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Criterion Channel
69
6.6
/24842/
67
/800/
65
/705/
3.6
/42994/
84
/38/
64
/411/

In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
62
7.5
/3762/
73
/97/
73
/106/
4.1
/14107/
86
/7/
85
/18/

Death by Hanging (1968)
A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
62
7.0
/5533/
68
/110/
68
/129/
3.6
/10363/
80
/5/
70
/56/

Empire of Passion (1978)
In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
55
7.4
/2133/
66
/36/
72
/55/
3.9
/4681/
100
/6/
90
/11/

Boy (1969)
A family of four lives off of scams in which they pretend to be injured by automobiles.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
50
7.0
/1307/
60
/20/
61
/37/
3.7
/2443/
100
/10/
79
/17/

Violence at Noon (1966)
Two young women must come to terms with the fact that a man they're deeply linked to is a murdering rapist.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
38
7.2
/1440/
69
/22/
67
/40/
3.9
/2530/
79
/7/

The Ceremony (1971)
Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional family to trace the rise and fall of militaristic Japan across several decades.
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Criterion Channel
60
29
6.8
/944/
55
/11/
64
/27/
3.7
/2434/
43
/4/

Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
Long takes and a highly theatrical visual approach combine to form a tense and confrontational look at the decline of a socialist student activists' movement in Japan.
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Criterion Channel
57
29
6.5
/978/
51
/16/
56
/26/
3.6
/2579/
46
/9/

Sing a Song of Sex (1967)
Four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with an inebriated teacher singing bawdy drinking songs. This encounter sets them on a less than academic path.
poster
67
17
6.7
/342/
61
/17/
67
/18/
3.5
/636/
72
/7/

Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)
Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon her release three years later, she’s a shamed woman confined to living in the shadowy world of sex clubs and street gangs. She returns to the city to live with her uncle, a billiard-hall owner, and after befriending pimp and ne’er-do-well Ryuji (Tsunehiko Watase), she gets a job working at a hostess club in the chic Ginza neighborhood, where the expensive shops and neon lights conceal a dark world of crime and sexual slavery. But when a rival gang attempts to muscle in on the club, Nami becomes enmeshed in a violent struggle that forces her to wield a skilled pool cue to defend her uncle’s business, and eventually a short sword to wreak bloody vengeance upon her enemies.
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60
17
6.0
/251/
53
/10/
61
/11/
3.4
/1138/

Curse of the Dog God (1977)
A trio of young scientists investigate a source of uranium at the base of a sacred mountain, and after running over a dog, find themselves cursed by the locals.
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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'.
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Amazon Prime Video
62
12
6.8
/433/
61
/14/
70
/6/
3.4
/461/
43
/15/

Karate Warriors (1976)
Sakata protects a little boy while coping with rival gangs.
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10
/1/

Grudge Girls Academy: Serial Murder of Fear! (1981)
There are two bizarre rumors spreading about a girls' high school called “Seiwa Joshi Gakuen.” The first is a “Hanako-san in the Toilet”-like story about a painting that hangs in the principal's office = young twin sisters who escape from the painting at night and promenade around the school. The other is about Ryoko Mizumura, an art teacher who is too beautiful to be true and the object of the students' admiration, but who may actually be two people.
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10
/1/
30
/2/

晴姿稚児の剣法 (1956)
Underneath Himeji Castle, Miyamoto Bensuke was determined to inherit the will of his late father, Shinmen Munenori, and aimed to become a great swordsman. For this purpose, he challenged anyone he could to matches and eventually forced a duel upon a martial artist named Arima Kihei, whom he killed. Munenori's old friend, the monk Guan Ando, reprimanded Bensuke's brutality and told him to go to the capital to refine his skills.
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?
10
/1/

こゝに幸あり・後篇 花咲く朝 (1956)
1956 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

こゝに幸あり・前篇 誘惑の都 (1956)
1956 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

振袖釼法 (1955)
In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for marrying Tsuji, the most beautiful woman in the domain. However, due to a personal grudge held by Horikawa Gentazaemon, the swordsmanship instructor, Genbachi met an untimely and bitter death through foul means within the precincts of the Hachiman Shrine. Due to the domain's oppressive treatment of those of low status, Tsuji, now with her infant son Botaro, was dispossessed of her home and exiled.
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10
/1/

A Thousand Suspects (1966)
Suspense film based on Ryuji Hori's non-fiction book about the kidnapping and murder of 4-year-old Yoshinobu Murakoshi in 1963.
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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
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10
/1/

Third Generation's Loyalty Offering (1962)
1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie
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10
/1/

Hearts A-Flutter (1957)
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10
/1/

白磁の人 (1957)
N/A
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10
/1/

その手にのるな (1958)
A woman in a bar was killed at a new construction site in an apartment building, and a handbag containing the value of five million yen was taken away. Detective Kuribayashi, who was involved in the investigation, turned his eyes to Kishida Ryohei, a cabaret musician who lives in a nearby apartment. He had a criminal record for stabbing his wife, who had betrayed him, and a match he worked for had fallen at the scene of the murder. However, Kishida, who appeared at the police station, stubbornly denied the crime, and he returned to his apartment without physical evidence.However, the residents of the apartment who learned of this had been cold-blooded and rumored to be a murderer. Kishida has a secret crush on the stripper Tachibana Yumi, who lives in the apartment directly opposite.However, Yumi has a lover of a plumber named Maki Shinji.
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10
/1/

Koko ni otoko ari (1959)
N/A
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10
/1/

悪魔の顔 (1957)
N/A
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3.8
/8/
10
/1/

Women's Police: Part II (1969)
Masaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi) is the recruiter and protector of hostesses at the Club Rose. One day he visits Club Aron, to complain about attempts to lure hostesses from Club Rose. Aron's madam Hisayo reminds him of a tragic experience five years before, when a lovely girl named Kumi committed double suicide with a man in a hotel. For Aron's madam is Kumi's elder sister. Kagari's friend Hayazaki introduces him to Chie, the young sister of the man who died with Kumi, who has come to Tokyo to learn the truth about her brother's death. Kagari sends them both away. But he continues to be haunted by the warmed-over memories. When Club Aron is found selling bootleg whisky Kagari learns that Hisayo has been a tool in the hands of the Akune group who are also responsible for trying to steal his girls, and that Fujikura, the public prosecutor who presided over the case of Kumi's death and ruled it suicide, is now the personal lawyer of the Akune group...
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10
/1/

Fangs of Vengeance (1965)
N/A
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10
/1/

Tokyo Omnibus (1959)
The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love with a runaway girl who turns out to be the leader of a religious sect. Kusano is the henpecked proprietor of a rice biscuit shop who dreams of owning a bird and dog shop and his daughter is in love with a boarder, employed by the private detective agency searching for the runaway girl. The agency head has his own dream of arranging thirty marriages and has already accomplished twenty-seven. Tatsumi is a newspaper reporter who dreams of a big scoop to enable him to marry a girl TV producer and his friend a mountain climbing enthusiast who dreams of joining a Himalayan expedition but is opposed by his wife. His love of the mountains is shared by a boarder in their home and by a fishmonger's son.
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10
/1/

A Samurai's Honor at Pawn (1956)
A film about the struggle of an officer from Edo, Toyama Saemon, with a lightning-fast gang of thieves.
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6.2
/19/
10
/1/
70
/1/

The Biggest Gamble (1969)
When Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do everything possible to have Honjo step down, which puts Itsuki between a rock and a hard place.
poster
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6.6
/11/
10
/1/
72
/2/

Shisha to no kekkon (1960)
A case of mistaken identity in which a woman assumes the role of widow to a man killed in a train accident.
poster
?
6.8
/10/
10
/1/

Only She Knows (1960)
A young woman is attacked by a serial rapist and murderer whom her detective father is investigating. Though she survives, the impact of the event creates increasing discord and agony for her and her loved ones.
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10
/1/

The Red Bat (1958)
N/A
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10
/1/

Journey (1967)
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10
/1/

The Sea of Sparta (1983)
Violent delinquent Shunpei is sent to Totsuka Yacht School, a grueling rehabilitation center. The principal fears that this "half-wolf" is too much. When kids go bad, this school beats them straight. But they've never seen anything like this punk before.
poster
53
?
5.8
/261/
48
/7/
45
/9/
3.2
/320/
5.4
/438/

Band of Ninja (1967)
The son of an assassinated feudal lord, in the Muromachi period, attempts to avenge his father's death and meets Kagemaru, a renegade ninja helping peasants and farmers rebel against Oda Nobunaga's regime, all depicted through an experimental form of filming pages from the original manga set to sound.
poster
?
7.1
/16/
70
/1/

The Intermission (2013)
A unique black comedy set in Ginza Cinepathos, a long-established movie theater that closes at the end of March 2013 while being familiar to movie fans with its retro appearance and unique lineup. Unique guests visiting the theater draw a human pattern during breaks.
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10
/1/

Legend of Plumeria (1983)
Emiko Hayasaka (Seiko Matsuda), who lives in Hawaii, has arranged a marriage with Akira Kuniyoshi (Shinji Yamashita), the son of the president of a hotel chain. Although Emiko is not yet ready to get married, Akira and both of her parents are enthusiastic about the matchmaking. During a summer vacation in Japan, Emiko is attacked with a knife by a boy, but is saved by Shinji Terao (Kiichi Nakai), a young man who happens to be passing by. Shinji is passionate about windsurfing and trains hard every day for the world championships. Emiko is attracted to him because of his sincerity, though he is not very sociable. Upon returning to Hawaii, she overcame her parents' objections and got him to break off his proposal to Akira. Meanwhile, the world competition is approaching and Shinji comes to Hawaii from Japan.
poster
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10
/1/

Young Boss: Invitation to Fight (1966)
N/A
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6.1
/56/
10
/1/
54
/5/

My Bellett (1964)
A promotional film for the automobile manufacturer Isuzu Jidosha directed by Nagisa Ôshima - an anthology of three stories.
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6.6
/24/
10
/1/

Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O. (1965)
N/A
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10
/1/

The Adorable Trio (1957)
Japanese romantic comedy film.
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6.9
/80/
65
/2/
66
/5/

Sweet Revenge (1977)
Masao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of money. His sister Kiriko makes the long trip to Tokyo, specifically to accost Otsuka, Japan's top criminal defence lawyer, and plead with him to take her brother's case. They live in Kitakyushu which, though a city, she contends that the local lawyers are not up to the job. Otsuka contemptuously brushes her off. A year passes. Masao has suicided in jail, his appeal having failed due to the lack of interest and competence of the local defence lawyer. Kiriko returns to Tokyo, planning revenge on Otsuka for refusing the case and causing her brother's death.
poster
53
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6.2
/264/
40
/3/
45
/6/
3.4
/441/

Dear Summer Sister (1972)
14-year-old Sunaoko travels from Tokyo to Naha, Okinawa, with her father’s young fiancée Momoko in search of her half-brother whom she has never met. Their guide, a beer-guzzling ex-soldier, takes them to the locale’s tourist attractions, quickly delving into the underlying scars of the island’s wartime history.
poster
55
?
5.9
/149/
59
/11/
48
/14/

Manji (1983)
Kleptomaniac Sonoko and young, beautiful Mitsuko begin an unusual love affair which develops fast into a kinky sexual love triangle when Sonoko’s husband gets involved.
poster
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7.0
/20/
10
/1/
100
/1/

The Night before Pearl Harbor (1968)
The last film in the series brings the tale to the doorstep of Pacific War, with the planning of the bombing of Pearl Harbor dominant in Nakano Spy School.
poster
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8.6
/42/
10
/1/

Naked Ambition (1970)
Wicked woman Ogin is a concubine of a powerful feudal lord Tayu. At first Ogin gains power by poisoning lawful wife of Tayu. To gain more power Ogin let her lover Isogai Iori, kill whoever interrupts her. Film it is based on Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's novel "Kyofu Jidai".
poster
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6.2
/19/
10
/1/

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 6 (1969)
This is the sixth film in the Brutal Tales of Chivalry series


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