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Criterion Channel
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7.3
/6601/
73
/110/
73
/127/
3.8
/6640/
88
/16/
81
/112/
79
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Madadayo (1993)
In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who honor him each year with a raucous “Not yet!” birthday toast. Told in warm, gently comic vignettes, Kurosawa’s farewell celebrates aging, friendship, and the sustaining ritual of teacher and pupils refusing to say goodbye.
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Criterion Channel
74
58
7.4
/2531/
73
/60/
70
/54/
3.7
/8229/
83
/225/

A Colt Is My Passport (1967)
A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.
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Kanopy
73
58
7.3
/3076/
67
/31/
67
/64/
3.7
/2086/
85
/12/

The Sun (2005)
A re-imagination of Japanese Emperor Hirohito’s final days in power as WWII draws to a close.
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78
56
7.5
/1539/
73
/47/
73
/35/
4.0
/4923/
93
/302/

The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.
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Criterion Channel
69
44
6.9
/1136/
62
/28/
69
/23/
3.7
/2694/
73
/228/

The Warped Ones (1960)
A juvenile delinquent gets out of the pen and immediately embarks on a rampage of untethered anger, most of it directed at the girlfriend of the journalist who helped send him up.
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Criterion Channel
71
44
7.4
/1635/
71
/53/
68
/39/
3.6
/1829/

Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has been forced by a local boss to create illegal pornography to pay off his gambling debts. Ichi makes it his mission to save the man and reunite the family, even though it brings him into conflict with a samurai he sort of befriended on his way to the town.
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Criterion Channel
70
43
7.1
/1367/
66
/27/
65
/19/
3.6
/3079/
78
/107/

Cruel Gun Story (1964)
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their leverage is to promise him money for surgery for Rie. Togawa consents and plans the heist with three others. The plan is solid, but it doesn't go smoothly. Togawa must improvise, there are traitors somewhere, and double-crosses mount. Can Togawa escape with enough money to help his sister and ensure a passage out of Japan?
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Criterion Channel
69
42
7.0
/1116/
63
/21/
65
/22/
3.5
/2038/
78
/95/

I Am Waiting (1957)
A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.
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Criterion Channel
74
39
7.3
/997/
69
/27/
69
/22/
3.7
/3109/
88
/20/

Intimidation (1960)
Koreyoshi Kurahara's ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a desperate bank manager, blackmailed for book-cooking, and his resentful but timid underling, passed over for a promotion. The marvelously moody Intimidation is an elegantly stripped-down and carefully paced crime drama.
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67
26
7.2
/1241/
61
/6/
65
/25/
3.6
/675/

Akitsu Hot Springs (1962)
Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.
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71
18
7.2
/311/
65
/6/
76
/23/
3.6
/312/

The Tragedy of "W" (1984)
A young theatre actress fights for her uncertain career while having to confront the personal sacrifices that will arise from it.
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62
18
6.8
/398/
57
/9/
52
/18/
3.7
/786/

The Beast to Die (1980)
A policeman is murdered and his gun, stolen, used to commit the next crime. Detective Kashiwagi, who is leading the investigation, learns that the author of the killings "walks like a dead man".
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Criterion Channel
65
15
6.7
/335/
56
/9/
69
/14/
3.4
/562/

I Hate But Love (1962)
A celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. When his controlling manager, the woman he loves, follows, the two must reconcile while dodging reporters.
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65
14
6.2
/241/
61
/6/
74
/9/
3.3
/809/

The Killing Game (1978)
The second movie of Tôru Murakawa's "Game" trilogy. After making a sensational hit, a hitman has gone into hiding for five years. When he comes back he bumps into two women that he has spared five years ago. Two rival yakuza bosses hire Narumi to kill the other. Will Narumi's sense of chivalry entrap him again?
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69
13
6.6
/222/
71
/5/
72
/9/
3.5
/699/

The Execution Game (1979)
The third movie in Tōru Murakawa's Game trilogy about a hitman. Narumi is set up by a mysterious woman. Abducted and tortured, Narumi is forced to take on a difficult job. The target is a veteran killer as good as him.
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64
13
7.0
/535/
50
/10/
69
/12/
3.5
/341/

Alone Across the Pacific (1963)
Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his careful planning, many unforeseen events will test his determination.
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12
6.7
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60
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68
/12/
3.4
/473/

The Sleeping Beast Within (1960)
A newspaper reporter's search for his girlfriend's missing father lead him into heart of the criminal underworld of Yokohama's Chinatown.
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10
6.7
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57
/8/
69
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3.4
/537/

Danger Pays (1962)
Joe, Okita, and Serizawa hear of the armed robbery of a truck carrying one billion eighty million yen's worth of Mint paper. Knowing that the thugs will now need a counterfeiter to make the bogus bills, they each decide to cash in on it by selling them the idea that they need Sakamoto, the best counterfeiter in Japan. A seesaw game unfolds between the three men as each tries to outdo the other two in handing over Sakamoto for one million yen to Hijikata, the big boss, who intends to make counterfeit money with the stolen paper. A little belatedly, they realize it needs their combined forces to outwit Hijikata and they raid his place together. Outnumbered, however, they are thrown into a basement room and the gas is turned on. Certain death stares them in the face, but the three men are not ones to take things lying down....
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Criterion Channel
65
9
7.2
/191/
60
/5/
57
/13/
3.6
/276/

Night Drum (1958)
Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spiteful whispers also reach his ear about an adulterous affair carried on, in his long absence, between his wife and a famous drummer. With Hikokuro’s honor imperiled by rumor, his family insists on a formal investigation into the veracity of the gossip. Through the combined testimony of many witnesses, a tale unwinds around the visits of a traveling musician hired to tutor the family heir, the spurned attentions of the man who started the rumor, and the ultimate truth behind the accusations. The conclusion of events prove as much an indictment of bushidō as it is of the reluctant parties involved. Adapted from a 1706 play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon and based on a true case.
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6.8
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3.4
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Stranger (1991)
After serving time for bank fraud, Kiriko now lives a quiet life as a taxi driver working night shifts... but her peace is shattered by a relentless stalker in a Land Cruiser.
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7
5.2
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/10/
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/13/
3.3
/250/

Woman in a Box: Virgin Sacrifice (1985)
A young virgin is captured by an abnormal couple. The girl is kept locked in a wooden box, and subjected to sexual torture and abuse. Loosely inspired by the real-life case of Colleen Stan.
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?
10
/1/

Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case (1983)
After two thugs are killed, Dobu and his crew have three days to catch the murderers. Dobu suspects a hidden mastermind influencing the magistrate.
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?
10
/1/

Chivalrous Life (1965)
In the middle of the era, Taisho, a big boss in Asakusa Iizuka, was severely questioned by the police about the source of funds for the Daido Federation, to which he belonged. The creditor, Izo, visited the local police station daily, worried about the safety of his boss, and himself came to the attention of the police. Izo embarks on a journey to escape, but in the meantime, the new rising yakuza Dojima plans to kill Iizuka...
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10
/1/

The Night is mine (1958)
Four criminals break into the home of a jewelry merchant, Sanpodo, rob the diamonds, and escape. However, one of them receives a bullet during a skirmish between bandits, and the second is wounded by the police. To help their wounded comrades, criminals lock themselves in a city clinic...
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?
10
/1/

Hitori tabi (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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?
10
/1/

Girl in the Glass (1960)
The film starts with a short scene ending with shot of Sayuri Yoshinaga's character floating dead on the surface of a lake before the opening credits roll in and we find out what lead her character to this end.
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?
10
/1/

Wakai tsume ato (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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?
10
/1/

Facing to the Clouds (1962)
A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he gets acquainted with a library worker, Reiko Nakafuji. Reiko's father was a member of the Diet who was assassinated six years ago. Through Reiko, Takema joins Tsūkai-kai, a group of young people who respect her late father's political ideas. With the assistance of Tsukai-kai, Takema eventually uncovers the political scandal related to postwar compensation which led to the murder of Reiko's father.
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?
4.6
/11/
10
/1/

The Spiders' The Noisy Parade (1968)
Gangsters smuggle diamonds through customs by embedding them in The Spiders' tambourine, then go on a cross-country chase of the rock-and-roll band in order to get them back. Another gang is searching for something The Spiders have, too, and now the two gangs are willing to kill to get it, with the boys caught in the middle!
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?
6.4
/19/
10
/1/

The Front Line Showdown (1966)
N/A
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?
6.3
/6/
10
/1/

The Young and Bad (1962)
Not too long ago, Soichiro was considered one of the most powerful men in business. But his business had failed, his granddaughter had committed suicide. There was nothing in his life anymore that he could look forward to. Sochiro was ready to put an to it end to all. As he drives down the Usui Pass, headed toward his summer house in Karuizawa, a girl in red heels, wearing nothing else but a coat jumps in front of the car.
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7.0
/23/
10
/1/
60
/1/

A Killer Without a Grave (1961)
Nakata (Keiichiro Akagi) is a nihilistic young buck who is willing to do anything to get money in his pockets. As he knocks back a couple drinks that he knows he won't be able to afford, a former marksman-turned-bad, Ishioka approaches him. Ishioka is looking for an unaffiliated hit-man who is willing to handle some business. Nakata is just the right man for the job.
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?
6.6
/11/
10
/1/

Wait for Tomorrow (1960)
Kohei Misugi works in a vegetable market, but his ambition is to be a photographer. He is given his first opportunity to demonstrate his talent by the Sakura Film Company which offers him an assignment to "Cover Tokyo" with a camera. But he is disillusioned when he is told he must work together with Miharu, a good looking girl in the film company's publicity department. Then the fun begins.
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?
10
/1/

零戦黒雲一家 (1962)
N/A
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?
6.2
/6/
10
/1/

I Love The Sun (1966)
A coming-of-age drama based on a novel by Kei Moriyama.
poster
?
10
/1/

Black Dice (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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?
10
/1/

Kimagure tosei (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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?
10
/1/

Angel and the Outlaw (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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?
6.8
/30/
10
/1/

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger (1960)
When Ryuji - the Gun Slinger, a drug addict leaves hospital to which he was taken after a gunfight by a notorious killer named Gin of Colt, he is employed as a bodyguard by Yo Sangen, chief of a narcotics smuggling ring.
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?
6.4
/13/
35
/2/

Sign of the Jack (1970)
Hanamura, widely known in gangland a professional trouble shooter has the sign of the Jack tattooed on his chest. His follower is his sworn partner Kurahara. They attempt to help the Towada-Gumi gang against its rival group the Kamioka-Gumi which is seeking the chance to conquer the Towada-Gumi in collusion with Noda, a big shot in the town operating a real estate firm.
poster
?
10
/1/

Song of a Traveller (1962)
A crime film released in 1962
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?
10
/1/

The Scarred Angel (1966)
A musical film based on the original work of Saigo Teruhiko. After leaving the juvenile detention center and returning to his hometown of Ibusuki, Hachiro begins to investigate the cause of his older sister Sumiko's suicide. While Hachiro was in juvenile detention, Sumiko committed suicide, but there are too many mysteries surrounding this suicide...
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?
7.2
/93/
70
/2/

Barefoot Gen (1976)
First live action adaptation of Keiji Nakazawa's manga.
poster
?
10
/1/

Streetlights (1957)
A sophisticated comedy about love games between men and women that arise from an intentionally dropped train ticket.
poster
?
4.8
/15/
10
/1/

Second Generation Young Boss (1969)
Takeshi Nanjo, a junior lieutenant in the navy whose father, the head of the Nanjo-gumi yakuza family, was killed, is forced to leave the army and become the head of the Nanjo-gumi in the second generation. He brutally chivalrously avenges the death of his father by a vicious yakuza linked to extremists within the army through the courage and swordsmanship of naval training!
poster
?
6.4
/18/
10
/1/

Harbor Rats (1957)
A scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir seller and the hookers. The crews of ship were oppressed by arrogant captain and his officers. The crews caused an uprising. A manager of stevedore ordered his employee leader to suppress an uprising...
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?
10
/1/
100
/1/

Yakuza Lawyer Haruhiko Ayanokoji (1994)
The fourth head of the Masashimizu group suddenly died. It was good until his adopted son Haruhiko Ayanokoji, a lawyer, succeeded him, but the gang consisted of only three odd people. Depicts the struggle of Haruhiko, who wears two pairs of straw sandals, a boss and a lawyer. A unique court yakuza story starring Masao Kusakari.
poster
?
5.9
/41/
10
/1/
70
/1/

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad (1988)
Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's, Atsugi Shizuka, body shape. Because of that Shizuka tries her best to restrict her diet and please Kazuki. "It's So Far Away!" Karuma Sae is an office lady who works in the city center but lives with her family in a house far away from her work. Because she is always rushing to catch the last train, she can never enjoy a decent date with her boyfriend, Oishi Mamoru. Her father is also always interfering in her life, so she can't appreciate the city life and isn't happy. "Get Ready to Drive!" Masuko is a new taxi driver in Tokyo who is very stressed from dealing with the behavior of some passengers. One night he drives a very beautiful drunk hostess home. "What Is English?" Kosaka Shigeru, a businessman, was transferred to a Chicago branch factory. He tried hard to learn English, practicing day and night, but couldn't improve as much as he expected.


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