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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
85
8.0
/59337/
78
/1058/
79
/940/
4.3
/103590/
96
/49/
93
/1068/

Throne of Blood (1957)
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
poster
Kanopy
82
73
7.7
/4825/
74
/64/
74
/103/
4.0
/7909/
100
/9/
86
/53/
84
/5/

The End of Summer (1961)
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
72
7.8
/5295/
76
/90/
74
/159/
4.0
/10755/
89
/9/
87
/49/
83
/6/

Equinox Flower (1958)
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a coworker and is adamant to live life her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
71
8.0
/5337/
76
/102/
77
/145/
4.2
/8890/
100
/7/
92
/24/

Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
59
8.0
/3154/
74
/47/
77
/89/
4.1
/4391/

Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and personal circumstances.
poster
82
58
7.6
/2604/
72
/60/
75
/56/
3.9
/3557/
100
/8/
94
/11/

A Geisha (1953)
Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve their professional integrity, must face the selfishness and ambition of several petty people.
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73
41
7.4
/1535/
70
/28/
71
/43/
3.8
/2446/
75
/10/

The Woman in the Rumor (1954)
After living a traumatic experience in Tokyo, Yukiko returns to Kyoto, where Hatsuko, her mother, runs a brothel, which upsets Yukiko very much.
poster
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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61
24
7.2
/296/
10
/1/
62
/9/
3.6
/351/
83
/78/

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967)
The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined to win his love that they volunteer as subjects for his experiments
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69
10
7.1
/300/
64
/7/
73
/11/
3.5
/245/

Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of the historic battle. He and his friend Matahachi manage to escape the slaughter although the latter is wounded in his leg. They stumble across the young Akemi who makes her living with her mother Oko by robbing corpses of their armor and anything else they can sell. Oko takes it into her head to seduce Matahachi, which she does first by skillfully sucking the gangrene from his blood, and then just by sucking.
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10
/1/

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 (1960)
Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved in a robbery of precious diamond.
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10
/1/

Violence (1952)
N/A
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10
/1/

八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線 (1955)
Hatamoto Ooka Gentaro was deeply committed to a future with a beautiful girl named Omachi, a relationship facilitated by his love of the shamisen. Omachi was stalked by a ronin named Akiyama Kanosuke, and at one point, Gentaro and Akiyama dueled at Matanuiyama, but the confrontation was left unresolved when Omachi, sensing urgency, called the authorities. Meanwhile, Gentaro's uncle, Kii-no-kami, concerned about Gentaro's whereabouts, ordered him to investigate a conspiracy by Tachibana Tadama, a tyrannical director of Hachijo who exercised his power oppressively in Shimousa Iioka. Gentaro attempted to leave on a journey with Omachi but was obstructed by his uncle's retainers.
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10
/1/

Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi (1955)
A frenzy of goodwill, tears, laughter, and a lot of fun, caused by thirteen children under the guise of a good-natured fruit vendor and his wife.
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10
/1/

I'm a Bodyguard (1964)
Kita Ippei (Atsumi Kiyoshi) became a security officer in the Metropolitan Police Department's Security Division after catching a thug who attacked a writer living in the area while working at a police box. His dream is to become a bodyguard (BG) for the Prime Minister, just like his senior, Detective Inspector Takagi (Ryu Chishu). Kita Ippei is very successful in both work and love, getting attacked while guarding a female minister, getting some perks as a BG for a foreign princess, and becoming friends with a woman at his favorite bar.
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5.8
/11/
10
/1/

Geisha in the Old City (1957)
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and resilience.
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10
/1/

続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行 (1961)
1961 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon (1961)
1961 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

次郎長社長と石松社員 安来ぶし道中 (1963)
Shimizu Jirocho, the president, manages two businesses: Izumo Kanko-sha and the group inn "Daikokuya." There is a system where customers from Izumo Kanko-sha are directly sent to Daikokuya. President Jirocho learns that the geishas he is fond of, including Mari Chiyotachi, are going to Izumo to participate in the Ankai-bushi Concours...
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10
/1/

Shin kitsune to tanuki (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Three Rogues (1968)
Two lone wolf yakuza (Hideki Takahashi and Kunie Tanaka) rob a gambling den, then split up when pursued by the angry gang. They eventually meet again at Tanaka's mother's rural farmhouse. By then, one-eyed Kobayashi has wrangled his way into the scenario, intending to get a split of the proceeds (since he had helped them get away). Although there is some dissension amongst the three, they eventually close ranks to fend off their stubborn, relentless pursuers. Unhappily, Tanaka’s mother (Chieko Naniwa) is killed in the process. There are also love interests (Yoshiko Machida and Kayo Matsuo) and some humor along the way. An admirably different approach to the formulaic ninkyo yakuza programmer, filmed largely in sweltering summer countryside locations.
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10
/1/

快盗三人吉三 (1954)
On March 11 in the seventh year of Tenpo (1836), a monk named Bennō, who fell in love with a geisha named Oshima, was publicly exposed at Nihonbashi for committing an illicit act with a woman. While this was happening, an extravagant procession led by another monk named Nikkei passed over the bridge. Nikkei, the head of the Kanouin temple, in collusion with Nakano Harima-no-Kami, had schemed to make his younger sister, Miyoshi, the Shogun's mistress and aimed to transform Kanouin into the Shogun's family temple. To fund the renovations, Nikkei accepted bribes from a corrupt merchant named Koya Bunzo.
poster
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10
/1/

濡れ髪権八 (1954)
A foot soldier from Tottori domain named Shirai Gonpachi showcased exceptional swordsmanship that even surpassed the domain's champion Honjo Sukehichi during a ceremonial match. Though Gonpachi was promised a promotion to samurai status due to his skills, Sukehichi's father Sukezaemon's intervention out of jealousy prevented this. In anger, Gonpachi killed Sukezaemon and, without realizing it, also mistakenly killed Tomoe, his lover's brother Tsushimo Uemon. Following this, he fled to Kyoto, seeking shelter at the "Murasa" inn operated by Uemon's aunt.
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10
/1/

お役者変化 (1954)
During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed swords with the Magistrate Kurobane Yatayu, who tried to force himself on Gennosuke's beloved foster-sister, Kikuno. As a result, Gennosuke's younger brother, Shichisaburo, was killed. Separated from his mother, Gennosuke found himself on the run from the officials.
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10
/1/

お役者小僧 (1953)
The phantom thief, known as the "Actor Kid", who was creating a stir in the Daimyo's mansion, especially in the inner chambers, was called Inaba Goutaro. He was the adopted son of a samurai, Inaba Buemon. An incident occurred where his foster father collided with the palanquin of the lord's concubine. In the subsequent altercation, Goutaro killed one of the attendants. Taking responsibility for the act, his foster father committed seppuku, and Goutaro was hunted down. Facing death, his foster father revealed to Goutaro that after the death of his biological father, Goutaro's real mother and his younger brother were forcibly made to serve a lord. This revelation ignited Goutaro's determination to infiltrate the Daimyo's mansion to meet his birth mother.
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10
/1/

Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage (1953)
Fourth installment in the "Achako's Notebook of Youth" series.
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10
/1/

Ame no Kudan-zaka (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々 (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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7.2
/9/
10
/1/

Chance Meeting (1958)
Aya successfully stages a fashion show in Osaka and in the train on her way home to Tokyo accidentally treads on a man's foot. The man whose name is Rentaro is not amused. Just afterwards she notices that he is reading a magazine which carries her picture which he crushes and throws under his seat. One of her customers in Tokyo is a pretty girl named Kana for whom she had designed a dress which at first seems quite satisfactory. But a few days later Kana brings it back. It seems her brother thinks it terrible. But when Kana brings the dress back she meets Aya's brother, Takeshi, with whom she becomes friendly and Takeshi gives her a new dress which he smuggles out of his sister's office. When Aya finds Kana's discarded dress and misses one belonging to another customer she goes to see Kana's brother, and to her surprise finds him to be the fellow whose foot she'd stepped upon in the train...
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10
/1/

The Swamp (1956)
A man’s wife dies in a swamp. Her ghost returns to haunt him.
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7.4
/7/
10
/1/

Lullaby for a Tough Guy (1972)
A ruffian joins the ranks of the emperor’s guards.
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10
/1/

Shinran (1960)
A biographical movie about Shinran
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10
/1/

Sazae-san's Marriage (1959)
Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae sends her parents on a silver wedding trip, and eventually heads for Nikko, a travel destination. Sazae is once again overwhelmed by the sight of the newlyweds bustling with sunlight, but...
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10
/1/

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife (1959)
Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. Masuo's colleague is invited to thank him for the newlyweds, but Masuo has been told by Managing Director Hanamura to go on a business trip to Kansai. Before long, Masuo contacted Sazae to come to Osaka.
poster
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10
/1/

Till Tomorow Comes (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
poster
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10
/1/

Price of Beauty (1957)
Melodrama about a young factory girl who "chooses riches over chastity".
poster
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10
/1/

The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo (1960)
Jidaigeki by Tai Kato
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10
/1/

Hadaka no Machi (1957)
N/A
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10
/1/

A Circus Girl (1966)
Japanese drama film.
poster
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10
/1/

紺屋高尾 (1952)
N/A
poster
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6.1
/8/
10
/1/

Sisters of Gion (1956)
N/A
poster
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10
/1/

Yakuza Official (1962)
Bunkichi disguises himself as a yakuza to solve a mysterious death.
poster
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10
/1/

Flower Shop Curtain (1959)
The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.
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7.5
/67/
45
/2/
80
/2/

The Third Will (1963)
A story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives, after the passing of their old father
poster
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30
/2/

Osaka Tough (1961)
The film takes place in a dark area of the giant city of Osaka and tells about a group of people who find themselves at the bottom of society, and about the courage of a man who defies the city of violence in search of his beloved sister.
poster
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7.0
/9/
10
/1/
50
/3/

The Harbor Lights (1961)
N/A


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