Japanese Movie Listing

I have loved the Japanese culture and Feudal Japan in particular since I was young. I have watched many Japanese movies over the years, and have put my own notes along with the notes of friends and family. Over the this list has grown and grown, thanks to the input of many web visitors!

Note that since each of these movies was seen by a normal human being, what you read here is just one person's opinion :) Your own opinion may of course be different! If you notice that a movie listing is missing or incorrect, please Contact Me (Really!! WRITE ME!!!) so I can update the list!

Check out Japanese Movies By Director if you want to see what movies a given director made. Otherwise, use this alphabetical listing to view your movie by title.

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The Yakuza (US: 1975) 112m Robert Mitchum tries to rescue Brian Keith's kidnapped daughter by returning to Japan after several years. Fine suspenseful action. D: Sidney Pollack.

Yojimbo (Yojinbo) (1961) 110m. As glassy-eyed corpses litter the streets, the next-to-last line of this film is "Now there'll be a little quiet in this town." Yup, Akira and Toshiro again. This is great. Tohsiro is Yojimbo, a wandering samurai who happens into a town that is torn by feuding clans. This was the basis of Fistful of Dollars and some lines from Fistful were stolen word for word from Yojimbo. Yojimbo ends up setting the two clans against each other quite nicely! Venice Festival acting prize to Toshiro Mifune. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Written by Ryuzo Kikushima and Kurosawa. With: Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Eijiro Tono, Yoko Tsukasa. B&W, 110 min, Japanese with English subtitles. Sequel: Sanjuro. [Lisa loves Yojimbo!]

You Only Live Twice (1967) Sean Connery. Akiko Wakabayashi. Tetsuro Tamba. Mie Hama. James Bond movie largely set in Japan, with plenty of misogynistic "Bond girl" moments.

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