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Plot Summary:
Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them shoots them; their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 183 min
Plot tags:
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The Black Test Car (1962)
Plot Summary:
Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 602
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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The Reason (2004)
Plot Summary:
Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation deepens it is discovered that one of the victims isn't related to the family.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: semi documentary
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Play It Cool (1970)
Plot Summary:
This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure that she has a bright future. But the hard-working young woman's dreams of becoming a dressmaker are shattered.... She then becomes a nightclub hostess who plays cards with male patrons using her body as the prize.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Zero Focus (1961)
Plot Summary:
One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, and along the way discovers some surprising facts about her husband's past. With only a pair of old photographs among his belongings to go off of, Teiko tries to figure out what has happened to him.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 699
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir, twisted
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Flagrant Désir (1986)
Plot Summary:
In the Médoc, a young woman is found drowned. An accident, her influential family of winegrowers maintains. Or rather murder, as the American inspector Morrison suspects. If so, why? What secrets this family keeps?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags:
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The Devil's Ballad (1977)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer responsible for 7 minors' deaths thus far seems to kill to a particular rhythm, which the authorities must identify to catch him.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: twisted
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The Criminal Who Stole a Crime (1969)
Plot Summary:
Retired police captain tells a reporter about his latest action - carried on their own investigation into the mysterious death of the girl. Captain MO, Gray, conducts her own investigation into the death of Eve Salm, called Princess. She was a witness in a process in which the defendant pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years in prison. Gray has doubts and risked their lives seeking to apprehend the real killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Sleeping Waters (1992)
Plot Summary:
Whatever happened to my father?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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She and He (1963)
Plot Summary:
As her husband Eiichi becomes more entangled in his life as businessman, Naoko looks for ways to expand her own life even as her husband's life shrinks in scope and intimacy. She finds new interests, new love, and a greater sense of her place in the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags:
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Turbulence (2006)
Plot Summary:
A series of murders takes place in the Metropolis in a span of three weeks, the latest of which happens on the night Junior, a taxi driver, makes love to a prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Philippines
Duration:
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Proof of the Man (1977)
Plot Summary:
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Goth: Love of Death (2008)
Plot Summary:
Itsuki and Yoru share a passion for the dark and death, making them the perfect choice to track down a serial killer who is roaming the streets.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Irezumi (1966)
Plot Summary:
In this elegant proto-feminist shocker from Yasuzo Masumuro, a woman forced into prostitution wreaks her spidery revenge. A mysterious tattoo artist puts his masterpiece, a human-faced spider, on a kidnapped woman's back. She and her lover are then forced into a conspiracy-born nightmare, where they face the danger of becoming the very evil they seek to escape. With each new bloody incident, the spider's face seems to redden with ever-growing hunger….
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, masterpiece
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Wolves, Pigs & Men (1964)
Plot Summary:
Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is not invited. Jiro meanwhile is planning a big job - steal 40 million in cash and drugs, and he invites Sabu and gang to act as decoys, for 50,000 each. The sting is a success, but the double-crossing starts almost immediately. Sabu discovers how little of the take they were promised and hides the stash. Jiro and his slimy partner pressure the kids to fess up. Meanwhile, their respectable elder brother Ichiro is being leaned on by the town's big boss, whose money it was.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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64: Part 2 (2016)
Plot Summary:
1989 is the 64 Shouwa year in the Japanese calendar, thus the unsolved girl kidnapping-murder case is called "64(rokuyon)" that got up in this year in Criminal Investigation Department in the Prefectural Police Department. And 14 years were over as the prefecture's police to be unsolved greatest stain, and statute of limitations approached it. In 2002, Yoshinobu Mikami, an ex-detective who was assigned as the investigator of the "Rokuyon" case 14years ago, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department against his will. As a newly assigned Public Relations Officer, he was troubled with the relation between the reporters, new case has occurred. And that new case traced "Rokuyon" case exactly.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags:
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A Wife Confesses (1961)
Plot Summary:
Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a confession.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 735
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Youth of the Beast (1963)
Plot Summary:
To infiltrate a criminal organization responsible for the death of one of his colleagues, the Detective Tajima adopts the behavior of of a brutal thug and plays opposing yakuza bosses against each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir, grindhouse, bloody, crime drama, atmospheric, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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The Preacher (2007)
Plot Summary:
A boy finds a dead woman. When police move the corpse they find the skeletons of two women who disappeared in the seventies.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspense, suspenseful
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City Under Siege (1974)
Plot Summary:
A string of violent jewel robberies force Police Inspector Parrino to get rough with the city’s criminal scum. Things take a turn for the worse when he’s confronted with the murder of an prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Heads or Tails (1980)
Plot Summary:
Since his wife died, Inspector Louis Baroni (Philippe Noiret) has become a virtual recluse, preferring the solitude of his quiet house to the company of others. His period of mournful contemplation is broken when he is called out to look into the suspicious death of Madame Morlaix who, according to her husband Edouard (Michel Serrault), fell from an upstairs window. Curious to find out more, Baroni begins his inquiry.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: detective
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Masquerade Hotel (2019)
Plot Summary:
Three murder cases take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scenes, possibly hinting at where the next murder will take place. An investigation begins of the serial killer and Detective Kosuke Nitta (Takuya Kimura) works on the case. He believes the next murder will take place at Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. To catch the killer, Kosuke Nitta goes undercover and begins working at the front desk of the hotel. Naomi Yamagishi (Masami Nagasawa) works at the front desk of Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. She is selected to train Kosuke Nitta for his front desk job, but they can't get along. Kosuke Nitta is focused on catching the killer, but Naomi Yamagishi prioritizes the safety of the guests. As they begin to understand each others differences, they also begin to build a trust between each other. Who is the murderer? --asianwiki.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge! The Mystery of the Legendary Strange Bird (2011)
Plot Summary:
This story takes place 100 days before Kudo Shinichi became Edogawa Conan. Kudo Shinichi, a high school detective, arrives in Jugoya Town with Mori Ran and others. In this town a legend exists, claiming that a gigantic bull-headed shrike attacks the townspeople and kills them. The town was about to hold a festival in 3 days to put the giant bird's spirit to rest. While being led on a tour of the bull-headed shrike Shrine by Sonoko's parent's friend, Mr. Wakura, a crime related to the legend occurs. Starting with Kosaka, member of the Wakura family are slowly murdered in the same way.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, intellectual, suspense, realistic, disturbing, talky, anime
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Hero (2015)
Plot Summary:
Prosecutor Kohei Kuryu takes charge of a case with a foreign embassy possessing the key to solve the case. Due to the extraterritoriality involving the case, the investigation has not gone anywhere. A crisis then ensues. Kohei Kuryu and his office attempt to extract the truth behind the wall of the Neustrian Embassy.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Masquerade Night (2021)
Plot Summary:
An anonymous letter is delivered to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The letter states that a criminal of a murder case will appear at the countdown party Masquerade Night that will be held at Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. Detective Kosuke Nitta must go undercover and work again at the Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. There, he meets Naomi Yamagishi, who works as a concierge. Without any information about the criminal, except that the person will be in attendance, Detective Kosuke Nitta works feverishly to find the criminal among the 500 attendees.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 834
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: tense, clever, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, talky, stylized, detective
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Mafia (1968)
Plot Summary:
A Police Officer faces difficulties when investigating a Mafia murder in a small Sicilian town. A businessman is murdered for refusing to join a Mafia-controlled group and although he suspects the Mafia are involved he can find no witnesses or evidence, only hostile obstruction by the corrupt local authorities who all deny the existence of the Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, poliziottesco
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The Wandering Soul Murders (2001)
Plot Summary:
Widowed Joanne Kilbourn is an ex-police officer turned criminology professor. Her husband Ian was the Ontario provincial Attorney General when he was murdered, the murder never solved. Her current home life is on the most part a happy one, except that her eldest son Peter has had an on-again, off-again relationship with a young woman named Christy Sinclair, the relationship which is now on-again. There is something about Christy that does not sit right with Joanne. Joanne's professional life takes a turn when she is asked by an old colleague to act as the on-air crime and justice expert for a local television news show. The first story on which she is to report is the Little Flower Killings, a series of murders of prostitutes. The story has a personal connection to the Kilbourn's as the latest victim, Debbie Morin, was an employee of Joanne's daughter Mieka, who knew nothing about Debbie's past. The lead investigator for the police department on this case is Inspector Philip Millard,.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, mind bending
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Vengeance is Mine (1979)
Plot Summary:
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) is on the run from the police. Director Shohei Imamura turns this fact-based story—about the seventy-eight-day killing spree of a remorseless man from a devoutly Catholic family—into a cold, perverse, and at times diabolically funny examination of the primitive coexisting with the modern. More than just a true-crime tale, Vengeance Is Mine bares humanity’s snarling id.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, psychological thriller, philosophical, slasher, controversial
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Murderer (2009)
Plot Summary:
A Hong Kong-set mystery centered on a detective who has been framed for a series of gruesome murders.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 689
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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Twisted Justice (2016)
Plot Summary:
Taking his inspiration from the biggest scandal in Japan’s police history, Kazuya Shiraishi has created a massive and sinister crime epic about the grand forces of corruption that brings to mind the best of Kinji Fukasaku’s yakuza movies (Cops vs. Thugs among others). Starting in 1970s Hokkaido like a nervous Japanese Starsky & Hutch–chan, the film charts the moral descent of Detective Moroboshi (Go Ayano) over three decades. Green in years but already hard‐grained and ready to play rough, the young cop quickly gets a bit too cozy with the other side of the law when his senior colleague Murai (Pierre Taki) teaches him the ropes and ruts of the police business. Soon, he swaggers and rants through the streets of Sapporo a lean, mean, sex‐crazy bully, indistinguishable from a yakuza. Burning with the same blaze as the hard‐boiled classics of yore, Twisted Justice scorches away the sleekness and macho self‐congratulation of the genre. .
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, detective
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The Blood of Wolves (2018)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exists that Detective Shogo Ogami has ties with the yakuza. He is partnered with Detective Shuichi Hioka and they investigate a missing person case involving a financial company employee. Conflicts between opposing yakuza groups become more serious.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense