
7
Zatoichi the Outlaw
IMDb: 7 1967 96 min
When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival gambling house pays their debts and sets them free.

7.9
The Sword of Doom
IMDb: 7.9 1966 122 min
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. ...

7.6
Intentions of Murder
IMDb: 7.6 1964 150 min
The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the ...

7.4
13 Assassins
IMDb: 7.4 1963 125 min
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring ...

7.9
The Bad Sleep Well
IMDb: 7.9 1960 150 min
In this loose adaptation of “Hamlet,” illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and ...

6.7
The Sleeping Beast Within
IMDb: 6.7 1960 86 min
A newspaper reporter’s search for his girlfriend’s missing father lead him into heart of the criminal underworld of Yokohama’s ...

6.8
Stolen Desire
IMDb: 6.8 1958 92 min
A rambunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows.

7.8
The Ballad of Narayama
IMDb: 7.8 1958 98 min
In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced ...

8
The Burmese Harp
IMDb: 8 1956 117 min
In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment ...