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Throne of Blood (1957)

Summary: A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.

Release Date: November 22, 1961

Genres: Drama, History

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Writers: Hideo Oguni

, Shinobu Hashimoto

, Ryûzô Kikushima

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Toho Company, Kurosawa Production Co.

Distributor: Cowboy Pictures, The Criterion Collection, Media Home Entertainment

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 46,808

8.8 - ZR Rating
210335 votes

Yojimbo (1961)

Summary: A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.

Release Date: September 13, 1961

Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Writers: Akira Kurosawa

, Ryûzô Kikushima

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Kurosawa Production Co., Sammy, Toho Company

Distributor: Janus Films, Seneca Productions, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Cowboy Pictures, The Criterion Collection, HBO Max, The Criterion Channel

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 46,808

8.7 - ZR Rating
67025 votes

High and Low (1963)

Summary: An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.

Release Date: November 26, 1963

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Writers: Hideo Oguni

, Ryûzô Kikushima

, Eijirô Hisaita

Runtime: 2 h 23 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Kurosawa Production Co., Toho Company

Distributor: East West Classics, Continental Distributing, Pacific Arts Video, The Criterion Collection, Cowboy Pictures, Janus Films, Walter Reade-Sterling, HBO Max, The Criterion Channel, Toho Company

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 46,808

8.6 - ZR Rating
17549 votes

Red Beard (1965)

Summary: In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.

Release Date: December 19, 1968

Genre: Drama

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Writers: Masato Ide

, Hideo Oguni

, Ryûzô Kikushima

Runtime: 3 h 05 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Kurosawa Production Co., Toho Company, Toho

Distributor: Toho, Frank Lee International

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 46,808

8 - ZR Rating
57215 votes

The Hidden Fortress (1958)

Summary: Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.

Release Date: October 06, 1960

Genres: Adventure, Drama

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Writers: Ryûzô Kikushima

, Hideo Oguni

, Shinobu Hashimoto

Runtime: 2 h 06 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Toho Company

Distributor: Albex, Cowboy Pictures, Media Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection

Country: Japan

Language: English

Domestic: $ 46,808

7.8 - ZR Rating
9768 votes

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Summary: A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.

Release Date: January 22, 1963

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Writers: Hideo Oguni

, Eijirô Hisaita

, Akira Kurosawa

Runtime: 2 h 31 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Toho Company, Kurosawa Production Co., Toho

Distributor: Toho, Sony Video, Cowboy Pictures

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 82,540,000

Domestic: $ 46,808

7.8 - ZR Rating
5461 votes

Samurai Assassin (1965)

Summary: When a samurai clan attempting to assassinate a feudal lord begin to suspect a traitor, they start an investigation on a ronin who is helping their cause.

Release Date: January 03, 1965

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Kihachi Okamoto

Writers: Shinobu Hashimoto

, Jiromasa Gunji

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Mifune Productions Co. Ltd., Toho Company

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

7.1 - ZR Rating
1364 votes

Snow Country (1957)

Summary: It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous trip, and it seems like love. She's the foster daughter of a local family, almost...

Release Date: May 15, 1966

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Shirô Toyoda

Writers: Yasunari Kawabata

, Toshio Yasumi

Runtime: 2 h 13 min

Production: Toho Company

Distributor: Toho Company

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

6.8 - ZR Rating
174 votes

Atragon (1963)

Summary: When an ancient underground civilization and their snake-like guardian plots to reclaim the surface world, those of the surface fights back.

Release Date: March 11, 1965

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Directors: Ishirô Honda

, Shûe Matsubayashi

Writers: Shin'ichi Sekizawa

, Shunrô Oshikawa

, Shigeru Komatsuzaki

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: TV-Y7

Production: Toho Company, Toho

Distributor: Dogwoof, American International Pictures (AIP)

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

6.7 - ZR Rating
711 votes

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)

Summary: A detective protects a princess who prophecies Earth's destruction by a powerful alien dragon, which Mothra and her fairies - aided by Godzilla and Rodan - must battle against.

Release Date: December 20, 1964

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Ishirô Honda

Writer: Shin'ichi Sekizawa

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: G

Production: Toho Company, Toho

Distributor: Continental Distributing

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

6.5 - ZR Rating
161 votes

Battle in Outer Space (1959)

Summary: The nations of the Earth unite in a common cause to fight off an invader from outer space.

Release Date: July 08, 1960

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi

Director: Ishirô Honda

Writers: Shin'ichi Sekizawa

, Jôjirô Okami

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Toho Company, Toho

Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

6.4 - ZR Rating
413 votes

Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

Summary: An Interpol investigation uncovers a shunned biologist and his daughter, who are involved in an alien plot to use Mechagodzilla and Titanosaurus to defeat Godzilla and wipe out humanity.

Genres: Action, Adventure, Family

Directors: Ishirô Honda

, Jun Fukuda

Writer: Yukiko Takayama

Runtime: 1 h 19 min

MPAA: G

Production: Henry G. Saperstein Enterprises Inc., Toho Company, Toho

Distributor: Bob Conn Enterprises

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

6.2 - ZR Rating
8611 votes

Destroy All Monsters (1968)

Summary: In 1999, a race of she-aliens, the Kilaaks, brainwash Earth's monsters into attacking major cities, prompting a team of astronauts to stop the invaders while the monsters battle Ghidorah.

Release Date: May 28, 1969

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Directors: Ishirô Honda

, Jun Fukuda

Writers: Ishirô Honda

, Takeshi Kimura

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: G

Production: Toho Company

Distributor: American International Pictures (AIP), American-International Television (AIP-TV), ADV Films, Media Blasters, The Criterion Collection, HBO Max, The Criterion Channel

Country: Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 200,000,000

6.2 - ZR Rating
4140 votes

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

Summary: The advertising director of a pharmaceutical company seeks to boost the ratings of their sponsored TV program by capturing the legendary monster King Kong just as Godzilla re-emerges.

Release Date: August 11, 1962

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Director: Ishirô Honda

Writers: Willis H. O'Brien

, Shin'ichi Sekizawa

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

Production: Toho, Toho Company

Distributor: The Criterion Collection

Countries: Japan, United States

Language: Japanese

6.2 - ZR Rating
161 votes

Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)

Summary: An American scientist and his Japanese colleagues study a feral boy born from the radiated heart of Frankenstein's monster, while a subterranean dinosaur ravages the Japanese countryside.

Release Date: August 08, 1965

Genres: Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Ishirô Honda

Writers: Reuben Bercovitch

, Takeshi Kimura

, John Meredyth Lucas

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Henry G. Saperstein Enterprises Inc., Toho Company, Toho

Distributor: American International Pictures (AIP)

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

5.8 - ZR Rating
3402 votes

King Kong Escapes (1967)

Summary: The evil Dr. Who captures King Kong to dig for Element X when his robot duplicate, Mechani-Kong, is unable to do the job, but Kong soon escapes and battles his doppelganger.

Release Date: June 19, 1968

Genres: Action, Adventure, Family

Director: Ishirô Honda

Writers: Takeshi Kimura

, Edgar Wallace

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: G

Production: Rankin/Bass Productions, Toho Company

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: Japan, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 2,180,000

5.7 - ZR Rating
7334 votes

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)

Summary: Four men searching for one's brother are shipwrecked on Letchi Island, where a terrorist organization developing nuclear weapons have enslaved the natives of Infant Island and command monstrous crustacean named Ebirah.

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Jun Fukuda

Writer: Shin'ichi Sekizawa

Runtime: 1 h 23 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Toho Company

Distributor: Walter Reade Organization, Continental Distributing, Film Ventures International (FVI), HBO Max, Kraken Releasing, Section 23 Films, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Sterling Educational Films, The Criterion Collection

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 1,200,000

5.6 - ZR Rating
12667 votes

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)

Summary: A UN reporter covers the appearance of a prehistoric monster that emerges from hibernation, while a pharmaceutical company seeks publicity with a monster of their own.

Release Date: June 26, 1963

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Directors: Ishirô Honda