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	Title	Year	Director	IMDb	Plot	Links
	The Underground Banker	1994	Bosco Lam	6.5	After accepting a loan from a merciless local Triad shark (the titular "banker"), an honest, hardworking tenement family finds themselves bullied and living in fear--that is, until the motley crew of tenants decides to fight back. A very dark, explicitly violent, and disturbing...comedy.	IMDB
	Underworld Beauty	1958	Seijun Suzuki			IMDB
	Undo	1994	Shunji Iwai			IMDB
	The Untold Story	1992	Danny Lee; Herman Yau		In 1978 in Hong Kong, a grisly murder takes place. Eight years later, on a Macao beach, kids discover the severed hands of a fresh victim...	IMDB
	The Untold Story II	1998	Yiu-Kuen Ng		The blood flows freely in this sequel to the first Untold Story, which now finds Anthony Wong Chau-Sang...	IMDB
	The Untold Story III	1999	Herman Yau			IMDB
	Uzumaki	2000	Higuchinsky		In a small town in Japan, Kirie comes upon her boyfriend's father silently videotaping a snail. He seems...	IMDB
	Vampire Effect	2003	Dante Lam			IMDB
	Versus	2000	Ryuhei Kitamura		There are 666 portals that connect this world to the other side. These are concealed from all human beings. Somewhere in Japan exists the 444th portal.... The forest of resurrection.	IMDB
	Victim	1999	Ringo Lam	6.7	A computer engineer is kidnapped and tortured. Since then, his girlfriend senses he's no longer the same person...	IMDB
	Village of Eight Gravestones	1977	Yoshitaro Nomura			IMDB
	Violent Fire	2002	Takashi Miike			IMDB
	Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors	2000	Sang-soo Hong	7.2	Relationship filled with pitfalls between a pleasant female video producer and a gallery owner as they become embroiled in their self-spun web of illusions. Bitter-sweet serenade to modern courtship.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Visible Secret	2001	Ann Hui	6.1	Urban tale of fantasies, genre greatly favoured by Hong-Kong cinematography, the latest movie of filmmaker...	IMDB; DVD Empire; All Movie Guide; Amazon UK
	Visitor Q	2001	Takashi Miike		A father, who is a failed former television reporter tries to mount a documentary about violence and sex among youths...	IMDB
	Vital	2004	Shinya Tsukamoto	7.0	After a car crash, medical student Hiroshi Takagi (Tadanobu Asano) is left with total amnesia of the incident. By a macabre coincidence, when he returns to class to dissect cadavers, he receives the body of his girlfriend, who died in the crash.	IMDB
	Warrior and Blind Warrior	1983	Worod Suma			IMDB
	Weather Woman	1995	Tomoaki Hosoyama		In this spicy comedy from Japan, Kei Mizutani plays Keiko, a beautiful woman looking to make a name for herself in broadcasting. When Keiko is hired by a television station to read the weather report on air, she accidentally flashes some skin during a broadcast and finds she's famous across the country overnight. However, Keiko also discovers she has to keep coming with more and more outrageous and sexy stunts to keep her fans satisfied, while Kaori, the daughter of the station's manager, sets out to bounce Keiko from her job. Weather Woman was directed by Tomoaki Hosoyama, who has developed a growing cult following for his purposely over-the-top comic style. — Mark Deming	All Movie Guide; Amazon UK
	Wet Rope Confession	1979	Koyu Ohara			IMDB
	Whispering Corridors	1998	Ki-Hyung Park			IMDB
	Whispering Corridors 3: Wishing Stairs	2003	Jae-yeon Yun			IMDB
	Wife To Be Sacrificed	1974	Masaru Konuma	6.7	A woman must endure an extreme ritual when her ex-husband, who has recently escaped from jail, kidnaps her.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Wig	2005	Shin-yeon Won	5.1	Journey once more into the world of Asian horror with The Wig, a terrifying supernatural horror picture from filmmaker Won Sin Yeon! In his feature length directorial debut, Won crafts a gruesome tale centering on two sisters and the demonic wig that comes between them. Each sister, it seems, has suffered a terrible trauma: Chi Hyon (Yoo Seon, from The Uninvited) can no longer speak due to a terrible car accident that damaged her vocal chords, while her younger sibling Su Hyon (Chae Min Seo, from Champion and Aegis) has been diagnosed with cancer with little chance for recovery. For most of their lives, the two young women have nurtured a loving sisterly relationship, one that has only grown stronger in the face of adversity, that is - until one fateful day. When Su Hyon loses her hair due to chemotherapy treatment, Chi Hyon decides to give her younger sister a beautiful wig to help her regain her confidence. Immediately, Su Hyon begins to change in ways her elder sister never expected. While the wig rejuvenates her body and spirit, it also begins to take over her mind, as Su Hyun starts to transform into an entirely different sort of woman. Clearly, this is no ordinary hairpiece. Soon enough, sibling rivalry erupts as the two compete for the love of Chi Hyon's boyfriend, a complicated love triangle that climaxes in surprising ways. The wig seems to feed on the memories of its possessor, but why? What secrets does it hold? Find out the horrifying truth in The Wig, first-time director Won Sin Yeon's terrifying foray into Asian horror!	IMDB
	Wild Animals	1996	Ki-duk Kim	6.0	Wild Animals explores North and South Korean enmity and reconciliation through the volatile friendship of two Korean exiles living in Paris.	IMDB
	Wild Zero	2000	Tetsuro Takeuchi			IMDB
	The Witch With The Flying Head	1977	Lian Sing Woo	3.7	A woman who has been cursed by a witch must rip off her head every night so it can fly around, attack people and drink their blood, which keeps her alive.	IMDB
	Wizard of Darkness	1995	Shimako Sato		Misa Kuroi is an adorable high-school girl who arrives at her new school when it is falling under an evil supernatural force...	IMDB
	Wizard of Darkness II (no subs)	1996	Shimako Sato		The previous story of "Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness") The excavation team of the unoversity found a mammy. This mammy had been a witch named Kirie. Kirie had massacred the Saiga families who could practice black magic in the village in 1880. Kirie ressirrected and possessed some people one after another. Kiei wanted to get Kuroi Misa's body. Misa wasn't a witch and also she understood her witch ablity at the time. Kirie attacked Misa. But the young man named Saiga saved Misa. Saiga looked like the man who was Misa's first love. But, if so, Saiga was too young...	IMDB
	Wizard of Darkness III	1998	Katsuhito Ueno		One night, the young woman dies calling the name of Kuroi Misa at the street. Misa and her protector find the playbook which is signed by Kinoshita Aya in St. Salem High School. Misa admits this school and joins the theatrical circle which Aya belongs to. This circle is preparing the occult play about Homunculus. Hikaru a leader of this circle casts Misa for the role of a devil. They go to The Memorial House of Etori's to stay in a camp for training. They knows that Baron Etori Kimihiko a founder of their school was an occultist and he went deep into the study of Homunculus. And then, something evil starts to kill them as the sacrifices one after another.	IMDB
	Wizard of Darkness IV	2001	Kousuke Suzuki
	Wolf Hill	1936	Mu Fei		Mao's widow looked so pretty when she was young, no wonder Mao chose her.The literal translation of the title of this movie is: Blood spread at Mount Wolf.Of course, Mao's wife Jiang Qing (with the permission and the help from Mao) was responsible for launching the catastrophic Cultural Revolution that ruined China, and as a result, she was deeply hated by every Chinese. However, we are not here to discuss her crimes in her later years, but instead, just focus on the purely entertainment look of Jiang Qing's earlier years and it is highly recommended to watch this movie to see her in her early movie years when she was young.As a side note, this movie was banned in China by Jiang Qing herself.	IMDB
	The Wolves	1972	Hideo Gosha	6.7	Wolves is set in Japan in the 1920s. The disintegration of the ancient samurai traditions is paralleled with the rise of the Yakuza, Japan's equivalent of the Mafia. Three gangsters try to keep themselves from getting killed, not only by their higher-ups but by those who perceive them as a threat against the old ways. Evocatively photographed, Wolves allows Western audiences a reasonably palatable glimpse of a usually ignored chapter in Japanese history. The only debit is the film's attenuated 132-minute length. — Hal Erickson	IMDB; All Movie Guide
	Woman In The Dunes	1964	Hiroshi Teshigahara	8.0	Jumpei Niki, a salary man and hobby entomologist, enjoys the solitary contemplation of his collecting and also holds onto the hope of discovering a new bug and having his name recorded for posterity in the books. One weekend he leaves for a collecting trip near the ocean out in the sand dunes. After traipsing around the beach all day, he runs into some local men and inquires about busses or lodgings back near the highway. The townspeople tell him that it is too late to make it back to the highway, but offer to have him put up in the town for the night - and lead him to a woman 's house which is sunk into a pit below the dunes and is only accessible by rope ladder lowered from above. Initially grateful for the interesting place to stay, he soon realizes that he has been tricked by the townspeople and is expected to stay indefinitely in the pit, condemned to shovelling the ever-encroaching sand in a daily struggle to preserve the house and by extension, the town.	IMDB
	Woman's Flesh				Women’s Flesh-EXTREMELY GORY and BRUTAL Japanese low budget horror that packs a nasty punch! This shot on video flick has the look and feel of an illegal "Spy" camera, or even a SNUFF film for that matter, that catches secret medical experiments on tape! Two women are filmed in what appears to be the psychiatric ward of a hospital while they have extreme fits of violent hallucinations in which they TOTALLY MUTILATE themselves in SLOW, PAINFUL fashion!! One woman masturbates with a toothbrush until she starts bleeding, then she rips out her own tongue (Among other things!) while the second woman starts eating her own fingers before finishing herself off by ripping out her own intestines and eating them! This sucker is BLOODSOAKED and WET to the max!! Gore hounds will love this! Stay tuned as there’s some cool pres of some great bloody mondos at the end with scenes of babies in jars and accident victims’ brains hanging out! The overall picture quality is good-very good but it appears to be purposely grainy so to give it the look and feel of a "Hidden" or SNUFF-type video. In Japanese language only but it does not matter here as blood does not speak any one particular language!!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Review - Witching Hour Video - http://www.witchinghourvideo.com/ Sleeve - Visual-Pain - http://www.visual-pain.co.uk/	IMDB
	Women On The Run	1993	David Lai; Corey Yuen	4.6		IMDB
	The World	2004	Zhang Ke Jia; Jia Zhang Ke	7.1	Chinese writer/director Jia Zhang Ke's The World is his fourth feature, but it's his first set in a major city, and the first film he's made with the cooperation of the Chinese government. The World is set at the eponymous amusement park in Beijing. Tao (Zhao Tao, who played the Mongolian King girl, Qiao Qiao, in Jia's Unknown Pleasures) is a dancer at the park, which contains scale replicas of landmarks from around the globe. "The Twin Towers were bombed on September 11," says Taisheng (Chen Taisheng), a security guard, proudly, pointing to a miniature New York City skyline, "but ours are still here!" Tao is dating Taisheng, who, like her, moved to Beijing from the provinces for work years earlier. Taisheng thinks Tao is just stringing him along until she finds somebody better, so he gets involved with another woman, Qun (Wang Yi-qun), who makes her living creating knockoffs of Western fashions. Xiaowei (Jing Jue), another dancer, also dates a security guard at the theme park. Niu (Jiang Zhong-wei) is extremely jealous and possessive, and constantly demands to know where Xiaowei spends her time. Youyou (Xiang Wan), who also performs at the park, is secretly dating the boss. When a group of Russian performers comes to work at the park, Tao befriends one of them, despite the language barrier. Friends of Taisheng arrive from the provinces, desperate for work. One of them is injured in a construction accident. The characters often communicate through text messages, which Jia displays in animated sequences. The World was shown by the Film Society of Lincoln Center at the 2004 New York Film Festival. — Josh Ralske	IMDB; All Movie Guide
	World Apartment Horror	1991	Katsuhiro Ôtomo	7.1	A Yakuza underling is given the assignment to rid an apartment of its tenants within a week. He tries a variety of desperate tactics to no avail. Soon his problems get worse as an evil spirit makes its presence known.	IMDB
	Xiao cheng zhi chun	1948	Mu Fei	8.3	Produced in 1948 prior to the Communist takeover in China, Spring in a Small Town is a lyrical depiction of the intense psychological rivalry between two friends for the love of one woman. Directed by Fei Mu and based on a short story by Li Tianji, the film dramatizes the emotional entanglement of four people, conveying an intense eroticism that is powerful and haunting. Dai Liyan (Shi Yu), and his wife Zhou Yuwen, magnificently portrayed by the alluring Wei Wei, live in his old family house with Liyan's teenage sister, Dai Xiu (Zhang Hongmei) and the family servant Lao Huang (Cui Chaoming). Because of Liyan's tuberculosis, they are forced to sleep in separate rooms. Yuwen is a loyal and devoted wife but is bored and prefers to spend her time embroidering or going for solitary walks along the top of the crumbling city wall. When Zhang Zhichen (Li Wei), a boyhood friend of Liyan who is now a doctor arrives from Shanghai, it is revealed that Yuwen was his childhood sweetheart when she was only sixteen. The tension becomes palpable as each character is forced to hide their true self and feelings are expressed only with glances, body language, mannerisms, and silence. Zhichen's arrival brings a spark of life to the moribund household and soon all are taking walks together, singing songs, and playing games. The relationship between Yuwen and Zhichen slowly becomes rekindled and is crystallized at Xiu's 16th birthday party when both have too much to drink. When Yuwen cuts her hand on broken glass after a struggle with Zhichen, however, a distressing event occurs that transforms everyone's life. Spring in a Small Town has an elegance and intimacy that I found lacking in the remake last year by Tian Zhuanghuang. By depicting events from Yuwen's point of view and adding a poetic voiceover, Mu's film brings us much closer to the characters. Spring in a Small Town did not receive immediate critical acclaim when it was released and Fei Mu was labeled a "rightist" and left for Hong Kong, never to make another film. The film only began to find its audience when the China Film Archive made a new print in the early 80s. Now many Chinese critics consider it the greatest Chinese film ever made. I certainly would not argue with that.	IMDB
	The Yakuza Papers Vol 1 Battles Without Honor and Humanity	1973	Kinji Fukasaku	7.2	In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono (Bunta Sugawara) and his buddies find themselves in a new war between fractious and ambitious yakuza. After joining boss Yamamori, Shozo is drawn into a feud with his sworn brother¹s family, the Dois. But that¹s where the chivalry of traditional yakuza film ends and the hypocrisy, betrayal, and assassinations begin. A rare and critical perspective on the history of Japan after World War II, Battles Without Honor And Humanity is a tour-de-force that revolutionized the yakuza genre and launched Kinji Fukasaku and Bunta Sugawara to international stardom.	IMDB; DVD Empire; All Movie Guide; Amazon UK
	The Yakuza Papers Vol 2 Deadly Battle In Hiroshima	1973	Kinji Fukasaku	7.0	Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka (Kinya Kitaoji, who went on to star as Rhett Butler in the Tokyo stage version of Gone With The Wind), finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hit man and falls in love with boss Muraoka¹s niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo (Sonny Chiba, Kill Bill) draws our series¹ hero, Shozo Hirono (Bunta Sugawara), into a new round of bloodshed, culminating with the tragic demise of the young Yamanka.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	The Yakuza Papers Vol 3 Proxy War	1973	Kinji Fukasaku	6.9	Kinji Fukasaku's violent chronicle of mob warfare in post-war Hiroshima continues with this, the third film in the Yakuza Papers series. Shozo Hirono (Bunta Sugawara) struggles to remain independent and neutral in the midst of an ongoing battle between two mob families, but his drams of brokering a balance between them are dashed when a crime syndicate from Kobe enters the picture. Meanwhile, the man who is to one day lead the Muraoka family is killed, leading to a fierce and bloody battle for control dominated by the opportunistic Uchimoto (Takeshi Kato). Jingi Naki Tatakai: Dairi Senso (aka Yakuza Papers, Vol. 3: Proxy War) was followed in 1974 by Jingi Naki Tatakai: Chojo Sakusen (aka Yakuza Papers, Vol. 4: Police Tactics). — Mark Deming	IMDB; All Movie Guide
	The Yakuza Papers Vol 4 Police Tactics	1974	Kinji Fukasaku	7.9	A long-standing gang war on the streets of Hiroshima escalates despite police pressure in this, the fourth film in Kinji Fukasaku's Yakuza Papers series. It's 1964, and with the Tokyo Olympics turning the eyes of the world to Japan, lawmen have set out to keep the Yakuza — Japan's organized crime system — out of sight. While dozens of low-level mobsters are thrown into jail, crime lord Takeda (Akira Kobayashi) attempts to keep the peace for the best of all parties on the wrong side of the law. But when a high-ranking Yakuza figure is killed by a low-level "mechanic" in a moment of anger, an explosion seems imminent. Meanwhile, gangster Shozo Hirono (Bunta Sugawara) sees an opportunity to use the chaos to settle a score against a mobster who had done him wrong years before. Jingi Naki Tatakai: Chojo Sakusen (aka Yakuza Papers, Vol. 4: Police Tactics would be followed in 1975 by Jingi Naki Tatakai: Kanketsu-Hen (aka Yakuza Papers, Vol. 5: Final Episode), the last film in the series. — Mark Deming	IMDB; All Movie Guide
	The Yakuza Papers Vol 5 Final Episode	1974	Kinji Fukasaku	7.0	In the wake of a big police crackdown, Akira Kobayashi's icily sun- glassed Takeda attempts to transform the Hiroshima yakuza families into a legitimate political organization: The Tensei Coalition. When the young Matsumura ascends to the chairmanship of the coalition, the older, hardened yakuza led by Jo Shishido (Branded To Kill) seize one last opportunity to stir up chaos and bloodshed. Culminating with the arrests, deaths, or retirement of the first postwar yakuza generation, this milestone series draws to an ambivalent close.	IMDB; DVD Empire; All Movie Guide
	Yakuza's Law	1969	Teruo Ishii	4.6	Yakuza's Law is one of the most extreme and toughest Japanese gangster films ever made. In three stories you will get to know the laws of these Asian mobsters, and the ways of punishment that are inflicted upon those who break them. One shouldn't fool around with married women, and he who can't keep a secret will meet a dark fate.	IMDB
	Yellow Line	1960	Teruo Ishii		A criminal drama told in a semi-documentary fashion. The murder of the chief official of Kobe city's Customs triggers an investigation of a prostitution ring called the 'Yellow Line' that sells Japanese women.	IMDB
	Yokai Monsters 1 Spook Warfare	1968	Yoshiyuki Kuroda	5.5	While storming the ruins of Babylonia, thieves unearth the ancient tomb of the wicked vampire demon Daimon. The demon flees to Japan, where he takes possession of Lord Isobe’s soul and begins to feed on innocent townspeople. An astute villager suspects local patriarch Isobe has become a bloodthirsty demon and seeks help from friendly Yokai (Spirit Monsters) to uncover the truth. Will the army of Yokai be enough to help vanquish the dreaded Daimon, or will the villagers fall prey to an unspeakable fate?	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Yokai Monsters 2 100 Monsters	1968	Kimiyoshi Yasuda	5.2	A Fantastic World Unlike Anything You Have Ever Seen! A crooked magistrate and a greedy developer scheme to evict residents from an apartment building and demolish the adjoining shrine, forcing the townspeople into submission. When the apartment owner attempts to reclaim the property, he is murdered, and a masterless samurai with a deep secret steps into the fray. The situation in the human world is definitely awry, and as in the past, the Yokai (Spirit monsters) must take action to correct the wrongs. Divine justice is coming!	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Yokai Monsters 3 Along With Ghosts	1969	Yoshiyuki Kuroda; Kimiyoshi Yasuda	7.2	You're never alone when you're along with ghosts! When a little girls named Miyo finds incriminating evidence against Kanzo, a corrupt clan leader, she is forced to keep one step ahead of the henchmen who are trying to get the document back. In a not-so-smart move, these criminals murder Miyo's grandfather on sacred ground and unleash the curse of the Yokai (spirit monsters). Miyo sets off to find her long-lost father, who should recognize her when she presents a special pair of dice. But Kanzo takes Miyo and her father hostage and forces the girl to wage the father's life in a game of chance. It all comes down to a roll of the dice, and only the Yokai Monsters know the outcome!	IMDB
	Yokai Monsters Spook Warfare	1968	Yoshiyuki Kuroda	4.8		IMDB
	You Shoot I Shoot	2001	Ho Cheung Ping	8.0	Hong Kong is an over-crowded city, where people are easily provoked with conflicts and hatred. In such a crammed and hostile place, professional hitmen are in demand. Yet, good times never last. Since the Asian financial crisis, the hire-a-hitman business has been going downhill. To make both ends meet, BART, a professional hitman, and CHUEN, an assistant director, are compelled to offer a bargain package: "YOU SHOOT, I SHOOT".	IMDB
	Youkai tengoku Fantastic Horror Picture Show	1990	Makoto Tezuka		A horror anthology from director Makoto Tezuka ("Hakuchi"). Consists of 5 segments: "Tsukichiakuriku," "Yokaijo," "Kappa," "Oden Jinja," and "Herahera." I can't say this film is a classic, it's just some early attempts from a young filmmaker. However, it's still a strange film in a way.Makoto Tezuka, the older son of famous japanese animator Osamu Tezuka. He born in August 11, 1961.He is in charge of supervision a script of A man of virtue will naturally attract admirers senior high school movie club production "FANTASTIC PARTY" and he win 8 millimeters Festival high school student section special prize and show unusual talent.	IMDB
	Young Punk Of Kishiwada: Nostalgia	1998	Takashi Miike			IMDB
	The Youth Killer	1976	Kazuhiko Hasegawa	7.8		IMDB
	Zatôichi	2003	Takeshi Kitano; Shintaro Katsu	7.7	The blind masseur/swordsman comes to an town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Zatoichi 05 Zatoichi On The Road	1972	Kazuo Mori; Kimiyoshi Yasuda	7.5	With 26 film sequels and upwards of 100 TV episodes, Shintaro Katsu is the legendary Zatoichi! He's a low ranking blind masseur who lives by the Yakuza code and answers his foes with a deadly cane sword. By far, one of Japanese cinema's most time honored screen personas, Zatoichi is, to this day, the ultimate anti-hero and champion of the common man.<br><br> Zatoichi is on the run from two deadly gangs in the fifth installment of the Blind Swordsman series. While traveling to a village where the local gang leader wants to hire him as a bodyguard, Ichi and his companion are attacked by a rival gang. After negotiating sage passage for himself, the blind masseur encounters a servant girl trying to escape after being raped by a feudal lord. Agreeing to help the girl get back to her family, Zatoichi realizes he'll have to take on both gangs to make it through.	IMDB; DVD Empire
	Zatoichi 3: New Tale of Zatoichi	1963	Tokuzo Tanaka	7.3	With more killer swordsmanship, romance, and action packed drama, the blind masseur is back in the first color episode of the Zatoichi series. Ichi returns to his home village to discover that the teacher who trained him has been hiring out his skills with the sword to a ruthless gang of kidnappers. Meanwhile the mentor’s sister offers herself in marriage to our hero, who must decline on account of his many enemies and the danger that would bring to any woman he was known to love.	IMDB
	Zatoichi 4: The Fugitive	1963	Tokuzo Tanaka	7.3	Zatoichi meets a superior swordsman in episode four. Arriving in the village of Shimonita, Ichi learns that a local gang has placed a bounty on his head. A powerful hired ronin attacks Ichi and nearly claims his life. However, once a defenseless woman is slain by the assassin, Ichi can no longer control his rage. After laying waste to the entire gang, Ichi’s final duel becomes a deadly meeting of the samurai’s superior swordsmanship and the blind masseur’s unbridled rage.	IMDB
	Zatoichi 6 Zatoichi And The Chest Of Gold	1964	Kazuo Ikehiro	7.1	Accused of stealing, Zatoichi is pursued by friend and foe alike. In this installment of The Blind Swordsman series, Ichi must prove his innocence, expose the real culprits, retrieve the gold and reconcile his accusers’ anger. And if the odds were not stacked high enough, Ichi is hounded and challenged by a maniacal, bullwhip yielding Ronin who finds Ichi’s status as a low ranking blind masseur and master swordsman as an affront to his class and profession.	IMDB
	Zatoichi 7 Zatoichi's Flashing Sword	1964	Kazuo Ikehiro	7.2	As the fireworks explode overhead, the blood runs under foot. Zatoichi is provoked into a fury of sword slinging by a disreputable gang leader trying to oust a rival, good-natured boss. A houseguest of the peaceful Bunkichi boss, Ichi attempts to help his gracious host fight the greedy boss Yasugoro, but as a fugitive, Ichi’s honorable host must ask the blind swordsman to leave. With Ichi temporarily out of the way, Yasugoro makes his bloody move. But being a man of fairness and equality, Zatoichi makes sure Yasugoro gets what he deserves in the end.	IMDB
	Zatoichi 8: Fight Zatoichi Fight	1964	Kenji Misumi	7.5	In a cruel twist of fate, an innocent woman is cut down in an ambush intended for the blind swordsman, turning her infant child into an orphan. Feeling responsible, Ichi vows to safely deliver the child to its father. The assassins relentlessly pursue Ichi, who must fight with ever more efficient determination now that he is the infant’s only protector. In a final bitter twist of fate and plot, Ichi must add to his list of enemies the father of the child he has sworn to protect.	IMDB
	Zebraman	2004	Takashi Miike			IMDB
	Zee-Oui	2004	Buranee Rachjaibun; Nida Suthat Na Ayutthaya	5.4	In 1946 a young man from China named Zee-Oui immigrated to Thailand in hope of a better life. His only possession was the knife inherited from his mother. However, everything did not turn out as he had thought. He was bullied and humiliated from everyone around him. He tried desperately to survive in this world. He became ill. He missed his mother... At the same time, his instincts increasingly oppressed his thoughts and behaviors. He began killing children, consuming their heart and liver in the believe that it would make him stronger. Whenever he felt weak, he would kill again and again just to avoid the insecure feelings. At the end, he was caught and confessed to all the killings he had done. He was sentenced to the death penalty as the society returned to serenity. But why there were still missing and murdered children?	IMDB
	Zero Woman	1995	Daisuke Gotoh	5.1	A gang of young thieves try to rob a mob boss, but their heist is interrupted by an officer of the Tokyo Police Department's elite Zero Division...	IMDB; All Movie Guide; DVD Empire; Amazon UK
	Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs	1974	Yukio Noda	6.2		IMDB