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1. Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)
TV-MA | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A former assassin who has resolved to never kill again has his vow sorely tested.
Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Yû Aoi, Munetaka Aoki
Votes: 29,014
2. 13 Assassins (2010)
R | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yûsuke Iseya, Ikki Sawamura
Votes: 68,611 | Gross: $0.80M
3. Seven Samurai (1954)
Not Rated | 207 min | Action, Drama
Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki
Votes: 366,843 | Gross: $0.27M
4. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
G | 144 min | Action, Drama, History
The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.
Directors: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda, Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten
Votes: 37,214 | Gross: $29.55M
5. 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: 395
6. Three Seconds Before the Explosion (1967)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A lightning-paced 60's crime film from Japan's Nikkatsu Studios, 3 SECONDS TO EXPLOSION packs enough subterfuge and action into its 84 volatile minutes to fill out a dozen pictures made anywhere else.
Director: Motomu Ida | Stars: Akira Kobayashi, Hideki Takahashi, Ryôji Hayama, Asao Uchida
Votes: 119
7. 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
8. 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: 131,362
9. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Not Rated | 89 min | Animation, Drama, War
A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi, Yoshiko Shinohara
Votes: 310,450
10. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
G | 86 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi
Votes: 380,284 | Gross: $1.11M
11. 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: 55,953
12. 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: 42,244
13. Dreams (1990)
PG | 119 min | Drama, Fantasy
A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams.
Directors: Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baishô, Toshie Negishi, Mieko Harada
Votes: 29,185 | Gross: $1.96M
14. Unforgiven (2013)
R | 135 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Japanese-Korean filmmaker Sang-il Lee (Villain) has decided to reinterpret Eastwood's Oscar®-winning Unforgiven as a Japanese period film.
Director: Sang-il Lee | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Shioli Kutsuna, Jun Kunimura, Yûya Yagira
Votes: 2,790
15. Sanjuro (1962)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yûnosuke Itô
Votes: 41,133
16. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Yui Natsukawa, Michiyo Yasuda
Votes: 51,535 | Gross: $0.85M
17. 47 Ronin (1994)
132 min | Action, Drama
A group of disgraced samurai plan a decade long revenge against a corrupt lord.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Ken Takakura, Kiichi Nakai, Rie Miyazawa, Kôichi Iwaki
Votes: 559
18. The Dismembered Ghost (1968)
71 min | Horror
Director: Kinya Ogawa | Stars: Reiko Akikawa, Miki Hayashi, Setsu Shimizu, Ken'ichirô Sugiyama
Votes: 25
19. Manatsu no yo no yume (2009)
105 min | Drama
Director: Yûji Nakae | Stars: Yuki Shibamoto, Honami Kurashita, Yûko Nakamura, Susumu Taira
Votes: 24
20. A Samurai Chronicle (2014)
129 min | Drama, Mystery
A content samurai is given ten years to comprehensively chronicle his clan before he commits harakiri, or ritual disembowelment, for being caught in a tryst with one of the concubines of ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Koizumi | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Jun'ichi Okada, Maki Horikita, Mieko Harada
Votes: 144
21. Miss Hokusai (2015)
PG-13 | 93 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
The life and works of Japanese artist and ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hokusai, as seen from the eyes of his daughter, Katsushika O-Ei.
Directors: Keiichi Hara, Stephanie Sheh, Michael Sinterniklaas | Stars: Yutaka Matsushige, Anne Watanabe, Erica Lindbeck, Richard Epcar
Votes: 3,503 | Gross: $0.22M
22. Murder on D Street (2015)
114 min | Mystery
Director: Shoji Kubota | Stars: Ryûnosuke Kawai, Hôka Kinoshita, Yoshimasa Kondô, Kôta Kusano
Votes: 65
23. Sayonara (2015)
112 min | Drama
In the not distant future Japan has again experienced a nuclear incident and is gradually becoming uninhabitable. The entire population has to evacuate before being deluged by radiation ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Fukada | Stars: Bryerly Long, Geminoid F, Hirofumi Arai, Makiko Murata
Votes: 194
24. Mother's Trees (2015)
115 min | Drama, War
The story of a Japanese woman in the first half of the 20th century whose life is shattered as her sons are called up for military service one by one.
Director: Itsumichi Isomura | Stars: Takahiro Miura, Ayaka Morita, Mirai Shida, Kyôka Suzuki
Votes: 42
25. Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
TV-MA | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Kenshin Himura goes up against pure evil Makoto Shishio who is attempting to overthrow the Meiji government. The fate of the country hangs in the balance as Kenshin Himura takes up the sword that he vowed to never draw again.
Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Yôsuke Eguchi
Votes: 18,350
26. The Snow White Murder Case (2014)
126 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young woman who works at cosmetic company becomes the prime suspect after her beautiful co-worker is murdered.
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura | Stars: Mao Inoue, Gô Ayano, Nanao, Misako Renbutsu
Votes: 2,096
27. Snow on the Blades (2014)
119 min | Action, Drama, History
Shimura Kingo fails his duty to protect the life of the Shogun's chief minister, and spends his life tracking down the assassins. However, all but one of the assassins die before Kingo can reach them. Still, Kingo presses on.
Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Hiroshi Abe, Ryôko Hirosue, Masahiro Takashima
Votes: 272
28. Tokyo: The City of Glass (2014)
100 min | Drama, Romance
Toru is a graduate student who runs a bar in Shinjuku Ni-chome, one of the biggest gay districts in the world. One day, he meets a Korean man named Yong and falls in love...
Director: Kazuhiro Teranishi | Stars: Kane Fujii, Kein Fujii, Tom Fujita, Mirai Hanakaze
29. Kaidan: Jorei torokegoshi (2014)
60 min
Director: Yoshikazu Katô | Stars: Risa Mizuki, Moe Sakura, Yuzu Hoshino, Tomohiro Okada
30. Quiet & Evil (2014)
65 min | Drama, Thriller | Completed
This is a suspense film shooted in Ogasawara island.
Director: Yagawa Kengo
31. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
PG | 137 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Kaguya is a beautiful young woman coveted by five nobles. To try to avoid marrying a stranger she doesn't love, she sends her suitors on seemingly impossible tasks. But she will have to face her fate and punishment for her choices.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, James Marsden
Votes: 54,010 | Gross: $1.51M
32. Tokyo Family (2013)
146 min | Drama
In this update of Yasujiro Ozu's "Tokyo Story", a retired schoolteacher and his wife visit their three working children in modern-day Tokyo.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa
Votes: 2,235
33. Library Wars (2013)
128 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Set in the year 2019 in Japan. In order to crack down on free expression, a new law is passed, which allows for the government to create an armed force to find and destroy objectionable ... See full summary »
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Chiaki Kuriyama, Jun'ichi Okada, Kazuma Suzuki, Sôta Fukushi
Votes: 1,017
34. Judge (2013)
76 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Seven people who committed the seven deadly sins : lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride are locked up in a sealed space by someone. These seven people must play a game which is a matter of life or death.
Director: Yo Kohatsu | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Jirô Satô, Kôji Seto, Sôtarô Tanaka
Votes: 195
35. The Kiyosu Conference (2013)
138 min | Comedy, History
In this refashion of the 1582 "Honno-ji Incident", two rival groups resort to all sorts of nonsense as they attempt to appoint a new daimyo.
Director: Kôki Mitani | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Yô Ôizumi, Fumiyo Kohinata, Kôichi Satô
Votes: 666
36. Seven Souls in the Skull Castle (2013)
179 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Time is 1590(Tensho 18 in the Japanese era). After the demise of warlord Nobunaga ODA, Japan was about to be unified by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI. However, there was one man in Kanto region that ... See full summary »
Director: Hidenori Inoue | Stars: Makoto Awane, Tetsuya Chiba, Ryô Katsuji, Masato Kohno
Votes: 70
37. The After-Dinner Mysteries (2013)
121 min | Mystery
Kageyama (Sho Sakurai) works as the butler for rich heiress Reiko Hosho (Keiko Kitagawa). Reiko happens to be a novice detective but lacks certain deductive skills needed by detectives. ... See full summary »
Director: Masato Hijikata | Stars: Shô Sakurai, Keiko Kitagawa, Tôru Nomaguchi, Yasuhi Nakamura
Votes: 296
38. Samurai Pirates (2013)
116 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Long ago, Japan was home to several navies. The Murakami Navy, said to be the strongest of them all, once defeated even Nobunaga, and refused to join Hideyoshi, choosing to pursue their ... See full summary »
Director: Ken'ichi Ohmori | Stars: Takashi Naitô, Naomasa Musaka, Saori, Wakana Aoi
Votes: 11
39. Time Scoop Hunter, the Movie (2013)
102 min | History, Sci-Fi
Yuichi Kaname (Jun Kaname) works as a time scoop hunter for the Time Scoop Company. The company exists sometime in the future and uses time travelling techniques to send its employees into ... See full summary »
Director: Hiroyuki Nakao | Stars: Kaho, Jun Kaname, Kaz Kobayashi, Saburô Tokitô
Votes: 33
40. Genji monogatari (1951)
121 min | Drama
Based on the classic novel by Murasaki Shikibu, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the nobility of Kyoto for his charm and good looks, yet ... See full summary »
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Kazuo Hasegawa, Michiyo Kogure, Machiko Kyô, Nobuko Otowa
Votes: 153
41. Samurai Banners (1969)
165 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A shrewd 16th Century samurai helps a daimyo expand his realm.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yoshiko Sakuma, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Yûjirô Ishihara
Votes: 818
42. Sasaki Kojiro (1967)
152 min | Drama
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Hideyo Amamoto, Yuriko Hoshi, Kenjirô Ishiyama, Tatsuya Mihashi
Votes: 76
43. The Shin Hasegawa Series (1972–1973)
55 min | Action, Drama, History
From the Taisho era to the Showa 30s, known as the father of popular literature who left many masterpieces and was also a teacher of Shotaro Ikebana and Yumie Hiraiwa, this omnibus work was... See full summary »
Star: Eitarô Ozawa
44. Rise Against the Sword (1966)
101 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During the Age of Warring States in feudal Japan, Kaga's Seven Clans of peasants unite to rebel against the local samurai warlords who oppress them.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Nobuko Otowa, Makoto Satô, Ryô Tamura
Votes: 149
45. Garakuta (1964)
116 min | Drama
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Kôshirô Matsumoto, Yuriko Hoshi, Mayumi Ôzora, Ichirô Arishima
Votes: 13
46. Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki (1964)
108 min | Action, Adventure, History
After defeat at the Siege of Osaka several survivors attempt to deliver a young prince to safety.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki | Stars: Kôshirô Matsumoto, Yôsuke Natsuki, Makoto Satô, Yuriko Hoshi
Votes: 161
47. Inugami-ke no ichizoku (2006)
134 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A web of deceit, adultery and greed manifests in Kon Ichikawa's remake of his own 1976 hit about a murder investigation that reveals years of hidden skeletons and a shocking family secret.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Kôji Ishizaka, Nanako Matsushima, Kikunosuke Onoe, Sumiko Fuji
Votes: 421
48. Ten Nights of Dreams (2006)
Not Rated | 100 min | Fantasy
Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and ... See full summary »
Directors: Yoshitaka Amano, Kon Ichikawa, Akio Jissôji, Masaaki Kawahara, Suzuki Matsuo, Miwa Nishikawa, Atsushi Shimizu, Takashi Shimizu, Keisuke Toyoshima, Yûdai Yamaguchi, Nobuhiro Yamashita | Stars: Kyôko Koizumi, Suzuki Matsuo, Harumi Ogawa, Masami Horiuchi
Votes: 466
49. I Went To (2000)
111 min | Action, Crime
New magistrate cleans up a corrupt town in his own comic Samurai way.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Yûko Asano, Tsurutarô Kataoka, Ryûdô Uzaki
Votes: 564
50. The 8-Tomb Village (1996)
126 min | Mystery
In a remake of a well-known Japanese mystery, a man in Kobe does not have a family. He receives a visitor who is a researcher one day who has noticed that the man has a well-off family in ... See full summary »
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Etsushi Toyokawa, Yûko Asano, Yu Ji Chin Ye, Hisashi Igawa
Votes: 129
51. Shinsengumi (2000)
86 min | Action, Animation
Produced for Fuji TV in 2000, the film reinterprets the story of a special samurai force - the Shinsengumi - at the end of the Edo period.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Atsuo Nakamura, Kiichi Nakai, Ryûji Harada, Tsuyoshi Ujiki
Votes: 33
52. Kogarashi Monjiro Returns (1993 TV Movie)
96 min | Action, Drama
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Atsuo Nakamura, Ryôko Sakaguchi, Ittoku Kishibe, Takeshi Katô
Votes: 12
53. Shinjitsu ichiro (1993 TV Movie)
87 min
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Misa Shimizu, Takeshi Kusaka, Mayumi Ogawa, Makoto Ashikawa
54. Fusa (1993 TV Movie)
92 min | Drama, Mystery
When an amnesiac woman walks into the household of a young samurai no one knows what to make of the mysterious newcomer. However, with her serene beauty and hard working etiquette both the ... See full summary »
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Yûko Asano, Furankî Sakai, Hisashi Igawa
Votes: 86
55. Noh Mask Murders (1991)
109 min | Drama, Mystery
A man was poisoned to death in Tokyo, and a lucky charm with a unique shape was found near his body. The clue leads police to Tenkawa Village in Nara, where multiple murders continue. The victims are all associated with a Noh family.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Takaaki Enoki, Kôji Ishizaka, Keiko Kishi, Gen Idemitsu
Votes: 68
56. Crane (1988)
93 min | Fantasy, History
Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju sand says she will become his wife...
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Hideki Noda, Takuzô Kawatani, Kirin Kiki
Votes: 40
57. Princess from the Moon (1987)
121 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Based on a centuries-old traditional Japanese fairy tale, a country couple finds a baby girl in some bamboo and raises her as their own daughter. Not the same as the original tale, though, ... See full summary »
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Ayako Wakao, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Kôji Ishizaka
Votes: 614
58. Actress (1987)
130 min | Drama
The life of Kinuyo Tanaka, who has played in many Kenji Mizoguchi's films.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Mitsuko Mori, Bunta Sugawara, Kôji Ishizaka
Votes: 84
59. The Hall of the Crying Deer (1986)
125 min | Drama
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Ruriko Asaoka, Kôji Ishizaka, Bunta Sugawara, Kiichi Nakai
Votes: 14
60. The Burmese Harp (1985)
133 min | Drama, War
After becoming separated from his platoon, a Japanese soldier dons a Buddhist monk's robe and tends to the bodies of the many war casualties strewn across the countryside.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Kôji Ishizaka, Kiichi Nakai, Takuzô Kawatani, Atsushi Watanabe
Votes: 196
61. Ohan (1984)
112 min
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kôji Ishizaka, Reiko Ôhara, Michi Kagawa
Votes: 36
62. The Makioka Sisters (1983)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Romance
The orphaned Makioka sisters look for a husband for their third sister, Yukiko, as the rebellious youngest sister, Taeko, is kept waiting her turn.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Yoshiko Sakuma, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yûko Kotegawa, Jûzô Itami
Votes: 1,718
63. Lonely Heart (1981)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
There is a shooting at a small bookstore in town. When the police arrive they find three victims two of whom have already died. One of the dead uttered something strange before dying. The ... See full summary »
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Yutaka Mizutani, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Rie Nakahara, Etsuko Ichihara
Votes: 79
64. Koto: Ancient City (1980)
125 min | Drama
Koto is a 1980 film directed by Kon Ichikawa starring Momoe Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Miura in an adaptation of Yasunari Kawabata's story The Old Capital.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Keiko Kishi, Jun Izumi
Votes: 110
65. The House of Hanging (1979)
139 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Kosuke visits a photo studio to take photo for his passport. There he happens to meet a daughter who came to request a wedding anniversary photo shoot.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Kôji Ishizaka, Yoshiko Sakuma, Junko Sakurada, Takako Irie
Votes: 165
66. Hi no tori (1978)
137 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Evil Queen Himiko and her army invade a small rural province in order to kill a Phoenix in order to achieve immortality, a young boy survives and goes on an adventure to amend the injustices.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Toshinori Omi, Masao Kusakari, Kaoru Yumi
Votes: 210
67. Queen Bee (1978)
140 min | Mystery, Thriller
Private detective Kindaichi investigates a series of murders in scenic rural Japan.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Kôji Ishizaka, Mieko Takamine, Keiko Kishi, Yôko Tsukasa
Votes: 164
68. The Devil's Island (1977)
141 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Kôji Ishizaka, Yôko Tsukasa, Reiko Ôhara, Mitsuko Kusabue
Votes: 246
69. Akuma no temari-uta (1977)
144 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder. Then some murders happen. ... See full summary »
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Kôji Ishizaka, Keiko Kishi, Akiko Nishina, Kôji Kita
Votes: 378
70. The Inugami Family (1976)
146 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pitting blood against blood.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Kôji Ishizaka, Yôko Shimada, Teruhiko Aoi, Mieko Takamine
Votes: 1,156
71. Tsuma to onna no aida (1976)
111 min
Depicts various relationships between four beautiful sisters, their husbands, and their second daughter's husband's mistress.
Directors: Kon Ichikawa, Shirô Toyoda | Stars: Yoshiko Mita, Mayumi Ôzora, Wakako Sakai, Akiko Nishina
Votes: 14
72. I Am a Cat (1975)
116 min | Comedy, Drama
The cat of the title roams around the house of a poor schoolteacher in the late 19th century, observing the goings-on of the teacher and his neighbors.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Kuriko Hano, Jûzô Itami, Nobuto Okamoto
Votes: 261
73. Visions of Eight (1973)
G | 110 min | Documentary, Sport
Eight film artists from different countries are given carte blanche to make a collection of short documentaries on the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, offering unexpected, original and often humorous perspectives.
Directors: Milos Forman, Kon Ichikawa, Claude Lelouch, Yuriy Ozerov, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar, John Schlesinger, Mai Zetterling | Stars: Vasiliy Alekseev, Nikolay Avilov, Valery Borzov, Avery Brundage
Votes: 748 | Gross: $0.28M
74. The Wanderers (1973)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three wanderers who travel through feudal Japan selling their services to whichever lord will fill their rice bowls.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Isao Bitô, Tadao Futami, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Reiko Inoue
Votes: 196
75. To Love Again (1971)
93 min | Drama
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Renaud Verley, Ruriko Asaoka, Tetsuo Ishidate, Yôko Kosono
Votes: 17
77. Kyoto (1969)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary on the city of Kyoto, Japan. Topics include the Ryoanji Temple stone garden, a geisha residence, the Katsura Imperial Villa, and the Gion Festival.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Hiroshi Akutagawa, Michael Redgrave, Giancarlo Sbragia
Votes: 25
79. Topo Gigio and the Missile War (1967)
92 min | Family, Fantasy
Film mixing live action with the famous animated Italian rubber mouse, Topo Gigio.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Keith Alexander, Kôichi Fuse, Goro Fuyuki, Keiju Kobayashi
Votes: 45
80. Genji monogatari (1966)
Drama
The son of an emperor pursues his father's new bride, leading to tragic consequences. Genji then engages in affairs, searching for fulfillment amidst desires he cannot obtain.
Directors: Kon Ichikawa, Tetsuji Takechi | Stars: Kotobuki Hananomoto, Ruriko Asaoka, Izumi Ashikawa, Chôjûrô Hanakawa
Votes: 57
81. Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
Not Rated | 170 min | Documentary, Sport
Kon Ichikawa examines the beauty and rich drama on display at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, creating a record of observations that range from the expansive to the intimate.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Antonio Ambu, Gary Anderson, Gerry Ashworth, Polina Astakhova
Votes: 2,200
82. The Money Dance (1964)
90 min | Action, Crime
Too bad it so to find.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Chiemi Eri, Eiji Funakoshi, Jun Hamamura
Votes: 28
83. 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: 2,870
84. 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: 216
85. Ten Dark Women (1961)
103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A man has a wife and nine girlfriends, all ten of whom are fed up with his shameless polygamy and plot to kill him. However, this is easier said than done.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Fujiko Yamamoto, Mariko Miyagi, Tamao Nakamura, Kyôko Kishida
Votes: 259
86. Brother (1960)
98 min | Drama
Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this standard drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Keiko Kishi, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Masayuki Mori
Votes: 484
87. Bonchi (1960)
105 min | Drama
Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give them an heiress for the family business,... See full summary »
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Tamao Nakamura, Mitsuko Kusabue, Machiko Kyô
Votes: 122
88. 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
89. Fires on the Plain (1959)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, War
In the closing days of WWII, remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain death by starvation.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Eiji Funakoshi, Mantarô Ushio, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Osamu Takizawa
Votes: 5,322
91. 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: 949
92. The Hole (1957)
103 min | Comedy, Mystery
A clever reporter gets involved with a bank embezzlement case.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Machiko Kyô, Eiji Funakoshi, Sô Yamamura, Kenji Sugawara
Votes: 53
93. Bridge of Japan (1956)
112 min | Drama, Romance
For his 1st color film, Ichikawa did an Edo era story of two geishas scheming against each other for control of the Nihonbashi bridge area, and vying for the affections of a young doctor.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Chikage Awashima, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao, Ryûji Shinagawa
Votes: 104
94. The Burmese Harp (1956)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama, Music, War
A conscience-driven Japanese soldier traumatized by the events of WWII adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Tatsuya Mihashi, Jun Hamamura
Votes: 6,462
95. Ghost Story of Youth (I) (1955)
114 min | Drama
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Mie Kitahara, Sô Yamamura, Tatsuya Mihashi, Yukiko Todoroki
Votes: 18
96. A Billionaire (1954)
83 min | Comedy
Black comedy in which the various characters an honest young tax collector encounters, as he tries to enforce the law, present a scathing portrait of post WWII corruption, immorality, poverty, insanity, and the fear of atomic war.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Isao Kimura, Yoshiko Kuga, Isuzu Yamada, Yûnosuke Itô
Votes: 32
97. All of Myself (1954)
85 min | Drama
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Ryô Ikebe, Ineko Arima, Kyu Ito, Ken Uehara
Votes: 11
98. Youth of Heiji Senigata (1953)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Tomoemon Otani, Yûnosuke Itô, Yôko Sugi, Hajime Izu
Votes: 14
99. The Blue Revolution (1953)
102 min | Drama
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Koreya Senda, Sadako Sawamura, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Tatsuyoshi Ehara
100. Mr. Pu (1953)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
A dark satire of a contemporary Japan still exhausted from the aftermath of war, hunger, poverty and unemployment. And just as its people are recovering, there is a threat during these Cold War years of renewed militarism and rearmament.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Yûnosuke Itô, Fubuki Koshiji, Kamatari Fujiwara, Eiko Miyoshi
Votes: 84
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