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1. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
G | 84 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An Okinawan prophecy appears to foretell Earth's destruction at the hands of Godzilla, only for the true Godzilla to reveal his doppelganger as a mechanical alien weapon.
Director: Jun Fukuda | Stars: Masaaki Daimon, Kazuya Aoyama, Reiko Tajima, Akihiko Hirata
Votes: 7,942
2. 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: 2,871
3. Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Blind masseur Zatôichi travels from town to town gambling, drinking, and fighting off the local gangs.
Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Renji Ishibashi, Keizô Kanie, Shintarô Akatsuki
Votes: 257
4. Gemini (1999)
84 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A successful doctor, Yukio's picture perfect life is gradually wrecked, and taken over by his avenging twin brother, who bumps off his family members one by one and reclaims his lover who is now Yukio's wife.
Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Ryô, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Masako Motai
Votes: 2,887
5. 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
6. Kill! (1968)
Not Rated | 115 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Two ronin - an ex-samurai and an ex-farmer - get caught up in a local official's complex game of murder and betrayal.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Etsushi Takahashi, Yuriko Hoshi, Tadao Nakamaru
Votes: 3,184
7. Japan's Longest Day (1967)
157 min | Drama, History, War
A dramatization of the 24-hour period in which the Japanese government was deadlocked over the decision to accept or reject the Allies' demand for an unconditional surrender following the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Seiji Miyaguchi, Rokkô Toura, Chishû Ryû, Sô Yamamura
Votes: 1,014
8. Battle of Okinawa (1971)
TV-14 | 149 min | Drama, History, War
Told from the Japanese perspective, this war drama captures the events of World War II's Battle of Okinawa - a massive amphibious assault by U.S. troops that left more than 150,000 Japanese civilians dead.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Keiju Kobayashi, Yûzô Kayama, Tetsurô Tanba, Tatsuya Nakadai
Votes: 466
9. Rikyu (1989)
135 min | Biography, Drama, History
Legendary tea master Sen no Rikyu is faced with his warmongering lord's unrealistic pretensions.
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Yoshiko Mita, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kyôko Kishida
Votes: 834
10. Wuthering Heights (1988)
143 min | Drama
A retelling of Emily Bronte's tale of vengeance and obsessive love, set in medieval Japan.
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida | Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Yûko Tanaka, Tatsuo Nadaka, Eri Ishida
Votes: 292
11. 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: 477
12. Admiral Yamamoto (1968)
131 min | Drama, War
A biography of one of the only beloved postwar figures of Japan's disastrous Pacific War. A common-sense soldier knows the war is doomed, but gamely goes ahead and does the best with what he's given.
Director: Seiji Maruyama | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Yôko Tsukasa, Toshio Kurosawa
Votes: 213
13. Bounce Ko Gals (1997)
110 min | Drama
The film follows three modern Japanese schoolgirls in Tokyo as they flirt with lecherous old men and dodge the yakuza in the lucrative and sometimes dangerous practice of "enjo kosai" or "date clubs".
Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Hitomi Satô, Yasue Satô, Yukiko Okamoto, Jun Murakami
Votes: 791
14. Jigokuhen (1969)
91 min | Drama
A rebellious Korean artist tests the limits of his sadistic patron, an omnipotent feudal Japanese lord. Yoshihide demands a commission to paint screens of the Hell which he sees the ... See full summary »
Director: Shirô Toyoda | Stars: Hideyo Amamoto, Tadao Futami, Masao Imafuku, Mitsuyo Inomata
Votes: 383
15. Station (1981)
132 min | Drama
Constantly put to the test and faced with tragedy wherever he turns, can a man finally find solace and a modicum of love or rest with what is left of his hometown, his family, love or himself?
Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishô, Ayumi Ishida, Setsuko Karasuma
Votes: 282
16. Sleeping Man (1996)
103 min | Drama
Ever since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji's slept in a coma; his neighbors care for him as new events occur every day.
Director: Kôhei Oguri | Stars: Christine Hakim, Jun Hamamura, Tokie Hidari, Masao Imafuku
Votes: 275
17. Edogawa Rampo no bijo (1977–1994)
Mystery
Based on the writings of Edogawa Ranpo, the series adapted the cases of private detective Kogoro Akechi and his friends with a modern, adult twist featuring more lurid sex and violence than before.
Stars: Shigeru Amachi, Chû Arai, Megumi Igarashi, Akihiko Hanyû
18. 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
19. A Promise (1986)
123 min | Drama
An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. After this, the story goes back in time to show the events leading up to her death.
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Orie Satô, Sachiko Murase
Votes: 183
20. Kappa (I) (1994)
118 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Director: Tatsuya Ishii | Stars: Tatsuya Fuji, Ryûji Harada, Keisuke Funakoshi, Takanori Jinnai
Votes: 45
21. Sotsugyô ryokô (1973)
95 min | Comedy, Family
The English student Mickey is in Japan on vacation and meets a Chinese girl.
Director: Masanobu Deme | Stars: Mark Lester, Zhen Zhen, Takako Yamazoe, Harumi Yomo
Votes: 25
22. Blue Christmas (1978)
133 min | Sci-Fi
UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest ... See full summary »
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Hiroshi Katsuno, Keiko Takeshita, Eiji Okada, Kaoru Yachigusa
Votes: 135
23. Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boku no ojisan (1989)
109 min | Comedy
Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Fumi Dan, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Votes: 82
24. Oregon kara ai (1984–1996)
60 min | Drama
"Oregon Kara Ai" or "From Oregon with Love", is about a nine year boy, Akira, who is sent to live in rural Central Oregon with his aunt and her family after his parents are killed in a ... See full summary »
Stars: Kunie Tanaka, Reiko Tajima, Minori Terada, Nana Kinomi
Votes: 6
25. Arigatô (2006)
125 min | Drama
Director: Kunitoshi Manda | Stars: Hidekazu Akai, Masao Imafuku, Shûji Kashiwabara, Ayaka Maeda
Votes: 15
26. Special Investigation Unit (1977–1987)
54 min | Action, Drama
Stars: Hideaki Nitani, Kôjirô Hongô, Katsuhiko Yokomitsu, Hiroshi Fujioka
Votes: 16
27. 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
28. Jazz Daimyo (1986)
85 min | Music, Comedy, Drama
Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out a niche in the market with their musical talents.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Ikkô Furuya, Ichirô Zaitsu, Ai Kanzaki, Mami Okamoto
Votes: 88
29. Kinagashi bugyo (1981 TV Movie)
91 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Kodaira Mochizuki, the Magistrate Who Dresses Informally, is an unorthodox yet light-hearted government official who fights to protect a forgotten urban neighborhood known for its crime and... See full summary »
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Hideyo Amamoto, Yôko Asaji, Yasumori Hikita, Yukio Horikita
Votes: 9
30. Battle Heater (1989)
93 min | Comedy, Horror
A kotatsu comes alive and tries to eat people
Director: Jôji Iida | Stars: Akira Emoto, Hisako Hara, Masao Imafuku, Kenichi Ishii
Votes: 122
31. 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
32. Sensei no tsushinbo (1977)
90 min | Family
Director: Kazunari Takeda | Stars: Atsushi Watanabe, Masao Imafuku, Junko Miyashita, Ryôichi Tamagawa
Votes: 7
33. Kubi (1968)
99 min | Crime, Drama, War
During the WWII, a coal miner died at a police station and the cause of death was announced as cerebral hemorrhage. A lawyer hired by the dead man's family decides to prove that he was tortured to death.
Director: Shirô Moritani | Stars: Keiju Kobayashi, Masao Shimizu, Masanobu Ôkubo, Shigeo Katô
Votes: 20
34. Waterboys 2 (2004– )
Comedy
Three years ago, the former all-girl Himeno High School opened its doors to male students but remained a female-dominated institution, with the majority of students being girls. One day, ... See full summary »
Stars: Hayato Ichihara, Satomi Ishihara, Akiyoshi Nakao, Keita Saitou
Votes: 54
35. Eireitachi no oenka: saigo no sôkeisen (1979)
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Toshiyuki Nagashima, Hiroshi Katsuno, Hirotarô Honda, Keiko Takeshita
Votes: 16
36. Suki! (1990)
90 min | Romance
Director: Takayoshi Watanabe | Stars: Senri Ôe, Wakako Shimazaki, Tomoko Fujita, Takuzô Kadono
37. Jinbe (1998)
Miku Takanashi has lived alone with her father, Jinbe, since her mother's death. On her 20th birthday, Jinbe tells her that he made a promise to her mother to raise Miku as his own daughter... See full summary »
Stars: Takako Matsu, Masakazu Tamura, Takashi Ukaji, Reiko Takashima
38. Lowly Ronin (1981 TV Movie)
91 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Reprising his role from the popular TV series "Koya no Suronin" (The Lowly Ronin), Mifune Toshiro stars in this full-length, stand-alone made for TV movie. He travels about Japan, and while... See full summary »
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro | Stars: Saburô Date, Tokue Hanazawa, Sei Hiraizumi, Masao Imafuku
39. Fuzoroi no ringotachi (1983–1997)
54 min | Drama
Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Saburô Tokitô, Satomi Tezuka, Mariko Ishihara
Votes: 10
40. Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no mon (1974)
119 min | Drama, War
Director: Mitsuo Murayama | Stars: Terumi Niki, Yumiko Fujita, Kawai Okada, Keiko Torii
Votes: 23
41. Kitsui yatsura (1989– )
54 min | Drama
Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi, Kôji Tamaki, Akira Nagoya, Hiroko Shino
42. Haru yo koi (1994–1995)
15 min | Drama
A successful screenwriter looks back on her life when she learns her husband has cancer. A year-long series, starring Narumi Yasuda.
Stars: Narumi Yasuda, Yoshiko Nakada, Kazuyuki Aijima, Harue Akagi
44. Hashi no nai kawa 2 (1970)
140 min | Drama
Director: Tadashi Imai | Stars: Takeo Chii, Daijirô Harada, Masao Imafuku, Yûnosuke Itô
Votes: 6
45. Countryside Accountant's Government Reform (1987 TV Movie)
History
Countryside is a one-episode drama that aired on TV Asahi in 1987 as the 12th episode of the "Masterpiece Period Drama" series. The original work is "Isamashii Monogatari" by Shugoro ... See full summary »
Director: Sadao Nakajima | Stars: Shinsuke Ashida, Mariko Fuji, Masao Imafuku, Toshitaka Itô
46. Oretachi no toki (1976)
92 min
Director: Junzô Mizukawa | Stars: Masatoshi Nakamura, Fumi Dan, Chishû Ryû, Keiko Takeshita
47. Kataoka Tsurutarô no Kindaichi Kôsuke shirîzu: Gokumon-tô (1990 TV Movie)
139 min | Crime, Mystery
Director: Yoshihito Fukumoto | Stars: Tsurutarô Kataoka, Furankî Sakai, Kurara Haruka, Masumi Okada
48.
Kaseifu wa mita (1997– )
Episode:
Christmas, Tengoku to Jigoku no dai Byoin
(1997)
Stars: Masao Imafuku, Toshio Kurosawa, Rumi Matsumoto, Takenori Murano
49.
Lone Wolf and Cub (1973–1976)
Episode:
An Ominous Path
(1976)
TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Stars: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Takumi Satô, Masao Imafuku, Masashi Ishibashi
Votes: 9
50.
Jinbe (1998)
Episode:
Episode #1.7
(1998)
Director: Kôzô Nagayama | Stars: Masao Imafuku, Mami Kurosaka, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Takako Matsu