Top 360 Asian Horror, Grindhouse/Exploitation, Mystery/Thriller Films
This is my starter list for those that are new, or just getting into the art of Asian cinema and Anime. Sort of an intro to my other list. You'll come to find out that these people have a natural gift when it comes to making these sorts of movies! Not to mention the originals are a HELL of a lot better than the subpar American remakes. Here are in my honest opinion, what I would consider to be the top 250 films for beginners that are DEFINITELY worth checking out! Lol please try to keep an open mind, and prepare to be SCARED as well as SCARRED!
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- DirectorNobuo NakagawaStarsShigeru AmachiUtako MitsuyaYôichi NumataA group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.
- DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsRentarô MikuniMichiyo AratamaMisako WatanabeA collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.
- DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsNobuko OtowaJitsuko YoshimuraKei SatôTwo women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.
- DirectorKim Ki-youngStarsKim Jin-kyuJeung-nyeo JuEun-shim LeeA composer and his wife are thrown into turmoil when a housemaid becomes more than they bargained for.
- DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsKichiemon NakamuraNobuko OtowaKei SatôTwo women are raped and killed by samurai soldiers. Soon they reappear as vengeful ghosts who seduce and brutally murder the passing samurai.
- DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsMasayuki MoriMachiko KyôKinuyo TanakaA tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.
- DirectorTeinosuke KinugasaStarsMasuo InoueAyako IijimaYoshie NakagawaA man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.
- DirectorHiroshi TeshigaharaStarsTatsuya NakadaiMikijirô HiraKyôko KishidaA businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.
- DirectorMasahiro ShinodaStarsTomisaburô WakayamaShima IwashitaHiroko IsayamaA mountain man captures a beautiful but manipulative city woman and goes to excessive lengths to please her every whim.
- DirectorNobuo NakagawaStarsShigeru AmachiNoriko KitazawaKatsuko WakasugiThe ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsAkira KuboKumi MizunoHiroshi KoizumiShipwrecked survivors slowly transform into mushrooms.
- DirectorHajime SatôStarsTeruo YoshidaTomomi SatôHideo KôThe survivors of a plane crash in a remote area are attacked by blob-like alien creatures that turn their victims into blood-thirsty vampires.
- DirectorYasuzô MasumuraStarsEiji FunakoshiMako MidoriNoriko SengokuA blind sculptor and his mother kidnap a young model.
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsTeruo YoshidaYukie KagawaTeruko YumiAfter escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appeared to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsMeiko KajiHoki TokudaMakoto SatôThe head of a yakuza gang is being trailed by a mysterious, vengeful blind woman.
- DirectorMichio YamamotoStarsKayo MatsuoAkira NakaoYukiko KobayashiKeiko and her friend are trying to find her missing brother after he disappeared visiting his girlfriend Yuko.
- DirectorTokuzô TanakaStarsShiho FujimuraAkira IshihamaMachiko HasegawaThe lives of a master sculptor and his young apprentice are changed forever when they meet an evil witch during a snow storm.
- DirectorNoriaki YuasaStarsYûko HamadaSachiko MeguroYachie MatsuiAfter growing up in an orphanage, a young girl named Sayuri is reunited with her parents and moves back with them to their home. Things are strange from the start and soon after Sayuri begins having nightmares about creatures that may be living in the house.
- DirectorMichio YamamotoStarsChôei TakahashiSanae EmiMidori FujitaA doctor investigates the murders of several women at a lakeside resort. His investigation leads him to believe that a vampire is responsible for the murders. He sets out to track the vampire down.
- DirectorMichio YamamotoStarsToshio KurosawaKunie TanakaKatsuhiko SasakiA teacher assumes a position at a school that's run by a vampire.
- DirectorToshio MatsumotoStarsKatsuo NakamuraJûrô KaraYasuko SanjoAfter being robbed by a geisha, a ronin warrior carves a bloody path to seek revenge.
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsLung TiLieh LoNi TienAn evil magician makes a living by casting deadly spells on people's objects of desire. He gets overly ambitious, and start to go out of control.
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsLung TiNi TienLieh LoAn evil magician and his zombie minions are up against a trio of doctors who are on a mission to find the cause of an outbreak of unknown diseases caused by his spells.
- DirectorNorifumi SuzukiStarsYumi TakigawaEmiko YamauchiYayoi WatanabeIn order to investigate her mother's strange death, a woman enters a sacred convent run by hypocritical, perverse nuns.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsShin'ichi ChibaKyôsuke MachidaYuriko AzumaA man with a special power attempts to help a cursed woman.