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The Hidden Blade2004 · Yoji Yamada · 132 minDrama, RomanceZatoichi2003 · Takeshi Kitano · 116 minAdventure, Drama, ActionSeven Samurai1954 · Akira Kurosawa · 207 minAction, DramaSanjuro1962 · Akira Kurosawa · 96 minDrama, Action, ComedyIchi the Killer2001 · Takashi Miike · 129 minAction, Crime, HorrorHero2002 · Zhang Yimou · 99 minDrama, Adventure, ActionThe Equalizer2014 · Antoine Fuqua · 132 minThriller, Action, CrimeRashomon1950 · Akira Kurosawa · 88 minCrime, Drama, MysteryOutrage2010 · Takeshi Kitano · 109 minAction, Crime, ThrillerPale Flower1964 · Masahiro Shinoda · 96 minCrime, RomanceOnibaba1964 · Kaneto Shindō · 105 minHorrorUgetsu1953 · Kenji Mizoguchi · 96 minFantasy, Drama, MysteryEnter the Void2010 · Gaspar Noé · 161 minFantasy, DramaCure1997 · Kiyoshi Kurosawa · 111 minCrime, Thriller, HorrorBranded to Kill1967 · Seijun Suzuki · 91 minThriller, Crime, ActionKwaidan1965 · Masaki Kobayashi · 183 minHorror, Fantasy, DramaKagemusha1980 · Akira Kurosawa · 180 minAction, Drama, HistoryThe Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959 · Masaki Kobayashi · 204 minWar, Drama, HistoryPulse2001 · Kiyoshi Kurosawa · 119 minHorror, Thriller, MysterySamurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple1955 · Hiroshi Inagaki · 103 minDrama, Action, AdventureSansho the Bailiff1954 · Kenji Mizoguchi · 124 minDramaSamurai I: Musashi Miyamoto1954 · Hiroshi Inagaki · 93 minDrama, Action, AdventureTokyo Story1953 · Yasujirō Ozu · 137 minDramaThe Hidden Fortress1958 · Akira Kurosawa · 139 minDrama, Action, AdventureSonatine1993 · Takeshi Kitano · 94 minAction, Crime, ThrillerViolent Cop1989 · Takeshi Kitano · 103 minCrime, Thriller, ActionThrone of Blood1957 · Akira Kurosawa · 108 minDrama, HistoryThe Man from Nowhere2010 · Lee Jeong-beom · 119 minAction, Thriller, Crime