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Films from Japan (Production Companies)   (240 Most Notable)

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 RANK   TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
6 Seven Samurai 1954 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
13 Rashômon 1950 Kurosawa, Akira Japan DU
37 Tokyo Story 1953 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
44 Ugetsu 1953 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan D
53 Ran 1985 Kurosawa, Akira Japan / France D
54 Ikiru 1952 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
64 Sansho the Bailiff 1954 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan D
120 Throne of Blood 1957 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
178 The Burmese Harp 1956 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
189 Floating Weeds 1959 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
261 Yojimbo 1961 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
307 The Crying Game 1992 Jordan, Neil UK / Japan Y
338 Yi Yi 2000 Yang, Edward Taiwan / Japan D
355 Hiroshima, mon amour 1959 Resnais, Alain France / Japan Y
371 Being There 1979 Ashby, Hal USA / UK / West Germany / Japan YU
390 Woman in the Dunes 1964 Teshigahara, Hiroshi Japan D
424 Lost in Translation 2003 Coppola, Sofia USA / Japan Y
488 Kagemusha 1980 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
493 Spirited Away 2001 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan DS
497 The Aviator 2004 Scorsese, Martin USA / Japan / Germany DS
511 Howards End 1992 Ivory, James UK / Japan Y
641 Tampopo 1985 Itami, Juzo Japan Y
696 Reversal of Fortune 1990 Schroeder, Barbet USA / Japan / UK Y
729 Ju Dou 1990 Zhang, Yimou / Yang, Fengliang Japan / China D
758 Dead Man 1995 Jarmusch, Jim USA / Germany / Japan Y
837 Gate of Hell 1953 Kinugasa, Teinosuke Japan Y
842 Kwaidan 1964 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan Y
909 Late Spring 1949 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
913 The Hidden Fortress 1958 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
1059 Grave of the Fireflies 1988 Takahata, Isao Japan Y
1194 Dersu Uzala 1975 Kurosawa, Akira Soviet Union / Japan Y
1215 In the Realm of the Senses 1976 Oshima, Nagisa Japan / France Y
1218 An Autumn Afternoon 1962 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
1247 High and Low 1963 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
1251 The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums 1939 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan Y
1283 Princess Mononoke 1997 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan DS
1304 The Ballad of Narayama 1983 Imamura, Shohei Japan D
1305 Wonder Boys 2000 Hanson, Curtis UK / Germany / USA / Japan Y
1313 After Life 1998 Koreeda, Hirokazu Japan D
1335 Stray Dog 1949 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
1396 A Taxing Woman 1987 Itami, Juzo Japan Y
1411 Chushingura 1962 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
1419 Vengeance Is Mine 1979 Imamura, Shohei Japan D
1424 A Brief History of Time 1991 Morris, Errol UK / Japan / USA Y
1426 A Simple Plan 1998 Raimi, Sam France / UK / Germany / USA / Japan YS
1439 The Life of Oharu 1952 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan Y
1442 Onibaba 1964 Shindô, Kaneto Japan D
1455 Audition 1999 Miike, Takashi South Korea / Japan D
1485 Late Chrysanthemums 1954 Naruse, Mikio Japan V
1493 Platform 2000 Jia, Zhang Ke Hong Kong / China / Japan / France D
1503 Tokyo orimpikku 1965 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
1506 The Last Samurai 2003 Zwick, Edward USA / New Zealand / Japan DBUPS
1542 Ring 1998 Nakata, Hideo Japan D
1554 Naked Lunch 1991 Cronenberg, David Canada / UK / Japan YS
1564 Princess Yang Kwei Fei 1955 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan / Hong Kong Y
1568 Shall We Dance? 1996 Suo, Masayuki Japan Y
1588 Howl's Moving Castle 2004 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan D
1627 I Was Born, But... 1932 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
1633 Fireworks 1997 Kitano, Takeshi Japan Y
1638 Revenge of a Kabuki Actor 1963 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
1643 Death by Hanging 1968 Oshima, Nagisa Japan
1687 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 1999 Jarmusch, Jim France / Germany / USA / Japan Y
1694 Utamaro and His Five Women 1946 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan Y
1705 Early Summer 1951 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
1710 Zatôichi 2003 Kitano, Takeshi Japan D
1717 Osama 2003 Barmak, Siddiq Afghanistan / Netherlands / Japan Y
1732 Prospero's Books 1991 Greenaway, Peter France / Italy / Netherlands / UK / Japan Y
1734 Kôhî jikô 2003 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Japan / Taiwan
1749 Chikamatsu monogatari 1954 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
1749 The 47 Ronin 1941 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan D
1801 Samurai I - Musashi Miyamoto 1954 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
1807 Sanjuro 1962 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
1818 Street of Shame 1956 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan V
1869 Primary Colors 1998 Nichols, Mike France / UK / Germany / USA / Japan Y
1881 The Emperor and the Assassin 1999 Chen, Kaige France / Japan / China YU
1889 Visions of Light:
The Art of Cinematography		 1992 Samuels, Stuart / Glassman, Arnold / McCarthy, Todd / Glassman, Andrew USA / Japan V
1911 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan / USA D
1922 Coffee and Cigarettes 2003 Jarmusch, Jim USA / Japan / Italy DUPS
1930 Flowing 1956 Naruse, Mikio Japan
1930 Night and Fog in Japan 1960 Oshima, Nagisa Japan
1938 Akira 1988 Ôtomo, Katsuhiro Japan DS
1949 Castle in the Sky 1986 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan DS
1952 Samurai Rebellion 1967 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan D
1964 Taboo 1999 Oshima, Nagisa France / UK / Japan DS
1964 Tetsuo: The Iron Man 1988 Tsukamoto, Shinya Japan D
1968 Man on the Moon 1999 Forman, Milos UK / Germany / Japan / USA Y
1974 Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 Fleischer, Richard / Fukasaku, Kinji / Masuda, Toshio USA / Japan DS
1976 Double Suicide 1969 Shinoda, Masahiro Japan D
1993 Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple 1955 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
1993 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island 1956 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
1998 A Geisha 1953 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan Y
1999 Red Beard 1965 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
2005 Marie Antoinette 2006 Coppola, Sofia Japan / France / USA DU
2006 The Family Game 1983 Morita, Yoshimitsu Japan
2006 A Taxing Woman's Return 1988 Itami, Juzo Japan Y
2009 Tokyo Godfathers 2003 Kon, Satoshi / Furuya, Shôgo Japan D
2012 Eijanaika 1981 Imamura, Shohei Japan Y
2017 Enjo 1958 Ichikawa, Kon Japan
2017 Fires on the Plain 1959 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
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2017 Kiki's Delivery Service 1989 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan D
2017 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx 1972 Misumi, Kenji Japan D
2017 MacArthur's Children 1984 Shinoda, Masahiro Japan
2017 The Outcast 1962 Ichikawa, Kon Japan
2017 Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles 2005 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China / Japan D
2017 Shogun Assassin 1980 Houston, Robert / Misumi, Kenji / Weisman, David Japan / USA
2017 Sisters of Nishijin 1952 Yoshimura, Kozaburo Japan
2017 Tokyo Drifter 1966 Suzuki, Seijun Japan D
2020 Maborosi 1995 Koreeda, Hirokazu Japan Y
2026 3-Iron 2004 Kim, Ki-duk South Korea / Japan D
2035 Good Morning 1959 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan Y
2047 Cure 1997 Kurosawa, Kiyoshi Japan D
2047 Drunken Angel 1948 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
2047 Eureka 2000 Aoyama, Shinji Japan
2047 Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence 1983 Oshima, Nagisa UK / Japan S
2047 The Most Terrible Time in My Life 1994 Hayashi, Kaizo Japan / China / Taiwan D
2047 Sisters of the Gion 1936 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan V
2085 Passing Fancy 1933 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
2096 Dodes'ka-Den 1970 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
2122 The Island 1960 Shindô, Kaneto Japan
2123 The Bad Sleep Well 1960 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
2123 Black Dog 1998 Hooks, Kevin USA / UK / France / Germany / Japan DS
2143 The Twilight Samurai 2002 Yamada, Yoji Japan Y
2147 Odd Obsession 1959 Ichikawa, Kon Japan Y
2183 Boy 1969 Oshima, Nagisa Japan
2183 The Saga of Anatahan 1954 von Sternberg, Josef Japan
2190 The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family 1941 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2190 A False Student 1960 Masumura, Yasuzo Japan
2190 The Funeral 1984 Itami, Juzo Japan Y
2190 Good Men, Good Women 1995 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Japan / Taiwan Y
2190 A Hen in the Wind 1948 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2190 Kikujiro 1999 Kitano, Takeshi Japan Y
2190 Kisses 1957 Masumura, Yasuzo Japan
2190 Narita: Heta Village 1971 Ogawa, Shinsuke Japan
2190 The Only Son 1936 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2190 Oriental Elegy 1996 Sokurov, Aleksandr Russia / Japan
2190 A Page of Madness 1926 Kinugasa, Teinosuke Japan
2190 Pistol Opera 2001 Suzuki, Seijun Japan Y
2190 Red Angel 1966 Masumura, Yasuzo Japan D
2190 Rhapsody in August 1991 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
2190 Shin heike monogatari 1955 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2190 That Night's Wife 1930 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2190 What's Up, Tiger Lily? 1966 Allen, Woody / Taniguchi, Senkichi USA / Japan Y
2190 A Wife Confesses 1961 Masumura, Yasuzo Japan
2200 Akira Kurosawa's Dreams 1990 Kurosawa, Akira / Honda, Ishirô Japan / USA YU
2203 No Direction Home: Bob Dylan 2005 Scorsese, Martin UK / USA / Japan DU
2212 The World 2004 Jia, Zhang Ke China / Japan / France D
2214 The Yakuza 1974 Pollack, Sydney USA / Japan DUS
2222 The Idiot 1951 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
2226 Muhomatsu no issho 1958 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan
2226 Still Life 2006 Jia, Zhang Ke China / Hong Kong / Japan D
2227 The Eel 1997 Imamura, Shohei Japan Y
2232 The Lower Depths 1957 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
2233 Achilles to kame 2008 Kitano, Takeshi Japan S
2233 Chinese Box 1997 Wang, Wayne France / Japan / USA YUP
2233 Dangkou 2008 Yu, Nelson Lik-wai Brazil / China / Hong Kong / Japan
2233 Dolls 2002 Kitano, Takeshi Japan Y
2233 Gonin no Sekkohei 1938 Tasaka, Tomotaka Japan
2233 Heung gong yau gok hor lei wood 2001 Chan, Fruit Hong Kong / France / UK / Japan
2233 Meeting Venus 1991 Szabó, István UK / Japan / USA Y
2233 Meili shiguang 2002 Chang, Tso-chi Taiwan / Japan
2233 Mushi-Shi 2006 Ôtomo, Katsuhiro Japan Y
2233 Paprika 2006 Kon, Satoshi Japan DBU
2233 Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea 2008 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan S
2233 The Sky Crawlers 2008 Oshii, Mamoru Japan S
2233 Sukiyaki Western Django 2007 Miike, Takashi Japan DBU
2234 Mogari no mori 2007 Kawase, Naomi France / Japan
2234 Shi no Toge 1990 Oguri, Kûhei Japan
2235 Among the Ruins 1923 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2235 Dreams of Youth 1928 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2235 Godzilla 1954 Honda, Ishirô Japan DS
2235 Hiroshima 1953 Sekigawa, Hideo Japan
2235 Human Condition III - A Soldier's Prayer 1961 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan D
2235 Humanity and Paper Balloons 1937 Yamanaka, Sadao Japan
2235 Jogashima 1924 Itô, Daisuke Japan
2235 Jujiro 1928 Kinugasa, Teinosuke Japan
2235 The Mysterians 1957 Honda, Ishirô Japan D
2235 The Neighbor's Wife and Mine 1931 Gosho, Heinosuke Japan
2235 Nishizumi senshacho-den 1940 Yoshimura, Kozaburo Japan
2235 Rodan 1956 Honda, Ishirô Japan D
2235 Scandal 1950 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
2235 Seisaku's Wife 1924 Murata, Minoru Japan
2235 Street Sketches 1925 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2235 Taii no musume 1917 Inoue, Masao Japan
2235 Tokyo March 1929 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2235 Two Stone Lanterns 1933 Kinugasa, Teinosuke Japan
2235 Wild Geese 1953 Toyoda, Shirô Japan
2246 Blackboards 2000 Makhmalbaf, Samira Iran / Italy / Japan Y
2246 Harakiri 1962 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan Y
2246 Shinran: Path to Purity 1987 Mikuni, Rentaro Japan
2248 Immortal Love 1961 Kinoshita, Keisuke Japan
2248 Muddy River 1981 Oguri, Kôhei Japan
2248 Portrait of Chieko 1967 Nakamura, Noboru Japan
2248 Sandakan No. 8 1974 Kumai, Kei Japan
2248 Twin Sisters of Kyoto 1963 Nakamura, Noboru Japan
2250 The New Earth 1936 Fanck, Arnold / Itami, Mansaku Japan / Germany
2252 Eyes of Children 1955 unknown Japan
2252 Roses on the Arm 1956 Kinoshita, Keisuke Japan
2252 Twenty-Four Eyes 1954 Kinoshita, Keisuke Japan D
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2252 Yellow Crow 1957 Gosho, Heinosuke Japan
2255 Moloch 1999 Sokurov, Aleksandr Russia / Germany / Japan / Italy / France D
2264 My Enemy, The Sea 1963 Ichikawa, Kon Japan
2264 The Promise 2005 Chen, Kaige China / Hong Kong / Japan / South Korea DU
2264 The Walking Major 1970 Larsen, Keith / Senno, Koji / Shirai, Nobuaki Japan
2270 Metropolis 2001 Rintaro Japan D
2273 Adama Meshuga'at 2006 Shaul, Dror Israel / Germany / Japan Y
2273 In the Soup 1992 Rockwell, Alexandre USA / France / Germany / Japan / Italy Y
2279 Black Rain 1989 Imamura, Shohei Japan
2279 Bright Lights, Big City 1988 Bridges, James USA / Japan D
2279 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2001 Sakaguchi, Hironobu / Sakakibara, Moto USA / Japan DUS
2279 The Go Masters 1982 Duan, Ji-shun / Sato, Junya Japan / China
2279 Love Is the Devil 1998 Maybury, John UK / France / Japan DS
2279 Memories of Tomorrow 2006 Tsutsumi, Yukihiko Japan
2279 Mystery Train 1989 Jarmusch, Jim USA / Japan D
2279 Nobody Knows 2004 Koreeda, Hirokazu Japan D
2279 Sonatine 1993 Kitano, Takeshi Japan D
2279 Three... Extremes 2004 Miike, Takashi / Chan, Fruit / Park, Chan-wook Hong Kong / Japan / South Korea D
2279 Wilde 1997 Gilbert, Brian UK / Germany / Japan DS
2285 X 1996 Rintaro Japan D
2291 Bright Future 2003 Kurosawa, Kiyoshi Japan
2291 Unknown Pleasures 2002 Jia, Zhang Ke South Korea / France / Japan / China D
2293 Time 2006 Kim, Ki-duk Japan / South Korea D
2296 Animaniacs - Season One, Vol. 1 1993 Arons, Rich / Bonerz, Peter Japan / USA DS
2297 Early Autumn 1961 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2297 Floating Clouds 1955 Naruse, Mikio Japan
2297 The Pornographers 1966 Imamura, Shohei Japan D
2300 Branded to Kill 1967 Suzuki, Seijun Japan Y
2300 Brother 2000 Kitano, Takeshi USA / UK / Japan Y
2300 The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On 1987 Hara, Kazuo Japan
2300 I, the Executioner 1968 Kato, Tai Japan
2300 The Insect Woman 1963 Imamura, Shohei Japan
2300 Kochiyama soshun 1936 Yamanaka, Sadao Japan
2300 Minamata: Kanja-san to sono sekai 1972 Tsuchimoto, Noriaki Japan
2300 Miss Oyu 1951 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2300 My Love Has Been Burning 1949 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2300 Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo 1935 Yamanaka, Sadao Japan
2300 Sound of the Mountain 1954 Naruse, Mikio Japan
2300 The Straits of Love and Hate 1937 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2300 Subete Ga Kurutteru 1960 Suzuki, Seijun Japan
2300 Suzaki Paradise 1956 Kawashima, Yuzo Japan
2300 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 1960 Naruse, Mikio Japan D
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