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1. Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
PG | 101 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armour worn by his late father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past.
Director: Travis Knight | Stars: Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Matthew McConaughey, Ralph Fiennes
Votes: 138,731 | Gross: $48.02M
2. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Yui Natsukawa, Michiyo Yasuda
Votes: 51,641 | Gross: $0.85M
3. Blade of the Immortal (2017)
R | 140 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Cursed with a life of immortality, a samurai is tasked by a young girl to help avenge the death of her father. Based on the manga series by Hiroaki Samura.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sôta Fukushi, Hayato Ichihara
Votes: 19,496 | Gross: $0.15M
4. The Life of Oharu (1952)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama
Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai, Toshirô Mifune
Votes: 7,671
5. A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Ishun is a wealthy but unsympathetic master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Eitarô Ozawa
Votes: 4,958
6. The Steel Edge of Revenge (1969)
PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurô Tanba, Yôko Tsukasa, Ruriko Asaoka
Votes: 2,629
7. Yôkirô (1983)
144 min | Drama
The loves and tragedies of a geisha in 1933 Japan.
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Ken Ogata, Kimiko Ikegami, Atsuko Asano, Mitsuko Baishô
Votes: 360
8. Tokyo Fiancée (2014)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young Japanophile Belgian woman in Tokyo falls into a whirlwind romance with a Francophile Japanese student.
Director: Stefan Liberski | Stars: Pauline Etienne, Taichi Inoue, Julie LeBreton, Alice de Lencquesaing
Votes: 2,224
9. Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka (1937)
71 min | Comedy, Drama
An affluent medical professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Setsuko is a liberated woman who does what she wants, ... See full summary »
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Sumiko Kurishima, Tatsuo Saitô, Michiko Kuwano, Shûji Sano
Votes: 1,300
10. Sakuran (2006)
111 min | Drama, History
A young girl is sold into a red-light district brothel and tries to adapt to life as an oiran (courtesan).
Director: Mika Ninagawa | Stars: Anna Tsuchiya, Kippei Shîna, Yoshino Kimura, Hiroki Narimiya
Votes: 2,149
11. Kaidan (2007)
Unrated | 115 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
Japan, 250 years ago. Soetsu is a moneylender who is killed by the cruel samurai Shinzaemon. His body is dumped in the Kasenega-Fuchi river. According to legend, all who drown in the river ... See full summary »
Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Kikunosuke Onoe, Hitomi Kuroki, Mao Inoue, Kumiko Asô
Votes: 1,215
12. Osaka Elegy (1936)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A young woman becomes a mistress of her boss in order to support her family.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Yôko Umemura, Chiyoko Ôkura, Kiyoko Ôkubo
Votes: 2,609
13. The Fallen Angel (2010)
134 min | Drama
Born with a silver spoon in his life, the child is nonetheless lonely and a misfit. His mate recognizes the feelings and predicts that when grown up his friend will be a great artist and ... See full summary »
Director: Genjiro Arato | Stars: Tôma Ikuta, Yûsuke Iseya, Shinobu Terajima, Satomi Ishihara
Votes: 270
14. Those Snow White Notes (2021– )
24 min | Animation, Drama, Music
After the death of Setsu's legendary musician grandfather, the guy sets out a journey to Tokyo in order to find his missing sound leaving everything behind.
Votes: 471
15. Passing Fancy (1933)
100 min | Drama
Two Tokyo co-workers come across a destitute young lady in search of a place to live.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Takeshi Sakamoto, Nobuko Fushimi, Den Ôhinata, Chôko Iida
Votes: 1,481
16. Itomichi (2021)
116 min | Drama
A shy country girl chooses a part-time job at a "maid cafe" where she serves customers while dressed up as a maid.
Director: Satoko Yokohama | Stars: Ren Komai, Daimaô Kosaka, Mei Kurokawa, Ayumu Nakajima
Votes: 543
17. Samurai Shodown (1993 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure
Shiro Tokisada Amakusa, slain in 1638 by the forces of the Tokugawa Shogunate, is revived as a satanic demon, and unleashes his dark powers to bring chaos to the world. An assortment of warriors converge to put a stop to him.
Directors: Takeshi Ikenoue, Akemi Iwasaki, Kazuya Tominaga, Yasushi Adachi, Gaku Sato | Stars: Masaki Usui, Takayuki Sakai, Eiji Yano, T. Inage
Votes: 162
18. Tsugaru jongarabushi (1973)
103 min | Drama
The newcomers to a fishing village are a man who is escaping the gangsters after him and his girlfriend who is returning to her hometown. This may be as safe a place as any to lie low. ... See full summary »
Director: Kôichi Saitô | Stars: Kyôko Enami, Akira Oda, Mihoko Nakagawa, Kô Nishimura
Votes: 115
19. Takeshi's Challenge (1986 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Obtuse action adventure based on story ideas and concepts by actor Takesji Kitano whose name is in the title. Your life is in a stupor, so you withdraw your money from the bank, divorce your wife and quit your job to go treasure hunting.
Votes: 26
20. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano for the Isolated (2020 Video)
101 min | Music
Director: Kensaku Kakimoto | Stars: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Hidejiro Honjoh
Votes: 13
21. Chekeraccho!! (2006)
117 min | Drama, Musical
What do high school students usually do? While away their days dissatisfied with and unhappy about their lives. These four Okinawans are little different. Toru meets Nagisa, with her long ... See full summary »
Director: Rieko Miyamoto | Stars: Hayato Ichihara, Mao Inoue, Yûta Hiraoka, Tasuku Emoto
Votes: 170
22. Oshishousan wa meitantei: Shamisen satsujin jiken (1983 TV Movie)
111 min | Crime, Mystery
Director: Takamichi Yamada | Stars: Haruko Sugimura, Tôru Emori, Michiko Araki, Takeshi Katô
23. Noriko la petite Japonaise (1962 TV Short)
9 min | Documentary, Short, Family
Director: Jean-Claude Bergeret | Star: Patricia Saint-Georges
24. Discovering the Music of Japan (1967)
21 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Director: Bernard Wilets
25.
The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode:
Christmas with the Addams Family
(1965)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
Mr. Thompson next door tells Wednesday and Pugsley there's no Santa Claus and the family volunteers Uncle Fester to play Santa for their benefit. But when he gets stuck in the chimney and ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy
Votes: 275
26.
The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode:
Halloween - Addams Style
(1965)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
It's Halloween and, despite salamander sandwiches and a fresh porcupine taffy, Wednesday's upset. A neighbor told her there aren't any real witches or goblins. Since Morticia and Gomez ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy
Votes: 227
27.
The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode:
Happy Birthday, Grandma Frump
(1966)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
Morticia and Gomez are beside themselves to understand how the annual charity bizarre could have overlooked them this year. It's for the good cause of building a retirement home, but Gomez ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy
Votes: 201
28.
The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode:
Lurch's Grand Romance
(1966)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
Morticia's school chum Trivia visits. Lurch is obviously smitten by her, but Trivia's interest is entirely in show business. Morticia decides to change Trivia's mind by making Lurch more ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy
Votes: 226
29.
The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode:
Ophelia Finds Romance
(1966)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
Ophelia brings a new beau to show off, but the Addams believe him to be a fraud.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy
Votes: 207
30.
The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode:
Ophelia Visits Morticia
(1966)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
Ophelia's upset that her latest beau, Montrose, has gone off to join the Peace Corps. His strong resemblance to Uncle Fester gives Fester the idea to join the Peace Corps as well. Ophelia's... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy
Votes: 204
31.
The Addams Family (1964–1966)
Episode:
Pugsley's Allowance
(1966)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
Pugsley wants to find a job to the horror of his parents.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy
Votes: 198
32.
Matt Houston (1982–1985)
Episode:
Recipe for Murder
(1982)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Restaurant critic Roger Marsden's severed head is served in aspic to his snooty partner J Hamilton Goodfellow. The cops suspect a restaurant owner whose eatery the critics panned. And then attempts are made on Goodfellow's life.
Director: Hy Averback | Stars: Lee Horsley, Pamela Hensley, John Aprea, Paul Brinegar
Votes: 35
33.
Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
Episode:
Imprint
(2006)
TV-MA | 63 min | Horror
In the 1800s, an American returns to Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with, but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her after he left.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Billy Drago, Shihô Harumi, Michié, Magy
Votes: 7,659
34.
Shogun (1980)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1980)
TV-14 | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Anjin-san's assimilation of Japanese ways is evident in his exemplary conduct. Toranaga decides to return the Erasmus to Anjin-san. Mariko tells Father Alvito of a plot to murder a Christian lord on the Council of Regents.
Director: Jerry London | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Shimada, Furankî Sakai
Votes: 261
35.
Warehouse 13 (2009–2014)
Episode:
No Pain No Gain
(2012)
TV-14 | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Pete and Myka investigate a hockey player who seems to be miraculously and instantly recovering from serious game injuries, while Claudia is invited to a mysterious lunch by Mrs. Frederic. ... See full summary »
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar | Stars: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Allison Scagliotti
Votes: 481
36.
Begin Japanology (2007–2014)
Episode:
Shamisen
(2012)
Documentary
Director: Hitoshi Nishiyama | Stars: Peter Barakan, Stuart Varnam-Atkin
37.
Histoire d'un instrument (1962–1964)
Episode:
La guitare
(1964)
25 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Director: Maurice Beuchey | Stars: Les Missiles, Monique Rollin, Pedro Soler, Pierre Urban