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Amazon Prime Video
86
8.3
/22963/
81
/376/
81
/389/
4.4
/29613/
73
/15/
95
/388/
90
/10/

Red Beard (1965)
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
8.1
/8230/
76
/133/
77
/186/
4.2
/11874/
100
/14/
89
/66/

The Life of Oharu (1952)
In 17th century Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
8.3
/15331/
81
/263/
82
/254/
4.3
/20243/
100
/9/
93
/171/
90
/9/

Samurai Rebellion (1967)
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
8.0
/45065/
79
/834/
79
/665/
4.1
/60355/
96
/52/
92
/830/
89
/16/

The Hidden Fortress (1958)
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
8.0
/59337/
78
/1058/
79
/940/
4.3
/103590/
96
/49/
93
/1068/

Throne of Blood (1957)
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.6
/44412/
75
/1602/
76
/1060/
4.0
/135464/
94
/78/
89
/1066/
79
/20/

Godzilla (1954)
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
80
8.0
/15245/
78
/259/
77
/271/
4.1
/23000/
100
/19/
91
/265/

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
79
7.6
/14426/
75
/315/
76
/294/
3.9
/28156/
94
/16/
89
/222/

Drunken Angel (1948)
In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when the gangster’s ruthless former boss returns and drags him back toward the swampy underworld he can’t escape.
poster
79
7.7
/12314/
75
/193/
74
/170/
3.9
/11724/
90
/51/
89
/587/
66
/17/

Shall We Dance? (1996)
A bored accountant spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
77
8.0
/5252/
79
/114/
79
/121/
4.2
/9665/
100
/16/
93
/93/

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
74
8.0
/6654/
77
/105/
79
/136/
4.2
/8709/
100
/7/
85
/39/

The Naked Island (1960)
A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
7.5
/843/
62
/17/
77
/17/
3.6
/602/
80
/82/

Sandakan No. 8 (1974)
A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
7.3
/8179/
69
/114/
70
/144/
3.7
/8905/
73
/11/
77
/85/

Dodes'ka-den (1970)
On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “drives” an imaginary trolley, a homeless father and son designing a dream house, a young woman brutalized at home, drunks, schemers, and saints of small kindnesses. Kurosawa crafts a ragged mosaic of hardship, fantasy, and flickers of grace that keep people moving forward.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
71
7.4
/10148/
73
/249/
72
/198/
3.7
/14772/
88
/3983/

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
6.5
/11449/
66
/493/
70
/319/
3.5
/33005/
92
/13/
68
/384/

Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.
poster
73
70
7.3
/3697/
75
/337/
72
/215/
3.6
/6560/
7.8
/41941/

Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target (1998)
Ran’s secret past revealed! Ten years ago, something happened between her mom and dad. Now, plagued by nightmares, Ran is starting to remember… Meanwhile, a murderous card dealer breaks out of jail to seek revenge. His target: Ran’s father. Can Conan stop him in time and save his girlfriend’s family?
poster
Criterion Channel
77
69
7.5
/5340/
73
/171/
73
/145/
3.8
/8354/
88
/3090/

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)
Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, and his son Gunbei.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
69
7.5
/6019/
73
/201/
71
/154/
3.7
/9754/
87
/3266/

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)
Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza in order to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
68
6.2
/8733/
67
/408/
70
/268/
3.3
/25235/
86
/7/
63
/301/

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
An Okinawan prophecy that foretells the destruction of the Earth is seeming fulfilled when Godzilla emerges to return to his destructive roots. But not all is what it seems after Godzilla breaks his ally Anguirus's jaw. Matters are further complicated when a second Godzilla emerges, revealing the doppelgänger as a mechanical weapon.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
68
7.5
/4978/
73
/153/
73
/128/
3.7
/7531/
88
/3368/

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973)
Ogami Itto is challenged by a quintet of warriors, each armed with one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assignment.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
67
7.3
/7409/
73
/178/
72
/133/
3.7
/9784/
85
/3486/

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
66
7.2
/6343/
70
/102/
71
/138/
3.6
/6558/
83
/6/
79
/84/

The Lower Depths (1957)
Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off his affair with landlady Osugi to romance her younger sister, Okayo, Osugi extracts her revenge by revealing her infidelity to her jealous husband.
poster
70
66
6.6
/6014/
69
/236/
71
/174/
3.5
/15885/
80
/15/
64
/101/

Mothra (1961)
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.
poster
Criterion Channel
67
66
6.5
/8862/
65
/397/
69
/274/
3.4
/26018/
77
/13/
59
/173/

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
poster
78
65
7.4
/2425/
75
/91/
72
/93/
4.0
/5117/
91
/347/
7.8
/10312/

Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer (1984)
As the perpetually lecherous Ataru and his friends prepare for a carnival at Tomobiki High School, they gradually realize the days are literally repeating themselves. Any effort to break the pattern dumps them back where they started.
poster
Criterion Channel
66
65
6.3
/9418/
64
/349/
65
/273/
2.8
/14092/
85
/26/
72
/479/
61
/8/
cc age 10+

Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for both Japan and the world lies on a secret weapon, which may prove more destructive than the monster itself.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
63
7.6
/3535/
73
/64/
76
/100/
3.9
/6712/
83
/577/

Floating Clouds (1955)
A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
61
7.7
/2329/
73
/40/
73
/62/
4.0
/4174/
94
/445/

Sound of the Mountain (1954)
An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.
poster
66
60
7.1
/2988/
74
/250/
71
/167/
3.5
/5309/
38
7.7
/33019/

Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (2003)
Mouri Kogoro is called to a special case in the ancient capital of Kyoto. There, Conan meets Heiji and they team up once again to solve the case, recover the stolen Healing Buddha statue, and even discover the identity of Heiji's first love.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
59
7.8
/1508/
72
/21/
76
/44/
4.1
/3842/
100
/241/

Two in the Shadow (1967)
A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
59
6.7
/4767/
67
/87/
67
/95/
3.3
/7677/
86
/7/
58
/42/

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1952)
A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.
poster
Criterion Channel
61
59
6.2
/8365/
61
/336/
67
/238/
3.2
/22099/
50
/8/
62
/245/

Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing Godzilla and Rodan, the Xiliens offer a cure for cancer. As Glenn investigates, he develops a romance with Miss Namikawa and uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
59
7.2
/1840/
75
/46/
72
/32/
3.8
/4191/
100
/18/
74
/38/

Antonio Gaudí (1984)
Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí (1852-1926) designed some of the world's most astonishing buildings, interiors, and parks; Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara constructed some of the most aesthetically audacious films ever made. With camera work as bold and sensual as the curves of his subject's organic structures, Teshigahara immortalizes Gaudí on film.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
57
7.8
/2422/
78
/68/
77
/49/
4.2
/5398/

Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
This impressionistic portrait of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics pays as much attention to the crowds and workers as it does to the actual competitive events. Highlights include an epic pole-vaulting match between West Germany and America, and the final marathon race through Tokyo's streets. Two athletes are highlighted: Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who receives his second gold medal, and runner Ahamed Isa from Chad, representing a country younger than he is.
poster
61
57
6.5
/4471/
66
/179/
60
/103/
3.3
/3065/
57
/14/
66
/167/
48
/5/
6.6
/15417/

Spriggan (1998)
An elite superhuman agent must stop a foreign military unit from seizing control of an ancient artifact that holds the key to ultimate power.
poster
78
56
7.5
/1539/
73
/47/
73
/35/
4.0
/4923/
93
/302/

The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
56
7.6
/1971/
66
/25/
75
/44/
3.9
/2877/
84
/366/

Repast (1951)
Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.
poster
60
56
5.8
/10312/
57
/185/
53
/197/
2.8
/6661/
81
/26/
52
/336/
63
/11/

What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to make it revolve around a secret egg salad recipe.
poster
Criterion Channel
66
55
6.4
/3887/
65
/89/
68
/100/
3.4
/6030/
66
/1498/

Matango (1963)
Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try to live in a fungus covered hulk while repairing Kessei's yacht. Eventually they struggle over the food rations which were left behind by the former crew. Soon they discover something unfriendly there...
poster
68
55
6.9
/1909/
70
/117/
70
/105/
3.6
/5208/
58
/128/
7.0
/8351/

Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo (1978)
While attempting to win the affections of a beautiful rival, a master thief risks death to learn the secret intentions of a wealthy and seemingly immortal, but certainly ruthless, recluse.
poster
Criterion Channel
63
54
6.2
/3975/
61
/111/
64
/104/
3.2
/6347/
67
/877/

The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle between good and evil ensues, leaving brothers divided and a city in ruins.
poster
Criterion Channel
56
54
5.6
/7117/
58
/318/
63
/205/
3.0
/18788/
63
/8/
37
/217/

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. The group shipwrecks on Letchi island and discover the Infant Island natives have been enslaved by a terrorist organization controlling a crustacean monster. Finding a sleeping Godzilla, they decide to awaken him to defeat the terrorists and liberate the natives.
poster
67
52
5.2
/640/
62
/44/
67
/51/
2.8
/1719/
85
/26/
72
/479/
78
/20/

Godzilla (1977)
A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version, "Godzilla, King of the Monsters!" (1956), plus WWII newsreel footage and clips from other science fiction films. The re-edited film was then colorized via a process called "Spectrorama 70" consisting of applying various colored gels to the black and white footage. The film's opening and ending also features new music composed by musicians Fabio Frizzi, Franco Bixio, and Vince Tempera (under the pseudonym Magnetic System).
poster
Criterion Channel
53
51
5.2
/6638/
55
/300/
64
/234/
2.7
/19433/
63
/16/
31
/231/

Son of Godzilla (1967)
Reporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in the South Seas. He discovers the island is inhabited by giant mantis and a woman named Saeko who's been cast away since the death of her father. The pair soon find a helpless infant monster that Godzilla must adopt and learn to raise as one of his own.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
51
7.4
/1300/
66
/27/
73
/35/
3.8
/1810/
89
/390/

Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portrait of a quartet of aging geishas contemplating their troubles with men and money.
poster
50
5.6
/577/
52
/14/
67
/20/
3.3
/384/

Submersion of Japan (1973)
A team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands of Japan, after suffering from massive volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, will be pulled into the ocean, killing millions.
poster
54
50
5.7
/11871/
55
/168/
66
/265/
2.8
/7419/
52
/21/
55
/699/
40
/4/

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)
When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus.
poster
73
48
7.4
/1647/
70
/29/
67
/23/
3.9
/4510/
79
/78/

Like Grains of Sand (1995)
A coming-of-age story. Shuji, a Japanese teen, is falling in love with his friend Hiroyuki, however, Hiroyuki is attracted to Kasane, the new girl in their class.


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