
6.1
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
IMDb: 6.1 1969 96 min
In Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, the lives of a young man prone to theft, a young woman he meets at a bookstore, and a kabuki actor intersect.

7.5
Death by Hanging
IMDb: 7.5 1968 118 min
A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.

7.7
Japan’s Longest Day
IMDb: 7.7 1967 157 min
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the ...

6.7
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
IMDb: 6.7 1967 99 min
A sex-obsessed woman, a suicidal man she meets on the street, and a gun-crazy wannabe gangster become trapped in an underground hideaway.

7
Violence at Noon
IMDb: 7 1966 99 min
Two young women must come to terms with the fact that a man they’re deeply linked to is a murdering rapist.

7.3
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
IMDb: 7.3 1965 87 min
Zatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, while fending off angry yakuza and bloodthirsty relatives out for revenge, and trying to ...

7
Samurai Spy
IMDb: 7 1965 100 min
Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a ...

6.9
Pleasures of the Flesh
IMDb: 6.9 1965 91 min
After committing murder, businessman Atsushi is blackmailed into keeping a suitcase of embezzled money. What follows is a descent into lustful, ...

6.8
The Catch
IMDb: 6.8 1961 105 min
Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how ...

6.9
The Sun’s Burial
IMDb: 6.9 1960 88 min
In Osaka’s slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the trading of ID cards and blood.

6.8
Night and Fog in Japan
IMDb: 6.8 1960 103 min
Long takes and a highly theatrical visual approach combine to form a tense and confrontational look at the decline of a socialist student ...