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Films from Japan (Production Companies)   (239 Most Notable)

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2219 What's Up, Tiger Lily? 1966 Allen, Woody / Taniguchi, Senkichi USA / Japan Y
2348 Batman: Gotham Knight 2008 Aoki, Yasuhiro / Higashide, Futoshi / Kubooka, Toshiyuki / Morioka, Hiroshi / Nishimi, Shoujirou USA / Japan DBUPS
2066 Eureka 2000 Aoyama, Shinji Japan
2350 Animaniacs - Season One, Vol. 1 1993 Arons, Rich / Bonerz, Peter Japan / USA DS
371 Being There 1979 Ashby, Hal USA / UK / West Germany / Japan YU
1615 Osama 2003 Barmak, Siddiq Afghanistan / Netherlands / Japan Y
2329 Bright Lights, Big City 1988 Bridges, James USA / Japan D
2281 Heung gong yau gok hor lei wood 2001 Chan, Fruit Hong Kong / France / UK / Japan
2281 Meili shiguang 2002 Chang, Tso-chi Taiwan / Japan
1891 The Emperor and the Assassin 1999 Chen, Kaige France / Japan / China Y
2311 The Promise 2005 Chen, Kaige China / Hong Kong / Japan / South Korea DU
424 Lost in Translation 2003 Coppola, Sofia USA / Japan Y
1912 Marie Antoinette 2006 Coppola, Sofia Japan / France / USA DU
1557 Naked Lunch 1991 Cronenberg, David Canada / UK / Japan YS
2329 The Go Masters 1982 Duan, Ji-shun / Sato, Junya Japan / China
2297 The New Earth 1936 Fanck, Arnold / Itami, Mansaku Japan / Germany
1987 Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 Fleischer, Richard / Fukasaku, Kinji / Masuda, Toshio USA / Japan DS
1981 Man on the Moon 1999 Forman, Milos UK / Germany / Japan / USA Y
2329 Wilde 1997 Gilbert, Brian UK / Germany / Japan DS
2283 The Neighbor's Wife and Mine 1931 Gosho, Heinosuke Japan
2299 Yellow Crow 1957 Gosho, Heinosuke Japan
1740 Prospero's Books 1991 Greenaway, Peter France / Italy / Netherlands / UK / Japan Y
1309 Wonder Boys 2000 Hanson, Curtis UK / Germany / USA / Japan Y
2354 The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On 1987 Hara, Kazuo Japan
2066 The Most Terrible Time in My Life 1994 Hayashi, Kaizo Japan / China / Taiwan D
2283 Godzilla 1954 Honda, Ishirô Japan DS
2283 The Mysterians 1957 Honda, Ishirô Japan D
2283 Rodan 1956 Honda, Ishirô Japan D
2151 Black Dog 1998 Hooks, Kevin USA / UK / France / Germany / Japan DS
1743 Kôhî jikô 2003 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Japan / Taiwan
2219 Good Men, Good Women 1995 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Japan / Taiwan Y
2030 Shogun Assassin 1980 Houston, Robert / Misumi, Kenji / Weisman, David Japan / USA
2348 Tony Takitani 2004 Ichikawa, Jun Japan D
178 The Burmese Harp 1956 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
1505 Tokyo orimpikku 1965 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
1646 An Actor's Revenge 1963 Ichikawa, Kon Japan Y
2030 Enjo 1958 Ichikawa, Kon Japan
2030 Fires on the Plain 1959 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
2030 The Outcast 1962 Ichikawa, Kon Japan
2180 Odd Obsession 1959 Ichikawa, Kon Japan Y
2311 My Enemy, The Sea 1963 Ichikawa, Kon Japan
1308 The Ballad of Narayama 1983 Imamura, Shohei Japan D
1420 Vengeance Is Mine 1979 Imamura, Shohei Japan D
2025 Eijanaika 1981 Imamura, Shohei Japan Y
2267 The Eel 1997 Imamura, Shohei Japan Y
2329 Black Rain 1989 Imamura, Shohei Japan
2351 The Pornographers 1966 Imamura, Shohei Japan D
2354 The Insect Woman 1963 Imamura, Shohei Japan
1412 Chushingura 1962 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
1809 Samurai I - Musashi Miyamoto 1954 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
2006 Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple 1955 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
2006 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island 1956 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
2266 Muhomatsu no issho 1958 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan
2283 Taii no musume 1917 Inoue, Masao Japan
643 Tampopo 1985 Itami, Juzo Japan Y
1396 A Taxing Woman 1987 Itami, Juzo Japan Y
2019 A Taxing Woman's Return 1988 Itami, Juzo Japan Y
2219 The Funeral 1984 Itami, Juzo Japan Y
2283 Jogashima 1924 Itô, Daisuke Japan
511 Howards End 1992 Ivory, James UK / Japan Y
757 Dead Man 1995 Jarmusch, Jim USA / Germany / Japan Y
1697 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 1999 Jarmusch, Jim France / Germany / USA / Japan Y
1933 Coffee and Cigarettes 2003 Jarmusch, Jim USA / Japan / Italy DUPS
2329 Mystery Train 1989 Jarmusch, Jim USA / Japan D
1496 Platform 2000 Jia, Zhang Ke Hong Kong / China / Japan / France D
2172 Still Life 2006 Jia, Zhang Ke China / Hong Kong / Japan D
2244 The World 2004 Jia, Zhang Ke China / Japan / France D
2340 Unknown Pleasures 2002 Jia, Zhang Ke South Korea / France / Japan / China D
307 The Crying Game 1992 Jordan, Neil UK / Japan Y
2354 I, the Executioner 1968 Kato, Tai Japan
2282 Mogari no mori 2007 Kawase, Naomi France / Japan
2354 Suzaki Paradise 1956 Kawashima, Yuzo Japan
2038 3-Iron 2004 Kim, Ki-duk South Korea / Japan D
2342 Time 2006 Kim, Ki-duk Japan / South Korea D
2214 Twenty-Four Eyes 1954 Kinoshita, Keisuke Japan D
2295 Immortal Love 1961 Kinoshita, Keisuke Japan
2299 Roses on the Arm 1956 Kinoshita, Keisuke Japan
834 Gate of Hell 1953 Kinugasa, Teinosuke Japan Y
2219 A Page of Madness 1926 Kinugasa, Teinosuke Japan
2283 Jujiro 1928 Kinugasa, Teinosuke Japan
2283 Two Stone Lanterns 1933 Kinugasa, Teinosuke Japan
1641 Fireworks 1997 Kitano, Takeshi Japan Y
1720 Zatôichi 2003 Kitano, Takeshi Japan D
2219 Kikujiro 1999 Kitano, Takeshi Japan Y
2281 Dolls 2002 Kitano, Takeshi Japan Y
2329 Sonatine 1993 Kitano, Takeshi Japan D
2354 Brother 2000 Kitano, Takeshi USA / UK / Japan Y
839 Kwaidan 1964 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan Y
1965 Samurai Rebellion 1967 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan D
2283 Human Condition III - A Soldier's Prayer 1961 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan D
2293 Harakiri 1962 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan Y
2022 Tokyo Godfathers 2003 Kon, Satoshi / Furuya, Shôgo Japan D
2281 Paprika 2006 Kon, Satoshi Japan DBU
1316 After Life 1998 Koreeda, Hirokazu Japan D
2033 Maborosi 1995 Koreeda, Hirokazu Japan Y
2329 Nobody Knows 2004 Koreeda, Hirokazu Japan D
2295 Sandakan No. 8 1974 Kumai, Kei Japan
6 Seven Samurai 1954 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
13 Rashômon 1950 Kurosawa, Akira Japan DU
53 Ran 1985 Kurosawa, Akira Japan / France D
54 Ikiru 1952 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
120 Throne of Blood 1957 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
261 Yojimbo 1961 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
487 Kagemusha 1980 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
912 The Hidden Fortress 1958 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
1195 Dersu Uzala 1975 Kurosawa, Akira Soviet Union / Japan Y
1249 High and Low 1963 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
1338 Stray Dog 1949 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
1814 Sanjuro 1962 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
2012 Red Beard 1965 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
2066 Drunken Angel 1948 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
2123 Dodes'ka-Den 1970 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
2151 The Bad Sleep Well 1960 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
2219 Rhapsody in August 1991 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
2229 Akira Kurosawa's Dreams 1990 Kurosawa, Akira / Honda, Ishirô Japan / USA YU
2257 The Idiot 1951 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
2280 The Lower Depths 1957 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
2283 Scandal 1950 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
2066 Cure 1997 Kurosawa, Kiyoshi Japan D
2340 Bright Future 2003 Kurosawa, Kiyoshi Japan
2311 The Walking Major 1970 Larsen, Keith / Senno, Koji / Shirai, Nobuaki Japan
2293 Blackboards 2000 Makhmalbaf, Samira Iran / Italy / Japan Y
2219 A False Student 1960 Masumura, Yasuzo Japan
2219 Kisses 1957 Masumura, Yasuzo Japan
2219 Red Angel 1966 Masumura, Yasuzo Japan D
2219 A Wife Confesses 1961 Masumura, Yasuzo Japan
2329 Love Is the Devil 1998 Maybury, John UK / France / Japan DS
1456 Audition 1999 Miike, Takashi South Korea / Japan D
2281 Sukiyaki Western Django 2007 Miike, Takashi Japan D
2329 Three... Extremes 2004 Miike, Takashi / Chan, Fruit / Park, Chan-wook Hong Kong / Japan / South Korea D
2293 Shinran: Path to Purity 1987 Mikuni, Rentaro Japan
2030 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx 1972 Misumi, Kenji Japan D
492 Spirited Away 2001 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan DS
1283 Princess Mononoke 1997 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan DS
1591 Howl's Moving Castle 2004 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan D
1920 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan / USA D
1961 Castle in the Sky 1986 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan DS
2030 Kiki's Delivery Service 1989 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan D
44 Ugetsu 1953 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan D
64 Sansho the Bailiff 1954 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan D
1252 The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums 1939 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan Y
1439 The Life of Oharu 1952 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan Y
1567 Princess Yang Kwei Fei 1955 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan / Hong Kong Y
1704 Utamaro and His Five Women 1946 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan Y
1758 Chikamatsu monogatari 1954 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
1758 The 47 Ronin 1941 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan D
1826 Street of Shame 1956 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan V
2011 A Geisha 1953 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan Y
2066 Sisters of the Gion 1936 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan V
2219 Shin heike monogatari 1955 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2283 Among the Ruins 1923 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2283 Street Sketches 1925 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2283 Tokyo March 1929 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2354 Miss Oyu 1951 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2354 My Love Has Been Burning 1949 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2354 The Straits of Love and Hate 1937 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2019 The Family Game 1983 Morita, Yoshimitsu Japan
1425 A Brief History of Time 1991 Morris, Errol UK / Japan / USA Y
2283 Seisaku's Wife 1924 Murata, Minoru Japan
2295 Portrait of Chieko 1967 Nakamura, Noboru Japan
2295 Twin Sisters of Kyoto 1963 Nakamura, Noboru Japan
1546 Ring 1998 Nakata, Hideo Japan D
1487 Late Chrysanthemums 1954 Naruse, Mikio Japan V
1942 Flowing 1956 Naruse, Mikio Japan
2342 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 1960 Naruse, Mikio Japan D
2351 Floating Clouds 1955 Naruse, Mikio Japan
2354 Sound of the Mountain 1954 Naruse, Mikio Japan
1879 Primary Colors 1998 Nichols, Mike France / UK / Germany / USA / Japan Y
2219 Narita: Heta Village 1971 Ogawa, Shinsuke Japan
2295 Muddy River 1981 Oguri, Kôhei Japan
2282 Shi no Toge 1990 Oguri, Kûhei Japan
1216 In the Realm of the Senses 1976 Oshima, Nagisa Japan / France Y
1651 Death by Hanging 1968 Oshima, Nagisa Japan
1942 Night and Fog in Japan 1960 Oshima, Nagisa Japan
1977 Taboo 1999 Oshima, Nagisa France / UK / Japan DS
2066 Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence 1983 Oshima, Nagisa UK / Japan S
2212 Boy 1969 Oshima, Nagisa Japan
1950 Akira 1988 Ôtomo, Katsuhiro Japan DS
2281 Mushi-Shi 2006 Ôtomo, Katsuhiro Japan
36 Tokyo Story 1953 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
189 Floating Weeds 1959 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
908 Late Spring 1949 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
1219 An Autumn Afternoon 1962 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
1634 I Was Born, But... 1932 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
1715 Early Summer 1951 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
2050 Good Morning 1959 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan Y
2112 Passing Fancy 1933 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
2219 The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family 1941 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2219 A Hen in the Wind 1948 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2219 The Only Son 1936 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2219 That Night's Wife 1930 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2283 Dreams of Youth 1928 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2351 Early Autumn 1961 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2246 The Yakuza 1974 Pollack, Sydney USA / Japan DUS
1427 A Simple Plan 1998 Raimi, Sam France / UK / Germany / USA / Japan YS
355 Hiroshima, mon amour 1959 Resnais, Alain France / Japan Y
2233 Metropolis 2001 Rintaro Japan D
2334 X 1996 Rintaro Japan D
2323 In the Soup 1992 Rockwell, Alexandre USA / France / Germany / Japan / Italy Y
2329 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2001 Sakaguchi, Hironobu / Sakakibara, Moto USA / Japan DUS
1900 Visions of Light:
The Art of Cinematography
1992 Samuels, Stuart / Glassman, Arnold / McCarthy, Todd / Glassman, Andrew USA / Japan V
696 Reversal of Fortune 1990 Schroeder, Barbet USA / Japan / UK Y
497 The Aviator 2004 Scorsese, Martin USA / Japan / Germany DS
2235 No Direction Home: Bob Dylan 2005 Scorsese, Martin UK / USA / Japan DU
2283 Hiroshima 1953 Sekigawa, Hideo Japan
2323 Adama Meshuga'at 2006 Shaul, Dror Israel / Germany / Japan Y
1442 Onibaba 1964 Shindô, Kaneto Japan D
2150 The Island 1960 Shindô, Kaneto Japan
1989 Double Suicide 1969 Shinoda, Masahiro Japan D
2030 MacArthur's Children 1984 Shinoda, Masahiro Japan
2219 Oriental Elegy 1996 Sokurov, Aleksandr Russia / Japan
2302 Moloch 1999 Sokurov, Aleksandr Russia / Germany / Japan / Italy / France D
2348 Vexille 2007 Sori, Fumihiko Japan D
1571 Shall We Dance? 1996 Suo, Masayuki Japan Y
2030 Tokyo Drifter 1966 Suzuki, Seijun Japan D
2219 Pistol Opera 2001 Suzuki, Seijun Japan Y
2354 Branded to Kill 1967 Suzuki, Seijun Japan Y
2354 Subete Ga Kurutteru 1960 Suzuki, Seijun Japan
2281 Meeting Venus 1991 Szabó, István UK / Japan / USA Y
1058 Grave of the Fireflies 1988 Takahata, Isao Japan Y
2281 Gonin no Sekkohei 1938 Tasaka, Tomotaka Japan
390 Woman in the Dunes 1964 Teshigahara, Hiroshi Japan D
2283 Wild Geese 1953 Toyoda, Shirô Japan
2354 Minamata: Kanja-san to sono sekai 1972 Tsuchimoto, Noriaki Japan
1977 Tetsuo: The Iron Man 1988 Tsukamoto, Shinya Japan D
2329 Memories of Tomorrow 2006 Tsutsumi, Yukihiko Japan
2299 Eyes of Children 1955 unknown Japan
2212 The Saga of Anatahan 1954 von Sternberg, Josef Japan
2281 Chinese Box 1997 Wang, Wayne France / Japan / USA YUP
2175 The Twilight Samurai 2002 Yamada, Yoji Japan Y
2283 Humanity and Paper Balloons 1937 Yamanaka, Sadao Japan
2354 Kochiyama soshun 1936 Yamanaka, Sadao Japan
2354 Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo 1935 Yamanaka, Sadao Japan
338 Yi Yi 2000 Yang, Edward Taiwan / Japan D
2030 Sisters of Nishijin 1952 Yoshimura, Kozaburo Japan
2283 Nishizumi senshacho-den 1940 Yoshimura, Kozaburo Japan
728 Ju Dou 1990 Zhang, Yimou / Yang, Fengliang Japan / China D
2030 Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles 2005 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China / Japan D
1508 The Last Samurai 2003 Zwick, Edward USA / New Zealand / Japan DBUPS
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