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Japan
Flesh Pier - 1958
Another world of illicit pleasures lies beneath the glittering neon surface of Tokyo. I really enjoyed this one, super-sleazy
Quality: 8.5/10, Japan, Subs
Stars: Ken Utsui, Akemi Tsukushi, Yôko Mihara
Ghosts Of Kasane Swamp - 1957 aka The Depths
A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane swamp
Quality: 9/10, subs
Stars: Katsuko Wakasugi, Takashi Wada, Noriko Kitazawa
Ghost Story of the Snow Witch - 1968
The lives of a master sculptor and his young apprentice are changed forever when they meet an evil witch during a snow storm
Quality: 8.5/10, letterbox
Stars: Shiho Fujimura, Akira Ishihama, Machiko Hasegawa
The Haunted Castle - 1969
A young woman turns to the supernatural to wreak revenge on an murderous warlord
Quality: 9/10 aka Hiroku kaibyô-den
Stars: Kôjirô Hongô, Naomi Kobayashi, Mitsuyo Kamei
The House Where Evil Dwells - 1982
A young American family moves to a House in Kyoto, Japan. It turns out to be haunted by the ghosts of a woman and her lover, who were killed by the woman's husband, as well as the ghost of the husband, who killed himself afterward
Quality: 9/10, Japan/USA
Stars: Edward Albert, Susan George, Doug McClure, Amy Barrett
Rainbow Man - 1949 aka Nijiotoko
When a young woman is named as the prime suspect in a murder, her girlfriend and her girlfriend's boyfriend set out to prove her innocence
Quality: 9/10, subs
Stars: Keiju Kobayashi, Teruko Akatsuki, Katsuko Wakasugi
Sexy Line - 1961
A man meets a woman and becomes a suspect following the murder of her lover. She is a petty thief who's been drawn into a gangland prostitution and crime syndicate against her will
Quality: 9/10, Japan, subs
Stars: Teruo Yoshida, Yôko Mihara, Mako Sanjô
To Sleep So As To Dream - 1986
An aging silent film actress hires a private eye and his wacky assistant to track down her missing daughter, Bellflower. The two follow a succession of bizarre, obscure clues, until they track down the location of the kidnappers
Quality: 9/10, subs
Stars: Morio Agata, Kenji Endo, Fujiko Fukamizu
The Warped Ones - 1960
A juvenile delinquent gets out of prison and causes reckless mayhem, mostly directed at the girlfriend of the journalist who helped send him up
Quality: 9/10, Japan, Subs, a brilliantly stylised Crime-Drama
Stars: Tamio Kawaji, Yuko Chiyo, Eiji Gô