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Criterion Channel
84
7.7
/5159/
76
/116/
73
/110/
4.0
/15993/
92
/12/
92
/45/

Pale Flower (1964)
A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.
poster
83
81
7.9
/13034/
81
/337/
78
/243/
4.1
/42064/
96
/455/

Love Letter (1995)
Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter. Surprisingly, she receives a reply, and discovers it came from his old classmate, a girl who also happens to be called Itsuki Fujii.
poster
Criterion Channel
63
38
6.9
/1821/
60
/23/
56
/28/
3.6
/2211/
62
/20/

Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)
After committing murder, businessman Atsushi is blackmailed into keeping a suitcase of embezzled money. What follows is a descent into lustful, reckless actions and regret.
poster
68
32
6.9
/974/
57
/30/
64
/28/
3.8
/3447/
74
/6/

Kagero-za (1981)
A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.
poster
79
32
7.8
/1164/
74
/19/
73
/31/
4.1
/1402/
92
/3/

Muddy River (1981)
Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends.
poster
76
26
7.3
/534/
60
/11/
68
/18/
4.0
/2228/
100
/1/

Silence Has No Wings (1966)
Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this allegorical and oblique first feature film by Kuroki depicts in exquisite images a series of encounters and life's turning points.
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Criterion Channel
71
23
7.6
/391/
63
/13/
65
/12/
4.0
/1377/

A Legend or Was It? (1963)
A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the local leader's son, but her siblings disapprove.
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Criterion Channel
62
18
6.7
/380/
60
/5/
55
/16/
3.6
/1025/

With Beauty and Sorrow (1965)
When the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager--and then wrote a bestselling novel about it--reappears in her life, her pupil--and lesbian lover--hatches a plot to destroy the man and his family.
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62
9
6.7
/227/
47
/4/
62
/4/
3.6
/579/

Only on Mondays (1964)
Yuka is a “good-time girl” from Yokohama who is persuaded by her papa to sleep with a foreign business executive so that he can close an important deal. Nakahira presents a shrewdly observed portrait of a modern, sexually assertive woman—an unsettling character for a changing but still patriarchal society.
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10
/1/

First Love (1972)
A 1970s Toho coming-of-age film.
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10
/1/

Fushin no Toki (1984)
Suspense TV movie adaptation of an original story by Sawako Ariyoshi, starring Yukiyo Toake.
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6.8
/16/
10
/1/

Paper Lantern (1987)
A new wave Yakuza film in which Takanori Jinnai plays a young Yakuza suffering from stomach cancer who has very little left to live. This film is based on the posthumous manuscript of Shoji Kaneko, the legendary director who died of cancer after completing work on the hit "Ryuji".
poster
?
10
/1/

Space Girl Morumo 1/10 (1987)
Fuji Television film based on the manga of the same name by Hiroshi Aro.
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4.8
/12/

Bugs (1997)
Aru Islands in resort development. Was a succession happening the abandoned corpses in there are holes in body. Ligia exotica appeared on an isolated island of mutants is taking the panic and horror.
poster
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10
/1/

King of the Highway (1965)
N/A
poster
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6.1
/12/
10
/1/

Nippon Paradise (1964)
Japanese comedy film.
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?
20
/1/

Emperor of Kita Dark Court Legend (1996)
The third 'King of Kita' film.
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7.6
/10/
10
/1/

Until Evening (1980)
Intellectual collegue professor Sasa becomes obsessed with beautiful Sugiko, a virgin. Eventually, luring her to a love hotel.
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?
40
/2/

Sky of Penta (1991)
A boy living in Wakayama Prefecture accidentally comes into possession of an Adélie penguin egg and successfully hatches it. However, wanting to return the penguin to its natural habitat, he embarks on a journey to Antarctica. Along the way, in Central and South America, he faces hardships, such as being robbed by impoverished local children. The story is framed as the recollections of Ryota Ichikawa, now an adult, reflecting on his boyhood.
poster
?
6.8
/17/
25
/2/
70
/1/

The Time of Reckoning (1968)
"The Time of Reckoning" transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful businessman with serious relationship problems involving three women: his wife of ten years who announces she is pregnant by another man; a mistress who wants to have a baby with him; and an ex-lover who claims he fathered her son.
poster
?
10
/1/

Mr. Greenhorn (1966)
1966 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.
poster
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6.4
/40/
10
/1/
100
/1/

The Radish and the Carrot (1965)
One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his life savings and gives money to his younger brother. He then suddenly disappears…
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10
/1/

3,000 Kilometer Trap (1971)
A young man has to deliver a Mitsubishi Galant GTO from Kagoshima (on the southern tip of the southern Japanese island of Kyushu) 3000 kilometers across the length of Japan to the northern island of Hokkaido.
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10
/1/
45
/1/

The Blue Mountains '88 (1988)
N/A
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10
/1/

Tabiji: ofukuro-san yori (1971)
Based on Shinichi Mori song
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6.4
/42/
10
/1/
70
/2/

Saya: Perspective in Love (1986)
Erotic thriller about a porn photographer who has to deal with a psychopath.
poster
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6.4
/6/
10
/1/

Gokudo of Kamagasaki (1973)
Ninth installment in the "Gokudo" series. Depicts the activities of Shimamura Seikichi and his henchmen.
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7.9
/42/
10
/2/
20
/2/

I Haven't Dreamed of Flying for a While (1990)
A man in hospital has a weird and sexy conversation with a woman in the next bed, whom he cannot see. He later discovers she is in her sixties. They meet several more times and, each time, she is younger.
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6.8
/31/
60
/3/
60
/2/

Spring Bell (1985)
Rokuheita Narumi is fascinated by oriental art and works as the director of the Saho Art Museum in Nara. His wife, Noriko, is unable to leave Tokyo, despite his wishes, and the two live separately. Feeling lonely and neglected by her husband, she immerses herself in the depraved life of the city and continues to have a loveless relationship with a doctor, Katsumori. One day, Narumi arrives in Tokyo and learns of Noriko's affair, but he cannot divorce her for the sake of their child, so he devotes himself to his work.
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15
/2/

Daughter of Time (1980)
A member of the jieitai ("Self-Defense Force"; i.e. Japanese military) is on leave and finds a woman giving birth in a graveyard in the former Yoshiwara district. He takes her to an inn to gove birth, and stays on a few days as she recovers, but becomes fascinated with the strange people he meets there, particularly the owner, who visits a house in his courtyard every day to talk and give food to his mother. He says she is very sick and can't leave bed, but no one else has ever been inside or seen her.
poster
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10
/1/

Shōwa Gokudōshi (1972)
N/A
poster
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10
/1/

Hikage-Mono (1972)
A Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita
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6.7
/24/

Gate of Youth 2 (1982)
Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.
poster
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10
/1/

Scorpion (1967)
Japanese drama film.
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6.4
/8/
10
/1/

Price of Life (1971)
Comedy of a phony doctor.
poster
66
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6.3
/123/
62
/4/
73
/6/
3.4
/472/

The Lone Ume Tree (2021)
An old house stands amongst newly built buildings, as if it has been left behind. Tamako, a popular fortune teller, has been living there alone with her son, Tadao, for years. Because he has intellectual disability and autism, their neighbors often complain about his unpredictable behaviors. One day, Tamako is informed that a room is available in a group home owned by a company that runs the community workshop Tadao works at. Residents there all have intellectual disability but are living together to be independent from their families. Tamako decides to let Tadao move into the group home, but the sudden change of environment confuses him.
poster
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6.2
/28/
10
/1/
60
/2/

Oración (1988)
Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is given the name Oracion or "prayer". When Oracion is grown, a factory owner buys the horse. Will he be the key to solving the man's problems? Based on the novel by Teru Miyamoto.
poster
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10
/1/

Festival of Dreams (1989)
N/A
poster
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10
/1/

Three Faces of Love (1967)
When a gifted Japanese craftsmen dies, his three daughters are summoned to decide who will take over the family ribbon business in this family drama. Only one daughter cares to carry on her father's work, but she is met with resistance from her stepmother. One sister cares nothing for the artisan tradition, while the other is an icy opportunist whose only love is for money. It is the daughter who cares the most for her father's work who wanders away in a symbolic journey of self discovery.
poster
57
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6.3
/167/
54
/9/
39
/8/
3.4
/299/

Twinkle (1992)
Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at which a ‘good’ Japanese woman should marry, and he is in love with a young male college student.
poster
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6.5
/9/
10
/1/
55
/1/

Evil Spirits in the Darkness (1971)
The film depicts the youth of Kinzo, a heretic painter who worked in Tosa during the late Edo period, and the hurricane-like inner side of his life.
poster
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5.3
/11/
20
/1/

Shinjuku Boy Detectives (1998)
In the streets of ultra-modern Shinjuku, Sosuke, a young would-be detective, all of a sudden attacked by a monster robot and falls unconscious. Determined to unravel the mystery, Sosuke joins forces with four members to fight against the robot. Will they be successful?
poster
48
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7.0
/111/
10
/1/
65
/4/

Mahjong Horoki (1984)
A mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all challenges and plan for an ultimate revenge match.
poster
53
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6.5
/138/
52
/4/
42
/6/

An Outlaw (1964)
Assassin Nanjo goes on a solitary mission to take revenge on the man who trapped him into a complicated drug deal.
poster
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6.0
/38/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Curtain Call (1984)
Miho Nakamichi, an orphan adopted by Haruko, dreams to star in a musical. One day, Haruko promised Miho that she could go on a journey to find her real father, "Daddy-Long-Legs", who sends a bouquet of flowers every birthday, once she can wear a special pair of pointe shoes. The day finally arrives and Miho's small adventure begins.
poster
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10
/1/

My Destiny (1968)
N/A
poster
59
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6.8
/121/
65
/5/
39
/8/

The Rape (1982)
Yahagi Michiko is accosted and raped walking home one evening. From there she maneuvers the logistics of the police, hospital, and criminal justice system while balancing her home life including romantic relationships.
poster
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6.0
/101/
32
/8/
37
/9/

Love Letter (1981)
Yuko is in love with an old poet who happens to be also a married man. She waits patiently for him and only him, yet she is constantly being lust by others.


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