsuraAs a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals.La condition de l'homme : Le chemin de l'éternité
The Human Condition: Road To Eternity
人間の條件 (Ningen no jōken)
9/10 - DirectorNagisa ÔshimaStarsFumio WatanabeYuki TominagaKakuko ChinoA young man runs a scam selling pigeons that always return to his home. A rich girl takes an interest in him and tries to help him find a good job.Une ville d'amour et d'espoir
A Town Of Love And Hope
愛と希望の街 (Ai to kibō no machi)
9/10 - DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsGanjirô NakamuraMachiko KyôHaruko SugimuraThe 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.Herbes flottantes
Floating Weeds
浮草 (Ukikusa)
9/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMasayuki MoriKyôko KagawaA vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.Les salauds dorment en paix
The Bad Sleep Well
悪い奴ほどよく眠る (Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru)
9/10 - DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsSetsuko HaraYôko TsukasaMariko OkadaA widow tries to marry off her daughter with the help of her late husband's three friends.Fin d'automne
Late Autumn
秋日和 (Akibiyori)
9/10 - DirectorNagisa ÔshimaStarsMiyuki KuwanoYûsuke KawazuYoshiko KugaA harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class men.Contes cruels de la jeunesse
Cruel Story Of Youth
青春残酷物語 (Seishun zankoku monogatari)
9/10 - DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsHideko TakamineTakahiro TamuraKôshirô MatsumotoA young man decides to become a warrior, causing trouble for his clan.La rivière Fuefuki
The River Fuefuki
笛吹川 (Fuefukigawa)
9/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneEijirô TônoTatsuya NakadaiA crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.Le garde du coprs
Yojimbo
用心棒 (Yōjimbō)
10/10 - DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsTatsuya NakadaiMichiyo AratamaTamao NakamuraHis ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival.La condition de l'homme : La prière du soldat
The Human Condition: A Soldier's Prayer
人間の條件 (Ningen no jōken)
9/10 - DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira IshihamaShima IwashitaWhen a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.Harakiri
切腹 (Seppuku)
10/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTatsuya NakadaiKeiju KobayashiA crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.Sanjuro
椿三十郎 (Tsubaki Sanjūrō)
10/10 - DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsTaiji TonoyamaNobuko OtowaKei SatôThe ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four people on the ship are becoming increasingly desperate as food and water run out.L'homme
Ningen
人間 (Ningen)
9/10 - DirectorKenji MisumiStarsRaizô IchikawaShiho FujimuraMayumi NagisaA samurai seeks revenge and redemption after his family is executed by a rival clan.Tuer
Destiny's Son
斬る (Kiru)
9/10 - DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûShima IwashitaKeiji SadaAn aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.Le goût du saké
An Autumn Afternoon
秋刀魚の味 (Sanma no aji)
8/10 - DirectorKon IchikawaStarsKazuo HasegawaFujiko YamamotoAyako WakaoYukinojo, a Kabuki actor, seeks revenge by destroying the three men who caused the deaths of his parents. Also involved are the daughter of one of Yukinojo's targets, two master thieves, and a swordsman who himself is out to kill Yukinojo.La vengeance d'un acteur
An Actor's Revenge
雪之丞変化 (Yukinojō henge)
10/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneYutaka SadaTatsuya NakadaiAn executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.Entre le ciel et l'enfer
High And Low
天国と地獄 (Tengoku to jigoku)
10/10 - DirectorShôhei ImamuraStarsSeizaburô KawazuKazuo KitamuraTanie KitabayashiLife story of a woman born in poverty trying to succeed. Through her many schemes, she faces her ups and downs in a cyclical nature, fueled mostly by self-interest.La femme insecte
The Insect Woman
にっぽん昆虫記 (Nippon konchūki)
9/10 - DirectorSeijun SuzukiStarsKen YamauchiMasako IzumiMidori TashiroA teenager is dismissed from school for misconduct. Still violent, he falls in love with a pupil of his new establishment.Akutarô, l'impénitent
The Bastard
悪太郎 (Akutarō)
9/10 - DirectorEiichi KudôStarsTakayuki AkutagawaChiezô KataokaKôtarô SatomiA group of samurai plan to assassinate a sadistic feudal lord.Les treize tueurs
13 Assassins
十三人の刺客 (Jūsannin no shikaku)
8/10 - DirectorTadashi ImaiStarsKinnosuke NakamuraEijirô TônoKyôko KishidaAfter a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he remembers his gruesome family history, which sees his ancestors sacrificing themselves for the sake of their cruel lords, and realizes that he's about to repeat their mistakes.Contes cruels du Bushido
Bushido: The Cruel Code Of The Samurai
武士道残酷物語 (Bushidō zankoku monogatari)
8/10 - DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsNobuko OtowaJitsuko YoshimuraKei SatôTwo women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.Onibaba
鬼婆 (Onibaba)
9/10 - DirectorHideo GoshaStarsTetsurô TanbaIsamu NagatoMikijirô HiraWhen poor peasants kidnap a magistrate's daughter to coerce him into reducing their unfair taxes, a wandering ronin decides to give them some help.Trois samouraïs hors-la-loi
Three Outlaw Samurai
三匹の侍 (Sanbiki no samurai)
9/10 - DirectorKihachi OkamotoStarsToshirô MifuneKeiju KobayashiMichiyo AratamaFebruary 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled Japan for 300 years. They suspect a traitor in their midst, and their suspicions fall on Niiro, an impoverished ronin who dreams of samurai status, and Kurihara, an aristocratic samurai who befriends Niiro. Niiro longs to identify his father, knowing he is a high-ranking official who will disclose himself only if Niiro achieves samurai status. With American ships in Japan's harbors, cynicism among the assassins, and change in the air, Niiro resolves to reach ends that may prove ephemeral.Samouraï
Samurai Assassin
侍 (Samurai)
10/10 - DirectorHideo GoshaStarsMikijirô HiraGô KatôShima IwashitaAfter killing a counselor of his clan, a fugitive samurai befriends a couple poaching the shogun's gold in the mountains.Le sabre de la bête
Sword Of The Beast
獣の剣 (Kedamono no ken)
9/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneYûzô KayamaTsutomu YamazakiIn 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.Barberousse
Red Beard
赤ひげ (Akahige)
10/10 - DirectorYasuzô MasumuraStarsAyako WakaoTakahiro TamuraNobuo ChibaOn the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of poverty.La femme de Seisaku
Seisaku's Wife
清作の妻 (Seisaku no tsuma)
8/10 - DirectorKihachi OkamotoStarsTatsuya NakadaiMichiyo AratamaYûzô KayamaThrough his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopath samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely.Le sabre du mal
The Sword Of Doom
大菩薩峠 (Daibosatsu tōge)
10/10 - DirectorHideo GoshaStarsIsao NatsuyagiRyôhei UchidaJunko MiyazonoA charismatic ronin gets snared into a conflict between officials at a waystation, and gains the enmity of a group of thugs.Kiba, le loup enragé
Samurai Wolf
牙狼之介 (Kiba Ōkami no kai)
9/10 - DirectorMikio NaruseStarsYûzô KayamaYôko TsukasaMitsuko KusabueA man falls in love with the widow of a man he killed in a car accident. Eventually she falls in love with him in return.Nuage épars
Two In The Shadow
乱れ雲 (Midaregumo)
10/10 - DirectorEiichi KudôStarsIsao NatsuyagiKôtarô SatomiKôji NanbaraThe lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbor, Nariatsu. But when the Oshi clan is blamed for the incident, eleven of their best warriors decide to trade their lives for justice.Les onze guerriers du devoir
Eleven Samurai
十一人の侍 (Jūichinin no samurai)
9/10 - DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsToshirô MifuneYôko TsukasaGô KatôThe mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.Rébellion
Samurai Rebellion
上位討ち 拝領妻始末 (Jōi uchi hairyō tsuma shimatsu)
9/10 - DirectorNagisa ÔshimaStarsKei SatôKeiko SakuraiRokkô TouraOver the course of a night, a sex-obsessed young woman, a suicidal man, and a gun-crazy wannabe gangster are taken prisoner of a gang awaiting a shootout between a rival gang at dawn.Été Japonais : Double suicide
Double Suicide: Japanese Summer
無理心中日本の夏 (Muri shinjū: nihon no natsu)
8/10 - DirectorKihachi OkamotoStarsTatsuya NakadaiEtsushi TakahashiYuriko HoshiTwo ronin - an ex-samurai and an ex-farmer - get caught up in a local official's complex game of murder and betrayal.Kill, la forteresse des samouraïs
Kill!
斬る (Kiru)
9/10 - DirectorNagisa ÔshimaStarsKei SatôDo-yun YuFumio WatanabeA Korean man is sentenced to death by hanging, but he survives the execution. For the following two hours, his executioners try to work out how to handle the situation in this black farce.La pendaison
Death By Hanging
絞死刑 (Kōshikei)
9/10 - DirectorKiyoshi SaekiStarsTomisaburô WakayamaKenjirô IshiyamaTsu IshiyamaDuring the Taisho Period (early 1920's) a monastery of warrior monks was split apart between two factions. One of these factions was led by the Chief Abbot and his protégé Shinkai. When Shinkai intercedes in a fight between a rival priest and some ruffians it leads to his expulsion from the order.Le moine sacrilège
Wicked Priest
極悪坊主 (Gokuaku bōzu)
8/10 - DirectorHideo GoshaStarsShintarô KatsuTatsuya NakadaiYukio MishimaA destitute ronin allies himself with an established clan, but its ruthless leader tries to turn him into a mindless killer.Hitokiri, le châtiment
Hitokiri
人斬り (Hitokiri)
10/10 - DirectorHideo GoshaStarsTatsuya NakadaiTetsurô TanbaYôko TsukasaA guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.Goyokin, l'or du shogun
Goyokin
御用金 (Goyōkin)
8/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsYoshitaka ZushiKin SugaiToshiyuki TonomuraVarious tales in the lives of Tokyo slum dwellers, including a mentally deficient young man obsessed with driving his own commuter trolley.Dodeskaden
どですかでん (Dodesukaden)
10/10 - DirectorKenji MisumiStarsTomisaburô WakayamaKayo MatsuoMinoru ÔkiTrailed by a clan of female ninja, Ogami is paid to assassinate a clan traitor accompanied by three killers known as the Gods of Death.Baby Cart : L'enfant massacré
Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart To Hades
子連れ狼 三途の川の乳母車 (Kozure Ōkami: sanzu no kawa no ubaguruma)
9/10 - DirectorKenji MisumiStarsTomisaburô WakayamaMichiyo YasudaAkihiro TomikawaFive warriors challenge Ogami to duels. Each holds a part of information needed to complete the assassination of a mad clan leader.Baby Cart : Le territoire des démons
Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart In The Land Of Demons
子連れ狼 冥府魔道 (Kozure Ōkami: meifumando)
9/10 - DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsBunta SugawaraHiroki MatsukataKunie TanakaDuring the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses.Combat sans code d'honneur
Battles Without Honor And Humanity
仁義なき戦い (Jingi naki tatakai)
8/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsMaksim MunzukYuriy SolominMikhail BychkovThe Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.Dersou Ouzala
Dersu Uzala
デルス・ウザーラ
10/10 - DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsBunta SugawaraTatsuo UmemiyaHiroki MatsukataActing boss Hirotani of the Ohara gang uses his friendship with corrupt cop Kuno to usurp a staged land deal that rival yakuza gang Kawade had arranged through local politicians. Open warfare erupts between the two gangs.Police contre syndicat du crime
Cops vs. Thugs
県警対組織暴力 (Kenkei tai soshiki bōryoku)
9/10 - DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTetsuya WatariTatsuo UmemiyaYumi TakigawaA self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his self control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.Le cimetière de la morale
Graveyard Of Honor
仁義の墓場 (Jingi no hakaba)
8/10 - DirectorNagisa ÔshimaStarsTatsuya FujiEiko MatsudaAoi NakajimaA passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.L'empire des sens
In The Realm Of The Senses
愛のコリーダ (Ai no corrida)
9/10 - DirectorKenji MisumiStarsHideki TakahashiKen OgataTakahiro TamuraToranosuke Sugi, a brave and loyal Samurai, fights to practice and preserve his master's teachings amid a civil war. With friends on both side will he cave to temptation, or stand on principle and for freedom?Les derniers saouraïs
The Last Samurai
狼よ落日を斬れ (Ōkami yo rakujitsu o kire)
8/10 - DirectorShôhei ImamuraStarsKen OgataRentarô MikuniChôchô MiyakoChronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run.La vengeance est à moi
Vengeance Is Mine
復讐するは我にあり (Fukushū suru wa ware ni ari)
9/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiTsutomu YamazakiKen'ichi HagiwaraA petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.Kagemusha, l'ombre du guerrier
Kagemusha
影武者 (Kagemusha)
8/10 - DirectorIsao TakahataStarsChinatsu NakayamaNorio NishikawaKiyoshi NishikawaChie Takemoto is a small dependable girl who lives in Osaka with her dad. She has two goals - to get her troublesome father, who runs a tavern, some work and then get him to make up with her mother who left him.Kié la petite peste
Chie The Brat
じゃリン子チエ (Jarinko Chie)
8/10 - DirectorHideo GoshaStarsTatsuya NakadaiMasako NatsumeAkiko NakamuraA yakuza melodrama, covering decades in the lives of Boss Onimasa, his adopted daughter Matsue, and his biological daughter Hanako.Dans l'ombre du loup
Onimasa
鬼龍院花子の生涯 (Kiryūin hanakonoshōgai)
9/10 - DirectorShôhei ImamuraStarsKen OgataSumiko SakamotoTonpei HidariIn a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An elderly woman is reaching close to her cut-off age during her last days with her family.La ballade de Narayama
The Ballad Of Narayama
楢山節考 (Narayamabushikō)
10/10 - DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsGô KatôYukiyo ToakeMasatomo NakabayashiThe atom-bombing of Nagasaki, Japan in 1945 is recalled by a survivor.Les enfants de Nagasaki
Children Of Nagasaki
この子を残して (Kono ko wo nokoshite)
9/10 - DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsSumi ShimamotoMahito TsujimuraHisako KyôdaWarrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.Nausicaä de la vallée du vent
Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind
風の谷のナウシカ (Kaze no tani no Naushika)
8/10 - DirectorShinji SômaiStarsYuichi MikamiYûki KudôTomokazu MiuraThe movie takes place in the five-day period before, during and after a ferocious, seemingly liberating typhoon, which several students endure while marooned in their school gymnasium.Typhoon Club
台風クラブ (Taifū kurabu)
9/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira TeraoJinpachi NezuIn Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.Ran
乱 (Ran)
9/10 - DirectorJûzô ItamiStarsKen WatanabeTsutomu YamazakiNobuko MiyamotoA truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.Tampopo
タンポポ
9/10 - DirectorKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsMitsuo IwataNozomu SasakiMami KoyamaA secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.Akira
アキラ
10/10 - DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsHitoshi TakagiNoriko HidakaChika SakamotoWhen two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.Mon voisin Totoro
My Neighbor Totoro
となりのトトロ (Tonari no Totoro)
10/10 - DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoMaiko KawakamiMakoto AshikawaA violence prone police officer discovers that his colleague is trafficking drugs.Violent Cop
その男、凶暴につき (Sono otoko, kyōbō ni tsuki)
9/10 - DirectorShôhei ImamuraStarsYoshiko TanakaKazuo KitamuraEtsuko IchiharaThe story of the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, based on Masuji Ibuse's novel.Pluie noire
Black Rain
黒い雨 (Kuroi ame)
9/10 - DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsClaude MakiHiroko ÔshimaSabu KawaharaThe lives of a young, hearing-impaired and gloomy couple are fulfilled after the boy holds interest in surfboarding.A Scene At The Sea
あの夏、いちばん静かな海 (Ano natsu, ichiban shizukana umi)
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