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Criterion Channel
82
7.6
/18445/
76
/660/
75
/402/
4.1
/72346/
100
/10/
86
/416/
80
/6/

Lady Snowblood (1973)
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.
poster
75
57
7.4
/2706/
69
/39/
73
/57/
3.8
/1985/
83
/44/

Samurai Assassin (1965)
Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.
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71
45
7.3
/1473/
67
/41/
70
/43/
3.7
/3560/

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.
poster
Criterion Channel
67
37
6.9
/1439/
61
/31/
62
/34/
3.3
/1397/
78
/21/

Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973)
Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He shows inadequate respect to the treasurer, who wants him dead.
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66
36
6.3
/998/
66
/59/
67
/45/
3.2
/2789/
71
/10/

Evil of Dracula (1974)
A professor takes up a new post at an all-girls school only to discover the principal concealing a dark secret.
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74
30
7.7
/1176/
72
/21/
72
/29/
3.8
/820/
79
/11/

Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
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24
7.2
/683/
70
/14/
74
/20/
3.8
/1002/
79
/7/

The Wolves (1971)
After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi gets released early -- only to find that his former gang has merged with the Kannos. But with bitter resentments lingering on both sides, how long will it be before the bloodshed begins anew?
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65
22
6.5
/911/
66
/28/
68
/22/
3.4
/725/
62
/8/

The Water Margin (1972)
The corruption in the Sung Dynasty of 11th century China is so rampant that it inspires a band of Oriental Robin Hoods - the Honorable 108. Mountain bandits who nevertheless live by a scrupulous code of conduct, the Honorable 108 pledge to end the repression of the brutal overlords.
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69
18
7.4
/526/
55
/7/
73
/13/
3.7
/689/

The Thin Line (1966)
Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is racked with guilt and confesses to his wife, Masako. In an effort to further relieve his tortured sense of guilt, he then confesses to Sugimoto. Neither his wife nor his friend can believe that he could have been involved.
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56
12
6.3
/350/
35
/6/
60
/15/
3.3
/382/

Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.
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10
7.3
/244/
40
/2/
58
/12/
3.6
/396/

Moment of Terror (1966)
When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother seeks vengeance against the driver in this thrilling drama. The car was driven by the wife of a company president who is having an affair. The woman's husband manages to buy silence about the incident, but the victim's mother discovers the identity of the driver. After she secures a job in the home of the company president and his philandering spouse, the woman plans to murder the couple's son when he reaches the age of her late son.
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8.4
/13/

The Izu Dancer (1967)
Kawasaki, a high school student from Ichiko, walks along a mountain path toward Amagi and encounters a troupe of traveling performers. He becomes captivated by Kaoru, a black-haired dancer carrying a drum on her back. Deciding to travel with the troupe to Shimoda, Kawasaki finds that Kaoru also harbors a tender affection for him.
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10
/1/

The Last Days of Planet Earth (1981)
In 1853, Gentetsu Nishiyama tells his students that the French prophet Nostaradamus foretells great change for Japan, some of his students revolt, calling his words heresy and his wife flees with a book of Nostradamus’s predictions… In the present day, Dr. Nishiyama has to combat increasingly bizarre goings on which seem all to familiar to the prophet's predictions…
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6.3
/29/
10
/1/
50
/1/

The Dump Truck Rascal (1981)
Depicting the turbulent life of truck driver Takashi, his fellow drivers, and the women he meets.
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10
/1/

Young Challengers (1968)
A story depicting the challenges faced by today's youth in working to build a better tomorrow, based on the theme of Toshiba's progress as one of Japan's leading manufacturers of electronic and electric goods.
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10
/1/

Two Hearts in the Rain (1968)
Love story of a working-class boy and girl.
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5.7
/10/
10
/1/

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter (1971)
N/A
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10
/1/

Sodachi zakari (1967)
Japanese movie released on September 30 , 1967 . Produced and distributed by Toho . Color , Toho scope . Running time is 88 minutes.
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10
/1/

Rebel Against Glory (1970)
N/A
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20
/1/

Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Rookies 2 (2000)
The sixth and final 'Gotoshi' film.
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20
/1/

Rookies Gotoshi Co., Ltd. ~THE MOVIE~ (1999)
The fifth 'Gotoshi' film.
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20
/1/

Hageshii Kisetsu (1998)
After being hit by Kyouko's car, office worker Hideo starts regularly meeting up Kyouko after the accident. With each meeting their feelings for each start to grow and they soon fall in love. The only problem is that Kyouko is married to and has a child with a yakuza boss who is currently in prison.
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5.2
/12/
10
/1/

The Resurrection of the Beast (1969)
Crime film released in 1969
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8.4
/10/

What the War Meant (2008)
The drama stars Beat Takeshi as General Hideki Tojo, who served as Prime Minister of Japan during World War II and was later executed as a war criminal. The story's theme is said to be a look at how the Pacific War began, focusing mostly on the three month period between the Imperial Conference (Gozen Kaigi) on September 6, 1941, and the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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10
/1/

How to Be the Worst of Office Workers (1968)
A salaryman comedy.
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10
/1/

Pomegranate Time (1967)
Comedy-drama about university tennis players.
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6.7
/27/
10
/1/
54
/5/

Duel at Fort Ezo (1970)
1864. Samurai Shinbei is sent in a secret mission to Ezo, in the North of Japan, to stop riots of villagers commanded by Jirozaemon. A Russian count's daughter, the village leader's daughter and a secret treasure add up to the adventure.
poster
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6.2
/26/
10
/1/
57
/3/

City of Beasts (1970)
University student Arima Yasuhiro becomes acquainted with Ishihama, the president of a pharmaceutical company with a dark past, slowly but surely getting more embroiled in his dirty dealings.
poster
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5.9
/30/
40
/2/
70
/1/

Too Young to Die (1969)
A young couple, composed of a cheating wife and a retired car racer, arrive at a drive-in. A man with a gun arrives at the restaurant and takes hostages. Chaos ensues.
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6.0
/117/
55
/4/
70
/2/

Horror of the Wolf (1973)
Enigmatic teenager Akira Inugami is, by night, a powerful werewolf, who falls for a beautiful young teacher, and copes with a ruthless teen gang leader, whose yakuza father murdered Akira's parents years before.
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6.3
/27/
36
/3/
50
/5/

Attack at Daylight (1970)
A truck driver is reunited with friends from his youth in a seedy bar and gets drawn into a web of crime.
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50
/3/

Take It Easy (1986)
Coming of age film about rock musicians.
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7.8
/30/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Come Marry Me (1966)
Masako is a humble waitress who has a chance encounter with playboy Tamotsu. With the aid of his sister, Tamotsu seeks to win Masako's affection despite the disapproval of his wealthy parents and Masako's own feelings towards the working-class cabbie Noro.
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54
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5.2
/175/
50
/3/
62
/6/

Shinobido (2012)
A hidden Ninja village exists deep in the mountain. OKOU who was raised as a lady Ninja is ordered a secret mission by the patriarch..
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5.2
/7/
10
/1/

Good-bye Moscow (1968)
Ex-jazz pianist turned promoter finds he is successful, but empty. When an entrepreneur sends him to Moscow with a jazz combo, he falls in with the dissident youth of the city, and again finds life empty.
poster
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10
/1/

Our Wasteland (1969)
Tetsuya, a worker at a US Air Base who moonlights as a bartender with his bar hostess roommate, dreams to move to the United States one day. Meanwhile, his best friend Jun wants to build a home on some local wasteland. Yet the introduction of Yuki, who they both fall in love with, begins to tear their friendship apart.
poster
70
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7.5
/184/
58
/5/
78
/4/
3.6
/290/

Hymn to a Tired Man (1968)
Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son's fallen for the daughter of a war officer responsible for the maiming.
poster
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7.1
/31/
10
/1/
77
/3/

Campus A Go-Go (1965)
Young Guy (Kayama) competes in an electric guitar competition and plays American-style football. Released alongside Invasion of Astro Monster.
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7.1
/25/
40
/2/
60
/1/

The Beast Shall Die (1974)
Kunihiko Date, a young criminal genius, puts a perfect crime plan into action to take revenge on the men who once drove his father to ruin.
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10
/1/

Secret Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
A documentary about the 1974 film Prophecies of Nostradamus, released to coincide with the latter's release. It featured several prophets and experts on meteorology and food ecology giving their respective takes on the 1999 apocalypse which Nostradamus predicted. Performers Hiroshi Itsuki, Shizue Abe and Linda Yamamoto appeared as well as the film's stars, Tetsuro Tanba, Yoko Tsukasa, Toshio Kurosawa and Yumi Kaoru.
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5.3
/31/

Part-Time Detective 2 (2004)
The housewife and part-time private detective Noriko Yamada plays her old tricks again, uncovering mysterious corruption cases. But this time she will solve it adopting the style of "Beatrix Kiddo" from Kill Bill.
poster
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6.5
/20/

Part-Time Detective (2002)
Noriko Yamada is a housewife and mother of five children, she and her husband go through an economic crisis that causes them to have problems with the bank. But while looking for work will Hitoshi befriending Hibino, president of "K & D Research" a detective agency. This will give you the opportunity to spend a trial investigating an infidelity. So get to be a part-time detective Noriko.
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8.2
/45/
10
/1/

The Human Revolution (1973)
N/A
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58
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6.4
/309/
53
/9/
60
/7/

Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, with results which stun both nations. Meanwhile, Major Genjiro Akashi makes secret negotiations with the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia, negotiations that have repercussions far beyond the conflict at hand.
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7.3
/26/
10
/1/
85
/1/

Karafuto 1945 Summer (1974)
The film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War. On August 15, 1945, Soviet forces invaded Karafuto. On August 20, the postal telegraph office in Maoka suspended operations and nine of the twelve telephone operators committed suicide by taking potassium cyanide while the city was being invaded.
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6.2
/97/
45
/7/
59
/7/

Neko Ramen Taisho (2008)
Taishô's father is a supermodel cat, and everybody believes that Taishô will be a supermodel as well. His family has great expectations of him, because he is the eldest son, but he can't bear all the pressure and runs away from home. Unfortunately, he has no clue how to survive on his own, having always been fed and pampered as a model cat. Taishô passes from one job to another, homeless, until he finds his place in a noodle shop, where he becomes a successful cook.
poster
60
?
6.6
/107/
48
/5/
67
/3/

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980)
The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies: Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, Proxy War, Police Tactics.
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7.1
/45/
20
/2/
70
/1/

Best Guy (1990)
Two pilots compete to be the best jet fighter. A commander with a troublesome past, a female director who wants a good scoop, a competition that is looking for their best guy.


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