Japan 1968

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1968 Japan Movies

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3. 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

4. Ah, Yokaren (1968)

110 min | Drama, War

Story of teenage soldiers taught to fly Kamikaze,

Director: Shinji Murayama | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Teruhiko Saigô, Hayato Tani, Hiroyuki Ôhta

Votes: 24

5. Ai no sanpunkan shiatsu (1968)

45 min | Comedy

Comedy about "Finger Pressing" treatment.

Director: Tarô Yuge | Stars: Tokujiro Namikoshi, Taeko Yoshino, Yukiko Tsuyama, Mariko Fukuhara

12. The Daring Nun (1968)

83 min | Drama

Story about the young nuns of today and their temptations.

Director: Kazuo Ikehiro | Stars: Michiyo Yasuda, Kayo Mikimoto, Naomi Kobayashi, Shigako Shimegi

13. Amadera maruhi monogatari (1968)

89 min | Drama

Third film in the Maruhi series. Focuses on the life of Buddhist nuns during the Edo Period.Junko Fuji in leading role for the first time.

Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Sumiko Fuji, Masahiko Tsugawa, Ôohara Reiko, Masako Araki

Votes: 8

15. Andersen monogatari (1968)

80 min | Animation, Family

Animated cartoon for children, based on various stories by Hans Christian Andersen.

Director: Kimio Yabuki | Stars: Tadao Takashima, Ryôichi Tamagawa, Yoshiko Fujita, Yasushi Suzuki

Votes: 41

17. Blue Film: Estimation (1968)

69 min | Drama

A young office lady is lured into the world of adult films by her boss.

Director: Kan Mukai | Stars: Mari Nagisa, Norihiro Ôtani, Mitsugu Fujii, Kemi Ichiboshi

Votes: 12

18. Tatsu in the Storm (1968)

91 min | Action, Drama

Action drama with a young musician as hero.

Director: Kazuo Hase | Stars: Hitoshi Nakayama, Masakazu Tamura, Nana Ozaki, Yumiko Nogawa

19. Duel in the Storm (1968)

94 min | Action, Crime

Thriller about gangster in the Twenties.

Director: Akinori Matsuo | Stars: Akira Kobayashi, Hideki Takahashi, Ryôtarô Sugi, Yumiko Nogawa

20. Aru 19 sai no nikki: Agete yokatta (1968)

82 min | Drama

Story of a nineteen-year-old office girl who loses her virginity.

Director: Yuji Tanno | Stars: Keiko Nishi, Tomoko Hamakawa, Michiko Sasamori, Meiko Kaji

21. Aru Joshikôkôi no kiroku Hatsutaiken (1968)

80 min | Drama

Second film in the Aru Joshikôkôi no kiroku series. Dealswith the sexual experiences of a girl student.

Director: Michihiko Obimori | Stars: Yôko Namikawa, Junko Yashiro, Mari Atsumi, Mariko Fukuhara

28. Bakuchiuch Nagurikomi (1968)

89 min | Action, Drama

Fifth film in the Bakuchiuchi series, Action drama featuring gamblers in the 1923/24 period.

Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Daisuke Katô, Kayo Matsuo, Kenjirô Ishiyama

29. Big Time Gambling Boss (1968)

95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer and suggests they choose Matsuda, who is in prison.

Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Hiroshi Nawa, Nobuo Kaneko

Votes: 360

30. Gambler's Farewell (1968)

94 min | Action, Crime

The story of men devoted to the Yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading Yakuza power.

Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Fumio Watanabe, Masayo Banri, Seizaburô Kawazu

Votes: 56

31. Bakuto retsuden (1968)

98 min | Crime

Historical Yakuza gangster film set the early years of the Showa era.

Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Minoru Ôki, Sanae Kitabayashi, Tomisaburô Wakayama

Votes: 12

32. Otoko no shôbu: Byakko no Tetsu (1968)

91 min | Action

Action film taking place in early Taisho Period (about 1910) and describing the problems facing pack-horse drivers when the railways were established.

Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Hideo Murata, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kyôsuke Machida, Sumiko Fuji

33. Bazoku yakuza (1968)

91 min | Action, Crime

Action drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese mountain bandits.

Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Hiroki Matsukata, Kyôsuke Machida, Tatsuo Endô

35. Peony Lantern (1968)

89 min | Horror

On the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsuyu. Not knowing she's a ghost, he becomes infatuated by her.

Director: Satsuo Yamamoto | Stars: Kôjirô Hongô, Miyoko Akaza, Mayumi Ogawa, Kô Nishimura

Votes: 212

37. Outlaw: Heartless (1968)

Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Crime

Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) was indebted to Mitsugimoto. Sawada, a low rank yakuza with a gambling problem, owed Mitsugimoto three million yen. This equation can only lead to one answer.... See full summary »

Director: Mio Ezaki | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Chikage Ôgi, Kôji Wada

Votes: 163

38. Outlaw: Gangster VIP (1968)

Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Crime

YAKUZA GANGSTER THRILLER.

Director: Toshio Masuda | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Mitsuo Hamada, Tamio Kawaji

Votes: 336

39. Outlaw: Goro the Assassin (1968)

Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama

To fulfill a prison mate's dying wish, and to right what is wrong, Gôro will kill again. Tetsuya Watari meets his archenemy Shuusuke Shirayama, a rival gangster who also wants to part with the yakuza ways.

Director: Keiichi Ozawa | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Kei Satô, Chitose Kobayashi

Votes: 176

40. Outlaw: Black Dagger (1968)

Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Crime

A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro (Tetsuya Watari) is in the middle of action.

Director: Keiichi Ozawa | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Tamio Kawaji, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Votes: 158

41. Bôkô shôjo nikki: Mesu (1968)

81 min | Crime, Drama

A young office lady becomes a nymphomaniac after she is raped by a co-worker.

Director: Kan Mukai | Stars: Keisuke Akitsu, Kemi Ichiboshi, Shuji Kubo, Ari Nakao

Votes: 15

43. Chiisana sunakku (1968)

83 min | Drama, Music

Based on a hit song, "Chiisana Snack", sung by the pop group "The Purple Shadows", who star in the film.

Director: Kôichi Saitô | Stars: Hiroshi Fujioka, Nana Ozaki, Setsuko Kinoshita, Masao Shimizu

45. Ultraman (1967)

79 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A feature-length compilation of episodes of the famous Japanese sci-fi TV series about a futuristic policeman who secretly transforms into a giant extraterrestrial savior.

Director: Hajime Tsuburaya | Stars: Akiji Kobayashi, Susumu Kurobe, Hiroko Sakurai, Akihiko Hirata

Votes: 334

46. 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

47. The Great Villains (1968)

93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Psychological action drama about the activities of a corrupt lawyer.

Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Jirô Tamiya, Kei Satô, Mako Midori, Isao Kuraishi

Votes: 34

48. Daigashi (1968)

89 min | Action, Crime

ACTION DRAMA ABOUT THE GANGSTERS OF THE EARLY SHOWA ERA.

Director: Kiyoshi Saeki | Stars: Tatsuo Umemiya, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Minoru Ôki, Yuki Jôno

49. Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 (1968)

Not Rated | 97 min | Crime

YAKUZA GANGSTER THRILLER

Director: Keiichi Ozawa | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Ryôhei Uchida, Junko Maya

Votes: 209

50. Hotspring's Hotshots (1968)

90 min | Comedy, Crime

COMEDY TAKING PLACE AT VARIOUS HOTSPRING RESORTS.

Director: Hirokazu Ichimura | Stars: Hiroshi Inuzuka, Osami Nabe, Yoko Kayama, Naohisa Takada

53. Dorifutazu desu yo! Bôken bôken mata bôken (1968)

84 min | Comedy, Musical

Comedy starring popular group of comedians, "The Drifters"

Director: Yoshinori Wada | Stars: Chôsuke Ikariya, Chû Arai, Bû Takagi, Kôji Nakamoto

59. Fukeba tobuyona otokodaga (1968)

90 min | Comedy

Sabu and his gang members pick up the young girl, Hanako, at an Osaka train station. Sabu's gang attempts to fool Hanako into starring in a pornographic movie, but Sabu feels badly for Hanako and decides to leave the gang with her.

Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Osami Nabe, Mako Midori, Ichirô Arishima, Kogan Ashiya

Votes: 26

63. Delinquent Boss (1968)

89 min | Crime

Toei's most successful, longest-running bosozoku film series. It lasted from 1968 till 1972 through sixteen films.

Director: Yukio Noda | Stars: Tatsuo Umemiya, Hayato Tani, Tamami Natsu, Kôji Nanbara

Votes: 16

68. Gamera vs. Viras (1968)

Not Rated | 75 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Gamera the Flying Turtle falls under the spell of evil aliens, but two children free him and he returns to fight the aliens' monster, Viras.

Directors: Noriaki Yuasa, Shigeo Tanaka | Stars: Kôjirô Hongô, Tôru Takatsuka, Carl Craig, Michiko Yaegaki

Votes: 1,868

69. Gegege no Kitarô (1968)

TV-Y7 | 46 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror

Kitaro, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity.

Director: Hiroshi Shidara | Stars: Masako Nozawa, Isamu Tanonaka, Chikao Ôtsuka

Votes: 29

71. Modern Female Ninja: Flesh Hell (1968)

68 min | Crime, Action

A member of a group of female ninjas in modern-day Tokyo is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Her sister ninjas seek to rescue her.

Director: Kan Mukai | Stars: Kozue Katori, Mari Nagisa, Jôji Ôhara

Votes: 15

72. Gion matsuri (1968)

168 min | Drama

Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned custom of the Kyoto Gion Festival, and by ... See full summary »

Directors: Daisuke Itô, Tetsuya Yamanouchi | Stars: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Toshirô Mifune, Shima Iwashita, Yûnosuke Itô

Votes: 22

73. Wicked Priest (1968)

90 min | Crime

During 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 ... See full summary »

Director: Kiyoshi Saeki | Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kenjirô Ishiyama, Tsu Ishiyama, Hôsei Komatsu

Votes: 96

83. Hanayahanaru shôtai (1968)

88 min | Musical, Comedy

Group sounds abound in this comedy with music starring The Tigers.

Director: Kunihiko Yamamoto | Stars: Kenji Sawada, Minoru Hitomi, Katsumi Kahashi, Ittoku Kishibe

84. The World of Hans Christian Andersen (1968)

G | 70 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

During his boyhood, young Hans Christian Andersen is exposed to the musical fairy-tale dream world by Uncle Oley.

Directors: Al Kilgore, Chuck McCann | Stars: Chuck McCann, Hetty Galen, Ruth Bailew, Ron Dante

Votes: 63

85. A Womb to Let (1968)

72 min | Drama

A wife with a fertility problem wants to use her sister's womb to have children, but her sister is enjoying her boyfriend and sexual freedom. The husband is a commanding chauvinist and this... See full summary »

Director: Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Asami Kado, Kôhei Tsuzaki, Sachiko Ijichi, Kô Matsuura

Votes: 27

88. 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: 929

90. The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (1968)

82 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Extremely fun Daiei adaptation of two shojo horror manga into a single, crazily FX-laden story about two rival, shape-shifting sisters who are on less than good terms. However, when an evil... See full summary »

Director: Noriaki Yuasa | Stars: Yûko Hamada, Sachiko Meguro, Yachie Matsui, Mayumi Takahashi

Votes: 520

91. 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

95. The Valiant Red Pony (1968)

Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Oryu (Fuji Junko) is invited to stay with a local yakuza boss of a silk farming town. When a rival gang murders the boss Oryu takes it upon herself to protect his business and family.

Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kyôsuke Machida

Votes: 300

96. Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation (1968)

95 min | Crime, Drama

A local Yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at his residence.

Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Sumiko Fuji, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Michitarô Mizushima, Yuki Shirono

Votes: 146

99. Hikisakareta shojo (1968)

71 min

"Ripped Virgin" - A high school girl who discovers that the man who raped her is actually her boyfriend.

Director: Giichi Nishihara | Stars: Tamaki Katori, Kazuko Shirakawa, Setsu Shimizu, Ari Nakao



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