
8.4
High and Low
IMDb: 8.4 1963 142 min
In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur’s son is ...

6.3
Daredevil in the Castle
IMDb: 6.3 1961 95 min
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by ...

6.5
Mothra
IMDb: 6.5 1961 101 min
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native ...

8
The Bad Sleep Well
IMDb: 8 1960 150 min
In this loose adaptation of “Hamlet,” illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and ...

6.4
The Three Treasures
IMDb: 6.4 1959 182 min
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor’s son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but ...

7.2
Sudden Rain
IMDb: 7.2 1956 91 min
A husband and wife’s pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.

8.3
Sansho the Bailiff
IMDb: 8.3 1954 124 min
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family’s patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.

8
The Crucified Lovers
IMDb: 8 1954 102 min
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find ...

8.1
Tokyo Story
IMDb: 8.1 1953 137 min
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their ...

7.5
Mother
IMDb: 7.5 1952 98 min
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother’s attempt to sustain her family.

7.5
Lightning
IMDb: 7.5 1952 87 min
The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a ...

7
Ginza Cosmetics
IMDb: 7 1951 87 min
A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.