8.6
Harakiri
IMDb: 8.6 1962 135 min
Peace in 17th-century Japan causes the Shogunate’s breakup of warrior clans, throwing thousands of samurai out of work and into poverty. An ...
6.3
Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle
IMDb: 6.3 1990 115 min
A Yakuza boss’s wife and the widow of a rival crime syndicate’s murdered leader bond over a common purpose: to seek vengeance.Ocho is ...
7.7
Double Suicide
IMDb: 7.7 1969 105 min
Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century ...
8.6
Hara-Kiri
IMDb: 8.6 133 min
Peace in 17th-century Japan causes the Shogunate’s breakup of warrior clans, throwing thousands of samurai out of work and into poverty. An ...
8.1
An Autumn Afternoon
IMDb: 8.1 1962 113 min
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the ...
7
Captive’s Island
IMDb: 7 1966 87 min
Seeking revenge against the guard who tormented him, a young man returns to the island where he was imprisoned in reform school. But his plans ...
7.4
The Demon
IMDb: 7.4 1978 110 min
When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the ...
6.8
A Good Man, A Good Day
IMDb: 6.8 1961 88 min
The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked ...
7.1
Himiko
IMDb: 7.1 1974 100 min
The myth of the Sun Goddess who founded Japanese society is seen through the lens of a modern view of history. Release: Himiko 1974 Japanese 720p ...
7.4
Portrait of Chieko
IMDb: 7.4 1967 125 min
Takamura, poet and sculptor, is married to Chieko, who also has artistic desires. However, she is becoming increasingly aware that she can not ...
7.0
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
IMDb: 7.0 1963 107 min
In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant’s daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan it was thought ...
6.5
Yakuza Ladies
IMDb: 6.5 1986 120 min
While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, ...
6.8
Youth in Fury
IMDb: 6.8 1960 88 min
A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku’s iconoclastic New ...
7.2
Silence
IMDb: 7.2 1971 129 min
Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor. ...
7.2
Samurai from Nowhere
IMDb: 7.2 1964 93 min
Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the ...
6.8
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
IMDb: 6.8 1982 146 min
Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous ...
7.2
Assassination
IMDb: 7.2 1964 104 min
Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when “four black ships” anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major ...
6.6
Killers on Parade
IMDb: 6.6 1961 82 min
Mod-sixties visuals and black humor mark this wild New Wave masterpiece about a vengeful contractor who hires a series of young killers to target ...
7.6
Sword of the Beast
IMDb: 7.6 1965 85 min
Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha’s Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of ...
6.3
The Scarlet Camellia
IMDb: 6.3 1964 163 min
A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father’s condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and ...
