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Japanese Films (Original Language)   (177 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
36 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
390 Woman in the Dunes 1964 Teshigahara, Hiroshi Japan D
487 Kagemusha 1980 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
492 Spirited Away 2001 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan DS
643 Tampopo 1985 Itami, Juzo Japan Y
834 Gate of Hell 1953 Kinugasa, Teinosuke Japan Y
839 Kwaidan 1964 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan Y
867 Letters from Iwo Jima 2006 Eastwood, Clint USA DBU
908 Late Spring 1949 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
912 The Hidden Fortress 1958 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
1058 Grave of the Fireflies 1988 Takahata, Isao Japan Y
1216 In the Realm of the Senses 1976 Oshima, Nagisa Japan / France Y
1219 An Autumn Afternoon 1962 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
1249 High and Low 1963 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
1252 The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums 1939 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan Y
1308 The Ballad of Narayama 1983 Imamura, Shohei Japan D
1316 After Life 1998 Koreeda, Hirokazu Japan D
1338 Stray Dog 1949 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
1396 A Taxing Woman 1987 Itami, Juzo Japan Y
1412 Chushingura 1962 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
1420 Vengeance Is Mine 1979 Imamura, Shohei Japan D
1439 The Life of Oharu 1952 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan Y
1442 Onibaba 1964 Shindô, Kaneto Japan D
1451 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985 Schrader, Paul USA D
1456 Audition 1999 Miike, Takashi South Korea / Japan D
1487 Late Chrysanthemums 1954 Naruse, Mikio Japan V
1505 Tokyo orimpikku 1965 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
1546 Ring 1998 Nakata, Hideo Japan D
1567 Princess Yang Kwei Fei 1955 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan / Hong Kong Y
1571 Shall We Dance? 1996 Suo, Masayuki Japan Y
1634 I Was Born, But... 1932 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
1641 Fireworks 1997 Kitano, Takeshi Japan Y
1646 An Actor's Revenge 1963 Ichikawa, Kon Japan Y
1651 Death by Hanging 1968 Oshima, Nagisa Japan
1704 Utamaro and His Five Women 1946 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan Y
1715 Early Summer 1951 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
1720 Zatôichi 2003 Kitano, Takeshi Japan D
1743 Kôhî jikô 2003 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Japan / Taiwan
1758 Chikamatsu monogatari 1954 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
1758 The 47 Ronin 1941 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan D
1809 Samurai I - Musashi Miyamoto 1954 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
1814 Sanjuro 1962 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
1826 Street of Shame 1956 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan V
1920 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan / USA D
1942 Flowing 1956 Naruse, Mikio Japan
1942 Night and Fog in Japan 1960 Oshima, Nagisa Japan
1950 Akira 1988 Ôtomo, Katsuhiro Japan DS
1965 Samurai Rebellion 1967 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan D
1977 Taboo 1999 Oshima, Nagisa France / UK / Japan DS
1977 Tetsuo: The Iron Man 1988 Tsukamoto, Shinya Japan D
1989 Double Suicide 1969 Shinoda, Masahiro 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
2011 A Geisha 1953 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan Y
2012 Red Beard 1965 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
2019 The Family Game 1983 Morita, Yoshimitsu Japan
2019 A Taxing Woman's Return 1988 Itami, Juzo Japan Y
2022 Tokyo Godfathers 2003 Kon, Satoshi / Furuya, Shôgo Japan D
2025 Eijanaika 1981 Imamura, Shohei Japan Y
2030 Enjo 1958 Ichikawa, Kon Japan
2030 Fires on the Plain 1959 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
2030 Kiki's Delivery Service 1989 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan D
2030 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx 1972 Misumi, Kenji Japan D
2030 MacArthur's Children 1984 Shinoda, Masahiro Japan
2030 The Outcast 1962 Ichikawa, Kon Japan
2030 Sisters of Nishijin 1952 Yoshimura, Kozaburo Japan
2030 Tokyo Drifter 1966 Suzuki, Seijun Japan D
2033 Maborosi 1995 Koreeda, Hirokazu Japan Y
2050 Good Morning 1959 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan Y
2066 Cure 1997 Kurosawa, Kiyoshi Japan D
2066 Drunken Angel 1948 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
2066 Eureka 2000 Aoyama, Shinji Japan
2066 The Most Terrible Time in My Life 1994 Hayashi, Kaizo Japan / China / Taiwan D
2066 Sisters of the Gion 1936 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan V
2112 Passing Fancy 1933 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
2123 Dodes'ka-Den 1970 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
2150 The Island 1960 Shindô, Kaneto Japan
2151 The Bad Sleep Well 1960 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
2175 The Twilight Samurai 2002 Yamada, Yoji Japan Y
2180 Odd Obsession 1959 Ichikawa, Kon Japan Y
2212 Boy 1969 Oshima, Nagisa Japan
2212 The Saga of Anatahan 1954 von Sternberg, Josef Japan
2214 Twenty-Four Eyes 1954 Kinoshita, Keisuke Japan D
2219 The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family 1941 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2219 A False Student 1960 Masumura, Yasuzo Japan
2219 The Funeral 1984 Itami, Juzo Japan Y
2219 A Hen in the Wind 1948 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2219 Kikujiro 1999 Kitano, Takeshi Japan Y
2219 Kisses 1957 Masumura, Yasuzo Japan
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2219 Narita: Heta Village 1971 Ogawa, Shinsuke Japan
2219 The Only Son 1936 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2219 A Page of Madness 1926 Kinugasa, Teinosuke Japan
2219 Pistol Opera 2001 Suzuki, Seijun Japan Y
2219 Red Angel 1966 Masumura, Yasuzo Japan D
2219 Rhapsody in August 1991 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
2219 Shin heike monogatari 1955 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2219 That Night's Wife 1930 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2219 A Wife Confesses 1961 Masumura, Yasuzo Japan
2229 Akira Kurosawa's Dreams 1990 Kurosawa, Akira / Honda, Ishirô Japan / USA YU
2233 Metropolis 2001 Rintaro Japan D
2257 The Idiot 1951 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
2266 Muhomatsu no issho 1958 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan
2267 The Eel 1997 Imamura, Shohei Japan Y
2280 The Lower Depths 1957 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
2281 Dolls 2002 Kitano, Takeshi Japan Y
2281 Gonin no Sekkohei 1938 Tasaka, Tomotaka Japan
2281 Mushi-Shi 2006 Ôtomo, Katsuhiro Japan
2281 Paprika 2006 Kon, Satoshi Japan DBU
2282 Mogari no mori 2007 Kawase, Naomi France / Japan
2282 Shi no Toge 1990 Oguri, Kûhei Japan
2283 Among the Ruins 1923 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2283 Dreams of Youth 1928 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2283 Godzilla 1954 Honda, Ishirô Japan DS
2283 Hiroshima 1953 Sekigawa, Hideo Japan
2283 Human Condition III - A Soldier's Prayer 1961 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan D
2283 Humanity and Paper Balloons 1937 Yamanaka, Sadao Japan
2283 Jogashima 1924 Itô, Daisuke Japan
2283 Jujiro 1928 Kinugasa, Teinosuke Japan
2283 The Mysterians 1957 Honda, Ishirô Japan D
2283 The Neighbor's Wife and Mine 1931 Gosho, Heinosuke Japan
2283 Nishizumi senshacho-den 1940 Yoshimura, Kozaburo Japan
2283 Rodan 1956 Honda, Ishirô Japan D
2283 Scandal 1950 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
2283 Seisaku's Wife 1924 Murata, Minoru Japan
2283 Street Sketches 1925 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2283 Taii no musume 1917 Inoue, Masao Japan
2283 Tokyo March 1929 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2283 Two Stone Lanterns 1933 Kinugasa, Teinosuke Japan
2283 Wild Geese 1953 Toyoda, Shirô Japan
2293 Harakiri 1962 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan Y
2293 Shinran: Path to Purity 1987 Mikuni, Rentaro Japan
2295 Immortal Love 1961 Kinoshita, Keisuke Japan
2295 Muddy River 1981 Oguri, Kôhei Japan
2295 Portrait of Chieko 1967 Nakamura, Noboru Japan
2295 Sandakan No. 8 1974 Kumai, Kei Japan
2295 Twin Sisters of Kyoto 1963 Nakamura, Noboru Japan
2297 The New Earth 1936 Fanck, Arnold / Itami, Mansaku Japan / Germany
2299 Eyes of Children 1955 unknown Japan
2299 Roses on the Arm 1956 Kinoshita, Keisuke Japan
2299 Yellow Crow 1957 Gosho, Heinosuke Japan
2303 Bangkok Dangerous 1999 Pang, Oxide Chun / Pang, Danny Thailand DUP
2311 My Enemy, The Sea 1963 Ichikawa, Kon Japan
2329 Black Rain 1989 Imamura, Shohei Japan
2329 Memories of Tomorrow 2006 Tsutsumi, Yukihiko Japan
2329 Nobody Knows 2004 Koreeda, Hirokazu Japan D
2329 Sonatine 1993 Kitano, Takeshi Japan D
2334 X 1996 Rintaro Japan D
2340 Bright Future 2003 Kurosawa, Kiyoshi Japan
2342 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 1960 Naruse, Mikio Japan D
2348 Tony Takitani 2004 Ichikawa, Jun Japan D
2348 Vexille 2007 Sori, Fumihiko Japan D
2351 Early Autumn 1961 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2351 Floating Clouds 1955 Naruse, Mikio Japan
2351 The Pornographers 1966 Imamura, Shohei Japan D
2354 Branded to Kill 1967 Suzuki, Seijun Japan Y
2354 The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On 1987 Hara, Kazuo Japan
2354 I, the Executioner 1968 Kato, Tai Japan
2354 The Insect Woman 1963 Imamura, Shohei Japan
2354 Kochiyama soshun 1936 Yamanaka, Sadao Japan
2354 Minamata: Kanja-san to sono sekai 1972 Tsuchimoto, Noriaki Japan
2354 Miss Oyu 1951 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2354 My Love Has Been Burning 1949 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2354 Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo 1935 Yamanaka, Sadao Japan
2354 Sound of the Mountain 1954 Naruse, Mikio Japan
2354 The Straits of Love and Hate 1937 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2354 Subete Ga Kurutteru 1960 Suzuki, Seijun Japan
2354 Suzaki Paradise 1956 Kawashima, Yuzo Japan
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