Okuribito(2008)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 34

A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.



Tampopo(1985)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 27

A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.



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.



Akahige(1965)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 0

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



Go(2001)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Sugihara, born in Japan but with North Korean parents, falls in love with a Japanese girl after changing from a North Korean school to a Japanese school. His boxer dad teaches him boxing - skills used a lot.



Marusa no onna(1987)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

If tax evasion is an art, wheeler-dealer Hideki Gondo is Rembrandt. And so, a determined taxing woman gets the tough assignment of trying to catch him.



Osôshiki(1984)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

At the beginning of the film the father-in-law of the protagonist dies unexpectedly of a heart attack. The remainder of the film is episodic, moving from one incident to another over the ...



Kitsutsuki to ame(2011)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Rookie movie director Koichi and his crew travels to the mountain village of Yamamura to film his next movie. The villagers are eventually enlisted to help film the movie and, in particular...



Rikyu(1989)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Legendary tea master Sen no Rikyu is faced with his warmongering lord's unrealistic pretensions.



Tengoku kara kita otoko-tachi(2000)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0



Keimusho no naka(2002)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of the cell-mates to abandon their individuality.



Mohou-han(2002)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0



13 kaidan(2003)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A released inmate is hired to solve a murder case.



Nihon no ichiban nagai hi ketteiban(2015)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The War ended on August 15th, 1945. What took place in Japan on the previous night? The unknown destiny of the day is unveiled.



Tono, risoku de gozaru!(2016)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

It is eighteenth century Japan and the residents of a poor town lead a typically meagre life. Then nine residents, which include Juzaburo, hatch a scheme to improve their lots by running a ...



Inori no maku ga oriru toki(2018)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Michiko came to Tokyo to visit Hiromi, but is instead found murdered. The renter of Michiko's place is missing. The police is having a hard time finding clues and solving the case. There ...



Sugata Sanshiro(1965)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of ...



Yatsuhaka-mura(1977)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors.



Yasha-ga-ike(1979)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Outside of a small village in Japan, a mysterious pond is inhabited by mythic creatures. Their story is of revenge, tragedy, and the power of real love. A classical tale which translates ...



Saraba hakobune(1984)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and superstitions as they leave for the city. Among them are two cousins who love each other and who get into a quarrel with other villagers.




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