Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB

洲崎パラダイス　赤信号

director: Yūzō Kawashima actor: Michiyo Aratama / Yukiko Todoroki …

other title: Susaki Paradise - Red Light District / Le Paradis de Suzaki …

A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job pouring sake for male customers at a small bar run by a sympathetic older woman, while Yoshigi is shunted off into a nearby noodle shop, where he gets a job delivering noodles. Tsutue charms and runs off with one of her clients. Yoshigi, ignoring the attentions of a sweet co-worker, pursues Tsutue.

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 Threat (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

脅迫

director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Rentaro Mikuni / Masumi Harukawa …

other title: Chantage / 脅迫

Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family. They will force him to collect the child's ransom for them.

Female Ninja Magic (1964) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb

くノ一忍法

director: Sadao Nakajima actor: Yumiko Nogawa / Sanae Nakahara …

other title: くノ一忍法 / Kunoichi ninpō

In Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position, fearing Toyotomi's blood descendents would end, he impregnates one of five Shinano female ninja with the seed of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in hopes of continuing the bloodline. Princess Sen and the five female ninja escape from Osaka castle by blending in with the handmaidens. Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu who was supposed to rule all under the heavens was informed of this secret. So Ieyasu orders five samurai of the Iga Ninja clan (brought by Hattori Hanzo) to stop the Toyotomi bloodline by killing the Kunoichi ninja. An attack of ninja magic arts unfolds in a battle of the sexes.

Love for an Idiot (1967) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb

痴人の愛

director: Yasuzō Masumura actor: Michiyo Yasuda / Shoichi Ozawa …

other title: La Chatte japonaise / Amor para un idiota …

A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she enslaves him to her whims.

Ichijo's Wet Lust (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

一条さゆり　濡れた欲情

director: Tatsumi Kumashiro actor: Sayuri Ichijo / Hiroko Isayama …

other title: Sayuri, die Stripperin / Sayuri, strip-teaseuse …

Ichijo Sayuri, once the legendary queen of Osaka strippers, has retired to run a sushi shop. She is awaiting her day in court after having been arrested for indecency at her farewell performance. While she was active, she was both the rival and the model for many young strippers. Harumi was one of them. Ichijo Sayuri was the real-life queen of Osaka strippers who was arrested on her final performance.

The Pirates of Buban (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb

ブブアンの海賊

director: Shōhei Imamura actor: Shōhei Imamura / Kō Nishimura …

other title: ブブアンの海賊

By going to the Philippines, Imamura comes to meet people living in an extreme poverty. He discovers very quickly that some communities are under the control of cruel & armed pirates. Imamura will come to meet those men in order to understand their position.

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro (1977) [Movie] TMDB IMDb

黒木太郎の愛と冒険

director: Azuma Morisaki actor: Kunie Tanaka / Mitsuko Baisho …

other title: 黒木太郎の愛と冒険

Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries to cure a cat lady by reversing her trauma, and finally, rescues his niece who is about to be lured into prostitution.

Pleasures of the Flesh (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData

悦楽

director: Nagisa Ōshima actor: Katsuo Nakamura / Mariko Kaga …

other title: Il godimento / Os Prazeres da Carne …

After committing murder, businessman Atsushi is blackmailed into keeping a suitcase of embezzled money. What follows is a descent into lustful, reckless actions and regret.

The Human Bullet (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB

肉弾

director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Minori Terada / Naoko Ohtani …

other title: Nikudan / La torpille humaine …

A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the war draws to a close, his commanding officers become increasingly desperate and push their men to ever more absurd extremes. The ridiculousness of the orders from above peak when the hero of the story is assigned to drive a one-man submarine straight into the hull of an enemy battleship.

The Glamorous Ghost (1964) [Movie] IMDb TMDB

散歩する霊柩車

director: Hajime Sato actor: Kō Nishimura / Masumi Harukawa …

other title: 散歩する霊柩車

Based on the novel by Naoki Prize-nominated author Taro Takeshita, a thriller full of black humor. A jealous husband murders his adulterous wife, then embarks on a crusade to extort all the wealthy men whom she had affairs with.

Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon (1965) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB

ガリバーの宇宙旅行

director: Yoshio Kuroda / Sanae Yamamoto actor: Kyū Sakamoto / Chiyoko Honma …

other title: I viaggi nello spazio di Gulliver / Gulliver no Uchuu Ryokou …

The story concerns a homeless boy named Ted. After seeing a movie about Gulliver he meets Professor Gulliver himself in a forest. Gulliver is now an elderly, space-traveling scientist. With Dr. Gulliver's assistant Crow, and Ted's companions, a talking dog and a toy soldier, they travel the Milky Way to the Planet of Blue Hope, which has been taken over by the Queen of Purple Planet and her evil group of robots. Armed with water-pistols and water balloons, which melt the villains, Ricky and Gulliver restore Blue Hope to its doll-like owners.

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.

Silence Has No Wings (1966) [Movie] IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban TMDB

とべない沈黙

director: Kazuo Kuroki actor: Mariko Kaga / Hiroyuki Nagato …

other title: Le Silence sans ailes / El silencio no tiene alas …

Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this allegorical and oblique first feature film by Kuroki depicts in exquisite images a series of encounters and life's turning points.

Black Rain (1989) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData

黒い雨

director: Shōhei Imamura actor: Yoshiko Tanaka / Kazuo Kitamura …

other title: Pioggia nera / Chuva Negra …

Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic bombing, a tragedy that cruelly took the lives of thousands of people and forever marked the harsh existence of the survivors.

Gonza the Spearman (1986) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban

鑓の権三

director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: Hiromi Go / Shōhei Hino …

other title: 鑓の権三 / Gonza le lancier …

The tragic story of Gonza, a handsome ladies man, set in the Tokagawa Period, a time in which appearences are very important. Gonza competes with Bannojō for the honor to perform the tea ceremony to celebrate the birth of an heir to the lord of their clan. To see the sacred tea scrolls Gonza promises to marry the daughter of the family which possesses them, even though he is unofficially engaged to another. When studying the scrolls with Osai, the mother of the house, Bannojō sneaks into the house and steals their obis and runs through the town proclaiming the two as adulterers.

A Story from Echigo (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb

越後つついし親不知

director: Tadashi Imai actor: Yoshiko Sakuma / Shoichi Ozawa …

other title: 越後つついし親不知 / Story of Echigo

A sake factory worker on holiday returns to his home town, where he rapes the wife of one of his co-workers in the forest. The other man returns home to find his wife changed and suspects that she has been unfaithful.

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.

Revenge (1964) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB

仇討

director: Tadashi Imai actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Takahiro Tamura …

other title: La Vengeance / Venganza de sangre …

An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The situation snowballs out of control, leading to a deadly duel and political fallout which threatens the entire clan. Declared mentally unstable by the corrupt authority, Shinpachi begins his descent into true insanity…

Tokyo Mighty Guy (1960) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb

東京の暴れん坊

director: Buichi Saitō actor: Akira Kobayashi / Ruriko Asaoka …

other title: 東京の暴れん坊 / The Tokyo Mighty Guy

Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in the busy Ginza district. His culinary skills and dashing good looks bring in the women as well as unwanted trouble, while an explosive political scandal builds around his girlfriend’s business...