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1. Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980)
PG | 162 min | Drama, History, War
A 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.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu
Votes: 38,167
2. Village of Eight Gravestones (1977)
151 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors.
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Mayumi Ogawa, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Yôko Yamamoto
Votes: 416
3. Tajomaru: Avenging Blade (2009)
126 min | Action, Crime, Drama
TAJOMARU is the famous 'bandit' of the forest from RASHOMON. Whoever kills Tajomaru inherits his name, status and sword. A royal brother leaves his kingdom to protect the princess he loves,... See full summary »
Director: Hiroyuki Nakano | Stars: Shun Oguri, Yuki Shibamoto, Kei Tanaka, Kyôsuke Yabe
Votes: 350
4. The Triple Cross (1992)
108 min | Drama, Action, Crime
Three old gangsters pull off one last heist to raise much-needed cash for their various debts. However, the money obtained is not enough to keep them all happy.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Kazuya Kimura, Keiko Oginome, Shin'ichi Chiba
Votes: 327
5. The Petrified Forest (1973)
118 min | Crime, Drama
Medical student Himoto Haruo makes no compromises in resolving issues with his mother, his authoritarian department boss, and his girlfriend's abusive employer.
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Sayoko Ninomiya, Masako Yagi, Takeshi Kusaka
Votes: 259
6. Desert Moon (2001)
131 min | Drama
Nagai, a software industry expert is an absolute slave to his work. It is no wonder that his personal life is a complete mess. His wife and daughter left him but he has kept a camera with him to preserve their memory.
Director: Shinji Aoyama | Stars: Hiroshi Mikami, Maho Toyota, Shûji Kashiwabara, Yukiko Ikari
Votes: 226
7. Yakusoku (1972)
88 min | Drama, Romance
This sad Japanese romantic melodrama tells the brief love story of a very alert young man and an extremely beautiful woman who meet, fall in love and part during a train ride.
Director: Kôichi Saitô | Stars: Keiko Kishi, Yoshie Minami, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Rentarô Mikuni
Votes: 221
8. Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
114 min | Action, Drama, War
Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of ... See full summary »
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Tomokazu Miura, Masahiro Motoki, Katsutoshi Arata
Votes: 218
9. The Wanderers (1973)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three wanderers who travel through feudal Japan selling their services to whichever lord will fill their rice bowls.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Isao Bitô, Tadao Futami, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Reiko Inoue
Votes: 196
10. Capone Cries a Lot (1985)
130 min | Action, Comedy
Umiemon is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achieving fame and fortune.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Yûko Tanaka, Kenji Sawada, Akira Emoto
Votes: 110
11. Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story (2019)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A drama about the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Stars: Mirai Moriyama, Kankurô Nakamura, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Koji Yakusho
Votes: 106
12. Bitterness of Youth (1974)
85 min | Romance
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Kaori Momoi, Fumi Dan, Miyoko Akaza
Votes: 93
13. 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
14. Love Letter (1985)
108 min | Drama
A drama depicting the conflict between a man that ran to an old lover suffering from advanced leukemia, his wife and child that were left behind, and the friendship that develops between his wife and his former lover.
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Mitsuko Baishô, Keiko Takahashi, Kaoru Kobayashi
Votes: 61
15. Confession (1968)
71 min | Drama
Colorfully edited vignettes of young characters having fun in the town of Onomichi.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Sôsuke Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Chikako Okamoto, Miyuki Sugata
Votes: 52
16. Izakaya yurei (1994)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
One night, as pub owner Sotaro is caring for his sick wife, Shizuko, she asks him to promise that if she dies, he will never remarry. Thinking she is just being dramatic, he promises and ... See full summary »
Director: Takayoshi Watanabe | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Shigeru Muroi, Yûji Miyake
Votes: 52
17. Tenshi no kiba (2003)
119 min | Crime
Ryou Nishimura's 1st feature film. Based on the novel by Arimasa Oosawa. The title roughly means 'Angel's fung: B.T.A.' - Asuka is a young police detective. She is in love with her partner,... See full summary »
Director: Ryo Nishimura | Stars: Takao Osawa, Mayumi Sada, Tomoka Kurotani, Ken'ichi Hagiwara
Votes: 43
18. Yûkai hôdô (1982)
134 min | Crime
Hideyuki Mitamura, a student at a private school near Osaka, is kidnapped on his way home from school.
Director: Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Rumiko Koyanagi, Kaori Takahashi, Kumiko Akiyoshi
Votes: 39
19. Toshiie to Matsu: Kaga hyakumangoku monogatari (2002– )
Drama
This follows the life of Toshiie Maeda, January 15, 1539-April 27, 1599, and his loyal wife, as Toshiie rises through the ranks of the Oda Nobunaga and becomes of the of the leading generals.
Stars: Nanako Matsushima, Toshiaki Karasawa, Noriko Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa
Votes: 38
20. Sono go no jingi naki tatakai (1979)
128 min | Action, Crime
Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a group of childhood friends, belonging to ... See full summary »
Director: Eiichi Kudô | Stars: Ryûdô Uzaki, Mieko Harada, Shigeru Matsuzaki, Jinpachi Nezu
Votes: 33
21. The Seburi Story (1985)
125 min | Drama
The culturally isolated, nomadic Seburi people of western Japan are the subject of this tragedy about a few of the community's members who especially experience difficulties as modern Japan... See full summary »
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Yumiko Fujita, Michiko Kohno, Takashi Naitô
Votes: 33
22. Taiheiki (1991– )
45 min | Drama, History
Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Hidekazu Akai, Michiko Ameku, Yasuo Daichi
Votes: 28
23. Night Train (1987)
137 min
Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Yukiyo Toake, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Masahiko Tsugawa
Votes: 28
24. Yakuza Ladies 3 (1989)
119 min
Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Yoshiko Mita, Rino Katase, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Mikio Narita
Votes: 28
25. Afurika no hikari (1975)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Kunie Tanaka, Kaori Momoi, Yôko Takahashi
Votes: 28
26. Summer of Evil (1981)
96 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Director: Yukio Ninagawa | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Keiko Takahashi, Masako Natsume, Aiko Morishita
Votes: 27
27. Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter (1975)
92 min | Drama
High-rise window cleaner Katsuo sees an office lady in an awkward situation. He is smitten and pursues her hotly. They are both running away from a hopeless life in their villages. They fall in love, but she gets raped. Tragedy ensues.
Director: Kenji Yoshida | Stars: Ken Tanaka, Yôko Takahashi, Akemi Negishi, Ken'ichi Hagiwara
Votes: 25
28. Women Who Do Not Divorce (1986)
107 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Chieko Baishô, Mitsuko Baishô, Masatô Ibu
Votes: 23
29. 1750 Days of Turbulence (1990)
115 min | Action, Drama
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Kiyoshi Nakajoe, Mariko Okada, Narimi Arimori
Votes: 23
30. Modori River (1983)
137 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro | Stars: Mariko Fuji, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Mieko Harada, Kanako Higuchi
Votes: 22
31. Fighting Girl (2001)
Sayoko is a junior college student whom everyone thinks is too aggressive: she gets fired from a boutique job for slapping around shoplifters, then fired from a gas station job for beating ... See full summary »
Stars: Kyôko Fukada, Yoon Son Ha, Kenji Sakaguchi, Yûki Amami
Votes: 21
32. Taiyô ni hoero! (1972–1986)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Yûjirô Ishihara, Keiko Takahashi, Tappei Shimokawa, Raita Ryû
Votes: 19
33. Doubles (2001)
91 min | Thriller
A hard-up locksmith and a vengeful computer nerd meet online, adopting the monikers Key and Gun respectively. Together they hatch a perfect heist against a consulting company -- Gun's ... See full summary »
Director: Satoshi Isaka | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Ayako Kawahara, Kazuma Suzuki, Airi Taira
Votes: 19
34. South to the Horizon (1986)
106 min | Action, Drama
Director: Akiyoshi Kimata | Stars: Kôichi Iwaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Narumi Yasuda, Tôru Minegishi
Votes: 12
35. Ryoma wo kitta otoko (1987)
Action
Film about Tadasaburo Sasaki, the man who historically might have killed Ryoma Sakamoto, a central mover in efforts to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate for a restoration of power to the emperor.
Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Yasosuke Bando, Miwako Fujitani, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Ryûji Katagiri
Votes: 12
36. Ame no Amsterdam (1975)
123 min | Drama
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Keiko Kishi, Rentarô Mikuni, Alain Cuny
Votes: 9
37. Playgirl (1969–1974)
Action, Adventure, Thriller
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
38. Kigeki: Inochi no nedan (1971)
90 min | Comedy
Director: Yôichi Maeda | Stars: Furankî Sakai, Ichirô Zaitsu, Mariko Okada, Ken'ichi Hagiwara
Votes: 7
39. Niji wo watatte (1972)
88 min
One day an innocent-looking girl in white clothes appears on board of a ramshackle boat The owner of the boat, Okin, decides to let Mari stay with him without asking her any questions. ... See full summary »
Director: Yôichi Maeda | Stars: Mari Amachi, Ichirô Arishima, Osami Nabe, Shirô Kishibe
Votes: 6
40. Kamogawa shokudô (2016– )
Comedy, Drama, Family
Customers relying on a single line advertisement "Search for food with memories", finally arrive at Kamogawa Shokudo, which has no signboard or fabric curtain. Those who come to this ... See full summary »
Stars: Shioli Kutsuna, Shima Iwashita, Naomi Zaizen, Hisashi Yoshizawa
41. Fortysomething Rugby (2018)
Drama, Sport
47-year-old Ryohei Marukawa (Katsunori Takahashi) was recently released from prison. He walks along a riverbed looking for a place to die, but he is hit by a rugby ball. The men playing ... See full summary »
Stars: Yurika Nakamura, Naoto Takenaka, Mari Natsuki, Takehiro Murata
42. Genroku ryôran (1999– )
Drama
The 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best-loved stories of Japan's history.
Stars: Kanzaburô Nakamura, Hiroaki Murakami, Kôji Ishizaka, Eisaku Yoshida
43. Kizu darake no tenshi (1974–1975)
55 min
The picaresque adventures of lovable lowlifes Akira and Osamu as they try to make ends meet in high-powered and expensive Tokyo.
44. Edogawa Rampo shirîzu: Akechi Kogorô (1970)
56 min | Crime
Stars: Shunsuke Mizoguchi, Goichi Yamada, Masumi Tachibana, Yûsuke Okada
45. Keiji kun (1971–1976)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Kenichi Sakuragi, Masato Hoshi, Harumi Arai, Kanjûrô Arashi
46. Joker (1998)
104 min | Action
Director: Takashi Komatsu | Stars: Atsuro Watabe, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Reiko Kataoka, Kazuki Kitamura
47. Map of Summer Vacation (2013)
96 min | Drama
Tanabe Kento is a 5th grade elementary school student. During his summer vacation, he's assigned to make a map of his hometown for homework, but he's unable to get around town. Meanwhile, a... See full summary »
Director: Kenta Fukasaku | Stars: Tarô Yamamoto, Megumi Okina, Yura Arimoto, Ken'ichi Hagiwara
48. Gekai Hiiragi Matasaburô (1995– )
54 min | Drama
Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Hikaru Nishida, Atsuro Watabe, Rolly
49. Akechi tantei jimusho: Edogawa Rampo zenshû (1972)
60 min | Crime
Stars: Yôsuke Natsuki, Masakane Yonekura, Shinobu Akamatsu, Miyoko Akaza
50. Za temputazu (1969)
80 min | Comedy
Layabout teen Shoken is dissatisfied with his nagging single mother and bullies at school. He and his friends decide to form a cool rock band, but when Shoken learns that his mother is ... See full summary »
Director: Seiichirô Uchikawa | Stars: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Yuji Matsuzaki, Noboru Takahisa, Michiyo Aratama