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1. A Dangerous Hero (1957)
94 min | Drama
Director: Hideo Suzuki | Stars: Shintarô Ishihara, Yôko Tsukasa, Eitarô Ozawa, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 16
2. High and Low (1963)
Not Rated | 143 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yutaka Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyôko Kagawa
Votes: 52,739
3. Red Beard (1965)
Not Rated | 185 min | Drama
In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan
Votes: 20,994
4. Yojimbo (1961)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa
Votes: 130,884
5. The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Not Rated | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara
Votes: 42,089
6. Kodama wa yonde iru (1959)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Ryô Ikebe, Izumi Yukimura, Sadako Sawamura, Chôko Iida
Votes: 13
7. Throne of Blood (1957)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 55,725
8. The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Not Rated | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi
Votes: 13,957
9. Man Against Man (1960)
116 min | Crime, Drama
Kikumori runs a cabaret on the docks, while his friend Kaji operates transport boats. When a gang of drug dealers tries to force the pair to cooperate in a smuggling scheme, conflict arises... See full summary »
Director: Senkichi Taniguchi | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Ryô Ikebe, Takashi Shimura, Yûzô Kayama
Votes: 15
10. Sazae-san (1956)
86 min | Comedy
Director: Nobuo Aoyagi | Stars: Chiemi Eri, Kamatari Fujiwara, Tomoko Matsushima, Tatsuya Nakadai
Votes: 12
11. Jinsei gekijô - Seishun hen (1958)
111 min | Drama
Director: Toshio Sugie | Stars: Ryô Ikebe, Hisaya Morishige, Takashi Shimura, Mitsuko Kusabue
Votes: 14
12. Chushingura (1962)
207 min | Action, Drama, History
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Yûzô Kayama, Chûsha Ichikawa, Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Mihashi
Votes: 2,233
13. The Rickshaw Man (1958)
103 min | Drama
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Hideko Takamine, Hiroshi Akutagawa, Chishû Ryû
Votes: 1,160
14. Tôkyô no kyûjitsu (1958)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes of having a quiet vacation without being... See full summary »
Director: Kajirô Yamamoto | Stars: Shirley Yamaguchi, Akira Takarada, Hiroshi Koizumi, Keiju Kobayashi
Votes: 14
15. Narazu-mono (1956)
95 min | Action, Adventure
Director: Nobuo Aoyagi | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Yumi Shirakawa, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 15
16. The Youth and His Amulet (1961)
111 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the boy's rescue in times of difficulty.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Toru Koyanagi, Hisako Sakabe, Toshirô Mifune, Chishû Ryû
Votes: 27
17. Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen (1957)
121 min | Drama
In this installment, the trader is bankrupt and has returned to his hometown where the inhabitants believe he is rich. His house is new and rebuilt since he had sent money to his family for... See full summary »
Director: Yasuki Chiba | Stars: Daisuke Katô, Sadako Sawamura, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Chikage Awashima
Votes: 7
18. Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
TV-PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Musashi Miyamoto is challenged to a duel by a confident swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. He agrees to fight him in a year's time.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Kôji Tsuruta, Kaoru Yachigusa
Votes: 6,674
19. Sararîman Chûshingura (1960)
100 min | Comedy
Director: Toshio Sugie | Stars: Hisaya Morishige, Daisuke Katô, Keiju Kobayashi, Yôko Tsukasa
Votes: 24
20. Mito Kômon man'yûki (1969)
Action, Comedy
Director: Yasuki Chiba | Stars: Hisaya Morishige, Akira Takarada, Tadao Takashima, Junko Ikeuchi
Votes: 12
21. Different Sons (1961)
95 min | Drama
Director: Yasuki Chiba | Stars: Akira Takarada, Yûzô Kayama, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yû Fujiki
Votes: 8
22. Samurai Assassin (I) (1965)
122 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled ... See full summary »
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Yûnosuke Itô
Votes: 2,497
23. Fort Graveyard (1965)
132 min | Drama, Music, War
In 1945, Japanese Army Sergeant Kosugi and a platoon of young green recruits must retake and defend a fort occupied by the Chinese forces.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Makoto Satô, Reiko Dan, Yûnosuke Itô
Votes: 296
24. All About Marriage (1958)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Izumi Yukimura, Michiyo Tamaki, Michiyo Aratama, Ken Uehara
Votes: 42
25. I Want to Be a Shellfish (1959)
89 min | Drama, War
On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder. ... See full summary »
Director: Shinobu Hashimoto | Stars: Furankî Sakai, Michiyo Aratama, Kumi Mizuno, Daisuke Katô
Votes: 62
26. 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: 379
27. Wakai musumetachi (1958)
78 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Izumi Yukimura, Rumiko Sasa, Kuniko Miyake, Fumie Noguchi
Votes: 11
28. Hito mo arukeba (1960)
100 min
A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.
Director: Yûzô Kawashima | Stars: Furankî Sakai, Keiko Awaji, Chitose Kobayashi, Daisuke Katô
Votes: 17
29. The Age of Assassins (1967)
99 min | Action, Comedy
A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Reiko Dan, Hideo Sunazuka, Hideyo Amamoto
Votes: 312
30. Danchi: Nanatsu no taizai (1964)
87 min
Directors: Yasuki Chiba, Masanori Kakei | Stars: Keiju Kobayashi, Yôko Tsukasa, Keiko Sawai, Ikio Sawamura
Votes: 6
31. Dobunezumi sakusen (1962)
102 min | Drama, War
During World War II Captain Seki is assigned to a garrison on the north China frontier. Ignoring the advice of experienced officers, Seki leads a platoon against the Chinese only to have ... See full summary »
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Yûzô Kayama, Yôsuke Natsuki, Makoto Satô, Kumi Mizuno
Votes: 25
32. The Men of Tohoku (1957)
59 min | Drama
The isolated village of Tohoku is surrounded by high mountains, and has a tradition that only the eldest sons may marry and inherit. The filthy, unshaven younger sons, called yakkos, work ... See full summary »
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Hiroshi Akutagawa, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Jun Hamamura
Votes: 24
33. The Big Boss (1959)
101 min | Crime, Drama
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead.... See full summary »
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Akira Takarada, Yumi Shirakawa, Keiko Yanagawa
Votes: 110
34. Meoto zenzai (1955)
121 min | Drama
Despite paternal disapproval, the heir of a wealthy family embarks on a relationship with a Geisha.
Director: Shirô Toyoda | Stars: Hisaya Morishige, Chikage Awashima, Yôko Tsukasa, Haruo Tanaka
Votes: 120
35. Kaigun tokubetsu nenshô-hei (1972)
127 min | Drama, War
During the Pacific War, 14-year old Japanese navy cadets are put through brutal training. The film looks at their lives and background and criticizes the way Japanese soldiers were forbidden to surrender under any circumstances.
Director: Tadashi Imai | Stars: Takeo Chii, Mayumi Ogawa, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Rentarô Mikuni
Votes: 31
36. Daigaku no sanzôkutachi (1960)
94 min | Crime, Action, Thriller
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Akira Kubo, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Mickey Curtis, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Votes: 16
37. Nippon ichi no goma suri otoko (1965)
110 min | Comedy
Director: Kengo Furusawa | Stars: Hitoshi Ueki, Kei Tani, Hiroshi Inuzuka, Mie Hama
Votes: 15
38. Zoku sararîman Chûshingura (1961)
110 min | Comedy
Director: Toshio Sugie | Stars: Hisaya Morishige, Daisuke Katô, Keiju Kobayashi, Yôko Tsukasa
Votes: 17
39. Aa bakudan (1964)
95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Filmed as a traditional Japanese play, a yakuza boss is released from prison, but finds his gang usurped by a shady politician. With the help of his former cell mate he decides to assassinate the politician with an explosive pen.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Yûnosuke Itô, Fubuki Koshiji, Ichirô Nakatani, Hideo Sunazuka
Votes: 166
40. Yagyû bugeichô: Sôryû hiken (1958)
105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is ... See full summary »
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Kôji Tsuruta, Toshirô Mifune, Nobuko Otowa, Yoshiko Kuga
Votes: 108
41. Dokuritsu gurentai nishi-e (1960)
107 min | Drama, War
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into Communist China to bring back the flag of a defeated enemy regiment.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Hideyo Amamoto, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Akihiko Hirata, Kôji Iwamoto
Votes: 104
42. The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman (1963)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
This comedy portrays the everyday life of an ordinary salary-man who uses himself as a model to write a novella.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Eijirô Tôno, Jerry Itô
Votes: 306
43. Sengoku yarô (1963)
98 min | Adventure, Drama
A lone masterless warrior with some new friends helps ship 300 rifles to a Japanese warlord during the sengoku period.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Yûzô Kayama, Yuriko Hoshi, Makoto Satô, Ichirô Nakatani
Votes: 161
44. Shinku no otoko (1961)
89 min | Action, Drama
Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a four-year sentence, only to find it infested with yakuza running a dope ring. Battling gangsters ... See full summary »
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Makoto Satô, Akira Kubo, Yumi Shirakawa, Chisako Hara
Votes: 16
45. A Room for Rent (1959)
112 min | Comedy, Drama
The story follows the various tenants living in a multi-room tenement on a hill overlooking the city of Osaka.
Director: Yûzô Kawashima | Stars: Furankî Sakai, Nobuko Otowa, Ikio Sawamura, Chikage Awashima
Votes: 43
46. Snow Country (1957)
133 min | Drama, Romance
It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous trip, and it seems like love. She's the ... See full summary »
Director: Shirô Toyoda | Stars: Ryô Ikebe, Keiko Kishi, Kaoru Yachigusa, Akira Kubo
Votes: 176
47. Shima no sehiro no oyabun-shû (1961)
91 min
Director: Yûzô Kawashima | Stars: Hisaya Morishige, Furankî Sakai, Chikage Awashima, Reiko Dan
Votes: 10
48. Kyatsu o nigasuna (1956)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Hideo Suzuki | Stars: Isao Kimura, Keiko Tsushima, Takashi Shimura, Sônosuke Sawamura
Votes: 18
49. Tenamonya yurei dochu (1967)
90 min | Horror
Director: Shûe Matsubayashi | Stars: Makoto Fujita, Hiroshiko Urodo, Takashi Akiyama, Chû Arai
Votes: 32
50. Dokuritsu gurentai (1959)
109 min | Drama, War, Action
When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother's killer. The ... See full summary »
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Makoto Satô, Izumi Yukimura, Misa Uehara, Tadao Nakamaru
Votes: 250