The Vault
Japan's Don
1977 ★ 7.2A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters. Task: Write a factual,
O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo
1966 ★ 6.8After an American Navy base is annihilated by a secret weapon, Agent OSS 117 is sent to Japan to investigate the organization that's claiming responsibility, an
Sing a Song of Sex
1967 ★ 5.8Four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with an inebriated teacher singing bawdy drinking songs. This en
An Autumn Afternoon
1962 ★ 7.9Widower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he comes to realize that Michiko should not be obliged to look after him fo
The Gambling Samurai
1960 ★ 6.9Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family. A
Profound Desires of the Gods
1968 ★ 7.4Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori clan, to drill a well to power a sugar mill. Profound Desires o
The Bad Sleep Well
1960 ★ 7.7In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of
Battle of Blood Island
1960 ★ 5.4Two American GIs are the only survivors of a unit wiped out in a battle with Japanese troops on an isolated island. The two, who don't like each other, find try
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974 ★ 7.0As 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
Yūzō Kayama
Yūzō Kayama is a Japanese musician and film star. Born on April 11, 1937, in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, he is the son of Ken Uehara, a film star during the 1930
The Insect Woman
1963 ★ 7.2A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
1966 ★ 5.4In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to make it re
Tamayura
1965 ★ 9.0The 5th NHK Asadora. Starring Chishuu Ryuu as an old man who begins to travel after he retires. From a story written for television by Yasunari Kawabata. Tamayu
Graveyard Kitaro
2008 ★ 8.5Mizuki, a low-rung company employee in early 60s Japan, becomes the unwitting caretaker of Kitaro, a mysterious boy who is born of two worlds: the living and th
From Up on Poppy Hill
2011 ★ 7.5Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960 ★ 6.1Lieutenant Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into taking command of the "Wackiest Ship in the Navy" – a real garbage scow with a crew of misfits who don't know a jib f
Tokyo Drifter
1966 ★ 7.1After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the
G-Men in the Pacific
1962 ★ 6.3G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama. G-Men in the Pacific is a 1962 crime film directed by Te
Mesuinu no Kake
1964 ★ 4.7Probable Pink movie from Koji Wakamatsu. Mesuinu no Kake is a 1964 Japanese drama directed by Koji Wakamatsu, written by Michio Yoshioka, and starring Tamaki Ka
The Man in Room 17
1965 ★ 6.3The Man in Room 17 is a British television series which ran for two seasons in the mid-1960s, produced by the Northern ITV franchise, Granada Television. Key to
Blood: The Last Vampire
2000 ★ 6.9In Japan, the vampire-hunter Saya, who is a powerful original, is sent by her liaison with the government, David, posed as a teenage student to the Yokota High
Akko-chan's Secret 2
1988 ★ 8.3Himitsu no Akko-chan is a pioneering magical girl manga and anime that ran in Japan during the 1960s. The manga was drawn and written by Fujio Akatsuka, and was
Prince Planet
1965 ★ 7.3Prince Planet is the English-language title given to one of the earliest Japanese anime TV series, Planet Boy Papi, when it was transmitted on American televisi
Grand Prix
1966 ★ 7.3The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races