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    Sword of the Beast 1965 POSTER

    Sword of the Beast

    1965

    Japanese

    7.5

    13

    89%

    89%

    19th century

    Action

    Drama

    feudal japan

    gambling

    gold

    ronin

    shogun

    Hideo Gosha Hideo Gosha Director Kappei Matsumoto Kappei Matsumoto as Takeshi Katô Takeshi Katô as Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno as Minister Kunie Tanaka Kunie Tanaka as Tanji
    Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes his sense of honor that he decides to live in the wild, like an animal. There he joins up with a motley group who are illegally mining the shogun’s gold, and, with the aid of another swordsman, gets a chance not just at survival but to recover his name and honor.
    Ninja, a Band of Assassins 1962 POSTER

    Ninja, a Band of Assassins

    1962

    Japanese

    7.0

    8

    Action

    Drama

    edo period

    iga

    japan

    jidaigeki

    period drama

    Satsuo Yamamoto Satsuo Yamamoto Director Takeshi Katô Takeshi Katô as Raizô Ichikawa Raizô Ichikawa as Ishikawa Goemon Shiho Fujimura Shiho Fujimura as Maki Tomisaburô Wakayama Tomisaburô Wakayama as Oda Nobunaga
    Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to assassinate the warlord before he completes his task.
    The House of Hanging 1979 POSTER

    The House of Hanging

    1979

    Japanese

    6.1

    4

    Drama

    Mystery

    Thriller

    Kon Ichikawa Kon Ichikawa Director Masao Kusakari Masao Kusakari as Takako Irie Takako Irie as Chizuru Takeshi Katô Takeshi Katô as Todoroki Yoshiko Sakuma Yoshiko Sakuma as Yayoi
    This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion and doubt clouds Kousuke's mind.
    Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1973 POSTER

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity

    1973

    Japanese

    7.4

    13

    90%

    90%

    Action

    betrayal

    Crime

    Drama

    hiroshima

    hiroshima, japan

    post war japan

    shōwa era (1926-89)

    yakuza

    Kinji Fukasaku Kinji Fukasaku Director Tatsuo Endô Tatsuo Endô as Takeshi Katô Takeshi Katô as Takashi Ebata Takashi Ebata as Constable Maekawa Nobuo Kaneko Nobuo Kaneko as Yamamori
    In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.
    The Thick-Walled Room 1956 POSTER

    The Thick-Walled Room

    1956

    Japanese

    7.1

    4

    60%

    60%

    Action

    based on memoir or autobiography

    crime against humanity

    Drama

    post war japan

    prison

    prisoner

    Masaki Kobayashi Masaki Kobayashi Director Takeshi Katô Takeshi Katô as Shinichirô Minami Shinichirô Minami as Unpei Yokoyama Unpei Yokoyama as Kô Mishima Kô Mishima as Yokota
    A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
    Police Tactics 1974 POSTER

    Police Tactics

    1974

    Japanese

    7.3

    5

    Action

    assassination

    Crime

    Drama

    gang war

    hiroshima, japan

    murder

    police

    yakuza

    Kinji Fukasaku Kinji Fukasaku Director Takeshi Katô Takeshi Katô as Mizuho Suzuki Mizuho Suzuki as Tatsuo Endô Tatsuo Endô as Aihara Nobuo Kaneko Nobuo Kaneko as Yamamori
    As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.
    Only on Mondays 1964 POSTER

    Only on Mondays

    1964

    Japanese

    6.7

    1

    Action

    Drama

    Kô Nakahira Kô Nakahira Director Takeshi Yoshida Takeshi Yoshida as Harold Conway Harold Conway as Minister Mariko Kaga Mariko Kaga as Yuka Takeshi Katô Takeshi Katô as Yuka's sugar-daddy
    Yuka is a “good-time girl” from Yokohama who is persuaded by her papa to sleep with a foreign business executive so that he can close an important deal. Nakahira presents a shrewdly observed portrait of a modern, sexually assertive woman—an unsettling character for a changing but still patriarchal society.
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