Seven Samurai (1954)
A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves
Godzilla (1954)
American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur like beast
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
A 400 foot 122 meter dinosaur like beast, awoken from undersea hibernation off the Japanese coast by atomic bomb testing, attacks Tokyo
Ikiru (1952)
A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer
Stray Dog (1949)
During a sweltering summer, a rookie homicide detective tries to track down his stolen Colt pistol
Drunken Angel (1948)
A drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond
Attack Squadron! (1963)
Lt Col Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions He believes that what is really necessary for Japan to regain momentum in the war is for the air force to gather its most brilliant pilots into a
The Life of a Horsetrader (1951)
This early gem starring the great Mifune Toshiro tells the tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka The Shark, a rough and tumble horse trader in Japans rugged northernmost territory of Hokkaddo
I Live in Fear (1955)
An aging Japanese industrialist becomes so fearful of nuclear war that it begins to take a toll on his life and family
The Quiet Duel (1949)
A surgeon gets syphilis from a patient when he cuts himself during an operation The doctors life is destroyed, but unlike the patient, he doesnt destroy others along with him
Shin Abashiri Bangaichi: Runinmasaki no ketto (1969)
After causing problems, Ken Takahara is transferred from Abashiri to the honor factory at Tanigawa Prison When the local yakuza gang is hired to destroy the factory, Takahara has to take violent action to save it