Silence(2016)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 85

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.



Zatôichi(2003)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 75

The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.



Mongol(2007)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 72

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206.



Kate(2021)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 57

A female assassin has 24 hours to get vengeance on her poisoner before she dies.



47 Ronin(2013)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 48

A band of samurai set out to avenge the death and dishonor of their master at the hands of a ruthless shogun.



Koroshiya 1(2001)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 25

As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.



Ruang rak noi nid mahasan(2003)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 37

A suicidal, obsessively compulsive Japanese librarian is forced to lie low in Thailand with a pot-smoking woman coping with the recent loss of her sister.



The Outsider(2018)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 31

An epic set in post-WWII Japan and centered on an American former G.I. who joins the yakuza.



Maboroshi no hikari(1995)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 47

A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant.



Gohatto(1999)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 38

The new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad.



Cha no aji(2004)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 39

A spell of time of a rural family's slightly surreal life.



Kôhî jikô(2003)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 40

The story revolves around Yoko Inoue, a pregnant woman in search for a cafe that's frequented by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching.



Minamata(2020)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 51

War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.



Fuchi ni tatsu(2016)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 42

Toshio hires Yasaka in his workshop. This old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life.



Akarui mirai(2002)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 32

Two young guys work in a plant that manufactures oshibori (those moist hand-towels found in some Japanese restaurants). Their weird bond is based on uncontrollable rage--something neither ...



Samehada otoko to momojiri onna(1998)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 29

In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from ...



Kishibe no tabi(2015)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 26

Mizuki's husband (Yusuke) drowned at sea three years ago. When he suddenly comes back home, she is not that surprised. Instead, Mizuki is wondering what took him so long. She agrees to let Yusuke take her on a journey.



Survive Style 5+(2004)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.



Redline(2009)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A story about the most popular racing event in the galaxy, the Redline, and the various racers who compete in it.



Vital(2004)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 6

After a tragic car accident where his girlfriend Ryôko Ooyama (Nami Tsukamoto) died, Hiroshi Takagi (Tadanobu Asano) suffers amnesia with his memories completely blanked. When he sees a ...




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