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1. Dolls (2002)
114 min | Drama, Romance
Three stories of never-ending love.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi, Kyôko Fukada
Votes: 17,358 | Gross: $0.00M
2. Tokyo Drifter (1966)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Crime
After his gang disbands, a yakuza enforcer looks forward to life outside of organized crime but soon must become a drifter after his old rivals attempt to assassinate him.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Tamio Kawaji
Votes: 9,708
3. Cruel Gun Story (1964)
87 min | Action, Crime
A convict fresh out of prison, with a handicapped sister, is coerced by a wealthy mob boss into organizing an armored racetrack car heist.
Director: Takumi Furukawa | Stars: Jô Shishido, Chieko Matsubara, Tamio Kawaji, Yûji Odaka
Votes: 1,192
4. A Long Goodbye (2019)
127 min | Drama, Family
Mari and Humi learn from their mother that their father has dementia on his 70th birthday. They help prepare their mother for his farewell and prepare themselves for the emotions to follow.
Director: Ryôta Nakano | Stars: Yû Aoi, Elen, Kisetsu Fujiwara, Mansaku Fuwa
Votes: 543
5. Kanto Wanderer (1963)
92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Three schoolgirls are infatuated with a yakuza, Katsuta, of the Izu Clan. They meet another yakuza, `Diamond` Fuyu, of the rival Yoshida clan. As he gets a tattoo, two of the girls become ... See full summary »
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Akira Kobayashi, Chieko Matsubara, Daisaburô Hirata, Hiroko Itô
Votes: 436
6. Black Tight Killers (1966)
87 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A military photographer takes a cute stewardess out to dinner where she is promptly kidnapped. Deciding that he has fallen in love with the girl, our "hero" decides to investigate her kidnapping himself.
Director: Yasuharu Hasebe | Stars: Akira Kobayashi, Chieko Matsubara, Akemi Kita, Mieko Nishio
Votes: 394
7. Our Meal for Tomorrow (2017)
109 min | Drama, Romance
Ryota and Koharu are high school students. Ryota is indifferent to people and says very little. Koharu is not afraid of to speak her mind and she has a bright personality. Since a game of ... See full summary »
Director: Masahide Ichii | Stars: Yûko Araki, Hairi Katagiri, Chieko Matsubara, Karen Miyama
Votes: 383
8. Ryômaden (2010– )
45 min | Drama, History, War
The story focuses on the life of Sakamoto Ryoma, who lived from 1835 to 1867. He was an important leader in the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa Bakufu, eventually bringing about the Meiji Restoration.
Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Shimba Tsuchiya, Masaomi Kondô, Teruyuki Kagawa
Votes: 363
9. 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
10. Last Days of the Boss (1976)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Sugawara plays Nozaki, a laborer who swears allegiance to a sympathetic crime boss, only to find himself elected his successor after the boss is murdered. Restrained by a gang alliance that... See full summary »
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Isao Bitô, Takeo Chii, Takashi Ebata
Votes: 269
11. Kiiroi namida (2007)
128 min | Drama
They famously say that all the hippies of the '60s ended up becoming nothing more than bankers. Amidst a resurgent Japan of the 1960s four young men aspire to respectively become a singer, ... See full summary »
Director: Isshin Inudô | Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Masaki Aiba, Satoshi Ohno, Shô Sakurai
Votes: 269
12. The Flowers and the Angry Waves (1964)
92 min | Action, Crime
Another subversion of audience expectations has Kobayashi acting somewhat cowardly in the snow-bound final showdown, an unheard-of trait in a ninkyô yakuza hero. Also with Tamio Kawaji as a sword-wielding assassin in Zero-cape-and -hat(!)
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Eimei Esumi, Chieko Misaki, Keisuke Noro, Yôko Yamamoto
Votes: 265
13. 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: 258
14. Gou Gou, the Cat (2008)
116 min | Drama
Asako, a comic book artist in her early forties, is devastated by the death of her precious cat, CaVa, which kept her company for over 15 years, as her assistant Naomi watches on with ... See full summary »
Director: Isshin Inudô | Stars: Kyôko Koizumi, Juri Ueno, Ryô Kase, Denden
Votes: 253
15. Yellow Elephant (2013)
131 min | Drama, Romance
Movie adaptation of the Japanese novel "Kiroi Jou". A married couple Ayumu Muko (Mukai) and Aiko Tsumari (Miyazaki) live a peaceful life in a cozy old house in the countryside. Ayumu works ... See full summary »
Director: Ryûichi Hiroki | Stars: Aoi Miyazaki, Osamu Mukai, Tatsuomi Hamada, Himeka Asami
Votes: 249
16. 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
17. 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
18. Outlaw: Kill! (1969)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Crime
Although Goro is a known assassin, he has always been against the ways of the yakuza. In "Outlaw Kill!" he deals with the dilemma of living such a lifestyle more than ever: the sacrifices, the time wasted in prison.
Director: Keiichi Ozawa | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Kôji Wada, Fujio Suga
Votes: 175
19. 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
20. 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: 157
21. Our Blood Will Not Forgive (I) (1964)
97 min | Action, Crime
Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza for the death of their father.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Akira Kobayashi, Hideki Takahashi, Chieko Matsubara, Chikako Hosokawa
Votes: 133
22. At River's Edge (2011)
104 min | Drama
Set in the fictional Unasaka domain, the story involves a samurai who's obligated to follow an order that could destroy his relationship with his own younger sister.
Director: Tetsuo Shinohara | Stars: Noriyuki Higashiyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Mai Aso, Toshiki Ayata
Votes: 125
23. Cold Case: Shinjitsu No Tobira (2016– )
45 min | Crime, Mystery
A Japanese remake of the American television series Cold Case, featuring a young detective and her team who investigate cases which have been buried and ignored for years in an attempt to solve them.
Stars: Yoh Yoshida, Kento Nagayama, Tomokazu Miura, Ken'ichi Takitô
Votes: 112
24. To Love (1997)
114 min | Drama, Romance
Two young people meet by chance and fall in love but the woman is diagnosed with leprosy and sent away to a remote mountain sanitorium.
Director: Kei Kumai | Stars: Miki Sakai, Atsuro Watabe, Jô Shishido, Masumi Okada
Votes: 93
25. Gakeppuchi Hoteru (2018– )
Comedy, Drama
Once an exclusive hotel is now on the brink of bankruptcy with the incapable management and unmotivated staff. One day a mysterious guest Ukai Naoya appears. His arrival will change the future and fate of the hotel.
Stars: Takanori Iwata, Erika Toda, Minami Hamabe, Tomoya Nakamura
Votes: 69
26. Tales of the Bizarre (1990–1992)
54 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Stars: Tamori, Junji Takada, Ryô Iwamatsu, Toshiya Sakai
Votes: 65
27. The Battle of Manchuria (1970)
197 min | Action, War
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto | Stars: Kei Yamamoto, Hideki Takahashi, Mizuho Suzuki, Shinsuke Ashida
Votes: 64
28. Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy (2014)
Comedy
This is a spin-off of the two previous movies, showing the five friends, now in their 30's, having a reunion as they are running into problems with family and work.
Directors: Hisashi Kimura, Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Masaki Aiba, Natsuko Akiyama, Denden, Moctar Diouf
Votes: 53
29. Murudeka 17805 (2001)
122 min | Action, Drama, War
True story of a number of Imperial Japanese Army officers and soldiers who remained in Indonesia to fight off European colonists trying to retake the country after Japan's surrender.
Director: Yukio Fuji | Stars: Miki Fujitani, Naoki Hosaka, Chieko Matsubara, Masahiko Tsugawa
Votes: 42
30. Showa zankyo-den: hoero karajishi (1971)
97 min | Action, Crime
Director: Kiyoshi Saeki | Stars: Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Kôji Tsuruta, Chieko Matsubara
Votes: 41
31. Toshiie to Matsu: Kaga hyakumangoku monogatari (2002– )
Drama
This follows the life of Toshiie Maeda, January 15, 1539-April 27, 1599, and his loyal wife, as Toshiie rises through the ranks of the Oda Nobunaga and becomes of the of the leading generals.
Stars: Nanako Matsushima, Toshiaki Karasawa, Noriko Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa
Votes: 38
32. Dangerous Games (1970)
84 min | Action, Crime
Wild goings on in a private girl's junior high school.
Director: Mio Ezaki | Stars: Junko Natsu, Jirô Okazaki, Chieko Matsubara, Yoshiko Ikebo
Votes: 37
33. Tetsuko no heya (1976– )
35 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Meiko Nakamura, Makoto Ôtake, Tomio Umezawa
Votes: 33
34. Torakku yarô: tenka gomen (1976)
105 min | Action
Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Kin'ya Aikawa, Masumi Harukawa, Kaoru Hoshimi
Votes: 32
35. Suzuran (1999)
15 min | Drama
Beginning in 1924, a time when both steam engine trains and early Showa Era's first train stations are just beginning. In the waiting room of Asumoe Station, a small country station, a ... See full summary »
Stars: Kiichiro Kawauchi, Shun'ichi Ban, Chieko Baishô, Rumi Hiiragi
Votes: 27
36. Shinibana (2004)
120 min | Comedy
Director: Isshin Inudô | Stars: Yukio Aoshima, Takuya Fujioka, Mari Hoshino, Ryô Iwamatsu
Votes: 27
37. Tsuribaka nisshi 17: Ato wa Noto nare Hama to nare! (2006)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Yumiko returns to work in Hama-chan's department. She had once left the company after getting married, but a dark shadow now seems to loom over her.
Director: Yûzô Asahara | Stars: Toshiyuki Nishida, Rentarô Mikuni, Yuriko Ishida, Hiroshi Oizumi
Votes: 21
38. Akai shisen (1980 TV Movie)
94 min | Crime, Thriller
Detective movie about a murder.
Directors: Yasuzô Masumura, Toshiaki Kunihara | Stars: Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Rentarô Mikuni, Ken Utsui
Votes: 20
39. Himitsu No Natchan (2023)
97 min | Comedy
Stars: Chieko Matsubara, Ken'ichi Takitô, Shu Watanabe
Votes: 19
40. Cop Seven (2015– )
54 min | Drama
Yu Amagi was working at the lost and found center of The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) when he was re-assigned to Division 12. Within the MPD, Division 12 is known as the ... See full summary »
Stars: Noriyuki Higashiyama, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Kôtarô Yoshida, Takashi Tsukamoto
Votes: 17
41. Eigyô Buchô Kira Natsuko (2016– )
54 min | Drama
Career woman Kira Natsuko was a successful creative director at an advertising agency. However, she got married just before 40, had a child and took maternity leave. Three years later, she ... See full summary »
Stars: Nanako Matsushima, Ryûhei Matsuda, Daigo Naito, Yoshinori Okada
Votes: 17
42. Sakura: Jiken wo kiku onna (2014– )
54 min | Mystery
Sakura Mizusawa is the ultimate "good listener". In the morning, she hears the voices of listeners as the DJ of a small FM radio network. In the afternoon, she lends a ear to residents' ... See full summary »
Stars: Yukie Nakama, Ryûta Satô, Kazuyuki Aijima, Hana Kino
Votes: 16
43. Retsuden shumei tobaku (1969)
93 min | Action, Crime
A ninkyô saga featuring Matsubara who inadvertently becomes oyabun of her clan after father's death.
Director: Keiichi Ozawa | Stars: Chieko Matsubara, Meiko Kaji, Hideki Takahashi, Tatsuya Fuji
Votes: 16
44. Liquid: Oni no Sake, Kiseki no Kura (2015– )
Drama
Stars: Hideaki Itô, Tasuku Emoto, Masahiko Tsugawa, Ikkei Watanabe
Votes: 16
45. The Dragon of Macao (1965)
84 min | Action
Director: Mio Ezaki | Stars: Eiji Gô, Akira Kobayashi, Chieko Matsubara, Yûji Odaka
Votes: 15
46. Ôoka Echizen (2013– )
59 min | Drama
Ooka Tadasuke was a magistrate of Ise Yamada (modern-day Ise City in Mie Prefecture). In 1712, he sentenced a thief who was causing a stir in the village. The culprit was a great-grandson ... See full summary »
Stars: Noriyuki Higashiyama, Masanobu Katsumura, Ryôko Kuninaka, Chieko Matsubara
Votes: 13
47. Bakayarô! 3: Henna yatsura (1990)
94 min | Comedy
Directors: Yasuo Hasegawa, Tsutomu Kashima, Naoto Yamakawa | Stars: Mitsuru Hirata, Hideko Hara, Rikako Murakami, Katsunobu Ito
Votes: 13
48.
Ryômaden (2010– )
Episode:
Joushi to kashi
(2010)
75 min | Drama, History, War
Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Mitsuko Baishô, Bengal, Jirô Dan
Votes: 13
49. Gendaikko (1963)
95 min
Director: Kô Nakahira | Stars: Tomio Aoki, Reiko Arai, Yoshio Ichikawa, Hiroshi Ichimura
Votes: 12
50. Attamara sentô (2016)
Comedy, Romance
A schoolboy has a crush on his pretty class-mate Keiko on the inland island of Awaji. He figures her routine of taking baths at the public one is a good way to get to know her, but he first... See full summary »
Director: Yasutaka Ohtsugi | Stars: Chieko Matsubara, Takashi Sasano, Kenta Sasano, Mona Nakao
Votes: 11