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Harakiri (1962)

Summary: When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.

Release Date: August 04, 1964

Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery

Director: Masaki Kobayashi

Writers: Yasuhiko Takiguchi

, Shinobu Hashimoto

Runtime: 2 h 13 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Shochiku

Distributor: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), The Criterion Collection, HBO Max

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

9.3 - Douban
183004 votes

Seven Samurai (1954)

Summary: Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.

Release Date: November 19, 1956

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Writers: Akira Kurosawa

, Shinobu Hashimoto

, Hideo Oguni

Runtime: 3 h 27 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Toho Company

Distributor: Kingsley-International Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Embassy Pictures, Films Incorporated, Janus Films, Landmark Films, Embassy Home Entertainment, Nelson Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, Cowboy Pictures

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 125,000,000

Domestic: $ 318,649

International: $ 27,609

8.9 - Douban
780959 votes

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Summary: The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Release Date: October 14, 1994

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Writers: Quentin Tarantino

, Roger Avary

Runtime: 2 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: Miramax, A Band Apart, Jersey Films

Distributor: Fathom Events, Miramax, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Video, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 8,000,000

Domestic: $ 107,928,762

International: $ 106,000,000

8.9 - Douban
260651 votes

A Brighter Summer Day (1991)

Summary: Based on a true story, primarily on a conflict between two youth gangs, a 14-year-old boy's girlfriend conflicts with the head of one gang for an unclear reason, until finally the conflict comes to a violent climax.

Release Date: November 25, 2011

Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime

Director: Edward Yang

Writers: Hung Hung

, Mingtang Lai

, Alex Yang

Runtime: 3 h 57 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Yang & His Gang Filmmakers

Country: Taiwan

Language: English

8.9 - Douban
81250 votes

Ran (1985)

Summary: In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.

Release Date: June 01, 1985

Genres: Action, Drama, War

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Writers: Akira Kurosawa

, Hideo Oguni

, Masato Ide

Runtime: 2 h 42 min

MPAA: R

Production: Greenwich Film Productions, Herald Ace, Nippon Herald Films

Distributor: Orion Classics, CBS/Fox, StudioCanal, The Criterion Collection, Rialto Pictures, Wellspring Media

Countries: Japan, France

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 11,500,000

Domestic: $ 4,135,750

International: $ 28,533

8.8 - Douban
296508 votes

Rashomon (1950)

Summary: The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.

Release Date: December 26, 1951

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Writers: Ryûnosuke Akutagawa

, Akira Kurosawa

, Shinobu Hashimoto

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Daiei

Distributor: Edward Harrison, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), The Criterion Collection, Janus Films, The Criterion Channel, Embassy Home Entertainment, Nelson Entertainment

Country: Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 250,000

Domestic: $ 46,808

International: $ 34,571

8.8 - Douban
110066 votes

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)

Summary: During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.

Release Date: September 02, 1983

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Nagisa Ôshima

Writers: Lourens van der Post

, Nagisa Ôshima

, Paul Mayersberg

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: R

Production: National Film Trustee Company, Antares-Nova, Recorded Picture Company (RPC), Broadbank Investments

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Artisan Entertainment, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video

Countries: United Kingdom, New Zealand, Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 2,306,560

8.8 - Douban
30759 votes

The Twilight Samurai (2002)

Summary: As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart.

Release Date: November 02, 2002

Genres: Drama, Romance, History

Director: Yôji Yamada

Writers: Shûhei Fujisawa

, Yôji Yamada

, Yoshitaka Asama

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

Production: Eisei Gekijo, Hakuhodo, Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K., Nippon Television Network (NTV), Shochiku, Sumitomo Corporation

Distributor: Empire Pictures, Twilight Time

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 559,765

International: $ 6,813,004

8.6 - Douban
29046 votes

Ugetsu (1953)

Summary: A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.

Release Date: September 07, 1954

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, War

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

Writers: Matsutarô Kawaguchi

, Hisakazu Tsuji

, Akinari Ueda

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Daiei Studios

Distributor: Janus Films, The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 11,197

International: $ 13,762

8.6 - Douban
27864 votes

Sword of the Stranger (2007)

Summary: A swordsman from a strange land is caught in a struggle between morality, righteousness, and devotion as he reluctantly agrees to take a raggedy boy and his dog to a remote, Buddhist temple.

Release Date: February 05, 2009

Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime

Director: Masahiro Andô

Writer: Fumihiko Takayama

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Bones

Distributor: Bandai Entertainment

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

8.5 - Douban
27712 votes

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

8.4 - Douban
190270 votes

Sin City (2005)

Summary: An exploration of the dark and miserable Basin City and three of its residents, all of whom are caught up in violent corruption.

Release Date: April 01, 2005

Genres: Crime, Thriller

Directors: Frank Miller

, Quentin Tarantino

, Robert Rodriguez

Writers: Frank Miller

, Robert Rodriguez

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: R

Production: Dimension Films, Troublemaker Studios, Dimension Films

Distributor: Dimension Films, Starz, Touchstone Home Video, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Dimension Home Video, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount+, Shout! Factory

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Sin City

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 74,103,820

International: $ 84,630,000

8.4 - Douban
16637 votes

The Hidden Fortress (1958)

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

Release Date: December 28, 1958

Genres: Adventure, Drama

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Writers: Ryûzô Kikushima

, Hideo Oguni

, Shinobu Hashimoto

Runtime: 2 h 19 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Toho Company

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

Country: Japan

Language: English

Domestic: $ 46,808

8.4 - Douban
9179 votes

Radio Days (1987)

Summary: A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.

Release Date: January 30, 1987

Genre: Comedy

Director: Woody Allen

Writer: Woody Allen

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions, Orion Pictures

Distributor: Orion Pictures, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), Image Entertainment, Orion Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment, Twilight Time

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 16,000,000

Domestic: $ 14,792,779

8.4 - Douban
1674 votes

3 Ninjas (1992)

Summary: Each year, three brothers visit their grandfather for the summer. He is highly skilled in ninjutsu, and for years he has trained the boys in his techniques.

Release Date: August 07, 1992

Genres: Action, Comedy, Family

Director: Jon Turteltaub

Writers: Kenny Kim

, Edward Emanuel

Runtime: 1 h 24 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Touchstone Pictures, Global Venture Hollywood, Sheen Productions

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Hulu, WAM!

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: 3 Ninjas

Movie budget: $ 6,500,000

Domestic: $ 29,000,301

8.3 - Douban
488652 votes

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Summary: After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.

Release Date: October 10, 2003

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Writers: Quentin Tarantino

, Uma Thurman

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: R

Production: Miramax, A Band Apart, Super Cool ManChu, Shaw Brothers

Distributor: Miramax, Miramax Films, HBO Max, Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 70,099,045

International: $ 110,807,031

8.2 - Douban
225465 votes

Isle of Dogs (2018)

Summary: Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.

Release Date: April 13, 2018

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Animation

Director: Wes Anderson

Writers: Wes Anderson

, Roman Coppola

, Jason Schwartzman

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Indian Paintbrush, American Empirical Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Studio Babelsberg, Twentieth Century Fox Animation

Distributor: Searchlight Pictures, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Disney+

Countries: United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan

Language: English

Domestic: $ 32,015,231

International: $ 32,641,377

8.1 - Douban
45576 votes

The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)

Summary: The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.

Release Date: September 06, 2003

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Writers: Takeshi Kitano

, Kan Shimozawa

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: R

Production: Asahi National Broadcasting Company, Bandai Visual Company, DENTSU Music And Entertainment, TV Asahi, Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co.

Distributor: Miramax, Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 1,118,163

International: $ 33,078,759

8.1 - Douban
5140 votes

Onibaba (1964)

Summary: Two women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.

Release Date: February 04, 1965

Genres: Drama, Horror

Director: Kaneto Shindô

Writer: Kaneto Shindô

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Kindai Eiga Kyokai, Tokyo Eiga Co Ltd.

Distributor: Toho Company, The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Country: Japan

Language: English

8 - Douban
204774 votes

Battle Royale (2000)

Summary: In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

Release Date: December 16, 2000

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Kinji Fukasaku

Writers: Koushun Takami

, Kenta Fukasaku

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Toho Company, AM Associates, Fukasaku-gumi, MF Pictures, Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K., Toei Company, WOWOW

Distributor: Anchor Bay Films, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Starmax

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 4,500,000

Harakiri (1962)

Seven Samurai (1954)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

A Brighter Summer Day (1991)

Ran (1985)

Rashomon (1950)

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)

The Twilight Samurai (2002)

Ugetsu (1953)

Sword of the Stranger (2007)

Throne of Blood (1957)

Sin City (2005)

The Hidden Fortress (1958)

Radio Days (1987)

3 Ninjas (1992)

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Isle of Dogs (2018)

The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)

Onibaba (1964)

Battle Royale (2000)

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