5.6
Lullaby of Death
IMDb: 5.6 1982 111 min 17 views
Following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them.
6.7
Double Suicide of Sonezaki
IMDb: 6.7 1978 112 min 15 views
Suicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703, samurai culture is being transformed by the emergence ...
6.9
Lullaby of the Earth
IMDb: 6.9 1976 111 min 15 views
The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and ...
6.7
An Ode to Yakuza
IMDb: 6.7 1970 94 min 15 views
Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending ...
7.1
The School of Spies
IMDb: 7.1 1966 96 min 11 views
Nakano Institution is the so-called ‘Spy School’ where many young men are trained to be excellent spies. They erase their names, families, even ...
7.2
Irezumi
IMDb: 7.2 1966 86 min 18 views
A mysterious tattoo artist puts his masterpiece, a human-faced spider, on a kidnapped woman’s back. She and her lover are then forced into ...
7.7
Seisaku’s Wife
IMDb: 7.7 1965 93 min 20 views
On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life ...
6.8
Manji
IMDb: 6.8 1964 91 min 16 views
The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.
7.5
A Wife Confesses
IMDb: 7.5 1961 91 min 19 views
Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a confession.
6.4
Afraid to Die
IMDb: 6.4 1960 96 min 21 views
On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position ...
7
The Most Valuable Madam
IMDb: 7 1959 95 min 19 views
lchiro, the president of Mihara & Co., is henpecked by his wife Momoko, a clever and beautiful woman, but prattling and intrusive. She makes ...
7.3
Giants and Toys
IMDb: 7.3 1958 95 min 13 views
Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.
7.2
The Blue Sky Maiden
IMDb: 7.2 1957 89 min 14 views
Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that ...
7
Bridge of Japan
IMDb: 7 1956 111 min 15 views
Ichikawa’s 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic ...
7.8
Street of Shame
IMDb: 7.8 1956 87 min 17 views
The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
