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Eiichi Kudō

Director · 37 credits · 3 in highly-rated films

Best known for Paper Crane Palanquin (1960)

Directed movies (35 total, ranked by score)

  1. Paper Crane Palanquin

    1960 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy, Mystery, History

    1

  2. 13 Assassins

    1963 · ★ 7.5 (42 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Action

    2

  3. Eleven Samurai

    1967 · ★ 7.5 (27 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Drama

    3

  4. Assassination Orders

    1984 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Action, History, TV Movie

    4

  5. The Great Killing

    1964 · ★ 7.3 (25 votes)

    Action, Drama

    5

  6. The Dropout

    1982 · ★ 7.0 (4 votes)

    Thriller, Drama

    6

  7. Yokohama BJ Blues

    1981 · ★ 7.8 (8 votes)

    Crime, Mystery, Drama

    7

  8. Dangerous Trade in Kobe

    1973 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    8

  9. Hanzo: The Razor

    1984

    Drama, Crime, TV Movie

    9

  10. Industrial Spy

    1968 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Thriller

    10

  11. Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

    1992

    Drama

    11

  12. Castle of Owls

    1963 · ★ 6.1 (8 votes)

    Action, Drama

    12

  13. The Fort of Death

    1969 · ★ 6.8 (9 votes)

    Action

    13

  14. Travels of Gonkuro

    1961 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    14

  15. Cliff of Death

    1982

    Drama, Thriller

    15

  16. Nogare no machi

    1983 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Crime

    16

  17. Nakibokuro

    1991 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    17

  18. The Eccentric Shinza

    1987 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    18

  19. Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

    1980 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Action, War, Drama

    19

  20. Sure Death! 3

    1986 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Action, Drama

    20

  21. The Mysterious Purple Hood

    1963

    Crime

    21

  22. Taira no Kiyomori

    1992

    History, Drama

    22

  23. Samurai Knights

    1961

    23

  24. Chivalrous Nature

    1965

    24

  25. A History of the Japanese Underworld

    1968

    Thriller, Crime

    25

  26. Revenge for His Lover

    1962

    26

  27. Lair of the Snakegod

    1960

    Mystery

    27

  28. A Fishwife's Tale

    1961

    Comedy

    28

  29. Yakuza Princess of Edo

    1961

    Drama, History, Comedy

    29

  30. A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance

    1967

    Crime

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.