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1.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
The Rainbow Journey
(1979)
Action, Adventure, Drama
The massage of a wealthy merchant's unwell daughter becomes something more and leads to complications for everyone.
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara | Stars: Hisashi Igawa, Kaneko Iwasaki, Shintarô Katsu, Nakamura Minae
Votes: 11
2. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama
A middle-aged bar hostess, constantly in debt, is faced with numerous social constraints and challenges posed to her by her family, customers and friends.
Director: Mikio Naruse | Stars: Hideko Takamine, Tatsuya Nakadai, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan
Votes: 4,836
3. Kwaidan (1964)
Not Rated | 183 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Kenjirô Ishiyama
Votes: 20,023
4. Floating Weeds (1959)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama
The head of a Japanese theatre troupe returns to a small coastal town where he left a son who thinks he is his uncle, and tries to make up for the lost time, but his current mistress grows jealous.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Ganjirô Nakamura, Machiko Kyô, Haruko Sugimura, Ayako Wakao
Votes: 8,989
5. 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
6. Noren (1958)
123 min | Drama
The story of generations of kelp merchants in Osaka.
Director: Yûzô Kawashima | Stars: Hisaya Morishige, Isuzu Yamada, Ganjirô Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa
Votes: 11
7. The End of Summer (1961)
103 min | Drama
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Ganjirô Nakamura, Setsuko Hara, Yôko Tsukasa, Michiyo Aratama
Votes: 4,511
8. Mito Kômon man'yûki (1958)
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Shinobu Araki, Toshio Chiba, Saburô Date, Yôichi Funaki
Votes: 6
9. Bad Reputation: Turf Wars (1974)
104 min
A man, Asakichi, becomes the target of the yakuza when he relates to a geisha.
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Jôji Ai, Hiroko Isayama, Kirin Kiki
Votes: 46
10. Umi no koto (1966)
130 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Tomotaka Tasaka | Stars: Yoshiko Sakuma, Katsuo Nakamura, Ganjirô Nakamura, Hisano Yamaoka
Votes: 37
11. Nyokei kazoku (1963)
111 min | Drama
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Ayako Wakao, Machiko Kyô, Jirô Tamiya, Miwa Takada
Votes: 49
12. Band of Pure-Hearted Hoodlums (1963)
93 min | Action, Crime
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Kôjirô Hongô, Jun Fujimaki, Jôtarô Senba, Karo Otsuji
Votes: 10
13. An Actor's Revenge (1963)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
Yukinojo, a Kabuki actor, seeks revenge by destroying the three men who caused the deaths of his parents. Also involved are the daughter of one of Yukinojo's targets, two master thieves, and a swordsman who himself is out to kill Yukinojo.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao, Eiji Funakoshi
Votes: 2,872
14. Summer Clouds (1958)
128 min | Drama
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his ... See full synopsis »
Director: Mikio Naruse | Stars: Chikage Awashima, Michiyo Aratama, Kumi Mizuno, Yôko Tsukasa
Votes: 383
15. The Rape (1982)
100 min | Drama
The story of a Japanese woman's relationship after being raped by a stranger and the male dominant society blaming her for the man's wrong doing.
Director: Yôichi Higashi | Stars: Yagi Nakasuri, Yûko Tanaka, Morio Kazama, Frank White
Votes: 70
16. The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)
Not Rated | 166 min | Drama
Japan's timeless tale of honor and revenge, the Loyal 47 Ronin is the true story of group of samurai who became ronin (masterless samurai) after their Lord was forced to commit seppuku (... See full summary »
Director: Kunio Watanabe | Stars: Kazuo Hasegawa, Shintarô Katsu, Kôji Tsuruta, Raizô Ichikawa
Votes: 342
17. Bamboo Doll of Echizen (1963)
103 min | Drama, Romance
Haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father's prostitute as his wife.
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Ayako Wakao, Junichiro Yamashita, Tamao Nakamura, Ganjirô Nakamura
Votes: 192
18.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
Traveling Alone
(1974)
46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Zatoichi returns to the home village that he left many years ago. The head priest there convinces him to end his violent ways and become a priest instead. Will his many enemies leave him in peace?
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Ganjirô Nakamura, Akira Nakao, Muga Takewaki
Votes: 7
19. The Lower Depths (1957)
Not Rated | 137 min | Drama
In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyôko Kagawa, Ganjirô Nakamura
Votes: 5,953
20. The Pornographers (1966)
Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
While avoiding the mob and local authorities, a world-weary pornographer finds being a family man the most difficult as he wrestles with his own desires and afflictions.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Shôichi Ozawa, Sumiko Sakamoto, Keiko Sagawa, Masaomi Kondô
Votes: 2,529
21. The Temple of Wild Geese (1962)
98 min | Drama, Romance
Satoko is a mistress by trade, or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's lascivious head priest Kikuchi.
Director: Yûzô Kawashima | Stars: Ayako Wakao, Masao Mishima, Isao Kimura, Kuniichi Takami
Votes: 220
22. Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975)
132 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary film on the life and works of director Kenji Mizoguchi.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Takako Irie, Daisuke Itô, Kyôko Kagawa, Matsutarô Kawaguchi
Votes: 324
23. An Osaka Story (1957)
97 min | Drama
Story follows a poor peasant family that through hardship gets some money and how that change them.
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Shintarô Katsu, Michiko Ono
Votes: 77
24. Ukifune (1957)
117 min | Drama
Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa | Stars: Michiko Ai, Teruyo Asagumo, Mirasaki Fujima, Setsuko Hama
Votes: 10
25. Conflagration (1958)
99 min | Drama
Goichi Mizoguchi, an aspiring Buddhist monk who became involved in the temple that was owned by his father, through a series of flashbacks, framed as a police interrogation, Mizoguchi ... See full summary »
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Ganjirô Nakamura, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôichi Funaki
Votes: 948
26. Sen-hime goten (1960)
97 min
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Fujiko Yamamoto, Kôjirô Hongô, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Tamao Nakamura
Votes: 11
27. Tateshi Danpei (1962)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The remake of a Akira Kurosawa script is based on the story of the actual figure Ichikawa Danpei who was a tateshi, or fencing instructor and choreographer, in Japan in the Taisho era at ... See full summary »
Director: Shunkai Mizuho | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Ganjirô Nakamura, Kinuyo Tanaka, Miwa Takada
Votes: 106
28. Hissatsu shigotonin (1979–1981)
46 min | Action
Stars: Makoto Fujita, Gorô Ibuki, Kunihiko Mitamura, Kaori Kobayashi
Votes: 7
29. Odd Obsession (1959)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
A man getting on in years sets out to find a way to resurrect his flagging virility.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Machiko Kyô, Ganjirô Nakamura, Junko Kanô, Tatsuya Nakadai
Votes: 1,004
30. The Outcast (1962)
119 min | Drama
A young man struggles to come to terms with his true identity in a remote caste-based village in early 20th century Japan.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Shiho Fujimura, Hiroyuki Nagato, Rentarô Mikuni
Votes: 215
31. A Woman's Testament (1960)
100 min | Drama, Romance
Three stories about modern women. The first works in a nightclub and plans to marry the boss. The second is used by a real estate agent as a lure for customers. The third is a retired geisha who waits to be reunited with her jailed lover.
Directors: Kon Ichikawa, Yasuzô Masumura, Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Sachiko Hidari, Junko Kanô
Votes: 153
32. Shirakoya Komako (1960)
92 min
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Fujiko Yamamoto, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Mieko Kondô, Ryûzô Shimada
Votes: 8
33. Buddha (1961)
139 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly.
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Kôjirô Hongô, Charito Solis, Shintarô Katsu, Machiko Kyô
Votes: 97
34. Love Under the Crucifix (1962)
102 min | Drama
A tea master and his daughter Ogin are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a married feudal prince who shares her faith. When the Shogun bans Christianity, the situation worsens.
Director: Kinuyo Tanaka | Stars: Ineko Arima, Tatsuya Nakadai, Ganjirô Nakamura, Mieko Takamine
Votes: 274
35. Shinobi No Mono 4: Siege (1964)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
Tokugawa Ieyasu is the ruler of all Japan. But one last loose thread must be tied up before his domination is complete -- the destruction of the Toyotomi clan, now beseiged in Osaka castle.... See full summary »
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Saburô Date, Midori Isomura, Ganjirô Nakamura
Votes: 233
36. The Great Wall (1962)
200 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his serious faults are showed in this film. Qin adopted autocratic dictatorship and led a ... See full summary »
Director: Shigeo Tanaka | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ken Utsui, Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Votes: 68
37. Hatsuharu tanuki goten (1959)
85 min | Musical, Comedy
Director: Keigo Kimura | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Shintarô Katsu, Tamao Nakamura
Votes: 31
38. The Three Treasures (1959)
112 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A prince, framed for murder and starved for affection from his father, is sent on a quest.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Akihiko Hirata, Kyôko Kagawa
Votes: 368
39. The Demon of Mount Oe (1960)
114 min | Fantasy, Horror
A team of samurai warriors team up to defeat a shape-changing, supernatural creature.
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka | Stars: Kazuo Hasegawa, Raizô Ichikawa, Shintarô Katsu, Kôjirô Hongô
Votes: 169
40. Kôshoku ichidai otoko (1961)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
A mans' escapades concerning sex and love.
Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Tamao Nakamura, Michiko Ai
Votes: 169
41. Futari no musashi (1960)
122 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Two ronin try to become the greatest sword master and a lot of complications and women come between them.
Director: Kunio Watanabe | Stars: Saburô Date, Kazuo Hasegawa, Kôjirô Hongô, Raizô Ichikawa
Votes: 30
42. Another Bad Reputation Story (1961)
93 min | Action, Crime
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Jirô Tamiya, Tamao Nakamura, Yaeko Mizutani
Votes: 16
43. Tokyo onigiri musume (1961)
Director: Shigeo Tanaka | Stars: Ayako Wakao, Ganjirô Nakamura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Keizô Kawasaki
Votes: 11
44. Onsen jôi (1964)
78 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Keigo Kimura | Stars: Ayako Wakao, Ichirô Sugai, Tarô Marui, Chôko Iida
Votes: 10
45. Ghost Story: Crying in the Night Lantern (1962)
73 min | Horror
Director: Katsuhiko Tasaka | Stars: Ganjirô Nakamura, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Reiko Fujiwara, Chizuko Takamori
Votes: 12
46. Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane (1960)
90 min | Horror
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Stars: Ganjirô Nakamura, Yasuko Nakada, Yôko Uraji, Yatarô Kitagami
Votes: 30
47. Ôsaka no onna (1958)
Drama
Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa | Stars: Machiko Kyô, Ganjirô Nakamura, Eiji Funakoshi, Natsuko Kahara
Votes: 10
48. Last Day of Samurai (1957)
53 min | Action, Drama
Director: Hiromichi Horikawa | Stars: Tôjûrô Sakata, Ganjirô Nakamura, Chikage Ôgi, Shin Morikawa
Votes: 11
49. Kagerô-gasa (1959)
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Michiyo Aratama, Ganjirô Nakamura
50. Yokoborigawa (1966)
100 min | Drama
Taka married Kichisaburo Kawashima, the son of a kimono wholesaler. Her husband just tried to play with her like a sweet candy, but Taka fell in love with him.
Director: Hideo Ôba | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Senjaku Nakamura, Takashi Yamaguchi, Shôichi Ozawa