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  • The 47 Ronin (1941)

    1. The 47 Ronin

    19414h 1m
    7.2 (2.8K)
    The legendary Forty-seven ronin plot to avenge the death of their lord, Asano Naganori, by killing Kira Yoshinaka, a shogunate official responsible for Asano being forced to commit seppuku.
    DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsChôjûrô KawarasakiYoshizaburo ArashiUtaemon Ichikawa
  • There Was a Father (1942)

    2. There Was a Father

    19421h 34mNot Rated
    7.5 (3.4K)
    A schoolteacher struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, having neither money nor future prospects.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûShûji SanoHaruhiko Tsuda
  • Toshirô Mifune and Machiko Kyô in Rashomon (1950)

    3. Rashomon

    19501h 28mNot Rated98Metascore
    8.2 (191K)
    The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMachiko KyôMasayuki Mori
  • The Idiot (1951)

    4. The Idiot

    19512h 46mNot Rated
    7.1 (6K)
    A Japanese veteran, driven partially mad from the war, travels to the snowy island of Hokkaido where he soon enters a love triangle with his best friend and a disgraced woman.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsSetsuko HaraMasayuki MoriToshirô Mifune
  • Takashi Shimura in Ikiru (1952)

    5. Ikiru

    19522h 23mNot Rated92Metascore
    8.3 (97K)
    A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraNobuo KanekoShin'ichi Himori
  • The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)

    6. The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

    19521h 56mNot Rated
    7.6 (4.1K)
    A childless middle-aged couple faces a marital crisis.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsShin SaburiMichiyo KogureKôji Tsuruta
  • A Geisha (1953)

    7. A Geisha

    19531h 25mNot Rated
    7.6 (2.6K)
    A seasoned geisha and her apprentice maiko are forced to give in to their clients' sexual advances to survive.
    DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsMichiyo KogureAyako WakaoSeizaburô Kawazu
  • Setsuko Hara and Chishû Ryû in Tokyo Story (1953)

    8. Tokyo Story

    19532h 17mNot Rated100Metascore
    8.1 (75K)
    An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûChieko HigashiyamaSô Yamamura
  • The Only Son (1936)

    9. The Only Son

    19361h 22mNot Rated
    7.7 (4.3K)
    A widow sends her only son away to receive a better education. Years later, she visits him, finding him a poor school teacher with a wife and son.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChôko IidaShin'ichi HimoriMasao Hayama
  • Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Yoshio Inaba, Daisuke Katô, Isao Kimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Takashi Shimura, and Keiko Tsushima in Seven Samurai (1954)

    10. Seven Samurai

    19543h 27mNot Rated98Metascore
    8.6 (388K)
    Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko Tsushima
  • Street of Shame (1956)

    11. Street of Shame

    19561h 26mNot Rated
    7.8 (5.2K)
    The personal tales of various prostitutes who occupy a brothel.
    DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsMachiko KyôAiko MimasuAyako Wakao
  • Warning from Space (1956)

    12. Warning from Space

    19561h 27mUnrated
    4.8 (1.4K)
    UFOs are seen around Tokyo. Because they look like giant starfish the aliens cannot approach us without creating panic. Hence one of them sacrifices itself and takes the form of a popular female singer. It/she warns mankind that a meteor will crash on Earth. While the approaching meteor causes hotter and hotter weather, mankind runs and builds a last-chance anti-meteor weapon.
    DirectorKôji ShimaStarsKeizô KawasakiToyomi KaritaBin Yagisawa
  • The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (1957)

    13. The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly

    19571h 36mNot Rated
    5.5 (283)
    A ruthless serial killer with a peculiar method of stalking and killing his victims comes face to face with a police officer turned invisible by a scientific experiment. Who will emerge triumphant?
    DirectorMitsuo MurayamaStarsYoshirô KitaharaRyûji ShinagawaJunko Kanô
  • Toshirô Mifune and Isuzu Yamada in Throne of Blood (1957)

    14. Throne of Blood

    19571h 50mNot Rated
    8.0 (58K)
    A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMinoru ChiakiIsuzu Yamada
  • Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, and Misa Uehara in The Hidden Fortress (1958)

    15. The Hidden Fortress

    19582h 6mNot Rated89Metascore
    8.0 (44K)
    Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMisa UeharaMinoru Chiaki
  • Yûsuke Kawazu and Miyuki Kuwano in Cruel Story of Youth (1960)

    16. Cruel Story of Youth

    19601h 36mNot Rated
    6.9 (2.7K)
    A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class men.
    DirectorNagisa ÔshimaStarsMiyuki KuwanoYûsuke KawazuYoshiko Kuga
  • The Naked Island (1960)

    17. The Naked Island

    19601h 36mNot Rated
    8.0 (6.5K)
    A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.
    DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsNobuko OtowaTaiji TonoyamaShinji Tanaka
  • Immortal Love (1961)

    18. Immortal Love

    19611h 43m
    7.3 (663)
    A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through three decades of bitter conflict which engulfs their children and those around them.
    DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsHideko TakamineKeiji SadaTatsuya Nakadai
  • Toshirô Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo (1961)

    19. Yojimbo

    19611h 50mNot Rated93Metascore
    8.2 (139K)
    A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneEijirô TônoTatsuya Nakadai
  • She and He (1963)

    20. She and He

    19631h 50m
    7.3 (249)
    In a sterile building complex, a woman gains a sense of altruism after encountering a street beggar and his blind orphan, much to her husband's disapproval.
    DirectorSusumu HaniStarsSachiko HidariKikuji YamashitaEiji Okada
  • The Insect Woman (1963)

    21. The Insect Woman

    19632h 3mNot Rated
    7.4 (2.6K)
    Life story of a woman born in poverty trying to succeed. Through her many schemes, she faces her ups and downs in a cyclical nature, fueled mostly by self-interest.
    DirectorShôhei ImamuraStarsSeizaburô KawazuKazuo KitamuraTanie Kitabayashi
  • Toshirô Mifune and Yûzô Kayama in Red Beard (1965)

    22. Red Beard

    19653h 5mNot Rated90Metascore
    8.3 (22K)
    In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneYûzô KayamaTsutomu Yamazaki
  • Kwaidan (1964)

    23. Kwaidan

    19643h 3mNot Rated
    7.9 (22K)
    A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.
    DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsRentarô MikuniMichiyo AratamaMisako Watanabe
  • Daimajin (1966)

    24. Daimajin

    19661h 24mUnrated
    6.7 (2K)
    A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.
    DirectorKimiyoshi YasudaStarsMiwa TakadaYoshihiko AoyamaJun Fujimaki
  • Wrath of Daimajin (1966)

    25. Wrath of Daimajin

    19661h 27mNot Rated
    6.2 (896)
    In a mountainous region of Japan, Lord Arakawa kidnaps the men of nearby villages to use as slave labor, producing gunpowder from his sulfur pits. A band of young boys decide to rescue their enslaved fathers on their own.
    DirectorKazuo MoriStarsHideki NinomiyaShinji HoriMasahide Iizuka

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