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1. Jigoku no kifujin (1949)
72 min
Director: Motoyoshi Oda | Stars: Michiyo Kogure, Eitarô Ozawa, Ichirô Ryûzaki, Minoru Takada
Votes: 29
2. Bad Girl (1949)
85 min | Drama
A melodramatic love story, a would-be apprenticeship between the titular "bad girl" and the optimistic scholar returning from the big city.
Director: Mikio Naruse | Stars: Isamu Kosugi, Michiko Hoshi, Masayuki Mori, Akihiko Katayama
Votes: 11
3. Tattoo of Love (1963)
90 min | Drama
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Hashizô Ôkawa, Satomi Oka, Shizue Natsukawa, Kusuo Abe
Votes: 6
4. Kanketsu Sasaki Kojirô: Ganryû-jima kettô (1951)
98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Master swordsman Kojiro Sasaki is not content with the knowledge of his own power and constantly seeks to impress it upon others. Another great samurai swordsman, Musashi Miyamoto, has ... See full summary »
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Tomoemon Otani, Toshirô Mifune, Hisako Yamane, Shin Tokudaiji
Votes: 57
5. Ronin of Ako (1961)
151 min | Action, Drama
A famous story of the 47 loyal samurai. When Lord Asano is unjustly executed, his loyal retainers strike back for revenge.
Director: Sadatsugu Matsuda | Stars: Kusuo Abe, Kyôko Aoyama, Chiyonosuke Azuma, Shinobu Chihara
Votes: 35
6. Kaiketsu Raion Maru (1972–1973)
30 min | Action, Fantasy
A ninja swordsman, able to transform into a lion-headed warrior, defends Japan from an army of demons who murdered his master.
Stars: Tetsuya Ushio, Naruhiko Umechi, Daisaku Shinohara, Shingo Fukushima
Votes: 30
7. Knightly Advice (1962)
92 min | Drama
Director: Sadatsugu Matsuda | Stars: Chiezô Kataoka, Harue Akagi, Ushio Akashi, Kensaku Hara
Votes: 14
8. 20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1 (1961)
88 min
With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, who just happens to be from an extremely privileged background.
Director: Sadatsugu Matsuda | Stars: Minoru Chiaki, Kensaku Hara, Yumiko Hasegawa, Mikijirô Hira
Votes: 9
9. The Master Spearman (1960)
99 min | Drama, History, Romance
Kurando is a retired samurai. Granted a last-second reprieve from the obligation to commit Harakiri, he decides to settle down and marry one of two kabuki actresses who helped him enjoy what he thought would be his final days.
Director: Tomu Uchida | Stars: Chikage Awashima, Hiromi Hanazono, Kensaku Hara, Ryôsuke Kagawa
Votes: 46
10. Miyamoto Musashi IV: Duel at Ichijyo-ji Temple (1964)
Not Rated | 128 min | Action, Drama
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. As his great love Otsu has succumbed to ... See full summary »
Director: Tomu Uchida | Stars: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Wakaba Irie, Isao Kimura, Chieko Naniwa
Votes: 206
11. Tonkatsu taishô (1952)
95 min | Comedy
Director: Yûzô Kawashima | Stars: Shûji Sano, Etsuko Miyama, Keiko Tsushima, Teiji Takahashi
Votes: 23
12. Lady Sen and Hideyori (1962)
Biography, Drama, History
The tale of Princess Sen, daughter to Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and wife of Toyotomi Hideyori.
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Hibari Misora, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ken Takakura, Eijirô Tôno
Votes: 51
13. Shafu yukyoden - kenka tatsu (1964)
100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Richshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha, and throws her into the river. But later, he falls in love with her. Yasaburo, the oyabun of ... See full summary »
Director: Tai Katô | Stars: Ryôhei Uchida, Jûshirô Konoe, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Meichô Soganoya
Votes: 59
14. The Fort of Death (1969)
97 min | Action
To fund castle rebuilding, the lord heavily taxes farmers, killing non-payers. Enoki Village rebels, demanding tax cuts and building a fort for defense. Threatened by the lord, the villagers appeal to a bounty hunter for help.
Director: Eiichi Kudô | Stars: Katsutoshi Akiyama, Bin Amatsu, Kanjûrô Arashi, Hideo Fujimoto
Votes: 102
15. Anma to onna (1938)
66 min | Drama
Two blind masseurs travel to a mountain retreat. One of them falls for a visiting lady from Tokyo and investigates a series of thefts.
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu | Stars: Mieko Takamine, Shin Tokudaiji, Shin'ichi Himori, Jun Yokoyama
Votes: 815
16. Oboroyo no onna (1936)
111 min | Drama
A woman asks her brother to speak to her son. After she's sacrificed everything for him, it seems he's going to squander it all for an idle life. Though the uncle tries to set him straight, it may already be too late.
Director: Heinosuke Gosho | Stars: Toshiko Iizuka, Shin Tokudaiji, Chôko Iida, Takeshi Sakamoto
Votes: 79
17. Mabuta no haha (1962)
83 min | Action, Drama
The protagonist Chujiro, who possesses many attractive qualities, is a victim of unkind circumstances: his mother abandoned him as a child, so he had no choice but to live outside society. ... See full summary »
Director: Tai Katô | Stars: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Hiroki Matsukata, Michiyo Kogure, Keiko Okawa
Votes: 93
18. Sword of Destiny (1960)
89 min | Action
Director: Yasushi Sasaki | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Keiko Fujita, Hibari Misora
Votes: 19
19. Daibosatsu tôge - Kanketsu-hen (1959)
106 min | Drama
Director: Tomu Uchida | Stars: Ushio Akashi, Noriko Aoba, Hideo Ayuba, Chiyonosuke Azuma
Votes: 56
20. Morning for the Osone Family (1946)
Not Rated | 81 min | Drama
A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII.
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita | Stars: Haruko Sugimura, Toshinosuke Nagao, Shin Tokudaiji, Mitsuko Miura
Votes: 342
21. The Love of Sumako the Actress (1947)
96 min | Drama
The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outspoken actress Sumako Matsui, and leaves his family to be with her, while trying to keep his Art Theatre solvent.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Sô Yamamura, Kikue Môri, Chieko Higashiyama
Votes: 332
22. The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi (1940)
136 min | Drama, War
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Ken Uehara, Shin Saburi, Toshiaki Konoe, Ichirô Kodama
Votes: 21
23. Hibari no mori no ishimatsu (1960)
83 min | Action
A traveler in Japan comes across three people pursuing a fleeing man; they almost capture and kill him with their swords. Helping the man escape his would-be killers, the traveler finds out... See full summary »
Director: Tadashi Sawashima | Stars: Hibari Misora, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Chie Ueki, Kunio Kaga
Votes: 32
24. The Lights of Asakusa (1937)
104 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Yasujirô Shimazu | Stars: Ken Uehara, Mieko Takamine, Kaneko Fujiwara, Shin'ichi Himori
Votes: 52
25. Victory of Women (1946)
84 min | Drama
A socially committed film about the feudal state of many Japanese women in 1946. Hiroko Hosokawa, a female lawyer, defends Mrs. Asakura, who suffocated her child in her grief after her ... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiko Kuwano, Mitsuko Miura, Shin Tokudaiji
Votes: 174
26. Tenpô rokkasen - Jigoku no hanamichi (1960)
103 min | Drama
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Harue Akagi, Kôji Arima, Chikage Awashima, Chiyonosuke Azuma
Votes: 8
27. Restoration Fire (1961)
86 min | Drama
Director: Sadatsugu Matsuda | Stars: Chikage Awashima, Chiezô Kataoka, Noriko Kitazawa, Kenji Kusumoto
Votes: 9
28. Kisaragi musô ken (1962)
93 min | Action
The story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new inexperienced Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune from the evil plans of the Owari Clan's corrupt Lord.
Director: Yasushi Sasaki | Stars: Kazuo Akatsuki, Kyôko Aoyama, Utanosuke Arashi, Masaharu Arikawa
Votes: 19
29. Vendetta of a Samurai (1952)
82 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Mataemon Araki, a renowned swordsman, helps a young man find vengeance.
Director: Kazuo Mori | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yuriko Hamada, Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Katayama
Votes: 283
30. Ah kaiten tokubetsu kogetikai (1968)
104 min | Drama, War
Action drama about "human torpedoes" used during the Second World War.
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Hiroki Matsukata, Jûzô Itami, Tatsuo Umemiya
Votes: 28
31. Warm Current (1939)
177 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Mieko Takamine, Shin Saburi, Hideo Fujino, Kaneko Fujiwara
Votes: 38
32. Daigaku no wakadanna (1933)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu | Stars: Mitsugu Fujii, Harurô Takeda, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Sumiko Mizukubo
Votes: 39
33. The Yagyu Chronicles 8: The One-Eyed Ninja (1963)
87 min | Action, Drama, History
The famed ninja Yagyu Jubei fights to suppress a coup d'etat plotted against Tokugawa Shogunate.
Director: Shoji Matsumura | Stars: Ushio Akashi, Chiyonosuke Azuma, Sumiko Fuji, Shin'ichirô Hayashi
Votes: 8
34. Hana-kago no uta (1937)
69 min | Drama
Director: Heinosuke Gosho | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Shûji Sano, Shin Tokudaiji, Reikichi Kawamura
Votes: 29
35. Sad Whistling (1949)
Director: Miyoji Ieki | Stars: Yasumi Hara, Mieko Ishii, Takashi Kanda, Hibari Misora
Votes: 6
36. Keepers of Order (1962)
92 min | Drama
Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal Nakayama and boss Sukegoro Iioka. Chuji is then aided by boss Shigezo Sasagawa, Ishimatsu, and a few young yakuza.
Director: Yasushi Sasaki | Stars: Kusuo Abe, Shinobu Chihara, Kôshirô Harada, Shôtarô Hayashi
Votes: 17
37. Binan-jo (1959)
92 min | Drama
Director: Yasushi Sasaki | Stars: Kusuo Abe, Kensaku Hara, Kunio Kaga, Heisuke Kinami
Votes: 24
38. Mother and Child (1938)
89 min | Drama
Director: Minoru Shibuya | Stars: Shûsuke Agata, Kiyoshi Aono, Masao Hayama, Akio Isono
Votes: 7
39. A Man Among Men (1955)
95 min | Crime, Drama
Gangsters Ken and Maki are rivals in the ticket-scalping game. They make an uneasy truce, but Ken wrecks the truce by agreeing to fix a boxing match in which Maki has an interest in one of ... See full summary »
Director: Kajirô Yamamoto | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Fubuki Koshiji
Votes: 16
40. Bored Hatamoto: The Cave of the Vampire Bats (1961)
86 min | Mystery
Director: Yasushi Sasaki | Stars: Kôji Arima, Chiyonosuke Azuma, Kikue Hanamura, Momonosuke Ichikawa
Votes: 5
41. The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao (1956)
86 min | Drama
Directors: Tsuneo Kobayashi, Sadatsugu Matsuda | Stars: Junko Ataga, Kogiku Hanayagi, Chiezô Kataoka, Eijirô Kataoka
Votes: 15
42. Yagyu Chronicles 2: The Secret Sword (1961)
80 min | Action
Jubei Yagyu tries to protect his clan from rival Kasumi spies.
Director: Masahiko Izawa | Stars: Kusuo Abe, Keiko Fujita, Hiromi Hanazono, Ryûji Kita
Votes: 11
43. Yagyu Chronicles 7: The Cloud of Disorder (1963)
83 min | Action
A former Yagyu Clan member confesses to the murder of Imperial Prince Takahito and then commits suicide. Fearing this may cause a war between the Imperial Court and the Shogunate, Jubei sets out to find answers.
Director: Kôkichi Uchide | Stars: Junpei Arishima, Daisuke Awaji, Sumiko Fuji, Heitaro Gori
Votes: 9
44. Hiwa Norumanton gôjiken: Kamen no butô (1943)
104 min | Drama, History
Director: Kôjirô Sasaki | Stars: Sugisaku Aoyama, Toichi Doki, Masao Hayama, Toshio Ichise
Votes: 7
45. Yagyu Chronicles 3: The Valley of Outlaws (1961)
86 min | Action
Jûbei Yagyû meets his former master Akizuki Hayato-no-Kami in Akizuki Village. An evil gang is trying to murder the sickly Hayato, but Jûbei Yagyû will ruin their plan.
Director: Shoji Matsumura | Stars: Kôshirô Harada, Ichirô Izawa, Jûshirô Konoe, Naoko Kubo
Votes: 8
46. Heitai gokudo (1968)
91 min | Crime, Drama
Yakuza from different gangs get enlisted in the Japanese army where they have a lot of troubles adjusting to the new life and the war in China.
Director: Kiyoshi Saeki | Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Hiroshi Nawa, Junko Miyazono, Kôtarô Satomi
Votes: 11
47. Shin josei mondo (1939)
109 min | Drama
Director: Yasushi Sasaki | Stars: Kasuga Eiko, Kiyoko Hara, Tôru Hirose, Yûkichi Iwata
Votes: 6
48. Shingo juban-shobu (1959)
97 min | Adventure, Drama
Director: Sadatsugu Matsuda | Stars: Hashizô Ôkawa, Eiji Okada, Yumiko Hasegawa, Ushio Akashi
Votes: 18
49. Dance of Kyoto (1942)
88 min | Drama
Director: Hiromasa Nomura | Stars: Jûzaburô Bandô, Kôtarô Bandô, Shin'ichi Himori, Kuniko Igawa
Votes: 5
50. The Seven Vows: Part 1 (1956)
71 min | Adventure, Drama
Director: Yasushi Sasaki | Stars: Chiyonosuke Azuma, Mitsugorô Bandô, Shinobu Chihara, Sentarô Fushimi
Votes: 10