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1. Godzilla Minus One (2023)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Post-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Darren Barnet, Nelson Lee, Ell, Minami Hamabe
Votes: 93,861
2. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
PG-13 | 145 min | Drama, Romance
The heartwarming tale of Nitta Sayuri, a young Japanese woman who transcended from her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Suzuka Ohgo
Votes: 161,496 | Gross: $57.49M
3. Late Spring (1949)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Chishû Ryû, Setsuko Hara, Yumeji Tsukioka, Haruko Sugimura
Votes: 19,459
4. Stray Dog (1949)
Not Rated | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During a sweltering summer, a rookie homicide detective tries to track down his stolen Colt pistol.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi
Votes: 19,029
5. Tokyo Joe (1949)
Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An American returns to Tokyo try to pick up threads of his pre-WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Alexander Knox, Florence Marly, Sessue Hayakawa
Votes: 2,757
6. Black Rain (1989)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, War
The story of the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, based on Masuji Ibuse's novel.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Yoshiko Tanaka, Kazuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara, Shôichi Ozawa
Votes: 3,979
7. Escapade in Japan (1957)
Approved | 93 min | Adventure, Family
American Dick Saunders has just been transferred to Tokyo after a two year stint in Manila. His wife Mary Saunders has accompanied him on the pretense to set up their home, with their ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Teresa Wright, Cameron Mitchell, Jon Provost, Roger Nakagawa
Votes: 587
8. Little Peach (1958)
110 min | Drama
Kyoko, the daughter of a successful novelist, marries an aspiring writer. However, her husband's difficulties with his writing and his resentment over her father cause deep strains in the marriage.
Director: Mikio Naruse | Stars: Sô Yamamura, Kyôko Kagawa, Isao Kimura, Keiju Kobayashi
Votes: 178
9. Karin (1993–1994)
15 min | Drama
A young woman Chiaki whose family runs an old miso company in Nagano Prefecture, the only daughter of old traditional family. For generations, they were making soybean paste for living. Now... See full summary »
Stars: Eiji Kakutani, Katsuya Koiso, Haruka Suenaga, Naomi Hosokawa
10. A True Story of the Private Ginza Police (1973)
94 min | Crime
A band of ex-soldiers, scoundrels, and thugs in Ginza after World War Two fight for the expanding influence of their criminal enterprises to take over the area.
Director: Jun'ya Satô | Stars: Noboru Andô, Tatsuo Umemiya, Hideo Murota, Tsunehiko Watase
Votes: 67
11. Akujo no kisetsu (1958)
110 min | Comedy, Crime
A rich skinflint, hated by his common wife (a previous Geisha) and his nephew, tries to follow his selfish desires and keep his wealth of diamonds safe; while there are separate plots being... See full summary »
Director: Minoru Shibuya | Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Mariko Okada, Eijirô Tôno, Yûnosuke Itô
Votes: 26
12.
Becoming Evil: Sisterhood of Murder (2019– )
Episode:
International Serial Killers
(2019)
TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Crime
We examine the crimes of prolific international serial killers including Jack the Ripper, Pedro Lopez, the monster of the Andes, who killed over 110 people and Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper.
Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Dirk Duran-Gibson, Katherine Ramsland, Kirk Gill, Eric Hickey
Votes: 13