Month 5 - July ‘21
by riverhead | created - 14 Jul 2021 | updated - 1 month ago | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur, Bulle Ogier
Votes: 46,851 | Gross: $0.20M
week 2
2. I Hate But Love (1962)
106 min | Drama, Romance
A celebrity impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. When his controlling manager, the woman he loves, follows, the two must reconcile while dodging reporters.
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara | Stars: Yûjirô Ishihara, Ruriko Asaoka, Hiroyuki Nagato, Izumi Ashikawa
Votes: 307
3. Chinmoku (1971)
129 min | Drama, History
Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and to locate their mentor.
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: David Lampson, Don Kenny, Tetsurô Tanba, Mako
Votes: 1,182
aka Silence
4. Ballad of Orin (1977)
109 min | Drama
A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed while she tours the country, even though the modern world imposes changes on people's behavior.
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: Shima Iwashita, Yoshio Harada, Tomoko Naraoka, Kirin Kiki
Votes: 644
5. Love New and Old (1961)
82 min | Drama
A woman brings her injured daughter to the hospital, only to realize that the doctor is the estranged father of her child.
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: Miyuki Kuwano, Yûsuke Kawazu, Masayuki Mori, Yumeji Tsukioka
Votes: 90
aka Love New and Old
6. An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Chishû Ryû, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada
Votes: 10,712
7. Dry Lake (1960)
89 min | Drama
An alienated young man flirts with extremism during a major student protest.
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: Shin'ichirô Mikami, Shima Iwashita, Kayoko Honoo, Hizuru Takachiho
Votes: 204
aka Youth in Fury
8. The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Not Rated | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi
Votes: 14,029
9. The Lower Depths (1957)
Not Rated | 137 min | Drama
In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyôko Kagawa, Ganjirô Nakamura
Votes: 5,950
week 3
10. Ornamental Hairpin (1941)
70 min | Comedy, Drama
At a rural spa, a soldier accidentally cuts his foot on a hairpin. Soon enough he tracks down its lovely owner and finds himself smitten.
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Hiroko Kawasaki, Tatsuo Saitô, Chishû Ryû
Votes: 810
11. Tokyo Drifter (1966)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Crime
After his gang disbands, a yakuza enforcer looks forward to life outside of organized crime but soon must become a drifter after his old rivals attempt to assassinate him.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Tamio Kawaji
Votes: 9,713
12. Killers on Parade (1961)
82 min | Action, Crime
A young journalist turns to an assassin for help when a team of hired killers comes gunning for her.
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: Yûsuke Kawazu, Shima Iwashita, Kayoko Honoo, Fumio Watanabe
Votes: 336
13. Anma to onna (1938)
66 min | Drama
Two blind masseurs travel to a mountain retreat. One of them falls for a visiting lady from Tokyo and investigates a series of thefts.
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu | Stars: Mieko Takamine, Shin Tokudaiji, Shin'ichi Himori, Jun Yokoyama
Votes: 814
aka The Masseurs and a Woman
14. 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: 2,596
15. Street of Shame (1956)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
The personal tales of various prostitutes who occupy a brothel.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao, Michiyo Kogure
Votes: 4,872
16. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
Not Rated | 148 min | Drama, Romance
The adopted son of a legendary actor, and an aspiring star himself, turns to his infant brother's wet nurse for support and affection - only for her to give up everything for her beloved's glory.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Shôtarô Hanayagi, Kôkichi Takada, Ryôtarô Kawanami, Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Votes: 4,398
17. Women of the Night (1948)
75 min | Drama
A mistress of a drug dealer in post-war Japan is shocked when she discovers that he is having an affair with her sister.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Sanae Takasugi, Tomie Tsunoda, Mitsuo Nagata
Votes: 1,500
18. The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Passed | 96 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva
Votes: 9,668 | Gross: $2.70M
19. You Only Live Once (1937)
Passed | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The public defender's secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon
Votes: 7,654
20. The Razor's Edge (1946)
Approved | 145 min | Drama, Romance
An adventuresome young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne, Anne Baxter
Votes: 6,791 | Gross: $5.00M
21. Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Not Rated | 156 min | Drama
Schoolteacher Hisako Oishi forms an emotional bond with her pupils and teaches them various virtues, while at the same time worrying about their future.
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita | Stars: Hideko Takamine, Itsuo Watanabe, Makoto Miyagawa, Takeo Terashita
Votes: 2,832
week 4
22. Boyhood (1951)
111 min | Drama, War
When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita | Stars: Akiko Tamura, Akira Ishihama, Chishû Ryû, Rentarô Mikuni
Votes: 131
23. The Warped Ones (1960)
Not Rated | 75 min | Crime, Drama
A juvenile delinquent gets out of the pen and causes reckless mayhem, mostly directed at the girlfriend of the journalist who helped send him up.
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara | Stars: Tamio Kawaji, Yuko Chiyo, Eiji Gô, Hiroyuki Nagato
Votes: 1,050
24. A Cat and Two Women (1956)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A timid and aimless man's love for his cat is his only solace in a life dominated by his mother and the two women she chooses for him to marry.
Director: Shirô Toyoda | Stars: Hisaya Morishige, Isuzu Yamada, Kyôko Kagawa, Yuko Minami
Votes: 155
25. The Last Unicorn (1982)
G | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A beautiful unicorn sets out to learn if she truly is the last of her kind in this sparkling animated musical.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Alan Arkin
Votes: 29,550 | Gross: $6.46M
26. Gan (1953)
104 min | Drama, Romance
A lowly divorcee is tricked into becoming the mistress of a despised moneylender but soon falls in love with a student.
Director: Shirô Toyoda | Stars: Hideko Takamine, Hiroshi Akutagawa, Jûkichi Uno, Eijirô Tôno
Votes: 325
aka Wild Geese
27. No Blood Relation (1932)
79 min | Drama
An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim - with the help of her gangster brother - the daughter she abandoned years before.
Director: Mikio Naruse | Stars: Yoshiko Okada, Shin'yô Nara, Yukiko Tsukuba, Toshiko Kojima
Votes: 471
28. Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
101 min | Drama
What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Kin has saved her money, and has become a wealthy money-lender, spending her days cold-heartedly collecting ... See full summary »
Director: Mikio Naruse | Stars: Haruko Sugimura, Ken Uehara, Sadako Sawamura, Chikako Hosokawa
Votes: 1,194
aka Late Chrysanthemums
29. Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Zatoichi, while fighting off the usual group of gangsters, meets the apprentice of the swordsman who created his blade, who relays bad news about the sword.
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Shiho Fujimura, Yoshihiko Aoyama, Makoto Fujita
Votes: 1,399
30. Street Without End (1934)
89 min | Drama
Story of a waitress whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some intrigued movie talent scouts, ends up taking a stiflingly domestic turn after a wealthy businessman accidentally hits her with his car.
Director: Mikio Naruse | Stars: Setsuko Shinobu, Akio Isono, Hikaru Yamanouchi, Nobuko Wakaba
Votes: 398
31. Apart from You (1933)
64 min | Drama
Two Geisha with a connection to a young man deal with life's hardships.
Director: Mikio Naruse | Stars: Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Akio Isono, Sumiko Mizukubo, Reikichi Kawamura
Votes: 649
32. Every-Night Dreams (1933)
64 min | Drama
A single mother works tirelessly as a Ginza bar hostess to ensure a better life for her young son until--her long-lost husband returns.
Director: Mikio Naruse | Stars: Sumiko Kurishima, Teruko Kojima, Jun Arai, Tatsuo Saitô
Votes: 642
33. Flunky, Work Hard! (1931)
29 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
The story of a poor insurance salesman who struggles to provide for his wife and family.
Director: Mikio Naruse | Stars: Shizue Akiyama, Seiichi Katô, Tomoko Naniwa, Tokio Seki
Votes: 517
34. Japanese Girls at the Harbor (1933)
72 min | Drama, Romance
Two schoolgirl friends drift apart when one of them falls for a handsome boy.
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu | Stars: Michiko Oikawa, Yukiko Inoue, Ureo Egawa, Ranko Sawa
Votes: 747
35. The Neighbor's Wife and Mine (1931)
64 min | Comedy, Drama
A writer struggles to finish his story against many distractions, but the jazz party next door proves to be too much.
Director: Heinosuke Gosho | Stars: Atsushi Watanabe, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Ichimura, Satoko Date
Votes: 292
36. 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: 1,478
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