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Criterion Channel
90
8.3
/19544/
79
/387/
81
/408/
4.4
/34418/
100
/20/
95
/266/
96
/17/

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
81
8.5
/10706/
82
/303/
81
/268/
4.5
/32508/
73
/15/
95
/56/

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
66
7.1
/4358/
67
/74/
69
/82/
3.6
/7212/
100
/6/
72
/45/

No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her own path in pre- and post-WWII Japan.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
61
6.7
/6111/
63
/115/
65
/134/
3.4
/11213/
80
/5/
65
/77/

Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado for discipline and humility. As Sanshirō matures, he proves judo’s spirit against old-guard challengers—including a deadly duel—while falling for his vanquished opponent’s daughter. Based on the novel by Tsuneo Tomita, son of Tomita Tsunejirō, the earliest disciple of judo.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
59
6.7
/4767/
67
/87/
67
/95/
3.3
/7677/
86
/7/
58
/42/

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1952)
A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
50
7.1
/1631/
66
/68/
67
/48/
3.4
/2196/
73
/1569/

Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her brother, who has murdered someone at about the same time and place as the missing man was last seen.
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76
46
7.2
/1416/
69
/34/
70
/37/
3.8
/2414/
92
/20/

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commission” for his troubles.
poster
Criterion Channel
57
43
6.0
/3022/
51
/50/
59
/57/
2.9
/5257/

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two (1945)
A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his discipline against an American prizefighter and later facing vengeful karate brothers. As rival schools and public spectacle push him toward violence, he must reconcile strength with restraint and the true spirit of his art.
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69
39
7.3
/1162/
62
/16/
68
/30/
3.7
/1026/
68
/140/

Taira Clan Saga (1955)
Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the monks of Mount Hiei.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
32
7.2
/815/
71
/19/
70
/22/
3.6
/1878/

Snow Trail (1947)
Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojiri encounter a young woman and her father, as well as Honda, a mountaineer. The inn folk do not realize their guests are wanted criminals and the visitors are treated with great kindness. Honda volunteers to lead them over the mountains, but Eijima's paranoia endangers all of them as they make the perilous trip.
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Criterion Channel
71
24
7.3
/492/
60
/12/
78
/12/
3.7
/1348/

Ken (1964)
Kokubu, captain of his university's kendo team, is a mystery to those who know him: An ascetic dedicated to a point of obsession with the simplicity and beauty of the sword arts. Kagawa, a promising but arrogant kendo student, is attracted to Kokubu's devout leadership but kept at a distance by his standoffish nature. With the national championships fast approaching, the pair clash as Kokubu drives his students with increasingly rigorous training and Kagawa tests Kokubu's grip on the class.
poster
Hoopla
68
20
7.4
/318/
57
/7/
66
/5/
3.8
/1490/

The Shape of Night (1964)
Yoshie Nogami, a factory worker by day, works as a bar hostess at night. She begins a passionate affair with one of her regulars, but his changing demeanor and constant demands for money lead Yoshie down a dark path.
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66
13
6.9
/214/
56
/11/
69
/16/
3.5
/338/

Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman (1969)
A young girl named Oichi is abandoned by her mother and blinded by a lightning strike. When her guardian is killed, she learns to wield a sword from a traveling ronin. As she develops into a master swordsman, her profession becomes that of a bounty hunter. Many test her sword and many die by her skills. She travels throughout the countryside to seek her mother and her revenge.
poster
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10
/1/

寛美の三等社員 (1961)
Japanese comedy film.
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10
/1/
60
/1/

Ninja Assassins (1960)
Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.
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?
6.4
/25/
10
/2/

The Outsiders (1958)
A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun Takeda.
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10
/1/

Invitation to Jail (1967)
N/A
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10
/1/

You and I (1966)
N/A
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10
/1/

Challenge Beneath the Waves (1960)
1960 Toei action film.
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10
/1/

Six Assassins (1955)
N/A
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10
/1/

The Lord's spy (1964)
Maeda Tsunanori, the lord of Kaga Domain, had two young princes - Katsumaru, the son of his legitimate wife, who died, and Yasunosuke, the son of his concubine. However, Katsumaru suddenly lost his mind and appealed to the shogunate to hand over the reins of the family Yasunosuke, but the request was rejected. Vassal Osawa Kuranojo suspects that this is the work of Ishikawa Torajiro, a swordsman from the Katsumaru group, and begins an investigation.
poster
?
10
/1/

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge (1954)
The second part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of characters and exciting developments.
poster
?
10
/1/

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge (1954)
The final, third part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of characters and exciting developments.
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?
8.1
/9/
10
/1/
70
/2/

The Escape (1962)
Film about the 2-26 Incident.
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10
/1/

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love (1954)
The first part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of characters and exciting developments.
poster
?
10
/1/

Kizu-darake no futeki-sha (1963)
1963 Japanese movie
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10
/1/
60
/1/

Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi (1958)
From birth Hideyoshi was a restless, defiant spirit--a child of the poorest of the poor. Cast out of his peasant cottage, he would live by his wits, driven by his burning ambition to become a samurai and to find a warlord worth pledging his sword to. This is the story of his rise, and the thunderous battle he pinned his hopes on. The challenge that had already ruined and bloodied the armies of higher-ranking samurai than Hiyoshi. The battle that brought him rank, fame and fortune and transformed him into Hashiba Hideyoshi, right-hand man to the ruthless Lord Oda Nobunaga, and would drive him on to conquer Japan.
poster
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10
/1/

振袖釼法 (1955)
In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for marrying Tsuji, the most beautiful woman in the domain. However, due to a personal grudge held by Horikawa Gentazaemon, the swordsmanship instructor, Genbachi met an untimely and bitter death through foul means within the precincts of the Hachiman Shrine. Due to the domain's oppressive treatment of those of low status, Tsuji, now with her infant son Botaro, was dispossessed of her home and exiled.
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10
/1/

Hana no shôgai (1953)
In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His friend, the Kokugaku scholar Nagano Shuzen, introduced him to a captivating shamisen master named Murayama Taka. Naosuke became deeply infatuated with her, disregarding the jealousy of his consort Shizu and the warnings of his senior retainer, Gaiji. However, upon discovering Taka's relationship with Shuzen, Naosuke promptly ended his ties with her.
poster
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10
/1/

Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha (1953)
At the end of the Edo period - On his way back after being invited by the three Mikados of Higashi Shirakawa, Kurama Tengu was attacked by the Shinsengumi. Given the circumstances, he began to suspect a connection between the Mikado and the Shinsengumi.
poster
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10
/1/

治郎吉格子 (1952)
Aboard a ship connecting Kyoto and Osaka, Osan was pickpocketed by a sham blind biwa player. A man who looked like a merchant retrieved the wallet for her. Osan was a woman being sold off for the sake of her yakuza-like brother, Nin'kichi. The man in the guise of a merchant turned out to be the Rat Thief, Jirokichi, the infamous thief of Edo. Due to this chance encounter, the two ended up staying at the same hot spring inn. However, one morning, as Jirokichi was about to leave alone, Osan, with the intuition of a smitten woman, confessed she knew he was the famed Rat Thief.
poster
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10
/1/

One Passed Through Hell (1960)
N/A
poster
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10
/1/

Zankokuna tsuki (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
poster
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10
/1/

Kobushidake denki (1956)
1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.
poster
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10
/1/

快傑耶茶坊 (1956)
1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.
poster
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10
/1/

A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance (1967)
N/A
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10
/1/

King of the Highway (1965)
N/A
poster
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6.2
/32/
10
/1/
60
/1/

New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2 (1969)
Suehiro Katsuji, a prisoner of Abashiri, is sent to Shikoku to work at a dock where a fierce turf battle takes place between a local gang and the dock operator.
poster
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10
/1/

Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi (1954)
Fukagawa's chef Ushimatsu of the restaurant Kawatake fell in love with a maid named Omame and changed dramatically. He stopped gambling and womanizing much to the surprise of his friends. As their wedding day approached, Minosuke who had long been infatuated with Omame threatened her mother Okuma by using a promissory note for three ryō that he lent to her.
poster
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10
/1/

Cell No. 8 (1956)
A man and a woman meet through a strange fate. This unique melodrama depicts the course of their budding love in a corner of the big city.
poster
?
5.3
/26/

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn (1937)
Story of a bandit king part 2.
poster
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6.9
/11/
10
/1/

Sisters (1955)
N/A
poster
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6.7
/27/
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.
poster
?
10
/1/

Chronicle of the Bulbul (1952)
Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato
poster
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6.6
/12/
10
/1/

Tokyo Untouchable: Escape (1963)
N/A
poster
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6.2
/7/
35
/2/
60
/2/

The Man of Seven Faces (1960)
Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.
poster
?
5.4
/6/

Kantaro of Ina (1943)
War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.
poster
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5.9
/15/
10
/1/
70
/1/

Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2 (1958)
Thanks to a secret message hidden on the two sacred swords Kaen and Suien, the samurai Genji Kurô (Nakamura Kinnosuke) found the hidden treasure of Lord Yoshitsune. When he gives a piece of the treasure to a couple of poor but honest people so they can pay their debts, it attracts the unwanted attention of several dishonest people, such as pirates, greedy merchants and rebels. While the government is fighting a battle for power against rebels and royalists, all want the treasure by any means possible.


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