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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1972 IMDB Rating: 7.9

In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to th...

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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1970 IMDB Rating: 7.5

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead...

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Dodes'ka-den

Dodes'ka-den

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1970 IMDB Rating: 7.3

This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances are, each of them—the homeless father and son env...

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House

House

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1977 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip to the countryside to visit her aunt at their ancestral house. She invites her six friends, Prof, Melody, Mac, Fantasy, K...

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The Yakuza

The Yakuza

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1974 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia.

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Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1972 IMDB Rating: 7.2

After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cohorts with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.

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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1971 IMDB Rating: 7.1

Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chi...

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The Fall of Ako Castle

The Fall of Ako Castle

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1978 IMDB Rating: 7.1

This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of th...

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Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1972 IMDB Rating: 7.1

After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.

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Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable

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Film Age rating: 18 Year: 1973 IMDB Rating: 7

Following her successful prison break, Scorpion begins this third episode in the series hiding out in a brothel. Her prostitute friend tries to keep her identity secret, but the brothel's madam discov...

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