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51. Hell (1979)
131 min | Horror, Drama
Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave.
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro | Stars: Mieko Harada, Kyôko Kishida, Ryûzô Hayashi, Kunie Tanaka
Votes: 161
52. Night Drum (1958)
95 min | Drama
When a married woman has an affair with a young musician, feudal Japanese law requires that both offenders pay with their lives. However, the woman's husband blames himself for his wife's ... See full summary »
Director: Tadashi Imai | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Ineko Arima, Masayuki Mori, Sumiko Hidaka
Votes: 161
53. Shadow Warriors (1980–1985)
54 min | Action
A band of ninjas has been forced to stand back and covertly go into business in order to stay out of the spotlight. Being out of favour with the shogun does that to you. With the said ... See full summary »
Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Sô Yamamura, Kirin Kiki, Renji Ishibashi
Votes: 157
54. Zubekô banchô: Yume wa yoru hiraku (1970)
89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams.
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Stars: Reiko Ôshida, Masumi Tachibana, Yukie Kagawa, Keiko Fuji
Votes: 148
55. Sleepy Eyes of Death: A Trail of Traps (1967)
88 min | Action, Drama
This film of the sleepy-eyed ronin series has the hero talked into escorting a precious religious artifact to Kyoto, Japan. A sect of Christian swordsmen are lying in wait to steal the ... See full summary »
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Nobuo Kaneko, Toshio Kimura, Haruko Wanibuchi
Votes: 146
56. Akai hankachi (1964)
99 min | Action, Crime
A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years, only to return to find the woman he loved ... See full summary »
Director: Toshio Masuda | Stars: Yûjirô Ishihara, Ruriko Asaoka, Hideaki Nitani, Nobuo Kaneko
Votes: 130
57. Kyôfu joshikôkô: Onna bôryoku kyôshitsu (1972)
79 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Delinquent girl boss meets and conflicts with an orphan girl who lives an isolated life after the dramatic deaths of her parents. She plays the piano, but stands up against her lecherous guardian, who is also a school official.
Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Miki Sugimoto, Natsuko Miura, Masataka Naruse, Ryôko Ema
Votes: 125
58. Ôkami (1955)
127 min | Drama
Time; a few years after the surrender of Japan in the Second World War. The country is in ruins, economy devastated, and the vulnerable masses deprived of work; let alone the basic ... See full summary »
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Sanae Takasugi, Taiji Tonoyama, Jun Hamamura
Votes: 110
59. Sukeban: Tamatsuki asobi (1974)
87 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Released from reform school, the Girl Boss (Yuko Kano) and her girl gang enter in conflict with another girl gang who are allied to the powerful Yakuza Boss (Toru Abe). The Girl Boss teams ... See full summary »
Director: Ikuo Sekimoto | Stars: Yûko Kanô, Ryôko Ema, Noboru Shiraishi, Nobuo Kaneko
Votes: 108
60. The Imperial Navy (1981)
145 min | Drama, War
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.
Director: Shûe Matsubayashi | Stars: Susumu Fujita, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Akihiko Hirata, Tôru Ibuki
Votes: 106
61. Man Who Causes a Storm (1957)
101 min | Drama, Music
Shoichi is a violent young man just released from jail who aspires to be a drummer. He works his way up by playing gigs in a hip Ginza club, an eventually wins a drumming contest. But what ... See full summary »
Director: Umetsugu Inoue | Stars: Yûjirô Ishihara, Kyôji Aoyama, Fukuko Sayo, Mie Kitahara
Votes: 98
62. The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass (1961)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
On summer vacation, university student Shintaro gets involved with a magic troupe as they travel from festival to festival.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Kôji Wada, Mayumi Shimizu, Nobuo Kaneko, Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Votes: 94
63. Terrifying Girls' High School: Animal Courage (1973)
86 min | Crime
Reiko Ike is back as a tough schoolgirl who eventually has to band together with her enemies to upset the reign of their private Catholic high school administration where institutionalized sexual abuse is endemic.
Director: Masakazu Shimura | Stars: Reiko Ike, Ryôko Ema, Natsuko Yashiro, Akemi Kasuga
Votes: 93
64. Father of the Kamikaze (1974)
199 min | Drama, War
The historical drama follows the wartime experiences of the respected admiral who attempted to force America into considering a negotiated peace during World War Two.
Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Noboru Andô, Shinjirô Ebara, Tatsuo Endô
Votes: 77
65. Girl Boss: Escape from Reform School (1973)
90 min | Action
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Miki Sugimoto, Yûko Kanô, Hiroko Isayama, Rika Sudô
Votes: 73
66. Portrait of Chieko (1967)
125 min | Drama
Takamura, poet and sculptor, is married to Chieko, who also has artistic desires. However, she is becoming increasingly aware that she can not match her husband's work.
Director: Noboru Nakamura | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Shima Iwashita, Takamaru Sasaki, Kinuko Obata
Votes: 72
67. Curse of the Blood (1968)
88 min | Horror
A Samurai kills a Blind Man who tells him to "Repay his debts." Because of the Samurai's actions his entire family is to bear a terrible curse.
Director: Kazuo Hase | Stars: Masumi Harukawa, Nobuo Kaneko, Saeda Kawaguchi, Yûsuke Kawazu
Votes: 65
68. Noisy Dynamite (1978)
142 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A tongue-in-cheek film involving two rural yakuza clans in post-WW2 times who form baseball teams to resolve their differences. The film seems to go on a bit long.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Junko Miyashita, Bunta Sugawara, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Shin Kishida
Votes: 64
69. Shôwa zankyô-den: Chizome no karajishi (1967)
90 min | Action, Crime
Fourth film in the "Shôwa Zankyôden" series. This expression means duty, obligations, and rules obeyed by gangsters and outlaws in the pre-Shôwa era.
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Sumiko Fuji, Yoshi Katô
Votes: 61
70. Onsen suppon geisha (1972)
84 min | Comedy, Drama
Natsuko is so good at using that super-strong vagina of hers that she can "service" guys to death. In the end, she's pitted against a sexual superman and a showdown ensues. There's also a ... See full summary »
Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Miki Sugimoto, Yôko Mihara, Emi Jô, Yasuko Matsui
Votes: 59
71. The Rapacious Jailbreaker (1974)
97 min | Crime
Masayuki Ueda is sent to prison for murder, but is unable to be contained for long.
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Hiroki Matsukata, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Naoko Ôtani, Tsunehiko Watase
Votes: 59
72. Junko intai kinen eiga: Kantô hizakura ikka (1972)
102 min | Crime
It is almost unheard of for a ninkyô or jitsuroku yakuza to have an even halfway happy ending.
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Kôji Tsuruta, Tomisaburô Wakayama
Votes: 59
73. Nippon no Don: Yabohen (1977)
141 min | Crime, Drama
An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association.
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Shin Saburi, Toshirô Mifune, Hiroki Matsukata, Bunta Sugawara
Votes: 55
74. Nihon jokyo-den: kyokaku geisha (1969)
99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Shinji, a popular geisha, falls in love with a small coal mine owner Shimada and fights with him against a cruel rich coal mine owner Osuga, who exploits his workers. A lot of action, romance and swordplay.
Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Hiroko Sakuramachi
Votes: 54
75. Dokugan-ryu Masamune (1987– )
45 min | Biography, Drama, History
Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Japan in 1590, but Date Masamune did not abandon his desire to control the nation.
Stars: Ken Watanabe, Minken Karasawa, Maiko Itô, Yasuhiro Tanogashira
Votes: 53
76. Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don (1977)
132 min | Crime, Drama
A supposedly true-to-life story of one of the biggest rightists - yakuza bosses in 1950s - '60s Japan.
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Shin Saburi, Kôji Tsuruta, Hiroki Matsukata, Kô Nishimura
Votes: 52
77. Jibun no ana no nakade (1955)
125 min | Drama
Amidst endless construction and aircraft noise, a family whose father died slowly disintegrates. While daughter Tamiko struggles with her stepmother Nobuko's attempts to marry her off to ... See full summary »
Director: Tomu Uchida | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Yumeji Tsukioka, Mie Kitahara, Jûkichi Uno
Votes: 50
78. Falling Out (1967)
93 min | Crime, Drama
Sawaki is an old skool Yakuza hitman fresh from an eight-year stint in prison. On his release, this "man of men" reunites with his old gang companions, now disbanded, and witnesses how they... See full summary »
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Tetsurô Tanba, Junko Miyazono, Fumio Watanabe
Votes: 45
79. Nihon no Don: Kanketsuhen (1978)
131 min | Crime, Drama
The eastern and western factions of the Yakuza battle to control Japan.
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Shin Saburi, Toshirô Mifune, Chiezô Kataoka, Bunta Sugawara
Votes: 44
80. Dangerous Trade in Kobe (1973)
93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Ise, a Yakuza mid-level drug dealer, is captured during a police sting operation. The Yakusa criminal breaks down under interrogation and agrees to become a police informant.
Director: Eiichi Kudô | Stars: Tatsuo Umemiya, Hiroki Matsukata, Bunta Sugawara, Nobuo Kaneko
Votes: 39
81. The Glamorous Ghost (1964)
88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A put-upon husband murders his adulterous wife and then decides to blackmail her various lovers.
Director: Hajime Satô | Stars: Kô Nishimura, Masumi Harukawa, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Nobuo Kaneko
Votes: 39
82. Asunaro monogatari (1955)
109 min
Director: Hiromichi Horikawa | Stars: Akira Kubo, Isao Kimura, Yoshiko Kuga, Mariko Okada
Votes: 35
83. Cobra 2 (1976)
95 min | Action, Crime
Director: Umetsugu Inoue | Stars: Jirô Tamiya, Yôko Yamamoto, Keiko Matsuzaka, Tadao Nakamaru
Votes: 34
84. 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
85. Tooi ashita (1979)
95 min | Drama
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro | Stars: Tomokazu Miura, Ayumi Ishida, Junko Miyashita, Tomisaburô Wakayama
Votes: 32
86. Torakku yarô: tenka gomen (1976)
105 min | Action
Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Kin'ya Aikawa, Masumi Harukawa, Kaoru Hoshimi
Votes: 32
87. Bôdô Shimane keimusho (1975)
95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisoners of Shimane Prison to the biggest riot in jail history. A fighter by heart, he sees a ... See full summary »
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Hiroki Matsukata, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Gorô Ibuki, Tamio Kawaji
Votes: 31
88. Keiji monogatari 2 - Ringo no uta (1983)
106 min | Drama
Director: Rokuro Sugimura | Stars: Tetsuya Takeda, Wakako Sakai, Yoshi Tamano, Midori Sono
Votes: 30
89. Daisogen no wataridori (1960)
83 min | Crime
Director: Buichi Saitô | Stars: Akira Kobayashi, Jô Shishido, Ruriko Asaoka, Yôko Minamida
Votes: 29
90. Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok (1973)
104 min | Action, Crime
A truck driver arriving Seoul to receive his dead sister's ashes. While there, he discovers the death may not have been an accident after all, and has something to do with international drug smuggling.
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Hiroki Matsukata, Bunta Sugawara, Bin Amatsu
Votes: 28
91. 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
92. Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab (1961)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Wada Koji fights to become a boxing champion.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Kôji Wada, Keisuke Noro, Michiko Sawa, Misako Watanabe
Votes: 27
93. Ezo yakata no ketto (1970)
131 min | Action
1864. Samurai Shinbei is sent in a secret mission to Ezo, in the North of Japan, to stop riots of villagers commanded by Jirozaemon. A Russian count's daughter, the village leader's daughter and a secret treasure add up to the adventure.
Director: Kengo Furusawa | Stars: Yûzô Kayama, Rentarô Mikuni, Shôgo Shimada, Mitsuko Baishô
Votes: 25
94. Ôte (1991)
108 min
Director: Junji Sakamoto | Stars: Hidekazu Akai, Masaya Katô, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Leona Hirota
Votes: 23
95. Shin Abashiri Bangaichi (1968)
94 min | Drama
Director: Masahiro Makino | Stars: Ken Takakura, Tatsuya Mihashi, Hiroyuki Nagato, Rin'ichi Yamamoto
Votes: 22
96. Sensitive Samurai (1992–1993)
45 min | Drama
the story is set at the beginning of the 18th century in feudal Japan.Having become embroiled in a feud in his home domain, a young swordsman named Matahachiro leaves for the city of Edo (... See full summary »
Stars: Hiroaki Murakami, Yôko Moriguchi, Toshi Shioya, Thunder Sugiyama
Votes: 21
97. Hi no tori (1956)
Action, Adventure
Director: Umetsugu Inoue | Stars: Yumeji Tsukioka, Tatsuya Mihashi, Shirô Ôsaka, Tatsuya Nakadai
Votes: 21
98. Rokudenashi kagyô (1961)
83 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Director: Buichi Saitô | Stars: Jô Shishido, Nobuo Kaneko, Hideaki Nitani, Sayuri Yoshinaga
Votes: 21
99. Gokudo (1968)
92 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Kôsaku Yamashita | Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kôji Tsuruta, Minoru Ôki, Nijiko Kiyokawa
Votes: 21
100. Edo-jo tairan (1991)
113 min | Drama
The 4th Tokugawa Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna has no children, so a power dispute occurs over his succession.
Director: Toshio Masuda | Stars: Hiroki Matsukata, Yukiyo Toake, Shinobu Sakagami, Tomokazu Miura
Votes: 19