| # | Rank ▲ | Film | Year | Director | Country | Genre | Keywords | Votes | IMDb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 65 | Kaidan | 1964 | Masaki Kobayashi | Japan | Anthology | Kaidan, Supernatural, Surrealism, Tragedy, Jidaigeki, Psychological Horror | 141 | IMDb ↗ |
| 2 | 75 | Onibaba | 1964 | Kaneto Shindô | Japan | Psychological | Jidaigeki, Psychological Horror, Folk Horror, Kaidan, War, Family Drama, Japanese New Wave | 118 | IMDb ↗ |
| 3 | 441 | Ugetsu monogatari | 1953 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Japan | Fantasy | Jidaigeki, Low Fantasy, Kaidan, War, Tragedy, Melodrama | 21 | IMDb ↗ |
| 4 | 1785 | Shura | 1971 | Toshio Matsumoto | Japan | Psychological | Jidaigeki, Psychological Drama, Tragedy, Japanese New Wave, Splatter, Psychological Thriller, Chamber Film | 9 | IMDb ↗ |
| 5 | 2490 | Yotsuya kaidan | 1965 | Shirô Toyoda | Japan | Supernatural | Kaidan, Jidaigeki | 5 | IMDb ↗ |
| 6 | 3967 | Kumonosu-jô | 1957 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan | Mystery | Jidaigeki, Chambara | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 7 | 4276 | Yotsuya kaidan | 1949 | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan | Drama | Jidaigeki, Crime, Kaidan | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 8 | 4650 | Rashomon | 1950 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan | Mystery | Jidaigeki, Crime, Chambara, Legal Drama, Chamber Film, Magical Realism | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 9 | 4665 | Sakura no mori no mankai no shita | 1975 | Masahiro Shinoda | Japan | Drama | Jidaigeki, Kaidan, Romance, Psychological Drama | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 10 | 4692 | Tokugawa onna keibatsu-shi | 1968 | Teruo Ishii | Japan | Exploitation | Sadistic Horror, Pink Film, Jidaigeki, Anthology, Erotica | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 11 | 8121 | Seppuku | 1962 | Masaki Kobayashi | Japan | Drama | Jidaigeki, Chambara, Tragedy, Political Drama, Chamber Film, Japanese New Wave | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 12 | 9135 | Kaidan Oiwa no borei | 1961 | Tai Katô | Japan | Supernatural | Kaidan, Jidaigeki | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
Keyword data is still being added, so some films have incomplete or missing keywords.