6.7
Castle of Owls
IMDb: 6.7 1963 91 min 20 views
Movie adaptation of the 1959 ninja novel. With war against Korea looming on the horizon, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, the ‘Taiko’ becomes the ...
6.9
Five Men of Edo
IMDb: 6.9 1951 132 min 19 views
During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo and constantly fought with the townspeople ...
6.7
The Blue Mountains: Part I
IMDb: 6.7 1949 92 min 15 views
Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a ...
7.4
Inn of Evil
IMDb: 7.4 1971 121 min 18 views
The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an ...
6.6
Horus: Prince of the Sun
IMDb: 6.6 1968 82 min 18 views
Young Horus lives in a mythical Scandinavia of the Iron Age. Recovering the stolen Sword of the Sun from a rock giant, he learns he must travel ...
6.5
Illusion of Blood
IMDb: 6.5 1965 105 min 16 views
The ghost of a samurai’s wife takes revenge on her husband.
8.6
Harakiri
IMDb: 8.6 1962 135 min 15 views
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a ...
7.5
Pigs and Battleships
IMDb: 7.5 1961 108 min 16 views
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
6.8
Good-for-Nothing
IMDb: 6.8 1960 88 min 20 views
Yoshida’s first feature follows the lives of young students against a background of jazz, emptiness and boredom. The plot is fairly simple: ...
8.5
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
IMDb: 8.5 1959 206 min 13 views
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in ...
7.6
Mother
IMDb: 7.6 1952 98 min 17 views
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother’s attempt to sustain her family.
7
Ginza Cosmetics
IMDb: 7 1951 87 min 19 views
A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.
8.2
Late Spring
IMDb: 8.2 1949 110 min 14 views
Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry — that is, until her aunt Masa ...
5.2
Battle Troop
IMDb: 5.2 1944 95 min 12 views
Three IJN flyers Mikami (Susumu Fujita), Kawakami (Masayuki Mori) and Murakami (Akitake Kono) are good friends, and they are all renowned for ...
7.2
Zatoichi’s Pilgrimage
IMDb: 7.2 1966 82 min 14 views
Zatoichi’s trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent ...
