A Killer Without a Grave (1961) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB

紅の拳銃

director: Yōichi Ushihara actor: Keiichirō Akagi / Reiko Sasamori …

other title: 紅の拳銃 / Kurenai no kenjū

Nakata (Keiichiro Akagi) is a nihilistic young buck who is willing to do anything to get money in his pockets. As he knocks back a couple drinks that he knows he won't be able to afford, a former marksman-turned-bad, Ishioka approaches him. Ishioka is looking for an unaffiliated hit-man who is willing to handle some business. Nakata is just the right man for the job.

The Shadow Within (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

影の車

director: Yoshitarō Nomura actor: Shima Iwashita / Gō Katō …

other title: L'Ombre d'une roue / 影の車

When a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young son intends to murder him.

Blood Type: Blue (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

ブルークリスマス

director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Hiroshi Katsuno / Keiko Takeshita …

other title: Blue Christmas / ブルークリスマス …

UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest of mankind, and eventually certain all-too-familiar measures begin to be taken against them.

Call from Darkness (1981) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

真夜中の招待状

director: Yoshitarō Nomura actor: Asami Kobayashi / Kaoru Kobayashi …

other title: 真夜中の招待状

Keiko Inagawa pays a visit to neurologist Aizawa about her fiancé Tatsuo Tamura. A mysterious case involving the disappearance of Tatsuo’s three brothers, one after the other, is yet to be resolved and now Tatsuo, seized with the idea that he too may disappear, has had a nervous breakdown. Aizawa suggests that Tatsuo recount his dreams as a means of solving the mystery, since human beings have an instinct that foretells the near future in the form of a dream. Keiko and Tatsuo eventually discover that the three disappearances have a strange connection…

Everything Goes Wrong (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

すべてが狂ってる

director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Tamio Kawachi / Yoshiko Nezu …

other title: On devient tous fous / すべてが狂ってる …

Everything goes wrong when Jiro tries to break up his mother's relationship with a business man. The young rebel Jiro has to deal with an environment of crime and prostitution, and the impact of its choices on personal relationships: one with his mother, one with her business man lover and one with the girl in love with him.

Endless Desire (1958) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData Douban TMDB IMDb

果しなき欲望

director: Shōhei Imamura actor: Hiroyuki Nagato / Misako Watanabe …

other title: Desiderio inappagato / Desejo Insaciável …

Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during the war. A grimly humorous tale of twisted relationships as one by one each of the group is eliminated.

Children of Hiroshima (1952) [Movie] IMDb TMDB

原爆の子

director: Kaneto Shindō actor: Nobuko Otowa / Osamu Takizawa …

other title: I bambini di Hiroshima / Crianças de Hiroshima …

Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.

疯狂的果实 (1956) [Movie] NeoDB

狂った果実

director: 中平康 actor: 石原裕次郎 / 津川雅彦 …

other title: 狂った果実 / Kurutta kajitsu …

泷岛家的两兄弟年龄相仿，性格迥异。哥哥夏久（石原裕次郎 饰）风流倜傥，浪荡不羁；弟弟春次（津川雅彦 饰）则温柔腼腆，内向老实。某日，兄弟俩乘火车前往逗子度假，出站时遇见了美丽的少女天草惠梨（北原三枝 饰），春次登时为其所倾倒。不久，他们在乘船出海时再次邂逅游泳的惠梨，三个年轻人相谈甚欢，春次最终鼓起勇气邀请女孩参加他们的舞会。惠梨曼妙的舞姿成为当晚的亮点，所有男孩都目瞪口呆，连夏久也心有所动。又一天，夏久和一众好友在俱乐部歌舞时，看见惠梨和外国人翩翩起舞。张扬跋扈的他强吻惠梨，两人纠缠在一起。从此，泷岛兄弟和同一女孩的关系变得愈加微妙……

Underworld Beauty (1958) [Movie] NeoDB Douban WikiData TMDB IMDb

暗黒街の美女

director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Michitarō Mizushima / Mari Shiraki …

other title: 暗黒街の美女

The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds he had stashed before getting pinched. When he returns to his haunt to make good by friend who took a bullet for him, he is diverted by the greedy boss Oyane and his insatiable taste for Miyamoto's precious stones.

The Incident (1978) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb

事件

director: 野村芳太郎 actor: 丹波哲郎 / 芦田伸介 …

other title: 事件 / L'Incident

The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old shipyard worker, is arrested and charged with the murder. At Ueda's trial, a complex story unfolds.

Red Angel (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb

赤い天使

director: Yasuzō Masumura actor: Ayako Wakao / Shinsuke Ashida …

other title: Nuda per un pugno di eroi / 赤い天使 …

In 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during the Sino-Japanese war. She has to assist the surgeon Dr. Okabe with an incredible number of amputations. In the crowded wards, she gives sympathy to some of the soldiers, including sexually servicing one who has lost both arms and has no hope of returning home. She falls in love with Dr. Okabe, and follows him to the front, even though he is impotent from his morphine addiction.

A Taxing Woman (1987) [Movie] NeoDB Douban

マルサの女

director: 伊丹十三 actor: 宫本信子 / 山崎努 …

other title: マルサの女 / 女税务员(台) …

板仓亮子（宫本信子 饰）是港町税务署的调查员，她工作认真负责，但在收到一位老婆婆的指责后，她不再将目光停留在普通老百姓身上，而是转移到大的商会上面。在她锲而不舍的追查下，许多狡猾的公司老板纷纷现出原形。不过亮子也有为难的时候，经营旅馆业的权藤英树（山崎努 饰）就是一条狡猾的老狐狸，任凭亮子怎样调查也找不到蛛丝马迹。
不久后，亮子因工作出色被调到国税局侦查科，她和同事齐心协力侦破不少偷税案件。随着一同匿名举报电话的到来，权藤的案子再次提出，亮子决心将其偷税事实彻底查清……

Voice Without a Shadow (1958) [Movie] TMDB

影なき声

director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Yôko Minamida / Hideaki Nitani …

other title: 影なき声

Asako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued to haunt her. Years later her husband invites his boss, Hamazaki, over for dinner and she realises his voice is suspiciously like that of the killer. Before she can investigate further, Hamazaki is found dead and her husband becomes the prime suspect.

Death of a Tea Master (1989) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban

千利休 本覺坊遺文

director: Kei Kumai actor: Eiji Okuda / Toshirō Mifune …

other title: Morte di un maestro del tè / 千利休 本覺坊遺文 …

Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the master's death.

Take Aim at the Police Van (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb

１３号待避線より　その護送車を狙え

director: Seijun Suzuki actor: Michitarō Mizushima / Mari Shiraki …

other title: Assalto al blindato / １３号待避線より　その護送車を狙え

A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.

Shogun's Samurai (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

柳生一族の陰謀

director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Sonny Chiba …

other title: Im Schatten des Shogun / Le Samourai et le Shogun …

Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadanaga become bitter rivals for the shogunate, and the land is split into factions, eventually erupting into warfare. Iemitsu's mentor, his fencing instructor Yagyu, is fixated upon securing Iemitsu the shogunate and ends up betraying everyone, even his own family, in pursuit of the goal.

Woman of the Lake (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb

女のみづうみ

director: Yoshishige Yoshida actor: Mariko Okada / Shigeru Tsuyuguchi …

other title: La donna del lago / 女のみづうみ …

A married woman lets her lover take naked pictures of her. The photos end up in possession of a man who starts blackmailing the couple.

Stakeout (1958) [Movie] TMDB

張込み

director: Yoshitaro Nomura actor: Minoru Ōki / Takahiro Tamura …

other title: 張込み / Le Guet-apens …

Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.

Crazed Fruit (1956) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB

狂った果実

director: Kō Nakahira actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Mie Kitahara …

other title: La stagione del sole / 狂った果実 …

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking.

The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData

赤穂城断絶

director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Sonny Chiba …

other title: A Queda do Castelo Ako / Last of the Ako Clan …

This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.