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Criterion Channel
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67
7.6
/2818/
67
/49/
69
/56/
4.0
/5196/
100
/7/
86
/54/

Double Suicide (1969)
Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, even foregoing other customers while Jihei schemes to somehow buy her freedom. His efforts yield ruinous consequences for his business and his family life, and Koharu is meanwhile purchased by another client.
poster
72
30
7.2
/547/
65
/16/
74
/14/
3.9
/2192/

The Mad Fox (1962)
A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appears to be on the horizon after he becomes romantically involved with his dead lover's twin sister, but more complications arise thanks to a chance encounter with a clan of shape-shifters.
poster
67
26
7.2
/1248/
67
/7/
65
/25/
3.6
/708/

Akitsu Hot Springs (1962)
Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.
poster
61
12
6.8
/302/
50
/7/
58
/15/
3.5
/415/

Bitter End of a Sweet Night (1961)
An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate them so he can move up the social ladder.
poster
Criterion Channel
65
9
7.2
/193/
60
/5/
57
/13/
3.6
/292/

Night Drum (1958)
Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spiteful whispers also reach his ear about an adulterous affair carried on, in his long absence, between his wife and a famous drummer. With Hikokuro’s honor imperiled by rumor, his family insists on a formal investigation into the veracity of the gossip. Through the combined testimony of many witnesses, a tale unwinds around the visits of a traveling musician hired to tutor the family heir, the spurned attentions of the man who started the rumor, and the ultimate truth behind the accusations. The conclusion of events prove as much an indictment of bushidō as it is of the reluctant parties involved. Adapted from a 1706 play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon and based on a true case.
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10
/1/

津軽・青森ロマンチック殺人街道 (1989)
Kyoko lives with Yuji, an aspiring poet. A detective visits Kyoko's workplace and tells her that a man living in Yuji's hometown of Aomori has been murdered and that Yuji is the suspect.
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10
/1/

不倫 この愛が裁けますか (1984)
Junko's only son dies in an accident. Junko is exhausted by despair and grief, and her husband, who should be there to support her, instead blames her. But her father-in-law, Tsuneo, finds her dear.
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10
/1/

Otoko no chiheisen (1961)
1961 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Violence (1952)
N/A
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10
/1/

Hirado Pirates (1955)
In the 9th year of the Tempo era, after a long sea voyage, Moritaya Seizo returned to Hirado, who earned huge amounts of gold by piracy. Along the way, he picked up Ichinojo Kaneko, a Ronin who survived the disaster at sea. Seizo and Orin, the daughter of merchant Yohei, are in love with each other and want to get married. However, Kashiwakura Gaiki, the samurai of the domain, wants to kill Seizo for the sake of his son Shozaburo, who is in love with Arin, and Kurando Matsuura, the owner of the castle, wants to seize all the gold for himself...
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10
/1/

人形佐七捕物帖 般若の面 (1960)
A thrilling entertainment mystery period drama directed by Daisuke Yamazaki, depicting the remarkable feats of the puppet showman Sakichi of Otama Pond, who skillfully unravels the serial murders involving Hannya masks swirling around the streets of Edo's 808 districts with his adept jutte handling. This is the first installment in the series starring Tomisaburō Wakayama.
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10
/1/

Geisha Hidekoma (1954)
As a bid to win contacts, ship building companies wine and dine political leaders, inviting the geisha Hidekoma and Hidechiyo to entertain the politicians.
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10
/1/

A Spectacular Murder (1951)
When a theater producer Kurato is murdered in the audience on opening night, Inspector Kawano investigates the prop pistols used on stage, but all were fake. That same night, a dancer in the troupe went missing and a police officer was shot with the same caliber gun. Kawano suspects they are all related to a gun smuggling case.
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10
/1/

Murahachibu (1953)
A villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections
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10
/1/

Magistrate Ooka’s Legends (1958)
A hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic.
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10
/1/

Trigger Happy (1954)
N/A
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10
/1/

The juvenile (1955)
A good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers
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6.9
/16/
10
/1/

Cape Ashizuri (1954)
Among Yoshimura’s complex and political works, this episodic film, set in the early 1930s, follows the life of a young left-wing student activist disenchanted by the increasingly hawkish state of Japanese society.
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6.4
/13/
10
/1/

Before Dawn (1953)
N/A
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6.9
/31/
10
/1/
60
/1/

A Design for Dying (1961)
Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as shrewd as the shrewdest of the older generation of dyed-in-the-wool Osaka businessmen, steps into picture and Shikiko soon feels that he is indispensable to her. But the advent of a man in their midst breaks up the harmony that has existed among the four women, as gradually he forces himself on them with promises of love.
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6.6
/31/
30
/2/
80
/1/

The Cannery Boat (1953)
Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy.
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6.4
/6/
10
/1/
58
/4/

An Edo Magistrate (1961)
When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster boss in a crooked gambling casino it sets in motion the story of Ooka Echizen, the famed magistrate of Edo during the reign of Shogun Tsuneyoshi. In a world where humans bow down to dogs and are beheaded for harming them, it's a wonder people can survive at all. Nakamura Kinnosuke is a former samurai who has left the fold to live freely and must put his life on the line to save the girl he loves, and rescue her from the yakuza who duped her brother. When the truth comes out about his background, he is forced to take on the role of Edo Magistrate, a decision that brings him unimaginable heartache and danger!
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4.0
/9/
10
/1/
70
/1/

Saiyûki (1952)
N/A
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6.1
/22/
30
/2/
60
/1/

Echo in the Mountains (1959)
A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge his father-in-law's death and retrieve the family heirloom.
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10
/1/

Unruly Lion (1961)
N/A
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10
/1/

Semyonov's Gold Ingots (1956)
Ippei, a bored private detective hears from his assistant Hideko an interesting story that General Semyonov who has been exiled to Japan buried his gold bullion somewhere.
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7.0
/28/
10
/1/
80
/1/

Sisters of Nishijin (1952)
A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.
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6.0
/36/
53
/3/
48
/5/

The Last True Yakuza (1985)
A made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence and betrayal inside the criminal underworld.
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6.7
/22/
10
/1/
70
/1/

Yakuza of Ina (1960)
Tossing his hat in the air to pick a direction, Yataro the wanderer sets out on a journey of adventure, not knowing what tomorrow may bring. The son of a Hatamoto, he has left the samurai life and become a yakuza, gambling on life's fortune and ready to risk his life at a moment's notice. Featuring an all-star cast that includes the debonair Azuma Chiyonosuke, this is a tale of excitement and action that brings the best of black and white to the silver screen. An adventure like no other, this is one of Kinnosuke's lost gems. A series of mishaps leads Yataro to watching over the beloved daughter of his close friend.
poster
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10
/1/

Evil Reward (1956)
After finishing his sentence, Ryosuke Ogiwara, who left the prison gate, got into a car that was sent by his wife's cell and Kenmochi detective of the Metropolitan Police Department, but the real Kenmochi detective arrived a few minutes later. The corpse of the bunch went up in the moat near Akasaka, and the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division 1 was colored.
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6.5
/22/
40
/2/
70
/1/

Wedding Day (1956)
Shinsaku was once a renowned playwright, has now been left behind by journalism and is living a lethargic life in Oiso. His family is concerned with Shinsaku regaining his old vigor as a writer and Sakie, his daughter, finding a suitable match, while the family is struggling with the losses of war.
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7.1
/49/
40
/2/

Women of Ginza (1955)
At Shizumoto, a geisha shop not far from Ginza, a group of geisha are going about their day, putting up a modest resistance to the tragedies of life. The proprietress, Ikuyo, is a ridiculously good-natured woman who gives money to a poor but brilliant young man, Eisaku Yanoguchi, to attend college on the condition that he will take care of her in the future.
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7.2
/20/
10
/1/

The Beauty and the Dragon (1955)
​A powerful priest uses his magical abilities to imprison the rain gods within a waterfall, causing a devastating drought. The imperial court sends a princess to his remote mountain retreat to seduce him and break his spiritual concentration.
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6.8
/75/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Hole in One (1957)
A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.
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6.7
/29/
10
/1/

Dedication of the Great Buddha (1952)
The film depicts how the work to build the Great Buddha overcame a number of obstacles as proponents and opponents clashed over the construction of the Buddha. This work is based on a play by Hideo Osada, which was performed by the Shin Kyodo Theater Company in 1940.
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7.2
/8/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Policeman's Diary, Part 2 (1955)
From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.
poster
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7.3
/59/
25
/2/
55
/4/

Clouds at Sunset (1967)
A Japanese soldier deserts his position and travels to a small town on the Sea of Japan to start over. When a young maid falls for him, he talks her into sleeping with an older man for money.
poster
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10
/1/
100
/1/

Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves (1966)
The sequel of "Flower and Dragon". Kingoro Tamai founded a family in the port of Wakamatsu. He unites people with his courage, and revolts against the entrepreneur Oki Nakashi, who is teeming with vices. Kingoro and his family are also forced to fight against the Ezaki-Gumi group, which is opposed by Tomoda Kizo, who is trying to control the port of Wakamatsu.
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5.9
/10/
10
/1/

The Great Road (1960)
The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .
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6.6
/10/
10
/1/
73
/3/

The Flower and the Dragon (1965)
A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing a family of longshoreman, centering on their love and struggle.
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65
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7.2
/136/
45
/2/
80
/3/

Miniature (1953)
Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate.
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40
/2/

Seven Masks of Revenge (1955)
The eighth film in the "master detective with seven faces" series. Bannachi patrols the town in his taxi when he sees a man heading into Shiodome Town. Next day the man is found brutally murdered and the mystery starts to unravel.
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5.8
/14/
40
/2/
60
/1/

Foul Play (1955)
Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was killed in the middle of a game.
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50
/3/
100
/1/

The Lost Public Funds (1958)
Four thousand gold coins were stolen from the vault of Nijo Castle in Kyoto, which were collected as a tax to the shogun. The guard of Nijo castle Asaka Keinosuke, disguised as a komuso monk, proceeds to investigate the theft, traces of thieves lead to Edo, where Asaka goes.
poster
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10
/1/

Yokubo (1953)
Nobuko Otowa won the Blue Ribbon for the Best Actress for this movie among others.
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6.2
/25/
45
/2/

The Street Without Sun (1954)
Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers at a large printing house and the strikers' steadfastness, which neither hunger nor violence could break. The heroine of this story actively participates in her colleagues' struggle against layoffs, oppression, and police brutality.
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6.5
/15/
10
/1/

Actress (1956)
Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.
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61
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7.1
/198/
40
/2/
73
/11/

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro (1965)
The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters making appearances: Otsu (Musashi's great love), Akemi, Matahachi (his former fellow soldier), old lady Osugi (still doggedly trying to defeat Musashi), and even the return of Priest Takuan (the man responsible for his journey towards enlightenment). But most of all, the boastful, long-haired and long-sworded Sasaki Kojiro.


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