Ran(1985)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.



Kagemusha(1980)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.



Sanjuro(1962)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.



Yôjinbô(1961)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.



Kanashimi no Beradonna(1973)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 35

After being banished from her village, a peasant woman makes a pact with the devil to gain magical ability.



Seppuku(1962)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An elder ronin samurai arrives at a feudal lord's home and requests an honorable place to commit suicide. But when the ronin inquires about a younger samurai who arrived before him things take an unexpected turn.



Tengoku to jigoku(1963)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.



Dai-bosatsu tôge(1966)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Through his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopath samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely.



Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki(1960)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 10

A middle-aged bar hostess, constantly in debt, is faced with numerous social constraints and challenges posed to her by her family, customers and friends.



Tanin no kao(1966)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.



Ningen no jôken(1961)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 0

His ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival.



Hachikô monogatari(1987)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The true story about a dog's loyalty to its master, even after his death.



Kiru(1968)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Two ronin - an ex-samurai and an ex-farmer - get caught up in a local official's complex game of murder and betrayal.



Goyôkin(1969)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.



Jobanni no shima(2014)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A dramatic yet heart-warming story of cross-cultural friendship among children in the aftermath of WWII, presented by Tokyo-based award-winning animation studio Production I.G. Based on true events.



Hitokiri(1969)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A destitute ronin allies himself with an established clan, but its ruthless leader tries to turn him into a mindless killer.



Karami-ai(1962)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Two-hundred million yen is up for grabs in a dying businessman's will. The businessman intends to will it to his 3 illegitimate children, but his associates scheme to take advantage of the situation.



Haru tono tabi(2010)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Haru's Journey provides an insider's look at Japanese culture through its themes of acceptance, endurance and familial commitment. It tells the story of elderly fisherman Tadao and his ...



Eien no hito(1961)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The year is 1932, and a woman, whose tenant-farmer fiancé is fighting in China, is raped by the landowners son(Nakadai)... See full synopsis »



Yotsuya kaidan(1965)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A samurai warrior is haunted by the spirit of his first wife.




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