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Criterion Channel
90
8.2
/141820/
80
/2363/
80
/1628/
4.3
/169720/
96
/51/
96
/2271/
93
/17/

Yojimbo (1961)
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
poster
Kanopy
89
8.4
/70014/
84
/1487/
83
/1072/
4.6
/189579/
97
/70/
95
/556/
90
/17/

High and Low (1963)
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
7.7
/5154/
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
Criterion Channel
84
81
8.5
/10884/
82
/306/
81
/273/
4.6
/37381/
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
84
81
7.9
/15368/
78
/267/
77
/273/
4.1
/25174/
100
/19/
91
/266/

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
77
8.0
/5311/
80
/121/
79
/122/
4.2
/10801/
100
/16/
93
/93/

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.
poster
Kanopy
84
75
7.9
/5779/
77
/101/
76
/120/
4.1
/7449/
100
/20/
93
/99/

Fires on the Plain (1959)
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.
poster
Kanopy
82
73
7.7
/4864/
74
/64/
74
/105/
4.0
/8644/
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
73
58
6.9
/2776/
69
/37/
65
/67/
3.6
/6239/
100
/7/
65
/33/

Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.
poster
Kanopy
77
54
7.2
/1390/
69
/29/
69
/36/
3.7
/3903/
100
/6/
81
/25/

Giants and Toys (1958)
Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.
poster
65
45
6.8
/1291/
59
/16/
63
/40/
3.6
/3198/
64
/492/

Manji (1964)
The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.
poster
73
42
7.5
/2362/
76
/37/
72
/44/
3.6
/948/

Chûshingura (1962)
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
34
6.8
/1109/
57
/15/
62
/32/
3.6
/1642/
73
/11/
78
/2/

Odd Obsession (1959)
A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the introduction of his daughter's lover to his wife.
poster
Hoopla
70
30
7.4
/571/
58
/9/
71
/17/
3.9
/1955/

Elegant Beast (1962)
A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover there are other, equally conniving players involved.
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.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
26
6.9
/636/
61
/11/
70
/15/
3.6
/1548/

I Will Buy You (1956)
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
17
7.2
/169/
66
/6/
62
/12/
3.8
/974/

Undercurrent (1956)
In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.
poster
65
16
6.8
/366/
61
/12/
63
/13/
3.5
/734/

The Catch (1961)
Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their 'catch'.
poster
67
13
7.2
/263/
61
/5/
65
/14/
3.6
/399/

The Temple of Wild Geese (1962)
Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's lascivious head priest Kikuchi. She is drawn to a melancholy young acolyte, Jinen, who has observed the profligacy of his cruel master and Satoko's utter dependence on the man. Jinen is both fascinated and disturbed by Satoko's interest in him; he is similarly caught between loathing of Kikuchi and of the dark circumstances of his birth and his own moral weakness. The story unfolds in a dreamlike manner—a flashback inspired by a now-infamous image on a silkscreen in the souvenir shop at the so-called Temple of the Wild Geese.
poster
69
12
7.3
/241/
57
/4/
74
/11/
3.7
/443/

A Geisha's Diary (1961)
A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just as a woman but as a complete person.
poster
?
6.8
/12/

The Oil-Hell Murder (1957)
A privileged son betrays his family for the favors of a geisha in 18th century Osaka.
poster
?
6.7
/11/

Playboy President: Part II (1961)
After a promotion brings new professional challenges, a diligent employee is pulled into corporate matchmaking and a high-stakes business conflict over a critical eel supply.
poster
?
6.8
/11/

Playboy President (1961)
A straight-laced employee is tasked with supervising his impulsive CEO during a business trip intended to revive struggling sales.
poster
?
10
/1/

Travel Romances (1957)
Romantic comedy.
poster
?
10
/1/

Tale of a Company Boss 3 (1961)
A story about the nature of office workers today.
poster
?
5.8
/11/
10
/1/

Gambling Den Breakdown (1964)
N/A
poster
?
10
/1/

Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō (1961)
1961 Japanese movie
poster
?
10
/1/

The Preacher of Love (1961)
1961 Japanese movie
poster
?
7.0
/19/

The Man from Planet Alpha (1966)
A film produced by Toho and Watanabe Productions as part of the Crazy Movie project featuring The Crazy Cats comedy group and jazz band members. It is the sixth film in the Crazy Operation series where the lead role was handed over from Eikichi Ueki to Kei Tani. According to the plot, Planet Alpha Secretary severely worried by the effects of the Earth's atomic bomb experiment and sent Mistake 7 and Zero 8, as a watchers to Earth for a nuclear disarmament.
poster
?
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.
poster
?
10
/1/

風雲児 (1951)
Yano, a progressive individual who seeks to overcome strength with gentleness and confronts physical power with moral principles, faces off against a man protecting jujitsu in the twilight of Kikyōgahara!
poster
?
10
/1/

Marriage of the sky and the sea (1962)
A love comedy directed by Osamu Takahashi based on an original screenplay by Kei Tasaki.
poster
?
10
/1/

ふり袖小天狗 (1955)
N/A
poster
?
5.8
/7/
10
/1/

The Red Water (1963)
Comedy drama film
poster
?
10
/1/

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

Let's Meet in Our Dreams (1962)
Mie Nakao runs away from home to join her older sister's production company as a new talent. We follow her ups and downs on the way to stardom as she falls in love with two men, a petty thief and a music writer and teacher, and makes her way in the industry alongside The Peanuts and The Crazy Cats.
poster
?
7.5
/26/
10
/1/

The Masterless 47 (1960)
Part one of The Masterless 47.
poster
?
10
/1/

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant (1962)
The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.
poster
?
10
/1/

High School Geisha (1968)
N/A
poster
?
10
/1/

Heso no taisho (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
poster
?
10
/1/

Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil (1952)
Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato.
poster
?
10
/1/

Nonsense Boys (1963)
Japanese comedy film.
poster
?
10
/1/

The Enforcer (1964)
N/A
poster
?
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...
poster
?
10
/1/

Spring Voyage (1955)
Japanese youth film.
poster
?
10
/1/

A Doting Parent’s Lullaby (1955)
N/A
poster
?
10
/1/

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
poster
?
8.1
/13/
10
/1/

The Maid Story (1963)
Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are forever looking for new maids. As the years go by maid servants become hired help and more bossy and independent, so Chikura and his wife find themselves adjusting their lives to keep up with changing times.


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