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Crazed Fruit
7.3

Crazed Fruit

Jul. 12, 1956

Crazed Fruit

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking. Release: Crazed Fruit ...
Bad Boys
6.8

Bad Boys

Mar. 29, 1961

Bad Boys

A young delinquent takes part in a robbery and is sentenced to a juvenile detention center, where he clashes with other youths and reflects on ...
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
7.9

Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

Conditions have been better for the nameless protagonist: his grandmother is a shoplifter and his war criminal father and sister have an ...
Punishment Room
6.9

Punishment Room

Jun. 28, 1956

Punishment Room

Shimada is a student of U College. When the college’s baseball team wins the day, he and his friend Ito drug two girls they met at the ...
Pitfall
7.6

Pitfall

Jul. 01, 1962

Pitfall

A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town’s ...
The Affair
7.2

The Affair

May. 13, 1967

The Affair

As a young woman, Oriko condemned her widowed mother for openly pursuing relationships with younger men. After her mother passes away, she finds ...
Pale Flower
7.8

Pale Flower

Mar. 01, 1964

Pale Flower

Muraki, a hardboiled Yakuza gangster, has just been released from prison after serving a sentence for murder. Revisiting his old gambling haunts, ...
Kisses
7.4

Kisses

Jul. 23, 1957

Kisses

Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. After successfully gambling on a bicycle race, they spend an enjoyable day ...
The Christian Revolt
6.7

The Christian Revolt

Mar. 21, 1962

The Christian Revolt

In the year 1637 in Shimabara of Tokugawa-era Japan, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of a charismatic ...
Gate of Flesh
7.4

Gate of Flesh

May. 31, 1964

Gate of Flesh

In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post-World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, ...
She and He
7.2

She and He

Oct. 18, 1963

She and He

As her husband Eiichi becomes more entangled in his life as businessman, Naoko looks for ways to expand her own life even as her husband’s ...
Love for an Idiot
6.9

Love for an Idiot

Apr. 27, 1967

Love for an Idiot

A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she enslaves him to her whims. Release: Love for an ...