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Criterion Channel
77
76
7.3
/11928/
74
/392/
69
/178/
3.7
/14688/
82
/11/
92
/146/

Shogun Assassin (1980)
A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search of vengeance.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
68
7.5
/5004/
73
/153/
73
/131/
3.7
/7950/
88
/84/

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973)
Ogami Itto is challenged by a quintet of warriors, each armed with one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assignment.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
66
7.9
/7387/
78
/260/
73
/189/
4.0
/13992/
100
/7/
94
/4/

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
52
7.3
/4674/
74
/158/
71
/125/
3.7
/7456/
62
/6/

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
With most of his family already dead at Ogami Itto's hands, Retsudo launches one final plot to destroy him, and when that fails, unleashes the fury of every remaining member of the Yagyu clan.
poster
Plex
63
44
6.4
/2192/
65
/61/
56
/59/
3.5
/6255/

Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)
After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appears to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.
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
68
21
7.1
/490/
60
/14/
69
/18/
3.6
/872/

Stakeout (1958)
Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.
poster
58
18
6.1
/474/
51
/20/
59
/18/
3.2
/1092/
57
/5/

Yakuza Law (1969)
A story of yakuza lynching during the Edo, Meiji, and Showa periods.
poster
68
17
7.3
/426/
55
/9/
75
/20/
3.6
/342/

The Great Killing (1964)
A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th century. A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, the next Shogun. The best strategist in Japan, Yamaga, leads a plot to stop the Elder, but his cabal is betrayed and most of the conspirators are captured and tortured.
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Hoopla
72
17
6.9
/438/
60
/15/
74
/14/
3.5
/999/
90
/1/

Red Peony Gambler (1968)
Ryuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother died when she was little. When she turned 18 years old, her father was attacked and killed by a stranger in alley. Ryuko then dissolves her yakuza family, and, carrying the wallet left by the killer, she sets out on a journey to avenge her father’s death. Five years later, she wanders the nation, known only as! Red Peony Oryu who has a red peony tattooed on her shoulder and has the defiance and courage of a man. She meets Katagiri - a loner gambler, Kumatora - boss of a family in Shikoku, and Otaka - female boss of the Doman Family in Osaka. With their help, she finally catches up with the man who murdered her father.
poster
Criterion Channel
67
14
6.5
/272/
64
/9/
71
/11/
3.5
/609/

Black Lizard (1962)
The cunning detective Akeichi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief known as Black Lizard.
poster
63
11
6.8
/205/
51
/6/
66
/8/
3.5
/629/

The Fort of Death (1969)
The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of farmers being driven to despair by the vile Lord Ozeki. The villainous lord has driven them to mounting their last stand at a deserted fort against an army of attackers. Wakayama Tomisaburo is superb as an expert in killing and military tactics, who leaves his medical practice at a clinic for the poor in order to counter the vicious tactics of that vile lord.
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?
10
/1/

Evil Spirit Princess Sakurako (1982)
A beautiful girl, haunted by the evil spirit of a woman who was burned at the stake 17 years ago, begins to kill one person after another.
poster
?
10
/1/

With Wife, Children, and Friends (1961)
Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes of two police detectives. One is Henmi, who comes to Tokyo in 1926 from faraway Kagoshima to join the Tokyo police force. His closest friend is Nihei, a farmer's son from Tohoku who becomes the steadying influence on headstrong Henmi.
poster
?
10
/1/

Story of Japanese Bad Men (1971)
Toei yakuza film.
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?
10
/1/

Flying in the Air (1957)
The movie depicts the youth of kamikaze pilots who scattered young lives in the sky.
poster
?
10
/1/

Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu (1953)
1953 Japanese movie
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?
10
/1/

Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass (1954)
The timid first love of high school students! A whisper of love between a young man and a girl! The experiences of a middle-aged couple with a child! A cheerful work depicting the problems between three generations of men and women in a bright and healthy manner.
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?
10
/1/

Mune yori mune ni (1955)
Japanese drama
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?
10
/1/

大当り男一代 (1956)
Shinzō, the heir of the prominent Edo lumber dealer Yamashiroya, left home when his stubborn father, Chōzaemon, dismissed his lover, the maid Oyasu. Shinzō and Oyasu set up a household near a soba shop in Fukagawa, but Shinzō struggled financially, turning to gambling and fighting, while Oyasu worked as a tea server in a theater, constantly harassed by a small-time gangster, Rikichi, for cigarette money. The only ones concerned about Shinzō and Oyasu were Shinzō’s sister, Omitu, and her dance teacher, Oyoshi. Later, Shinzō managed to get a job at another lumber dealer, but after a conflict with the detective Hansuke, who was also infatuated with Oyasu, Shinzō accidentally dropped lumber into the river and was fired. Unaware that Oyasu had borrowed money from a bar to repay the lumber dealer, Shinzō left to earn money in the Mito clan's crew quarters and ended up rescuing Rikichi from a dice game trouble.
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?
6.5
/44/
10
/1/

A Matter of Valour (1957)
Chushingura has been made into a movie several times before, but this time it will be presented in a widescreen version with all natural colors and a new look. Written by Masato Ide and directed by Tatsuo Osone. This is a magnificent scroll of images that depicts on a grand scale the triumph of the Genroku era that shook the citizens of Edo, the peaceful capital of Japan. The top stars of the film, shinpa, shingeki, and kabuki worlds at the time of production were lavishly cast, and a huge budget was invested to create a large set for this highly acclaimed and moving epic.
poster
?
10
/1/

荒木又右衛門 (1955)
Watanabe Kazuma and Kawai Matagorō from the Bizen Okayama Ikeda clan were close friends, but they inevitably became enemies after Matagorō killed Kazuma's younger brother, Gentayū, and fled. Seeking assistance, Kazuma asked his brother-in-law, Araki Mataemon, for help, but Mataemon refused, saying that it was against the code for a brother to avenge another brother's death. On the other hand, the lord of the clan, Ikeda Tadao, ordered a search for Matagorō, who was found to be sheltered by the Hatamoto, including Andō Jiemon, in Edo. Tadao was furious but unable to act. Matagorō, in Edo, came to regret his birth as a samurai. He met and fell in love with Okō, a bathhouse maid. As the discord between the Hatamoto and the Ikeda clan deepened, Tadao died of illness. Seizing the opportunity to ease the conflict, the shogunate ordered the Ikeda clan to be succeeded by the young lord Katsugorō and to relocate to the Ikeda clan of Inshū Tottori. Meanwhile, Matagorō was exiled from Edo.
poster
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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.
poster
?
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.
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10
/1/

The Imposter (1952)
Around the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior councilor Matsudaira Sakon Shogen. He was commonly known as the Bored Samurai of the Hatamoto rank. Just as he was engulfed in boredom, Tokugawa Jo-Kaibo, claiming to be the Shogun's illegitimate child, made a grand entrance into Edo. At the behest of Sakon Shogen, Shusui-no-Suke was tasked to investigate Jo-Kaibo's background and had his young page Kyoya disguise as a woman to infiltrate Jo-Kaibo's gun mansion.
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10
/1/

Passion Fire (1952)
The time was the first year of Keio (1865). Upon hearing the news that the Imperial Army was approaching Hida Takayama, the district head Shimizu Uzen fled to Edo. Local officials like Yoshida Bunsuke and Yoshizumi Hironoshin showed their allegiance by welcoming them. The commander at the time, Umemura Hayami, was a former member of the Tengu Party and had previously been pursued in the town. He took refuge in a restaurant named Kabuya, and owing to a tip-off from a woman named Oraku, he was almost captured for her lover, Yoshizumi. Oraku and Yoshizumi probably feared revenge from that previous encounter, but Umemura had come back to Hida because he couldn't forget Oraku.
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10
/1/

Kurama Tengu: Anonymous letter to Tengu (1952)
Masked avenger Kurama Tengu and his young sidekick try to stop a mysterious adversary from assassinating a group of young warriors who want to bring down the Shogunate...
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?
6.3
/7/
10
/1/

Kanto Street Peddlers (1969)
Kokubu Masaru (Bunta Sugawara) is a hard-headed, hot-tempered member of a street vendor clan run by an elderly boss (Kanjuro Arashi). They come into conflict with an unholy alliance of evil Yakuza bosses (Watanabe, Amatsu and Kawazu).
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10
/1/

Bridge (1959)
A 1959 Yoshiaki Bansho adaptation of an Osaragi Jiro story.
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?
6.3
/11/
40
/2/
50
/4/

Yakuza vs. Gang Leader (1974)
Gokudo Shimamura comes to blows with the Delinquent Boss who rolls into town with his motorcycle gang.
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?
5.2
/7/
10
/1/

Secret Agent 101 (1966)
Japan-Hong Kong co-production.
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?
6.5
/10/
30
/2/
60
/1/

Seven Gamblers (1966)
Hanjiro, a one eyed vagrant arrives in Okinoshima to save the town from a violent Yakuza group with the help of six handicapped guys.
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
?
10
/1/

前科・仮釈放 (1969)
N/A
poster
?
6.7
/32/
10
/1/

The Face (1957)
A notorious abortion doctor fell down from a night train and he was dead. A man who knows the truth of this accident starts to chase a up-and-coming model.
poster
?
10
/1/

Red Pants (1959)
A woman diver in great peril is rescued by Shinji, a fisherman. But his deed is belittled by Takiko, another diver, as a rash act. Her attitude, however, is nothing but a cloak to hide her affection for him. Shinji, hard working and manly, becomes the focus of many yearning eyes and Seikichi, the boss' son, picks a quarrel with him and violent fight ensues in which Shinji kills a man in self-defense.
poster
?
5.6
/5/
10
/1/

Internees of Kampili (1960)
In the autumn of 1945, Petty Officer Tadashi Yamaji is among the numerous war crimes suspects facing death on the gallows for maltreatment of Allied women and children interned in camp Kampili. Kampili is located some ten kilometers outside Macassar on the island of Celebes. Eighteen-hundred Allied women and children were interned for the duration of the war. Yamaji's iron rule for camp administration is : No violence; hands off internees; He also endeavors to establish self-administration by internees while aiming at a self-supporting camp economy within six months. His ingenuity gains the camp numerous pigs to enrich their diet, and sewing machines with to make fatigue uniforms for the military. The internees are grateful for what little aid he can give them. As the tides of war changes, Allied planes bomb the camp in error. But the surrender of Japan changes everything, and the internees join forces to save their former camp commander from the gallows.
poster
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10
/1/

The Night of Martial Law (1980)
N/A
poster
?
6.6
/5/
10
/1/

Shingo's Ten Duels (1990)
The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his father Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune seeks to reunite with his lost son. When the secrets of Shingo's birth are revealed to him, it sets off a series of events that bring him to cross swords with members of the shogun's inner circle in a series of duels that could change the destiny of Japan.
poster
?
6.0
/16/
40
/2/

Continental Drifter (1966)
Japanese crime film.
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?
4.7
/31/
10
/1/

Fossilized Wilderness (1982)
Detective Nishina Sosuke, the director of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division 1, is suddenly attacked by a trio of men at his apartment at midnight. When he regains consciousness, the corpse of a foreigner shot with his pistol lies in front of him. Nishina, with the help of his friend and newspaper reporter Mineshima, who believes in his innocence and vows to cooperate, pursues the incident and reveals a conspiracy related with 5,000 kilograms of gold that disappeared at the end of the WW2.
poster
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10
/1/

Confronting Fear (1958)
Former boxer Goro Kawasaki was attacked by the organizer of the fights for knocking out his opponent because he could not stand the fight. He is being released from prison, where he was imprisoned on charges of causing bodily harm. He meets his younger brother Fumio, who is going to become a boxer and dreams of owning his own car repair shop. Goro tries to help Fumio, but is refused. At this time, the boss of the underworld, whom Goro met in prison, is released, and this escalates into a confrontation involving Goro and Fumio.
poster
?
10
/1/

Hoodlum Match (1965)
A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.
poster
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10
/1/

Kaze no uchi so to (1959)
N/A
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10
/1/

Ai no Noutan (1959)
N/A
poster
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10
/1/

Love du Jour (1957)
The proprietress of a long-established sushi restaurant in Asakusa is a war widow who has raised three children. A film that lightheartedly depicts a generational battle between a mother who is anxious about the issue of an heir and her modern children.
poster
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10
/1/

The Gambler (1965)
A crime film released in 1965
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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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