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Shingo’s Final Duel
1964 96 min
After Aoi Shingo, the illegitimate son of Shogun Yoshimune has gained prominence as the finest swordsman in the land, he tries to lead a peaceful ...
7.5
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
IMDb: 7.5 1964 87 min
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, ...
7.0
Zero Focus
IMDb: 7.0 1961 95 min
One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara’s marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels ...
7.5
The Third Shadow Warrior
IMDb: 7.5 1963 104 min
In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three ...
4.7
The Crimson Peacock
IMDb: 4.7 1954 271 min
One of the greatest film serials ever to come out of Japan puts together an all-star cast in the search for the key of the Crimson Peacock, a ...
7.1
Jakoman and Tetsu
IMDb: 7.1 1964 100 min
In a village subsisting on its herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of ...
6.6
Castle of Owls
IMDb: 6.6 1963 91 min
Movie adaptation of the 1959 ninja novel. With war against Korea looming on the horizon, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, the ‘Taiko’ becomes the ...
7.0
Stakeout
IMDb: 7.0 1958 116 min
Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame. Release: ...
6.9
Good-for-Nothing
IMDb: 6.9 1960 88 min
Yoshida’s first feature follows the lives of young students against a background of jazz, emptiness and boredom. The plot is fairly simple: ...