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78
70
7.9
/6287/
78
/202/
78
/175/
4.0
/7131/

Hachiko (1987)
The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.
poster
80
65
7.7
/2747/
74
/88/
74
/103/
4.2
/15160/
90
/201/

Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)
A director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
57
7.4
/2657/
70
/48/
72
/73/
3.9
/4169/
86
/7/
76
/21/

The Insect Woman (1963)
A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with this metaphor, introduces the life of Tome, who keeps trying to change her poor life.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
49
7.6
/1959/
66
/22/
69
/51/
3.9
/2573/

Intentions of Murder (1964)
The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life.
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Criterion Channel
71
44
7.3
/1736/
73
/36/
73
/51/
3.8
/2352/
60
/15/

The Castle of Sand (1974)
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
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Kanopy
71
43
6.8
/562/
52
/15/
69
/14/
3.5
/4004/
100
/10/
79
/12/
60
/7/

Tokyo Pop (1988)
A young rock singer is not appreciated by her band, and gets a postcard from Japan saying "wish you were here". She takes what little money she has including ex-boyfriend's rent money and goes to Tokyo. She has numerous cross-cultural adventures and ends up singing with a Japanese rock group looking for a gaijin gimmick.
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Criterion Channel
73
42
7.4
/1506/
70
/51/
73
/43/
3.6
/1703/
79
/15/

Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)
Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged gambling game. Of course, the local gangsters attempt to kill him, and the adventure begins. It turns out a blacksmith named Senzo examines Zatoichi's cane sword, and discovers it to be forged by his old mentor. Senzo discovers the sword is at the end of its usefulness and will break when it is used next.
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72
37
7.3
/520/
60
/7/
58
/13/
3.6
/459/
73
/15/
95
/56/

The Human Bullet (1968)
A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the war draws to a close, his commanding officers become increasingly desperate and push their men to ever more absurd extremes. The ridiculousness of the orders from above peak when the hero of the story is assigned to drive a one-man submarine straight into the hull of an enemy battleship.
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Criterion Channel
69
35
6.8
/1264/
68
/44/
67
/32/
3.5
/1402/
72
/15/

Zatoichi in Desperation (1972)
After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel - but this causes more problems than solves them.
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70
29
7.3
/408/
65
/10/
64
/16/
3.9
/2222/

Girls of the Night (1961)
In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to build a new life.
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59
26
6.1
/819/
56
/35/
61
/22/
3.3
/462/
55
/247/

Shogun's Ninja (1980)
In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the clan's hidden gold only to find that two daggers are the key to the hiding place of the treasured gold. Spanning decades, the quest for the missing daggers takes Shiranui through war and ancient tradition.
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66
22
7.0
/873/
70
/17/
74
/22/
3.5
/415/
50
/17/

Samurai Banners (1969)
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces the widow, Princess Yu, to accept this arrangement and to bear Takeda a son. He pledges them his life. He then spends years using treachery, poetic sensibility, military and political strategy to expand Takeda's realm, advance the claim of Yu's son as the heir, and prepare for an ultimate battle with the forces of Echigo. Has Kansuke overreached? Are his dreams, blinded by love, too big?
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54
16
6.9
/246/
54
/7/
55
/12/
40
/42/

Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction (1964)
A fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have their eye on Kyoshiro. The fact that a bunch of ruthless smugglers also want him dead is the least of his problems!
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72
15
7.6
/323/
65
/6/
75
/15/
3.7
/369/

Where Spring Comes Late (1970)
The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the mine he worked in was shut down. He decides to resettle with his whole family to Hokkaido in northern Japan and start a new life as a farmer.
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58
13
6.2
/314/
52
/9/
50
/15/
3.3
/647/

House of Terrors (1965)
A hunchbacked caretaker presides over a forlorn mansion inhabited by the ghosts of his previous masters. An unbelieving trio (a doctor, his assistant and his niece) fail to heed the caretaker's warnings and are slaughtered horribly by the jealous occupants.
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66
10
6.7
/203/
61
/5/
68
/4/
3.5
/676/

Boxer (1977)
In the midst of a match, a successful boxer - Hayato, has had enough of the sport. He lets himself get knocked, quits boxing, leaving his wife and start living alone with his mangy dog. One day a young mediocre boxer knocks at the door and wants to be Hayato's apprentice.
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55
5
6.5
/281/
63
/3/
28
/4/
3.4
/250/

I Am a Cat (1975)
Nakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens of films and televisions shows. Viewers who are especially fans of Nakadai will appreciate how the actor comically rants about here. His home life is almost disastrous, with a ditzy (but attractive) wife, three young children, a loud school nearby that’s controlled by a corrupt businessman he loathes, and frequent visits from layabout friends. And the grey-furred, green-eyed cat!
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10
/1/

School for Thieves (1968)
N/A
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?
10
/1/

Tokyo Gambler (1967)
N/A
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?
10
/1/

Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori (1972)
Akane Kawasaki, known for her aversion to physical contact with men, possesses some unfavorable habits such as stealing. Despite these flaws, she garners popularity in the slums due to her compassionate care for children. In an attempt to secure a stable future for their child, she enters into marriage with Tsutomu Yamazaki, who struggles with a stutter. Unfortunately, their union is cut short by the untimely death of Tsutomu Yamazaki in an accident.
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?
10
/1/

Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō (1963)
1963 Japanese movie
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?
10
/1/

Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s Special (1985)
When the seventh shogun, Ietsugu died, shogunate officials chose Yoshimune, Lord of Kishu, to succeed him. Since then Yoshimune has led a double life.In court he remains a dedicated leader, but outside he travels incognito as a wandering swordsman, seeking out crime and corruption. With his trusted friends and his ninja, he’ll expose anyone who perverts the shogun’s justice and oppresses his people and he’ll ruthlessly put them down with his lightning-fast sword. But since he became shogun, many high-placed officials look on with jealousy, and long to destroy him. One such man, Lord Owari, tries to unseat Yoshimune by exposing his mother as a practitioner of an outlaw religion, Christianity, an offense punishable by crucifixion!
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10
/1/

Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho (1971)
N/A
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3.0
/10/
10
/1/

Wolf Escort (1969)
Rivalry between a hoodlum group and gangster organization.
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10
/1/

Hajimete no Tabi (1971)
N/A
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10
/1/

Futari no Koibito (1969)
N/A
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10
/1/

Sodachi zakari (1967)
Japanese movie released on September 30 , 1967 . Produced and distributed by Toho . Color , Toho scope . Running time is 88 minutes.
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5.5
/10/

Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal (1977)
A comedy farce depicting the noise that occurs when two unemployed circus participants discover a debt bond in a basket with parrots, which they received instead of pension money. At that time, Hiromi Go and Kirin Kiki, who were gaining popularity, play the main roles, demonstrating an exquisite combination.
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10
/1/

The Abalone Gals (1965)
South of Tokyo is a small island until quite recently relatively unchanged since feudal times. Now, however, it is being made into a tourist's playland and the girls, who had been abalone divers, now become geisha, and the old ways of the island are all topsy-turvy. One of the girls, more sensitive than the rest, sees that here, too, people are motivated only by greed and decides to leave and try to find a better life elsewhere.
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?
7.3
/18/
10
/1/

Hito mo arukeba (1960)
A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.
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?
10
/1/

Pineapple Butai (1959)
The story of the role played by Japanese-American soldiers from Hawaii in the Korean War of the 1950s.
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?
10
/1/

Obon, The Moll Dipper (1961)
Modern comedy, based on the popular manga.
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?
10
/1/

Bokyo (1993)
In 1940, Kubota Shoten, which has been in business for generations, goes bankrupt due to the debauched lifestyle of its president, Kunimitsu Kubota. Subsequently, Kunimitsu moves back to his hometown and his children are sent to live with other relatives.
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?
6.2
/8/
10
/1/

Madcap Mixup (1969)
Five fellows are taken by the police for bank hold-ups.
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?
6.7
/6/
10
/1/

Golden Ninja (1966)
Just after the Battle of Sekigahara, a pair of children Denji and Kichizo witnessed a team of the defeated forces hide the Toyotomi treasure. When the leader cuts down the rest of the team, a bloodstained footman seems to be the only survivor, and his image haunts the pair for the next twenty years. As they are serving a prison sentence a plan is hatched to get them released so they can lead their captors to the hidden gold on Hikone Beach. Danger and excitement await the two as they run into unexpected and dangerous obstacles!
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?
10
/1/

幻の殺意 (1971)
Adaptation of the Shôji Yuki novel.
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?
8.2
/13/
10
/1/

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman (1959)
Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building, hears about this and secretly plans to follow Otose, the owner of Mizuta-ya, who became famous as Utamaro's model. At this time, the Kano school, headed by Kano Eikawa, which was under the control of the shogunate, is dissatisfied with Utamaro's fame and tries to compromise him…
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?
6.4
/13/
10
/1/

My Voiceless Friends (1972)
A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.
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55
?
7.1
/174/
40
/2/
73
/6/
3.5
/381/

The Threat (1966)
Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family. They will force him to collect the child's ransom for them.
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?
6.8
/33/
80
/1/
70
/1/

A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun (1979)
Ninth movie in the Torakku Yarō series. Momojiro travels to Nagano to take Jonathan's place driving logging freight through the mountains. There he meets the wild and beautiful Natsu.
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?
6.7
/56/
70
/1/

Truckster Goes to Hokkaido (1976)
Momojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own.
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?
10
/1/

Sotsugyou -GRADUATION- (1985)
Momoko Watanabe—a student who, upon visiting a shrine in order to wish good luck on a friend of hers, witnesses a murder in the forest...and she knows the culprit! Unfortunately, she doesn't have it in her to tell anybody about it, and to make matters worse, said aforementioned friend gets accused of the murder.
poster
?
10
/1/

How to Be the Worst of Office Workers (1968)
A salaryman comedy.
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6.6
/41/
70
/1/

Truck Rascals in Fever Heat (1976)
The fourth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. A comical road movie of two long-distance truckers, “Momojiro” and “Kinzo,” who travel around Japan in highly decorated trucks. Momojiro goes to Shikoku this time, and he falls in love with a beautiful designer named Wakako, who is on a pilgrimage.
poster
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6.8
/31/
90
/1/

The Gate of Youth (1975)
Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of the life of the characters. Shinsuke's father dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a kind Korean and a Harley-riding yakuza.
poster
?
10
/1/

Color (1965)
N/A
poster
?
6.0
/7/
10
/1/

Dynamite Doctor Returns (1966)
Second movie in the yoidore hakase serie
poster
?
10
/1/

The Cola Game (1959)
Explicit drama about a young woman who becomes involved with a group of college students who play "spin-the-bottle" and the women must make love or strip. The woman, Junko, becomes involved with Makoto, leader of the gang, becomes pregnant, has an abortion, then gets involved with an architect.


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