Kagemusha(1980)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.



Hausu(1977)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 19

A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which tries to devour the girls in bizarre ways.



Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro(1979)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A flamboyant thief and his gang struggle to free a princess from an evil count's clutches and to learn the hidden secret to a fabulous treasure that she holds part of a key to.



Shogun Assassin(1980)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 8

When the wife of the Shogun's Decapitator is murdered and he is ordered to commit suicide by the paranoid Shogun, he and his four-year-old son escape and become assassins for hire, embarking on a journey of blood and violent death.



Jingi naki tatakai(1973)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 0

During the violent chaos of post-War Japanese black market, a young gangster called Shozo Hirono has to keep up with the rapid shifts of power between unscrupulous bosses.



Shura(1971)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

After being robbed by a geisha, a ronin warrior carves a bloody path to seek revenge.



Joshuu sasori: Kemono-beya(1973)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Matsu is sheltered by an incestuous prostitute on her run from the police, her ex-prison mate and a cop whose arm she hacked off.



Den-en ni shisu(1974)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A young boys' coming of age tale set in a strange, carnivalesque village becomes the recreation of a memory that the director has twenty years later.



Chinmoku(1971)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and to locate their mentor.



Gendai yakuza: hito-kiri yota(1972)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A yakuza, who has an untamed rage and lack of respect for authority, finds himself leading the remnants of the gang he once belonged to in order to secure an area of their own.



Nora-neko rokku: Wairudo janbo(1970)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Five freewheeling friends conjure up a plan to rob 30 million yen from a religious movement.



Himiko(1974)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A freestyle, imagined telling of the life of shaman queen Himiko, who falls in love with her half-brother, making her powers weaken thus putting her position to risk.



Hanare goze Orin(1977)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed while she tours the country, even though the modern world imposes changes on people's behavior.