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1. The Detective Story (1979–1980)
Action, Comedy
A cop from San Francisco sets up as a detective in Japan and takes on cases.
Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Mikio Narita, Kaori Takeda, Michihiro Yamanishi
Votes: 36
2. 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
3. Daitokai - Tatakai no hibi (1976– )
54 min | Action, Drama
Sergeant Raisuke Kuroiwa (Tetsuya Watari) and the Kuroiwa Force, a special Flying Squad-esque division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police solves crimes and cracks down on their perpetrators.
Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Kaku Takashina, Takehiko Ono, Yûjirô Ishihara
Votes: 10
4. The Long Darkness (1972)
120 min | Drama, Romance
Shinobugawa depicts the emerging love of a student, identified only as "I", for a young waitress named Shino.
Director: Kei Kumai | Stars: Gô Katô, Komaki Kurihara, Yasushi Nagata, Kinzô Shin
Votes: 186
5. Hymn (1972)
112 min | Drama
The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind Shamisen teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel beatings.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Tokuko Watanabe, Jiro Kawarazaki, Daijirô Harada
Votes: 117
6. Kiri no hata (1965)
111 min | Crime, Drama
Kiriko attempts to hire a well-known lawyer to defend her brother's murder case. The lawyer turns Kiriko down as she cannot afford him. Some time later, Kiriko encounters the lawyer again, but this time it is he who needs her help.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Osamu Takizawa, Michiyo Aratama, Yûsuke Kawazu
Votes: 176
7. Harukanaru sôro (1980)
134 min | Biography, Drama, History
Director: Jun'ya Satô | Stars: Kôshirô Matsumoto, Masakane Yonekura, Takahiro Tamura, Yôko Tsukasa
Votes: 9
8. Onihei hankachô (1989–2001)
54 min | Drama
Stars: Kichiemon Nakamura, Yôko Moriguchi, Fuyukichi Maki, Ryûnosuke Kaneda
Votes: 15
9. Suspicion (1982)
127 min | Drama, Crime, Mystery
The story follow a court case of a woman accused of having killed her husband.
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura | Stars: Kaori Momoi, Shima Iwashita, Akira Emoto, Akihiko Hanyû
Votes: 202
10. The Strange Tale of Oyuki (1992)
116 min | Biography, Drama
The film tells the story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seducer who falls madly in love for a young geisha named Oyuki. Meticulous ... See full summary »
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Masahiko Tsugawa, Yuki Sumida, Kazuyo Asari, Jun Hamamura
Votes: 180
11. Waga michi (1974)
130 min | Drama
Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government bureaucracy and indifference all along the way.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama, Rokkô Toura, Dai Kanai
Votes: 40
12. Gaijin, a Brazilian Odyssey (1980)
112 min | Drama
Based on fact, this is the story of the struggles of Japanese immigrants who traveled to and settled in Brazil looking for a better life.
Director: Tizuka Yamasaki | Stars: Kyoko Tsukamoto, Antônio Fagundes, Jiro Kawarazaki, Gianfrancesco Guarnieri
Votes: 186
13. Ai to shi (1971)
92 min | Romance
Director: Noboru Nakamura | Stars: Komaki Kurihara, Katsuki Shin, Tadashi Yokouchi, Shinsuke Ashida
Votes: 12
14. Dai Nippon teikoku (1982)
180 min | Drama, History, War
Favorable portrayal of Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, who approved of the bombardment of Pearl Harbor, as a patriot. The film is a jingoistic defense of Japanese imperialism.
Director: Toshio Masuda | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Teruhiko Aoi, Tomokazu Miura, Masako Natsume
Votes: 55
15. Fuzoroi no ringotachi (1983–1997)
54 min | Drama
Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Saburô Tokitô, Satomi Tezuka, Mariko Ishihara
Votes: 10
16. You Are My Destiny (1987)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Naomi, a corporate heiress from Japan, vacations to Hong Kong with her two colleagues. Bored, she sneaks out to visit the city and befriends a local rock band and, appreciative of the ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Tsang | Stars: Alan Tam, Yû Hayami, Pak-Cheung Chan, Teddy Robin Kwan
Votes: 53
17. Mushukunin-betsuchô (1963)
118 min | Action
Director: Kazuo Inoue | Stars: Keiji Sada, Rentarô Mikuni, Mariko Okada, Takahiro Tamura
Votes: 19
18. Rica 3: Juvenile Lullabay (1973)
85 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Reform schools are a way of protecting society by ridding it of lawless juvenile delinquents. But who's protecting the juvenile delinquents from corrupt reform schools? Rica could be ... See full summary »
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Rika Aoki, Jiro Kawarazaki, Taiji Tonoyama, Kotoe Hatsui
Votes: 108
19. Bokuno onna ni teodasuna (1986)
95 min | Crime, Drama
A financially desperate young woman gets a job tutoring a rich young boy only to get forced into a kidnapping and ransom scheme.
Director: Shun Nakahara | Stars: Kyôko Koizumi, Ryo Ishibashi, Teppei Yamada, Aiko Morishita
Votes: 35
20. Kitamura Toukoku: Waga fuyu no uta (1977)
103 min | Drama, Romance
This biopic is centered on New Year's Day of 1894, when Kitamura is recovering from a suicide attempt. Japan is then under the spell of fervent patriotism because the government wants to ... See full summary »
Director: Seiichiro Yamaguchi | Stars: Ranbô Minami, Mari Tanaka, Renji Ishibashi, Mariko Fuji
Votes: 13
21. Sukeban Deka: Dirty Mary (1974)
80 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
There's a peeping Tom stalking the women of Tokyo, taking compromising photos through their bedroom windows of them having affairs and using it to blackmail them into sleeping with him with... See full summary »
Director: Yasuharu Hasebe | Stars: Hitomi Azusa, Junko Miyashita, Nagatoshi Sakamoto, Yuri Yamashina
Votes: 12
22. Ognie sa jeszcze zywe (1976)
80 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Nobito Abe | Stars: Jiro Kawarazaki, Bozena Dykiel, Yukiko Takabayashi, Lucyna Winnicka
Votes: 12
23. Aokiôkami narukichiomoase no shôgai (1980 TV Movie)
290 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Directors: Takashi Harada, Azuma Morisaki | Stars: Takeshi Katô, Mikijirô Hira, Michiyo Yasuda, Mitsuko Baishô
24. Assassin's Road (1982)
92 min | Action
Toma (Tuyoshi Kato) is a son of a doctor in Takane, Yoshitomo Monzen. He was ordered by the sick federal lord and travel to Edo. It was said that Tsurunosuke, the man supposed to be the ... See full summary »
Director: Susumu Kodama | Stars: Kenji Imai, Yoshio Inaba, Yuko Katagiri, Gô Katô
25. Gassan (1979)
103 min | Drama
Director: Tetsutaro Murano | Stars: Hisashi Igawa, Yuko Katagiri, Atsuko Kawaguchi, Chôichirô Kawarasaki
26. Nippon yôkaiden - Satori (1973)
100 min
Director: Yôichi Higashi | Stars: Mako Midori, Jiro Kawarazaki, Hatsuo Yamaya, Kei Satô
28. The Kôsuke Kindaichi Series 12: The Witch's Tune (1991 TV Movie)
100 min | Mystery
Director: Keiichirô Yoshida | Stars: Ikkô Furuya, Hajime Hana, Nagare Hagiwara, Takanobu Hozumi
29. Chihô kisha Tachibana Yôsuke 16 (2000 TV Movie)
Mystery
Director: Kazuyoshi Yoshikawa | Stars: Yutaka Mizutani, Yôko Moriguchi, Ryûji Katagiri, Raita Ryû
30. Myth of the Assassins (1984)
Drama
Saika family made a name for itself by confusing the big troops of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi before, but, now in the 7th generation from Ineyasu's period, it was driven out into a deep ... See full summary »
Director: Masahiro Takase | Stars: Yôko Akino, Masaaki Daimon, Jiro Kawarazaki, Daisuke Ryû
32. Uogashi no sempû musume (1963)
Director: Manao Horiuchi | Stars: Junzaburô Ban, Minoru Chiaki, Mutoshi Happa, Chinpei Hayashiya
33.
Onihei hankachô (1989–2001)
Episode:
Ryûsei
(1990)
Drama
Stars: Akira Hanaue, Hiroshi Inuzuka, Kanako Irie, Tatsuhiro Itô
34.
The Detective Story (1979–1980)
Episode:
Surf City Blues
(1979)
54 min | Action, Comedy
Director: Tôru Murakawa | Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Mikio Narita, Kaori Takeda, Michihiro Yamanishi
35.
Puro hantâ (1981– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1981)
54 min | Action
Director: Tôru Murakawa | Stars: Masao Kusakari, Kyôhei Shibata, Yûko Natori, Mayumi Ogawa
36.
Daitokai - Tatakai no hibi (1976– )
Episode:
Episode #2.12
(1977)
54 min | Action, Drama
Director: Tôru Murakawa | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Yûsaku Matsuda, Kaku Takashina, Masaki Kanda
37.
Fuzoroi no ringotachi (1983–1997)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1983)
54 min | Drama
Director: Shin'ichi Kamoshita | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Saburô Tokitô, Satomi Tezuka, Mariko Ishihara
38.
Fuzoroi no ringotachi (1983–1997)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1983)
54 min | Drama
Director: Shin'ichi Kamoshita | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Saburô Tokitô, Satomi Tezuka, Mariko Ishihara
39.
Fuzoroi no ringotachi (1983–1997)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1983)
54 min | Drama
Director: Shin'ichi Kamoshita | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Saburô Tokitô, Satomi Tezuka, Mariko Ishihara
40.
Fuzoroi no ringotachi (1983–1997)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1983)
54 min | Drama
Director: Yasuo Inoshita | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Saburô Tokitô, Satomi Tezuka, Mariko Ishihara
41.
Fuzoroi no ringotachi (1983–1997)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(1983)
54 min | Drama
Director: Shin'ichi Kamoshita | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Saburô Tokitô, Satomi Tezuka, Mariko Ishihara
42.
Fuzoroi no ringotachi (1983–1997)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1983)
54 min | Drama
Director: Yasuo Inoshita | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Saburô Tokitô, Satomi Tezuka, Mariko Ishihara
43.
Fuzoroi no ringotachi (1983–1997)
Episode:
Episode #1.7
(1983)
54 min | Drama
Director: Yasuo Inoshita | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Saburô Tokitô, Satomi Tezuka, Mariko Ishihara
44.
Fuzoroi no ringotachi (1983–1997)
Episode:
Episode #1.9
(1983)
54 min | Drama
Director: Shin'ichi Kamoshita | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Saburô Tokitô, Satomi Tezuka, Mariko Ishihara
45.
Fuzoroi no ringotachi (1983–1997)
Episode:
Episode #1.10
(1983)
54 min | Drama
Director: Yasuo Inoshita | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Saburô Tokitô, Satomi Tezuka, Mariko Ishihara
46.
Fuzoroi no ringotachi (1983–1997)
Episode:
Episode #1.8
(1983)
54 min | Drama
Director: Shin'ichi Kamoshita | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Saburô Tokitô, Satomi Tezuka, Mariko Ishihara
47.
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974–1979)
Episode:
A Quiet Life
(1979)
Action, Adventure, Drama
Zatoichi intervenes when an old man is being beaten. The old man, a renowned thief, asks Zatoichi to accompany him to tell his daughter where his fortune is hidden. But the thief doesn't make it home.
Director: Showa Ota | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Jiro Kawarazaki, Sayoko Ninomiya, Eitarô Ozawa