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fuboTV
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81
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76
/368/
75
/339/
4.0
/35861/
100
/21/
91
/405/

Stray Dog (1949)
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.
poster
71
7.2
/8123/
74
/125/
71
/145/
3.7
/7644/
60
/15/
73
/111/

Rhapsody in August (1991)
An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and moral questions. When an American nephew from Hawaii visits, the family confronts grief, guilt, and the possibility of reconciliation across generations.
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82
69
7.9
/3389/
74
/108/
76
/84/
4.2
/12720/
100
/278/

Demons (1971)
Tells the story of the samurai Gengobe, who seeks revenge after falling prey to the schemes of a geisha and her husband.
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Criterion Channel
84
66
7.9
/7367/
78
/260/
73
/187/
4.0
/13652/
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.
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Criterion Channel
77
63
7.5
/3292/
72
/64/
74
/71/
3.8
/3373/
89
/44/

Sword of the Beast (1965)
Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes his sense of honor that he decides to live in the wild, like an animal. There he joins up with a motley group who are illegally mining the shogun’s gold, and, with the aid of another swordsman, gets a chance not just at survival but to recover his name and honor.
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Criterion Channel
71
44
7.3
/1741/
73
/36/
73
/51/
3.8
/2352/
60
/15/

The Castle of Sand (1974)
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
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Criterion Channel
71
43
7.2
/1273/
71
/33/
72
/39/
3.7
/2136/

Silence (1971)
Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.
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Criterion Channel
70
25
7.5
/526/
61
/9/
69
/15/
3.9
/1327/

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955)
On the way back to his childhood home, a septuagenarian man recalls his childhood and adolescence, in particular his love for a young woman.
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Criterion Channel
70
17
6.6
/468/
66
/14/
59
/19/
3.5
/597/
92
/5/

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978)
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.
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AMC
28
16
2.3
/2931/
27
/20/
28
/27/
2.3
/859/
16
/589/

Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961)
Astronomer Shinichi Tachibana has a secret identity as the superhero "Iron Sharp" and is well beloved by children. When they are attacked by a group of metallic aliens, Iron Sharp drives the aliens away. The resourceful Tachibana helps develop an electric barrier to block the aliens from coming to the Earth. After several losses by the aliens, they announce that they will invade the Earth, throwing the world into a state of panic.
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15
7.3
/521/
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/6/
51
/10/
3.7
/741/

Flame of My Love (1949)
A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls in love with its leader Kentaro Omoi, just as the party is being disbanded by the government.
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10
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The Boyhood of Dr. Noguchi (1956)
Depicts the boyhood days of Dr. Noguchi, world famous bacteriologist, who was born in a poor village as a farmer's son.
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10
/1/

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 1 - Ghost Story at the Kagamigaike (1971)
First film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.
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10
/1/

G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization (1956)
The fourth installment of G-men of Japan
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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!
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10
/1/

悲劇の将軍 山下奉文 (1953)
When Japan entered into the great tragedy that was unforgettable, the general general of the history of the Ming Dynasty, hokudai Yamashita, left the Malay front and occupied Singapore at once, and was praised as a "Malay tiger." However, the situation in Japan changed steadily by the failure of Sai pan from the GA Talca translation.
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10
/1/

The Forest Is Alive (1956)
Film adaptation of the stage version of Samuil Marshak's "Twelve Months"
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10
/1/

Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face (1959)
A tragic drama - a dismembered torso of a woman rises up on the banks of the Arakawa River. The body is only the torso. Her legs were discovered on the opposite bank. The only clue, a man was trying to throw something in from a car with a license plate number three days ago at Shin-Arakawa Ohashi Bridge...
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10
/1/

Police Precinct: Car 108 (1959)
Patrol car 108 is on the prowl in Tokyo when it comes across a suspicious small truck. When the policeman investigates he is shot and the truck makes its getaway.
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10
/1/

Zankokuna tsuki (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Song of Farewell (1965)
After her mother's funeral, Yuriko, dressed in mourning clothes, sees off her lover Shintaro as he leaves in the powdery snow, and resolves to part ways with him forever. However, in Yuriko's heart... Pure love duo Yoshinaga and Hamada rigorously pursue a life of sincerity and love of the younger generation, and love but parting, in this lyrical and melancholy touching story of Ishizaka literature.
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10
/1/

Kataashi no ēsu (1971)
N/A
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10
/1/

Seishun no Sabaki (1965)
University karate club member Kikuo is actually the son of a yakuza boss. However, he disliked his father's business and never spoke about his family at school. One day, his father, Tatsuzo, becomes the guardian of the Yamanaka-gumi.
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10
/1/

Long Journey into Love (1973)
A beautifully told story of a woman hardened by marriage to a man she doesn't love, after giving herself to another. She dedicates herself to her work, designing and creating plaited cords for kimono.
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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/

The Spy (1965)
Based on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped illegal alien internment.
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10
/1/

Flower Season (1990)
Kitamori Yuki was particular about her promise to her mother-in-law Hana. The promise is that, as the daughter-in-law of Koichi, the eldest son of the Kitamori family, Hana entrusts everything to Yuki, but wants her entire family to come see her on her birthday. At that time, her second son Keisuke's daughter Megumi, who is her private taxi driver, made a mistake, and she was overwhelmed and approached Yuki for advice. Eventually, her mother Kayo of Megumi learned about this, but a period was quietly struck by her women coming to a conclusion that should be the food for Megumi's growth.
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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.
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10
/1/

Hitotsu no inochi (1962)
1962 Japanese movie
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10
/1/

Sea-Boy and Mountain-Boy (1959)
Focuses on the mutual antipathy of two groups of children in an Izu village.
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10
/1/

Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene (1959)
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10
/1/

Police Precinct: Missing Person (1964)
Two people disappeared, engineers of the companies Yamato Matsui and Koyama. The two worked overtime, and it is proven that they consumed alcohol together. According to the sushi restaurant employee who delivered an order around 9 p.m., the two were arguing loudly. Traces of blood were found at the scene, and it looks like a murder occurred. The Investigative Department begins an investigation… The 24th work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.
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10
/1/

Police Precinct: Confession (1964)
The corpse of a debt collector, Sakai, is found in the Dobu River in Tokyo. Kinoshita, a shoe shiner who was in debt to Sakai, was soon apprehended. During interrogation, Kinoshita said that he was the one who killed Sakai. However, after a while, he admitted that he lied, because he thought that in prison he could eat plenty of rice for free. The investigation established that Sakai was a repatriate from Manchuria, and after returning to Japan, he had a wife, Rie Kawai. The investigation begins the search for Rie... The 23rd work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.
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10
/1/

Police Precinct Part 21 (1963)
A burnt corpse of a man was found in Okutama. As a result of the investigation, it turns out that the criminal strangled the victim with a bandage, smashed his face with an oil canister and burned the body, trying to hide the identity of the victim. But the investigation establishes that the victim is a former criminal named Hisashi Sayama. According to Sayama's daughter-in-law, a man named Kitamura got him a job, so he left home with a copy of the family register. Trying to find the killer, the First Investigation Department is investigating all over the country, including Akita, Yokkaichi and Okinawa.
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5.7
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/1/

Moonlight Mask: The Monster Gorilla (1959)
Fourth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.
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5.6
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10
/1/

Moonlight Mask: Claws of Satan (1958)
Gekko Kamen faces off against Satan's Claw, who is after the treasure of the Kingdom of Baradai.
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6.6
/8/

The Brick Factory Girl (1946)
This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the warmth of a Korean girl she meets, and the friendliness of this Korean girl’s family.
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5.9
/11/
10
/1/
50
/3/

The Human Wall (1959)
Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.
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10
/1/

Hell's Companion (1959)
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10
/1/

Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman (1961)
Detectives of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old girl, whose strangled corpse was found in the bay of the Tama River. As usual, the film runs only one hour and doesn’t depart too far from the usual formula; however, it greatly benefits from frequent outdoor locations that were missing from the previous film. It also touches far more serious topics, such as child abuse and mental insanity. 16th work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.
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10
/1/

Case of a Young Lord 6: Mermaid Murder Case (1957)
The sixth episode of Hashizo Okawa's "Wakasama Samurai" catch series.
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10
/1/

Police Precinct Part 13 (1960)
On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was determined. Detectives Hayashi, Kaneko, Nagata and Yamagata begin their investigation, suspecting the parents of the murdered child. They use a towel, baby diapers and bruises on the baby's body as clues in the investigation. Who killed the baby?
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10
/1/

Zesshou (1958)
N/A
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10
/1/

Women's House (1954)
After Shuichiro moved to Tokyo, the Tanno family became completely female, including Mrs. Tanno, Shuichiro's daughter-in-law Manzuko, painter Takashiro Egi, Shizu Kazemaki, Mitsue Nanbu, an intellectual who works in a university laboratory, and an old woman.
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6.6
/18/
10
/1/

Across the Darkness (1959)
A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.
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7.5
/9/
10
/1/

Mid-August Commotion (1962)
A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General Staff of the Konoe Division on the eve of the end of the Pacific War.
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10
/1/

The Black Cat (1965)
Helping her mother manage a nightclub, young Emiko quickly realizes how difficult life is.
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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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