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Kanopy
87
7.9
/20604/
80
/619/
77
/421/
4.3
/60310/
100
/66/
90
/301/
89
/21/

Still Walking (2008)
A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.4
/8445/
74
/214/
73
/171/
3.9
/13003/
93
/76/
84
/81/
80
/22/
cc age 10+

I Wish (2011)
Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.
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Criterion Channel
75
7.4
/727/
74
/12/
71
/21/
3.8
/1007/
83

Ballad of Orin (1977)
A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.
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80
65
7.7
/2780/
74
/91/
74
/103/
4.2
/16218/
90
/201/

Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)
A director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan.
poster
63
6.7
/15489/
69
/415/
69
/353/
3.3
/4130/
47
/32/
81
/1052/
49
/14/

Azumi (2003)
In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is Azumi, the ultimate assassin.
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74
56
7.2
/2057/
73
/51/
64
/51/
4.0
/4241/
82
/54/

9 Souls (2003)
After discovering a hole in their crowded cell, nine prisoners escape their confinement to track down the key of the universe, which a fellow prisoner known as the Counterfeit King said he had hidden.
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Criterion Channel
63
56
6.3
/4714/
66
/163/
64
/135/
3.3
/12353/
59
/110/

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.
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66
50
6.4
/3105/
70
/159/
70
/145/
3.2
/877/
65
/274/

Dororo (2007)
Hyakkimaru, a warrior on a quest to reclaim 48 of his body parts which were each taken by a demon, is joined by Dororo, a thief on a quest to avenge the death of her parents.
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55
48
6.0
/4898/
57
/76/
60
/99/
3.4
/2762/
33
/6/
56
/286/

Izo (2004)
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.
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63
47
6.6
/2026/
66
/53/
66
/61/
3.3
/2181/
55
/60/

Hana (2006)
In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.
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73
46
7.1
/1796/
70
/24/
70
/40/
3.6
/1104/
84
/43/

Shogun's Samurai (1978)
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadanaga become bitter rivals for the shogunate, and the land is split into factions, eventually erupting into warfare. Iemitsu's mentor, his fencing instructor Yagyu, is fixated upon securing Iemitsu the shogunate and ends up betraying everyone, even his own family, in pursuit of the goal.
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Kanopy
72
46
7.1
/945/
70
/22/
63
/31/
3.7
/1174/
100
/15/
64
/15/
67
/5/

United Red Army (2007)
Two of the most radical student groups form the United Red Army (URA) and head into the mountains to conduct a training camp. Ideology devolves into despotism, and the URA's leaders begin to arbitrarily persecute their followers, a harrowing ordeal that culminates in violence and murder.
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Fandango at Home Free
59
46
6.0
/2928/
64
/71/
60
/81/
3.2
/2898/
49
/147/

Nightmare Detective (2007)
When a number of suicide victims slash themselves in their sleep, detective Keiko Kirishima is called to investigate.
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64
45
6.5
/1601/
62
/26/
62
/23/
3.5
/1404/
60
/48/
68
/139/
61
/20/

Drawing Restraint 9 (2006)
The film concerns the theme of self-imposed limitation and continues Matthew Barney's interest in religious rite, this time focusing on Shinto.
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50
44
5.9
/6165/
62
/179/
56
/120/
3.0
/1989/
8
/13/
54
/129/

The Hunted (1995)
Paul Racine, a high-powered American business executive in Japan, is catapulted into a maze of danger and intrigue after he and his sexy companion are the targets of assassins hired by the ruthless Kinjo. To survive, Racine must join forces with a powerful samurai and together they will fight the force of evil in an awesome battle rooted in centuries of brutal conflict.
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72
40
6.9
/1636/
70
/29/
65
/46/
3.8
/4024/
81
/9/

Zigeunerweisen (1980)
A surreal period film following a university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in peculiar ways.
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63
40
6.3
/798/
67
/113/
61
/52/
3.2
/3328/

Ring (1995)
In different parts of Tokyo, four young and seemingly healthy people suddenly die of heart failure at exactly the same moment. Reporter Kazuyuki Asakawa decides to investigate the deaths, and discovers that the four had stayed at a rural inn together just a week earlier. At the inn, he comes across a strange video that ends with a message saying that anyone who watches it will die exactly seven days later. Now the clock is ticking for Asakawa. Can he break the curse in time?
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Criterion Channel
69
33
7.0
/637/
58
/18/
63
/18/
3.6
/676/
86

Hunter in the Dark (1979)
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds his boss's enemies almost overwhelming.
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68
32
6.9
/975/
57
/30/
64
/28/
3.8
/3447/
74
/6/

Kagero-za (1981)
A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.
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70
32
6.9
/836/
60
/25/
63
/32/
3.8
/2261/
83
/4/

Yumeji (1991)
Following the life of Japanese artist and poet Yumeji Takehisa through the imagining of an encounter with a beautiful widow with a dark past.
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71
27
7.2
/704/
62
/15/
68
/24/
3.9
/1800/
80
/1/

Farewell to the Ark (1984)
A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and superstitions as they leave for the city. Among them are two cousins who love each other and who get into a quarrel with other villagers.
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61
26
6.2
/774/
57
/24/
65
/22/
3.4
/1173/
57
/16/

Party 7 (2000)
Seven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel room: a thief who's stolen a suitcase of money from the mob, his ex-girlfriend, her obsessive boyfriend, the mob soldier sent to retrieve the briefcase, another mobster sent to kill them, master voyeur Captain Banana and his new apprentice, The Mister Yellow. Who will end up with the money?
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61
25
5.9
/913/
66
/31/
59
/34/
3.2
/577/
59
/17/

Another Heaven (2000)
A pair of hard-boiled Tokyo cops are investigating a gruesome murder: after killing the victim, the murderer cut his skull open and cooked his brain in a stew. As they try to track down the killer, they discover that, quite literally, everybody is a suspect. Will they bring the terror to an end, or will they become part of it themselves?
poster
57
22
5.9
/426/
55
/20/
55
/25/
3.0
/1123/

Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71 (1971)
The series swansong, Beat '71, sees Kaji framed and sent to prison by her boyfriend's father and with the help of some hippies she strives to be re-united.
poster
55
20
6.7
/665/
57
/14/
52
/16/
3.6
/799/
30

A Pool Without Water (1982)
After saving a girl from rape, a bored rail worker finds out about a chemical that makes people sleep and gets carried away into a new, violent world of ideas.
poster
62
20
6.7
/414/
61
/6/
53
/14/
3.7
/1924/
57
/3/

A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (1977)
A rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her into a sports celebrity.
poster
67
16
6.8
/645/
73
/15/
62
/22/
3.4
/271/

Manhunt (1976)
A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.
poster
60
15
6.5
/532/
70
/19/
56
/11/
3.4
/550/
42
/18/

Karaoke Terror (2003)
One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. His friends track them down and kill the killer and it escalates!
poster
65
15
6.9
/285/
57
/7/
57
/12/
3.7
/773/

Confessions Among Actresses (1971)
In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid bare, and scenes from their lives are woven in and out of interviews with each of them. Each of them has experienced a traumatic event which contributes to their particular enjoyment of becoming someone else in dramatic roles.
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Criterion Channel
64
14
6.6
/611/
63
/9/
59
/13/
3.4
/471/

Ronin-gai (1990)
Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district attempt to regain their honor by defending a brothel from a hostile militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes.
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59
13
6.2
/121/
60
/6/
44
/7/
3.6
/1012/

The Story of PuPu (1998)
Fu and Suzu are two hedonist girls who decide to take to the road. They set off on a journey to visit the tomb of a small pig by name Pupu. On the way, they meet Suzu's ex-lover, a gay couple, and a golf player; always getting in trouble. But whenever trouble comes, 'Trunk Man' the hero appears to save them.
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60
13
6.5
/385/
62
/7/
55
/13/
61
/12/

Heaven's Bookstore (2004)
Kenta, a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets a man in a Hawaiian shirt named Yamaki. He invites Kenta to work with him, and the next thing he knows, Kenta wakes up to find himself in a room he has never been in before. It is a strange room that seems to have no connection to life. He descends a staircase to find many shelves of books.
poster
54
7
6.7
/266/
48
/7/
46
/13/
3.5
/242/
40
/2/

Onibi: The Fire Within (1997)
After spending over half his life in prison, ex-hitman Kunihiro is determined to go straight. But the shortcomings of the new gangs mean that he is soon having to call on his old-school yakuza talents. And when he falls for Asako, a beautiful piano player, she unknowingly ignites a fire within Kuni that will immolate everything and everybody around him. Regarded by many as his masterpiece, Onibi has all the hallmarks of a Mochizuki film, with the gangster elements tightly compressed and controlled to allow space in which a subdued romance can bloom. Coming from a background in porno cinema, this master of sexual relations injects a fresh passion and tension into the macho world of the yakuza film.
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?
5.6
/13/
10
/1/
10

Firefly (1989)
A young outlaw racing through the streets of Yokohama. Will the love that slipped through his fingers like sand come back to him once again?
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?
7.0
/82/
60
/3/

The Fang in the Hole (1979)
A police detective tries to investigate the mystery of a victim who was shot in the head, but no bullet was found.
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?
6.8
/16/
10
/1/

Paper Lantern (1987)
A new wave Yakuza film in which Takanori Jinnai plays a young Yakuza suffering from stomach cancer who has very little left to live. This film is based on the posthumous manuscript of Shoji Kaneko, the legendary director who died of cancer after completing work on the hit "Ryuji".
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?
5.6
/12/
50
/2/

The Bicycle Thief Was Bad (2006)
Steel-worker Saito Tetsuo, driven by an unexplained anxiety, steals bike after bike to move away from his hometown to Tokyo. Through snow-storms and empty landscapes, the breathtaking photography allows us to look deep into the mindscape of a man searching for an answer - although the question itself is never quite articulated.
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?
5.5
/16/
50
/1/

Time Limit (2003)
Mizusawa (Takenouchi Yutaka), an explosives expert, is arrested and charged with a string of bank robberies. Because he is a flight risk, Detective Kayama (Ogata Ken) is assigned to transport Mizusawa to Shizuoka for questioning. On the way, Kayama receives word that the hotel where his wife and daughter are attending a party has been rigged with a time bomb. Being a "by-the-book" kind of cop, Kayama refuses to abandon his job and return to help his family. Meanwhile, the hotel is swarming with police and the bomb squad who are searching for the bomb and the culprit. Time is almost up. Mizusawa claims that he is the only who who can deactivate the bomb.
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?
5.7
/9/
6
/3/

Kagerô 2 (1996)
An entertainment drama depicting the conflict of yakuza, centering on the female torso and her sister's feud.
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?
10
/1/

A Bridge of Tears (1983)
Japanese drama film.
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?
6.5
/17/
40
/2/
50
/1/

Song of Vengeance (1968)
Executive management of a major Tokyo construction company are getting bumped off one after another. It seems obvious that it is a former partner of the company with a long-standing grudge who is responsible, but he died in the first ten minutes of the movie. Or did he? This may aptly be described as a giallo-noir for the unrelenting string of murders by a mystery man and the black-and-white gritty urban setting.
poster
?
6.0
/28/

Goodbye, Flickmania (1979)
Set at the height of the Japanese student rebellion in 1968, the film tells the story of the friendship between two very different men—a fortyish film maniac who spends nearly all his time at the movies and a 19-year-old going through the final rites of passage from adolescence to adulthood.
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?
10
/1/

Out of Focus (1985)
A magazine publisher called Out Of Focus hires a new female camerawoman. This company is located in Tokyo. The new photographer moves from outside the city to Tokyo and upon arrival and on her first day is tasked with immediately snapping pictures. Her boss sends her on a mission with a senior colleague. The senior cameraman uses rogue ways surprising his new colleague. A new assignment related to a former Japanese Prime Minister falls on her lap. The court does not look fondly at photography of this kind.
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?
10
/1/

Business Trip (1989)
N/A
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?
6.3
/27/
40
/2/
20
/1/

Sosuke Loses His Lover (1992)
Koji Wakamatsu adapted Kouhei Tsuka's play of the same name into a human comedy about the members of a traveling acting troupe.
poster
53
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6.0
/120/
47
/7/
53
/3/

Wet Sand in August (1971)
Several high-school friends spend their final summer together indulging in sex and leisure; their halcyon days are soon coming to an end.
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?
10
/1/

The Anthropology of a Fight Scene (1993)
A man must overcome many obstacles as he works his way through the dangerous crime world to the level of yakuza.
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?
10
/1/

Evil Emblem (1990)
Aida, a daredevil detective who isn't afraid of power or challenges. The great evil has begun investigating a major corruption case involving a leading trade company and the nation.


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