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Japan's Don

1977 ★ 7.2

A 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,

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O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo

1966 ★ 6.8

After 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

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Sing a Song of Sex

1967 ★ 5.8

Four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with an inebriated teacher singing bawdy drinking songs. This en

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An Autumn Afternoon

1962 ★ 7.9

Widower 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

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The Gambling Samurai

1960 ★ 6.9

Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family. A

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Profound Desires of the Gods

1968 ★ 7.4

Tokyo 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

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The Bad Sleep Well

1960 ★ 7.7

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of

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Battle of Blood Island

1960 ★ 5.4

Two 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

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

1974 ★ 7.0

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

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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

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The Insect Woman

1963 ★ 7.2

A 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

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What's Up, Tiger Lily?

1966 ★ 5.4

In 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

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Tamayura

1965 ★ 9.0

The 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

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Graveyard Kitaro

2008 ★ 8.5

Mizuki, 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

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From Up on Poppy Hill

2011 ★ 7.5

Yokohama, 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

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The Wackiest Ship in the Army

1960 ★ 6.1

Lieutenant 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

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Tokyo Drifter

1966 ★ 7.1

After 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

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G-Men in the Pacific

1962 ★ 6.3

G-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

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Mesuinu no Kake

1964 ★ 4.7

Probable 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

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The Man in Room 17

1965 ★ 6.3

The 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

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Blood: The Last Vampire

2000 ★ 6.9

In 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

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Akko-chan's Secret 2

1988 ★ 8.3

Himitsu 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

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Prince Planet

1965 ★ 7.3

Prince 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

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Grand Prix

1966 ★ 7.3

The 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

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