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Criterion Channel
90
8.3
/19544/
79
/387/
81
/408/
4.4
/34418/
100
/20/
95
/266/
96
/17/

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.
poster
Kanopy
89
8.1
/193687/
79
/3134/
80
/2417/
4.2
/259677/
98
/64/
93
/2665/
98
/18/
cc age 15+

Rashomon (1950)
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
poster
Kanopy
88
8.1
/27806/
78
/554/
80
/622/
4.3
/55624/
100
/34/
93
/412/

Ugetsu (1953)
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.
poster
Kanopy
85
7.9
/9620/
76
/183/
75
/197/
4.1
/17023/
96
/24/
91
/121/

Floating Weeds (1959)
When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.8
/38722/
77
/777/
76
/887/
4.2
/129658/
96
/46/
89
/628/

Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
8.2
/35810/
79
/595/
79
/592/
4.3
/35250/
73
/15/
94
/381/

Dersu Uzala (1975)
A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the glacial Siberian woods.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.5
/34991/
76
/1596/
75
/703/
4.3
/289177/
94
/66/
85
/255/
70
/13/

Cure (1997)
A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
7.3
/6601/
73
/110/
73
/127/
3.8
/6640/
88
/16/
81
/112/
79
/11/

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.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
77
7.6
/6383/
76
/242/
73
/144/
3.9
/10902/
100
/5/
88
/41/

The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.
poster
Kanopy
84
75
7.9
/5726/
77
/100/
76
/118/
4.1
/6648/
100
/19/
93
/98/

Fires on the Plain (1959)
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
6.8
/4523/
66
/181/
74
/158/
3.6
/12484/
78
/152/

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
71
8.0
/5337/
76
/102/
77
/145/
4.2
/8890/
100
/7/
92
/24/

Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
68
7.2
/2998/
74
/133/
70
/94/
3.6
/5269/
100
/5/
88
/41/

The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)
Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.
poster
Kanopy
68
6.6
/30224/
66
/1160/
66
/622/
3.7
/147421/
76
/54/
60
/811/
68
/21/

Pulse (2001)
In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants who are desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
67
7.8
/5300/
77
/86/
77
/143/
4.1
/11253/
80
/10/
82
/31/

Street of Shame (1956)
The lives of five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
poster
75
67
7.0
/4322/
66
/107/
64
/98/
3.7
/9164/
100
/8/
80
/88/

Blind Beast (1969)
A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form. Here a deranged passion play of sensual and sexual obsession is acted out in world where sight is replaced by touch.
poster
Fandor
75
66
6.7
/4313/
71
/95/
68
/100/
3.7
/6006/
100
/5/
71
/130/

Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000)
Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After reflecting on their past lives they decided to team up and use their talents in killing for good... much to the upset of the crime syndicates.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
66
7.1
/4706/
71
/99/
71
/91/
3.7
/7866/
93
/15/
75
/40/

Gate of Hell (1953)
Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
65
7.1
/3614/
64
/112/
74
/128/
3.8
/8190/
90
/115/

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
64
7.3
/3117/
72
/58/
66
/67/
3.8
/4959/
95
/21/
82
/36/

An Actor's Revenge (1963)
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
64
7.0
/3457/
67
/123/
74
/122/
3.7
/9051/
84
/102/

Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary. However the battle may result in Gamera losing his bond with both Asagi and humanity.
poster
Kanopy
83
61
7.8
/2156/
74
/30/
76
/62/
3.9
/3901/
100
/7/
96
/21/

Red Angel (1966)
In 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during the Sino-Japanese war. She has to assist the surgeon Dr. Okabe with an incredible number of amputations. In the crowded wards, she gives sympathy to some of the soldiers, including sexually servicing one who has lost both arms and has no hope of returning home. She falls in love with Dr. Okabe, and follows him to the front, even though he is impotent from his morphine addiction.
poster
72
61
7.3
/4288/
72
/75/
73
/87/
3.6
/6099/
73
/781/

The Quiet Duel (1949)
A young army surgeon, Kyoji Fujisaki, accidentally contracts syphilis during a WWII field operation. Back at his father’s clinic, he treats himself in secret and breaks off his engagement rather than risk his fiancée’s future, even as he confronts the irresponsible patient who infected him—testing his ethics, pride, and capacity for sacrifice.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
59
7.3
/2565/
71
/94/
69
/73/
3.6
/4054/
84
/1175/

New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)
Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.
poster
82
58
7.6
/2604/
72
/60/
75
/56/
3.9
/3557/
100
/8/
94
/11/

A Geisha (1953)
Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve their professional integrity, must face the selfishness and ambition of several petty people.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
57
7.2
/2178/
70
/82/
69
/57/
3.6
/3451/
83
/933/

Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)
After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face the killer, a hired ronin.
poster
74
56
7.4
/2061/
67
/34/
72
/57/
3.9
/3390/
83
/151/

Miss Oyu (1951)
Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke and Shizu to marry so that she can remain close to Shinnosuke.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
56
7.3
/1976/
69
/65/
69
/55/
3.8
/3044/
83
/893/

Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)
Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed two years ago. When some tax money is stolen while in transit to the governor he is accused and sets out to find the money and clear his name.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
55
7.4
/2023/
68
/62/
68
/57/
3.8
/2532/
78
/1108/

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
55
7.1
/2127/
67
/71/
69
/59/
3.5
/3023/
79
/828/

Zatoichi on the Road (1963)
Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in the middle of a bloody turf war.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
55
7.0
/3044/
70
/72/
66
/73/
3.4
/2424/
72
/1866/

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro, the son of a merchant rumored to have stolen gold from the shogunate. The boss has hired Yojimbo as his hard-drinking enforcer, but Yojimbo is both a spy for the shogunate, trying to find the gold, and in love with the merchant's unwilling mistress, Umeno. Ichi hires on as the merchant's masseur and buys Umeno's freedom with his employer's own money. This embarrasses Yojimbo who withdraws from a pact with Ichi to stir up trouble between father and son and their gangs. As the two sides fight, Ichi finds the gold and sets up a final set of confrontations.
poster
Kanopy
77
54
7.2
/1372/
69
/29/
69
/36/
3.7
/3713/
100
/6/
81
/25/

Giants and Toys (1958)
Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
53
7.2
/1819/
66
/62/
68
/54/
3.6
/2485/
78
/737/

Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)
Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himself to use his amazing sword skills to help the young woman's father, whose river-crossing service is under attack by the same gang responsible for Zatoichi's wounds.
poster
69
52
6.9
/2472/
66
/70/
62
/56/
3.7
/3401/
75
/33/

Graveyard of Honor (2002)
A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
poster
69
52
7.0
/3063/
68
/61/
67
/87/
3.6
/4656/

Rainy Dog (1997)
A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him.
poster
65
51
6.6
/2609/
65
/45/
62
/66/
3.3
/3892/
70
/50/

Shinjuku Triad Society (1995)
Tatsuhito, a cop, pursues Chinese warlord Wang through the underworld of Shinjuku and over to Taiwan.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
51
7.4
/1709/
67
/49/
66
/40/
3.8
/1862/
79
/829/

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
The blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a jealous husband bent on revenge. Zatoichi tours Edo's underground via a rousing onsen fight scene, gambling houses and the gender-bending character of Umeji, before a final, flame-filled conflagration.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
51
7.1
/1868/
68
/53/
68
/43/
3.6
/1754/
78
/1189/

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his youthful attendant -- Zatoichi finds them and discovers that the pair's mixed up with a dangerous bunch of terrorist samurai who murdered the boy's parents. Now, Zatoichi must step in to save the day.
poster
77
50
7.1
/1573/
71
/46/
68
/55/
3.8
/4333/
100
/5/
78
/6/

Irezumi (1966)
Otsuya, the daughter of a rich merchant, elopes with her lover Shinsuke, an employee of her father's. During their flight, Otsuya's beauty attracts the gaze of Seikichi, a mysterious master tattooist who sees her pristine white skin as the perfect canvas for his art. The image of the large demonic spider that he emblazons across Otsuya's back marks her as the property of another man, radically altering her relationships with all around her as her personality seems to transform under its influence.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
50
7.3
/1707/
65
/58/
66
/40/
3.6
/1951/
74
/881/

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
Zatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, while fending off angry yakuza and bloodthirsty relatives out for revenge, and trying to save a sick child. Meanwhile, his luck with dice is turning.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
50
7.3
/1637/
67
/54/
65
/48/
3.6
/2026/
73
/882/

Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a brothel. Through friendship with Denroku, a local dice thrower and devoted father, Ichi uncovers an unholy alliance between the governor and the area strongman: among their scams is falsifying tax records to put farmers in debt, then forcing their daughters into prostitution at the boss's brothel. With help from Denroku's daughter, Otsuru, Ichi comforts Osayo until he can provoke showdowns with the villains and their henchmen.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
50
7.1
/1631/
66
/68/
67
/48/
3.4
/2196/
73
/1569/

Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her brother, who has murdered someone at about the same time and place as the missing man was last seen.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
49
7.3
/1403/
71
/49/
70
/36/
3.6
/1580/
83
/721/

Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)
Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
48
6.9
/1470/
66
/53/
68
/45/
3.3
/1914/
72
/811/

Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965)
Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his innocence of a crime for which he is sentenced to death. Zatoichi is reluctant to get involved, because he knows how often such involvement has led to trouble in the past. But events conspire to thrust him repeatedly into involvement, and gradually he comes to believe in the man's innocence and determines to free him.
poster
67
48
6.7
/2071/
66
/86/
64
/67/
3.5
/4626/
70
/26/

Daimajin (1966)
A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.
poster
69
48
6.9
/1915/
70
/43/
63
/54/
3.6
/2892/
71
/30/

Ley Lines (1999)
The story follows a trio of Japanese youths of Chinese descent who escape their semi-rural upbringing and relocate to Shinjuku, Tokyo, where they befriend a troubled Shanghai prostitute and fall foul of a local crime syndicate. Like many of Miike's works, the film examines the underbelly of respectable Japanese society and the problems of assimilation faced by non-ethnically Japanese people in Japan.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
47
7.2
/1420/
67
/46/
66
/40/
3.5
/1564/
80
/634/

Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has caused.
poster
65
45
6.8
/1273/
59
/15/
63
/40/
3.6
/2947/
64
/492/

Manji (1964)
The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.


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