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1. The Return of Godzilla (1984)
103 min | Action, Drama, Horror
The Japanese government suppresses news of Godzilla's return as political tensions increase between the US and USSR, both of whom are willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.
Director: Koji Hashimoto | Stars: Keiju Kobayashi, Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Shin Takuma
Votes: 2,395
2. Godzilla 1985 (1985)
PG | 87 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Thirty years after the original monster's rampage, a new Godzilla emerges and attacks Japan.
Directors: Koji Hashimoto, R.J. Kizer, Ishirô Honda, Toshio Masuda, Shûe Matsubayashi, Shirô Moritani | Stars: Raymond Burr, Keiju Kobayashi, Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi
Votes: 6,909 | Gross: $4.12M
3. Monkey (1978–2004)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
An adaptation of a Chinese folktale about a pilgrimage to the West undertaken by a monk and his divine guardians.
Stars: Masaaki Sakai, Shirô Kishibe, Masako Natsume, Miriam Margolyes
Votes: 2,141
4. Lone Wolf and Cub (1973–1976)
TV-MA | Action, Adventure, Drama
The adventures of a samurai and his young son.
Stars: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Kazutaka Nishikawa, Takumi Satô, Taketoshi Naitô
Votes: 298
5. The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
159 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Tsunehiko Watase, Masaomi Kondô
Votes: 597
6. Attack from Space (1965 TV Movie)
76 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The Supreme Council from the Emerald Planet sends the superhero Starman (Super Giant in Japan) to protect Earth from destruction by an evil alien race from the Sapphire Galaxy. The ... See full summary »
Directors: Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa | Stars: Ken Utsui, Sachihiro Ohsawa, Junko Ikeuchi, Minako Yamada
Votes: 703
7. Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969)
122 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Feudal Japan. Kamo Serizawa and Isami Kondo turn a collection of student fencers into a band of assassins known as the Shinsen Group, devoted to the Tokugawa shogunate and to an elegant ... See full summary »
Director: Tadashi Sawashima | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Rentarô Mikuni
Votes: 468
8. Evil Brain from Outer Space (1966 TV Movie)
78 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A monstrous evil brain from outer space leads his minions on a crusade to conquer the universe, and unleashes hideous monsters on Earth that spread deadly diseases.
Directors: Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa | Stars: Ken Utsui, Junko Ikeuchi, Minoru Takada, Makoto Abe
Votes: 900
9. Invaders from Space (1965 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 78 min | Sci-Fi
A bunch of pernicious salamander men from the planet Kulimon in the Moffit Galaxy plan on taking over Earth by unleashing a lethal plague on mankind. It's up to valiant superhero Starman ... See full summary »
Directors: Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa | Stars: Ken Utsui, Minako Yamada, Junko Ikeuchi, Sachihiro Ohsawa
Votes: 421
10. Atomic Rulers (1965 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Super criminals are planning to infiltrate Earth with mass nuclear destruction! Only Starman can defend civilization by thwarting evil!
Directors: Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa | Stars: Ken Utsui, Sachihiro Ohsawa, Junko Ikeuchi, Minako Yamada
Votes: 456
11. Zero (1984)
128 min | Drama, War
Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the testpilot of Japans new super fighter - the Zero. The movie is told in reverse from the point of ... See full summary »
Director: Toshio Masuda | Stars: Daijirô Tsutsumi, Jun Hashizume, Yû Hayami, Yûzô Kayama
Votes: 86
12. Bakumatsu (1970)
120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was considered an outlaw by his own clan, hunted by his government, and was ... See full summary »
Director: Daisuke Itô | Stars: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Toshirô Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Tatsuya Nakadai
Votes: 142
13. 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
14. Sanada Taiheiki (1985–1986)
Drama, History
Based on Shôtarô Ikenami's novel by the same title. The drama focuses on the history of the Sanada clan during the late Sengoku period.
Stars: Yûki Kudô, Tetsurô Tanba, Keiko Tsushima, Mariko Okada
Votes: 26
15. Sûpâ jaiantsu (1957)
49 min | Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
The 1st film in the Super Giant movie series, in which the title hero saves the world from foreign terrorsts threatening Japan with a nuclear attack (Part 1 of 2)
Director: Teruo Ishii | Stars: Ken Utsui, Junko Ikeuchi, Minoru Takada, Shôji Nakayama
Votes: 52
16. Abunai Deka Returns (1996)
108 min | Action
Director: Tôru Murakawa | Stars: Hiroshi Tachi, Kyôhei Shibata, Tôru Nakamura, Atsuko Asano
Votes: 21
17. Maboroshi Tantei: Kyôfu no uchûjin (1960)
78 min | Action, Adventure
Director: Satoru Kobayashi | Stars: Shintarô Nakaoka, Yôichi Numata, Fumiko Miyata, Hiroshi Ayukawa
18. Hissatsu shigotonin (1979–1981)
46 min | Action
Stars: Makoto Fujita, Gorô Ibuki, Kunihiko Mitamura, Kaori Kobayashi
Votes: 7
19. 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: 26
20. Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets (1956)
101 min | Biography, War
Director: Toshio Shimura | Stars: Shin Saburi, Kusuo Abe, Minoru Takada, Ureo Egawa
21. Meiji Tennô to Nogi Shôgun (1959)
104 min | Biography, Drama, History
Life and death of Imperial Japanese Army's general Nogi Maresuke, characterized by an absolute devotion to Emperor Meiji.
Director: Kiyoshi Komori | Stars: Hiroshi Hayashi, Kanjûrô Arashi, Sachiko Murase, Shigeru Amachi
22. Kuchikukan yukikaze (1964)
91 min | War
Yutaro Kida, a worker at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, volunteers for the navy but finds himself a cook's mate in the galley of a gunboat. But his dream is eventually realized when he is ... See full summary »
Director: Tatsuo Yamada | Stars: Isamu Nagato, Shima Iwashita, Teruo Yoshida, Homare Suguro
23. Yôun Satomi kaikyoden (1957)
68 min | Horror
Director: Kunio Watanabe | Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Hiroshi Ogasawara, Shôji Nakayama, Misako Uji
24. Shikake-nin Baian (1981)
100 min | Action, Drama
Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Mayumi Ogawa, Kimie Shingyôji, Junko Miyashita
Votes: 22
25. Hissatsu shikakenin (1972–1973)
46 min | Action
"Shikakenin", they have a double life and live inconspicuously in Edo. Baian Fujieda is an acupuncturist. Sanai Nishimura is a masterless samurai. They believe that Otowaya-Han'emon who is ... See full summary »
Stars: Ken Ogata, Gorô Mutsumi, Sô Yamamura, Yoichi Hayashi
Votes: 8
26. Daitoa senso to kokusai saiban (1959)
105 min | Drama, War
Director: Kiyoshi Komori | Stars: Kanjûrô Arashi, Minoru Takada, Miyuki Takakura, Kôtarô Bandô
Votes: 12
27. Dark Magistrate (1974–1975)
Action
Stars: Kunie Tanaka, Shohei Hino, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Miki Sugimoto
28. Les enquêteurs associés (1970– )
26 min | Crime
Stars: Maria Pacôme, Bruno Dietrich, Maria Latour, Richard Darbois
29. Shôwa zankyô-den: Karajishi jingi (1969)
90 min | Action, Crime
Hidejuro is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taking in by a company of quarry workers, whose boss has a strict code of non-violence.
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Sumiko Fuji, Kyôsuke Machida
Votes: 75
30. Haru no sakamichi (1971)
45 min | Drama, History
Stars: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Hiroshi Akutagawa, Masako Kyôzuka, Isamu Nagato
31. Judo Showdown (1966)
87 min | Action, Drama
In the end of 19th century Japan, followers of judo and jujitsu battle for supremacy in Japanese martial arts.
Director: Masateru Nishiyama | Stars: Shun'ya Wazaki, Ryôhei Uchida, Shôichi Hirai, Seizaburô Kawazu
Votes: 12
32. Joôbachi no gyakushû (1961)
82 min | Crime
Director: Yoshiki Onoda | Stars: Yôko Mihara, Shigeru Amachi, Terumi Hoshi, Junko Ikeuchi
33. Ren'ai zubari kôza - Dai-Ichi-wa: Kechinbo (1961)
Short, Comedy
Director: Akira Miwa | Stars: Shigeru Amachi, Kinuko Obata, Terumi Hoshi, Rokurô Matsubara
34. Yojaso no maou (1957)
74 min | Horror
Director: Morihei Magatani | Stars: Jûzaburô Akechi, Jack Altenbay, Ureo Egawa, Chisako Hara
35. Kaidan ama yûrei (1960)
56 min | Horror
Director: Gorô Kadono | Stars: Jûzaburô Akechi, Katsuko Wakasugi, Kyôko Yashiro, Masayo Banri
Votes: 19
36. Zoku Raiden (1959)
81 min
Director: Nobuo Nakagawa | Stars: Ken Utsui, Noriko Kitazawa, Kôtarô Bandô, Yôichi Numata
37. Joôbachi (1958)
76 min | Crime
This undoubtedly became a series after the fact, since Kobo returns in a similar role in the next installment. These were probably the closest Shintoho came to 'real' yakuza films that were more in the mid-1960s Toei/Nikkatsu mold.
Director: Tetsu Taguchi | Stars: Naoko Kubo, Shôji Nakayama, Shigeru Amachi, Yôko Mihara
38. Bakushô ôza seifuku (1958)
26 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Director: Masaki Môri | Stars: Tôru Yuri, Tadao Takashima, Naoko Kubo, Mayumi Ôzora
39. Nikutai joyû-goroshi: Go-nin no hanzaisha (1957)
74 min | Crime
Director: Teruo Ishii | Stars: Ken Utsui, Utako Mitsuya, Shigeru Amachi, Masami Akimoto
Votes: 7
40. Queen of the China Sea (1959)
80 min
Director: Yoshiki Onoda | Stars: Miyuki Takakura, Shigeru Amachi, Yôichi Numata, Hiroshi Izumida
41. Nichibei Hanayome Hanamuko Irekae Torikae Gassen (1957)
72 min | Comedy
Director: Morihei Magatani | Stars: Tadao Takashima, Keiko Hibino, George Luiker, Helen Higgins
42. Kenji to sono imôto (1956)
87 min | Drama
Director: Koga Masato | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Keiko Hibino, Akemi Tsukushi, Takashi Kitahara
43. Kyôfu no wana (1959)
63 min | Mystery
Director: Hiromasa Nomura | Stars: Masayo Banri, Yôichi Numata, Tori Sakai, Shinsuke Mikimoto
44. Challenge at Dawn (1971)
141 min | Action, Crime
Director: Toshio Masuda | Stars: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Tetsuya Watari, Mitsuko Baishô, Tatsuya Nakadai
45. Fûryû kôban nikki (1955)
91 min
Director: Shûe Matsubayashi | Stars: Keiju Kobayashi, Ken Utsui, Daisuke Katô, Jun Tatara
46. Toseinin (1967)
89 min | Crime
Alhough Saeki is an expert director of this kind of ninkyô film, and he lenses almost the entire picture on evocative locations - as opposed to Toei's usual setbound films from the period,
Director: Kiyoshi Saeki | Stars: Tatsuo Umemiya, Kazuko Ichikawa, Shin'ya Saitô, Michitarô Mizushima
47. Nippon romansu ryokô (1959)
87 min | History, Romance
Directors: Teruo Ishii, Gorô Kadono, Kiyoshi Komori, Morihei Magatani, Masaki Môri, Nobuo Nakagawa, Yoshiki Onoda, Michiyoshi Tsuchiya, Tatsuo Yamada, Tatsuo Yamada, Toshirô Ômi | Stars: Toshiaki Minami, Yoshitaro Sadato, Ken Utsui, Mayumi Ôzora
48. Port of Violence: Tiger and Wolf (1965)
84 min | Action, Crime
Director: Michiyoshi Doi | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Ryôhei Uchida, Kô Nishimura, Kinuko Obata
49. Kanhasshû: Ôtone no taiketsu (1957)
72 min
Director: Toshio Shimura | Stars: Eiji Wakasugi, Hiroshi Ogasawara, Jûzaburô Akechi, Shôji Nakayama
50. Niizuma kagami (1956)
89 min
Director: Toshio Shimura | Stars: Junko Ikeuchi, Tadao Takashima, Hiroyuki Ôta, Shinsuke Mikimoto