Art Theatre Guilde (ATG)
by Melvelet | created - 22 May 2014 | updated - 22 May 2014 | PublicFilms co-produced & distributed by ATG: 1-75
Japanese films distributed by ATG: 76-105
Missing from IMDb (both ATG distributed-only):
1967: Kawa – Ano Uragiri Ga Omoku / La Rivière Poème de Colère [Mori Kota]
1978: Our Song And All Of You [Tatsumura Jin]
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1. A Man Vanishes (1967)
130 min | Documentary, Drama
Plastics salesman Oshima disappeared without a word to anyone, and has been missing for two years. Shohei Imamura and his crew follow Oshima's fiancé Yoshie and actor Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as they investigate the disappearance.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Yoshie Hayakawa, Shôhei Imamura
Votes: 830
2. Death by Hanging (1968)
Not Rated | 117 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A 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.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Kei Satô, Do-yun Yu, Fumio Watanabe, Hôsei Komatsu
Votes: 3,342
3. Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (1968)
X | 87 min | Drama, Romance
A teenage goldsmith with a dark past tragically falls in love with a young nude model.
Director: Susumu Hani | Stars: Haruo Asanu, Kazuko Fukuda, Kuniko Ishii, Ichirô Kimura
Votes: 927
4. The Human Bullet (1968)
116 min | Drama, War
During World War II, a Japanese soldier finds himself assigned to a kamikaze mission against a U.S. battleship.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Minori Terada, Naoko Ôtani, Yûnosuke Itô, Shinsuke Achiwa
Votes: 478
5. Double Suicide (1969)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
A doomed love between a paper merchant and a courtesan.
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: Kichiemon Nakamura, Shima Iwashita, Shizue Kawarazaki, Tokie Hidari
Votes: 2,602
6. Boy (1969)
97 min | Drama
A young boy reluctantly aids his swindling father in a threatening scam.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Fumio Watanabe, Akiko Koyama, Tetsuo Abe, Tsuyoshi Kinoshita
Votes: 1,884
7. Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan.
Director: Toshio Matsumoto | Stars: Pîtâ, Osamu Ogasawara, Yoshimi Jô, Koichi Nakamura
Votes: 7,276
8. Apart from Life (1970)
127 min | Drama
Dr. Unan is asked to treat a young girl with A-bomb disease symptoms but her mother denies being in Nagasaki at the time of the bombing. Another young girl, Tokuko, asks Unan to write her a "Proof of Rape".
Director: Kei Kumai | Stars: Mizuho Suzuki, Hiroko Kino, Mugihito, Izumi Hara
Votes: 50
9. The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970)
94 min | Drama
A metaphysical mystery involving a university student's camera getting stolen, and the thief then committing suicide. Looking back upon the event, the situation comes to be questioned if it happened at all.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Kazuo Goto, Sukio Fukuoka, Kenichi Fukuda, Hiroshi Isogai
Votes: 802
10. This Transient Life (1970)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama
Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to a master sculptor, only to proceed to complicate matters with his affairs.
Director: Akio Jissôji | Stars: Michiko Tsukasa, Ryô Tamura, Eiji Okada, Isao Sasaki
Votes: 1,378
11. Heroic Purgatory (1970)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy
An engineer's wife returns home with a lost teenager. A man posing as her dad tries to get her back, causing the engineer to recall his youth as a revolutionary, obscured by dreamlike disruptions of time and space, fantasy and reality.
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida | Stars: Mariko Okada, Kaizo Kamoda, Kazumi Tsutsui, Naho Kimura
Votes: 835
12. Nippon no akuryo (1970)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Murase is a bodyguard in a yakuza group. Ochiai is a police officer who once was a student activist. When they meet, they are surprised how identical they look. They decide to trade places with each other.
Director: Kazuo Kuroki | Stars: Yôsuke Enomoto, Tatsumi Hijikata, Eiko Horii, Hideo Kanze
Votes: 113
13. Demons (1971)
134 min | Drama, Horror
After being robbed by a geisha, a ronin warrior carves a bloody path to seek revenge.
Director: Toshio Matsumoto | Stars: Katsuo Nakamura, Jûrô Kara, Yasuko Sanjo, Masao Imafuku
Votes: 2,860
14. Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1971)
137 min | Drama, Music
An angst-ridden teen dealing with his dysfunctional family hits the streets. The story is inter-cut with various psychedelic, energetic vignettes.
Director: Shûji Terayama | Stars: Eimei Sasaki, Masahiro Saito, Yukiko Kobayashi, Fudeko Tanaka
Votes: 2,295
15. The Ceremony (1971)
123 min | Comedy, Drama
Upon receiving a shocking telegram from his cousin, a man recounts his early life, as a member of a broad family full of dark secrets that slowly reveal themselves through the clan ceremonies.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Kenzô Kawarasaki, Atsuko Kaku, Atsuo Nakamura, Kiyoshi Tsuchiya
Votes: 1,231
16. Mandara (1971)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama
Two student couples stumble upon a cult dedicated to promoting the primordial human state through rape and agriculture.
Director: Akio Jissôji | Stars: Kôji Shimizu, Akiko Mori, Ryô Tamura, Hiroko Sakurai
Votes: 540
17. Lost Lovers (1971)
123 min | Drama
Takeru, a young rebel, is traveling alone in the North of Honshu. He once used to practice pole vaulting but he gave up and became a robber. Along his trip he crosses the path of a young ... See full summary »
Directors: Kunio Shimizu, Sôichirô Tahara | Stars: Renji Ishibashi, Tatsuharu Iwabuchi, Keizô Kanie, Tenmei Kano
Votes: 55
18. Ecstasy of the Angels (1972)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A revolutionary faction steals some hand bombs. While escaping, several soldiers are killed. The movement's highest authority deems October unfit and sends the leader of another faction to take the remaining bombs.
Director: Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Ken Yoshizawa, Rie Yokoyama, Yuki Aresa, Tatsuhiko Honda
Votes: 1,076
19. Poem (1972)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama
As a faithful young houseboy fully devotes himself to his spiritual duty, his teacher plans turning over his grandfather's mountain property to realtors for profit.
Director: Akio Jissôji | Stars: Masako Araki, Kanjûrô Arashi, Yasumi Hara, Shin Kishida
Votes: 400
20. Dear Summer Sister (1972)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
Story is about a Tokyo girl looking round Okinawa island for her long-lost brother and finding he is the tourist guide with whom she has had an affair.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Hiromi Kurita, Shôji Ishibashi, Lily, Hôsei Komatsu
Votes: 222
21. Gozenchû no jikanwari (1972)
100 min | Drama
Two college buddies try to understand a young woman's suicide through her Super-8 films and clips from their summer trips together.
Director: Susumu Hani | Stars: Takuji Hatano, Aya Kunikida, Sumei Shau
Votes: 78
22. The Music (1972)
104 min | Drama
A young woman undergoes psychiatric treatment after she no longer hears music and develops sexual hang-ups.
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Noriko Kurosawa, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Chôei Takahashi, Kôji Moritsugu
Votes: 152
23. Hymn (1972)
112 min | Drama
The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind Shamisen teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel beatings.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Tokuko Watanabe, Jiro Kawarazaki, Daijirô Harada
Votes: 117
24. Teppôdama no bigaku (1973)
100 min
A low-life crook gets a job as a yakuza hit-man and proceeds to pretend to be a big shot. There are, however, things that cannot be faked.
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Tsunehiko Watase, Miki Sugimoto, Mitsuru Mori, Asao Koike
Votes: 49
25. 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
26. Coup d'Etat (1973)
Not Rated | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
A freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the failed military coup in 1936.
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Yasuo Miyake, Akiko Kurano, Tadahiko Sugano
Votes: 536
27. Love Betrayed (1973)
90 min | Drama
The relationship between a rich young student and his lower class friend changes when they start to live both at a guest house. Both will be attracted towards Iko, the beautiful daughter of their landlady.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Anri, Noboru Matsuhashi, Kazunaga Tsuji
Votes: 142
28. Tsugaru jongarabushi (1973)
103 min | Drama
The newcomers to a fishing village are a man who is escaping the gangsters after him and his girlfriend who is returning to her hometown. This may be as safe a place as any to lie low. ... See full summary »
Director: Kôichi Saitô | Stars: Kyôko Enami, Akira Oda, Mihoko Nakagawa, Kô Nishimura
Votes: 116
29. Himiko (1974)
100 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
A freestyle, imagined telling of the life of shaman queen Himiko, who falls in love with her half-brother, making her powers weaken thus putting her position to risk.
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: Shima Iwashita, Masao Kusakari, Rie Yokoyama, Chôichirô Kawarasaki
Votes: 733
30. Carol (1974)
111 min | Documentary
Identity and integrity are discussed in connection with a tour of Japanese rock band 'Carol'.
Director: Jin Tatsumura | Stars: Eikichi Yazawa, Johnny Ohkura, Yûya Uchida, Toshikatsu Utsumi
31. The Assassination of Ryoma (1974)
118 min | Action, Drama, History
The last three days in the life of Ryoma Sakamoto, an imperial loyalist who tried to unite the warring Choshu and Satsuma clans in order to overthrow the Shogunate.
Director: Kazuo Kuroki | Stars: Yoshio Harada, Renji Ishibashi, Rie Nakagawa, Yûsaku Matsuda
Votes: 188
32. It Was a Faint Dream (1974)
120 min | Drama
After a number of stressful affairs, a court lady becomes a nun in order to pursue a life without desire.
Director: Akio Jissôji | Stars: Janet Hatta, Shin Kishida, Minori Terada, Chisako Hara
Votes: 150
33. Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)
104 min | Drama, Fantasy
A young boys' coming of age tale set in a strange, carnivalesque village becomes the recreation of a memory that the director has twenty years later.
Director: Shûji Terayama | Stars: Kaoru Yachigusa, Keiko Niitaka, Masumi Harukawa, Kan Mikami
Votes: 2,407
34. Tokkan (1975)
93 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to fight Imperial troops. But Sentaro's friendship with a ... See full summary »
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Yûsuke Okada, Hiroko Isayama, Kyû Sakamoto, Tatsuya Nakadai
Votes: 104
35. 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
36. Song of the Devil (1975)
93 min | Drama
Bakyo is a talented but unsuccessful rakugo artist. The very successful Rokyu wants to take Bakyo under his wings, but Bakyo refuses, claiming that Rokyu's rakugo is compromised by the ... See full summary »
Director: Tetsutaro Murano | Stars: Saburô Date, Giichi Fujimoto, Jun Hongô, Yukitarô Hotaru
Votes: 8
37. Death at an Old Mansion (1975)
109 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When a woman and her bridegroom are found dead in a double suicide the day after their wedding, it is up to the detective to figure out what could possibly have motivated them. Carefully ... See full summary »
Director: Yôichi Takabayashi | Stars: Yûtarô Ban, Hiroshi Ebie, Hideki Hanaoka, Seishirô Hara
Votes: 159
38. Preparation for the Festival (1975)
117 min | Drama
A young Japanese man comes to the realization that he must leave his village if he is to ever have a chance at a full life.
Director: Kazuo Kuroki | Stars: Jun Etô, Haruko Mabuchi, Hajime Hana, Yoshio Harada
Votes: 123
39. Hensôkyoku (1976)
110 min | Drama
Literary adaptation: A man involved with international politics is desperately in love with a fascinating woman, who happens to have a wealthy husband.
Director: Kô Nakahira | Stars: Reiko Asoo, Caroline Gabriel, Noboru Matsuhashi, Hideaki Nitani
Votes: 22
40. Genkai-nada (1976)
123 min | Crime, War
A Yakuza smuggler gets involved with a Korean prostitute.
Director: Jûrô Kara | Stars: Bin Amatsu, Noboru Andô, Hôsei Komatsu, Jinpachi Nezu
Votes: 23
41. Kinkakuji (1976)
109 min | Drama
"Temple of the Golden Pavillion" - About the psychological decline of a novice Buddhist monk. After the death of his father, the stammering Goichi Mizoguchi seeks succour and loftier ... See full summary »
Director: Yôichi Takabayashi | Stars: Saburô Shinoda, Toshio Shiba, Katsuhiko Yokomitsu, Yoshie Shimamura
Votes: 67
42. Seishun no satsujinsha (1976)
132 min | Crime, Drama
Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love; when they bar him from meeting with his girlfriend, tensions increase.
Director: Kazuhiko Hasegawa | Stars: Yutaka Mizutani, Mieko Harada, Etsuko Ichihara, Ryôhei Uchida
Votes: 369
43. Japanese Belly Button (1977)
102 min | Comedy, Musical
Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss.
Director: Eizô Sugawa | Stars: Mako Midori, Akihiro Miwa, Hajime Hana, Osami Nabe
Votes: 21
44. Case of the Disjointed Murder (1977)
140 min | Drama, Mystery
In the summer of 1947, various men and women gather at a mansion in the countryside at the invitation of Kazuma Utagawa. They are artists, novelists, poets, painters, playwrights, actresses, etc. Then the murders begin, one after another.
Director: Chûsei Sone | Stars: Tetsurô Sagawa, Junko Natsu, Yôko Azusa, Moeko Ezawa
Votes: 45
45. Seibo Kannon daibosatsu (1977)
90 min | Drama
"Eros Eterna" tells the story of a legendary immortal nun who wanders around encountering several people of various conditions.
Director: Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Eiko Matsuda, Osamu Sakuta, Atsuko Asano, Keizô Kanie
Votes: 59
46. The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro (1977)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries to cure a cat lady by reversing her trauma, and finally, rescues his niece who is about to be lured into prostitution.
Director: Azuma Morisaki | Stars: Kunie Tanaka, Harue Akagi, Mitsuko Baishô, Junzaburô Ban
Votes: 35
47. Double Suicide at Nishijin (1977)
110 min
"Double Suicide" - Yumi, an exceptionally beautiful call girl, has a close call with death when a client forces her to die with him. An old cop pities her and agrees to be her guarantor so ... See full summary »
Director: Yôichi Takabayashi | Stars: Yoshie Shimamura, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Goichi Yamada, Akira Nakao
Votes: 25
48. Kitamura Toukoku: Waga fuyu no uta (1977)
103 min | Drama, Romance
This biopic is centered on New Year's Day of 1894, when Kitamura is recovering from a suicide attempt. Japan is then under the spell of fervent patriotism because the government wants to ... See full summary »
Director: Seiichiro Yamaguchi | Stars: Ranbô Minami, Mari Tanaka, Renji Ishibashi, Mariko Fuji
Votes: 13
49. 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: 54
50. Third Base (1978)
102 min | Crime, Drama
Third (Toshiyuki Nagashima) is an aimless young man who hangs around with a couple of girls who are amateur hookers. One day, while acting as their pimp, he gets into a conflict with a young gangster and winds up killing him.
Director: Yôichi Higashi | Stars: Toshiyuki Nagashima, Tsugiaki Yoshida, Aiko Morishita, Akiko Shikata
Votes: 164
51. Double Suicide of Sonezaki (1978)
112 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A poor merchant and a prostitute plan to commit suicide together after being pressured and betrayed by their surroundings.
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Ryûdô Uzaki, Hisashi Igawa, Sachiko Hidari
Votes: 192
52. At Noon (1978)
103 min | Crime, Drama
Tadao returns from Tokyo to live in his home town. Living with his parents, he gets a job fixing radios and TV sets. He catches up with an old school friend, Tetsuji. One night Tetsuji decides to elope to Tokyo with a bar hostess.
Director: Kôichi Gotô | Stars: Kenichi Kaneda, Kôji Tamura, Shinobu Yûki, Yoshio Harada
Votes: 21
53. Youth Part II (1979)
111 min | Drama
Isamu, a star athlete in high school, becomes a race cyclist. He wins his debut races, but soon his opponents see through his lack of strategy and beat him easily. Isamu's maths teacher, a ... See full summary »
Director: Kôyû Ohara | Stars: Kôji Nanjô, Miyoko Akaza, Ako, Kazuo Funaki
Votes: 11
54. 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
55. No More Easy Life (1979)
103 min | Drama
A wistful slice-of-life drama about a college student's attempts to manage her relations with two men.
Director: Yôichi Higashi | Stars: Kaori Momoi, Eiji Okuda, Leo Morimoto, Jûzô Itami
Votes: 132
56. Sound of the Tides (1980)
127 min | Drama
Iyo is a teenage girl from a Bourgeois family living nearby the Sea of Japan. Someday, her father finds an unconscious woman on the beach and decides to bring her back to home. When..
Director: Hôjin Hashiura | Stars: Keiko Oginome, Ryô Ikebe, Karin Yamaguchi, Shigeru Izumiya
Votes: 34
57. Disciples of Hippocrates (1980)
126 min | Comedy, Drama
A medical student wonders if he's really cut out to be a doctor.
Director: Kazuki Ômori | Stars: Masato Furuoya, Ran Itô, Masahiro Mitsuta, Tsutomu Kariba
Votes: 63
58. Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely (1980)
138 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro | Stars: Mieko Harada, Ryûdô Uzaki, Rentarô Mikuni, Yoshio Harada
Votes: 45
59. Empire of Kids (1981)
115 min | Action, Drama
Following a stint in reform school, Ryu returns to his home, the Minami area of Osaka, accompanied by his friend Ko. He's greeted by his friends, Chabo and Ken. They seek to forge their own path through a multitude of rival gangs.
Director: Kazuyuki Izutsu | Stars: Shinsuke Shimada, Ryûsuke Matsumoto, Bang-ho Cho, Yoshiaki Fujita
Votes: 36
60. Distant Thunder (1981)
135 min | Drama
Urban sprawl and corrupt materialism have a devastating effect on farming families near Tokyo.
Director: Kichitarô Negishi | Stars: Toshiyuki Nagashima, Johnny Ohkura, Eri Ishida, Rie Yokoyama
Votes: 143
61. Hear the Song of the Wind (1982)
98 min | Drama
A student travels back to Kobe for the summer. Once there, he meets his friend Rat, hangs on the usual place, listening to the Beach Boys and meets a mysterious twin girl.
Director: Kazuki Ômori | Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi, Kimie Shingyôji, Kai Atô, Masato Furuoya
Votes: 131
62. At This Late Date, the Charleston (1981)
116 min | Comedy
A young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of sexual assault and soon meets several impostors in the same situation.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Gô Rijû, Yû Fujiki, Ichirô Zaitsu, Eitarô Ozawa
Votes: 48
63. I Are You, You Am Me (1982)
113 min | Comedy
9th-graders Kazuo (boy) and Kazumi (girl) take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies are switched, and the result... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Satomi Kobayashi, Toshinori Omi, Makoto Satô, Sayuri Ishibashi
Votes: 526
64. The Lonely Hearts Club Band in September (1982)
104 min | Action, Drama
Ryo once rode with a biker gang; ever since his friend Tetsuji died riding in September, he's retired from biking, trying to forget the past.
Director: Shunichi Nagasaki | Stars: Masato Furuoya, Sachiko Itô, Masao Matsuda, Hideo Murota
Votes: 26
65. Tattoo (1982)
107 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An ardent culture-vulture youth, previously charged for the murder of a woman when he was young, plans to hold hostage a local bank.
Director: Banmei Takahashi | Stars: Ryûdô Uzaki, Keiko Takahashi, Misako Watanabe, Kazuko Aoki
Votes: 82
66. Kaiidan: Ikiteiru Koheiji (1982)
78 min | Drama, History
The actor Koheiji is terribly in love with the wife of his best friend, the playwright Takuro. To get her, he would even kill Takuro. In course of a fight on a boat on the water, Koheiji ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuo Nakagawa | Stars: Fumihiko Fujima, Junko Miyashita, Shôji Ishibashi
Votes: 80
67. Kidonappu burûsu (1982)
94 min | Crime, Drama
A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins.
Director: Shinpei Asai | Stars: Yumiko Fujita, Jûzô Itami, Takuzô Kawatani, Hôsei Komatsu
Votes: 47
68. The Family Game (1983)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
Japanese parents hire a tutor for their foolish son and get a critic of their lifestyle.
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Jûzô Itami, Saori Yuki, Ichirôta Miyakawa
Votes: 1,117
69. The Deserted City (1984)
105 min | Drama
After reading a newspaper article about a town being destroyed in a fire, Eguchi begins to recall the summer he spent there writing his thesis. It's a beautiful canal town, the "Venice of ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Satomi Kobayashi, Kisuke Yamashita, Toshie Negishi, Tôru Minegishi
Votes: 134
70. Mitsugetsu (1984)
113 min | Drama
Director: Hôjin Hashiura | Stars: Kôichi Satô, Kumi Nakamura, Masataka Abe, Ako
Votes: 11
71. Ningyo densetsu (1984)
110 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Woman is avenging the death of her husband in this slightly supernatural drama.
Director: Toshiharu Ikeda | Stars: Mari Shirato, Kentarô Shimizu, Jun Etô, Seiji Miyaguchi
Votes: 345
72. The Crazy Family (1984)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
After moving into a new house, a family starts acting crazier and crazier.
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Katsuya Kobayashi, Mitsuko Baishô, Yoshiki Arizono, Yûki Kudô
Votes: 986
73. Farewell to the Ark (1984)
127 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and superstitions as they leave for the city. Among them are two cousins who love each other and who get into a quarrel with other villagers.
Director: Shûji Terayama | Stars: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Mayumi Ogawa, Yoshio Harada, Yôko Takahashi
Votes: 631
74. Have You Seen the Barefoot God? (1986)
100 min | Drama
2 almost inseparable friends. The talented painter recognized by all decided to leave the town where they live and become an artist and the shy poet who only sees his future in his mother's business.
Director: Soo-Kil Kim | Stars: Tamotsu Ishibashi, Gen Kodama, Yoriko Dôguchi, Tomoko Aizawa
Votes: 54
75. Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (1986)
135 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Summer 1937 Japan begins a war with China. Militaristic moods are growing in the country. A group of Japanese schoolchildren do not understand the militaristic hysteria of adults.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Saburô Bôya, Izumi Hara, Yasufumi Hayashi, Wakaba Irie
Votes: 237
76. Pitfall (1962)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of lost souls.
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara | Stars: Hisashi Igawa, Sumie Sasaki, Sen Yano, Hideo Kanze
Votes: 4,330
77. Human (1962)
117 min | Drama
The 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.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Taiji Tonoyama, Nobuko Otowa, Kei Satô, Kei Yamamoto
Votes: 222
78. All My Children (1963)
93 min | Drama
Director: Miyoji Ieki | Stars: Hitomi Nakahara, Chieko Misaki, Tomoko Mayama, Shinjiro Tomita
Votes: 23
79. She and He (1963)
110 min | Drama
In a sterile building complex, a woman gains a sense of altruism after encountering a street beggar and his blind orphan, much to her husband's disapproval.
Director: Susumu Hani | Stars: Sachiko Hidari, Kikuji Yamashita, Eiji Okada, Akio Hasegawa
Votes: 230
80. Silence Has No Wings (1966)
100 min | Drama
Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this allegorical and oblique first feature film by Kuroki depicts in exquisite images a series of encounters and life's turning points.
Director: Kazuo Kuroki | Stars: Mariko Kaga, Hiroyuki Nagato, Shôichi Ozawa, Fumio Watanabe
Votes: 483
81. Patriotism (1966)
Not Rated | 30 min | Drama, Short
A Noh dramatization of the suicides of Lt. Shinji Takeyama and his wife Reiko. After participating in a failed 1936 coup and being ordered to execute his friends, he bids his wife an intimate farewell and commits harakiri.
Director: Yukio Mishima | Stars: Yukio Mishima, Yoshiko Tsuruoka
Votes: 2,037
82. Ninja bugei-chô (1967)
123 min | Animation, Action, History
The vengeful son of a murdered feudal lord meets a renegade ninja helping peasants and farmers rebel against Oda Nobunaga's regime in this unusual animated film where still manga drawings are accompanied with sound.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Rokkô Toura, Kei Yamamoto, Hôsei Komatsu, Noriko Matsumoto
Votes: 241
83. Farewell to the Summer Light (1968)
96 min | Drama, Romance
A spontaneous romance blooms between Kawamura, a professor touring Europe, and Naoko, a married woman living in Paris, scarred by the Nagasaki atomic bombings. The two protagonists travel around Europe trying to find themselves.
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida | Stars: Mariko Okada, Tadashi Yokouchi, Paul Beauvais, Hélène Soubielle
Votes: 263
84. Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
Story of a bookstore thief named Birdey who is led through various adventures in Tokyo's Shinjuku district by salesgirl Umeko.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Tadanori Yokoo, Rie Yokoyama, Moichi Tanabe, Tetsu Takahashi
Votes: 835
85. Yoiyami semareba (1969)
43 min | Short, Drama
When faced with an accidental gas leak, four bored students turn the situation into a game. The last one to leave the apartment gets a small sum of money.
Director: Akio Jissôji | Stars: Ben Hiura, Yumiko Mitome, Ren Saitô, Kôji Shimizu
Votes: 95
86. Eros + Massacre (1969)
Not Rated | 216 min | Biography, Drama
Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s. The second centers around two 1960s students researching Osugi's theories.
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida | Stars: Mariko Okada, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Yûko Kusunoki, Kazuko Inano
Votes: 2,322
87. Confessions Among Actresses (1971)
124 min | Drama
The lives of three movie actresses unfold, transform and get exposed. Each of them owes their choice of profession to a respective traumatic event.
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida | Stars: Mariko Okada, Ruriko Asaoka, Ineko Arima, Miyoko Akaza
Votes: 265
88. The Iron Crown (1972)
91 min | Drama
When her husband leaves her for a younger woman, a woman plots revenge against him.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Hideo Kanze, Meg Flower, Taiji Tonoyama
Votes: 119
89. Secret Flower (1971)
70 min | Drama
A suicidal woman and a disillusioned political couple meet on a beach
Director: Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Masao Adachi, Ken Masaki, Hiroshi Yajima, Rie Yokoyama
Votes: 43
91. Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975)
132 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary film on the life and works of director Kenji Mizoguchi.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Takako Irie, Daisuke Itô, Kyôko Kagawa, Matsutarô Kawaguchi
Votes: 325
92. Hoshizora no marionette (1978)
99 min | Drama
Hot-rodder leader, and his girlfriend, and his only friend. They lead decadent life.
Director: Hôjin Hashiura | Stars: Yoichi Miura, Kazuhito Takei, Ako, Moeko Ezawa
Votes: 36
93. New: No Longer Human (1978)
98 min | Drama
Director: Kôhei Yoshidome | Stars: Hiroshi Ohmori, Yasushi Suzuki, Shun Ueda, Etsuko Ohtsuka
94. 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
95. Keiko (1979)
119 min | Drama
Follows the daily life of Keiko, a lonely young woman seeking for love in a cafe she frequents.
Director: Claude Gagnon | Stars: Junko Wakashiba, Akiko Kitamura, Takuma Ikéuchi, Toshio Hashimoto
Votes: 61
96. The Woman with Red Hair (1979)
73 min | Comedy, Drama
At his working place, Kozo and his colleague gangrape the boss' teenage daughter. Then, on the highway, he picks up a red-haired woman walking on the road back to his home. She ends up ... See full summary »
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro | Stars: Junko Miyashita, Renji Ishibashi, Ako, Moeko Ezawa
Votes: 309
97. Children Drawing Rainbows (1975)
86 min | Documentary
Director: Mariko Miyagi | Stars: Christoph Eschenbach, Mariko Miyagi
Votes: 7
98. Zigeunerweisen (1980)
Not Rated | 144 min | Horror, Mystery
A surreal period film following an university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in peculiar ways.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Yoshio Harada, Naoko Ôtani, Kisako Makishi, Akaji Maro
Votes: 1,499
99. Jû-kai no mosukîto (1983)
108 min | Drama
Jukkai no Mosukito is the tragic story of a policeman who has never succeeded in anything in life and seems to be hopelessly bound to failure in all his undertakings. His ex-wife and ... See full summary »
Director: Yôichi Sai | Stars: Yûya Uchida, Ann Lewis, Kyôko Koizumi, Kai Atô
Votes: 159
100. The Funeral (1984)
Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy
When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home.
Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai, Hideji Ôtaki
Votes: 1,851
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