7.3
The Scent of Incense
IMDb: 7.3 1964 203 min
After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her ...
7.3
An Actor’s Revenge
IMDb: 7.3 1963 114 min
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
7.6
The Tale of Zatoichi
IMDb: 7.6 1962 96 min
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring ...
7
Destiny’s Son
IMDb: 7 1962 71 min
In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her lord’s concubine. Decades later, his adoptive ...
6.7
Bridge of Japan
IMDb: 6.7 1956 111 min
Ichikawa’s 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic ...
6.7
The Tattered Wings
IMDb: 6.7 1955 99 min
A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she’s seen with her intense, ...
7.5
The Eagle of the Pacific
IMDb: 7.5 1953 119 min
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan’s navy ...
7.7
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
IMDb: 7.7 1952 116 min
The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.
7.1
The Idiot
IMDb: 7.1 1951 166 min
Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love ...
7
Ginza Cosmetics
IMDb: 7 1951 87 min
A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.
