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Japanese Films (Original Language)   (178 Most Notable)

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2233 Achilles to kame 2008 Kitano, Takeshi Japan S
2233 Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea 2008 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan S
2233 The Sky Crawlers 2008 Oshii, Mamoru Japan S
2234 Mogari no mori 2007 Kawase, Naomi France / Japan
915 Letters from Iwo Jima 2006 Eastwood, Clint USA DBU
2233 Mushi-Shi 2006 Ôtomo, Katsuhiro Japan Y
2233 Paprika 2006 Kon, Satoshi Japan DBU
2279 Memories of Tomorrow 2006 Tsutsumi, Yukihiko Japan
2279 Nobody Knows 2004 Koreeda, Hirokazu Japan D
1710 Zatôichi 2003 Kitano, Takeshi Japan D
1734 Kôhî jikô 2003 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Japan / Taiwan
2009 Tokyo Godfathers 2003 Kon, Satoshi / Furuya, Shôgo Japan D
2291 Bright Future 2003 Kurosawa, Kiyoshi Japan
2143 The Twilight Samurai 2002 Yamada, Yoji Japan Y
2233 Dolls 2002 Kitano, Takeshi Japan Y
493 Spirited Away 2001 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan DS
2190 Pistol Opera 2001 Suzuki, Seijun Japan Y
2270 Metropolis 2001 Rintaro Japan D
2047 Eureka 2000 Aoyama, Shinji Japan
1455 Audition 1999 Miike, Takashi South Korea / Japan D
1964 Taboo 1999 Oshima, Nagisa France / UK / Japan DS
2190 Kikujiro 1999 Kitano, Takeshi Japan Y
2256 Bangkok Dangerous 1999 Pang, Oxide Chun / Pang, Danny Thailand DUP
1313 After Life 1998 Koreeda, Hirokazu Japan D
1542 Ring 1998 Nakata, Hideo Japan D
1633 Fireworks 1997 Kitano, Takeshi Japan Y
2047 Cure 1997 Kurosawa, Kiyoshi Japan D
2227 The Eel 1997 Imamura, Shohei Japan Y
1568 Shall We Dance? 1996 Suo, Masayuki Japan Y
2285 X 1996 Rintaro Japan D
2020 Maborosi 1995 Koreeda, Hirokazu Japan Y
2047 The Most Terrible Time in My Life 1994 Hayashi, Kaizo Japan / China / Taiwan D
2279 Sonatine 1993 Kitano, Takeshi Japan D
2190 Rhapsody in August 1991 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
2200 Akira Kurosawa's Dreams 1990 Kurosawa, Akira / Honda, Ishirô Japan / USA YU
2234 Shi no Toge 1990 Oguri, Kûhei Japan
2017 Kiki's Delivery Service 1989 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan D
2279 Black Rain 1989 Imamura, Shohei Japan
1059 Grave of the Fireflies 1988 Takahata, Isao Japan Y
1911 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan / USA D
1938 Akira 1988 Ôtomo, Katsuhiro Japan DS
1964 Tetsuo: The Iron Man 1988 Tsukamoto, Shinya Japan D
2006 A Taxing Woman's Return 1988 Itami, Juzo Japan Y
1396 A Taxing Woman 1987 Itami, Juzo Japan Y
2246 Shinran: Path to Purity 1987 Mikuni, Rentaro Japan
2300 The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On 1987 Hara, Kazuo Japan
53 Ran 1985 Kurosawa, Akira Japan / France D
641 Tampopo 1985 Itami, Juzo Japan Y
1450 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985 Schrader, Paul USA D
2017 MacArthur's Children 1984 Shinoda, Masahiro Japan
2190 The Funeral 1984 Itami, Juzo Japan Y
1304 The Ballad of Narayama 1983 Imamura, Shohei Japan D
2006 The Family Game 1983 Morita, Yoshimitsu Japan
2012 Eijanaika 1981 Imamura, Shohei Japan Y
2248 Muddy River 1981 Oguri, Kôhei Japan
488 Kagemusha 1980 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
1419 Vengeance Is Mine 1979 Imamura, Shohei Japan D
1215 In the Realm of the Senses 1976 Oshima, Nagisa Japan / France Y
2248 Sandakan No. 8 1974 Kumai, Kei Japan
2017 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx 1972 Misumi, Kenji Japan D
2300 Minamata: Kanja-san to sono sekai 1972 Tsuchimoto, Noriaki Japan
2190 Narita: Heta Village 1971 Ogawa, Shinsuke Japan
2096 Dodes'ka-Den 1970 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
1976 Double Suicide 1969 Shinoda, Masahiro Japan D
2183 Boy 1969 Oshima, Nagisa Japan
1643 Death by Hanging 1968 Oshima, Nagisa Japan
2300 I, the Executioner 1968 Kato, Tai Japan
1952 Samurai Rebellion 1967 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan D
2248 Portrait of Chieko 1967 Nakamura, Noboru Japan
2300 Branded to Kill 1967 Suzuki, Seijun Japan Y
2017 Tokyo Drifter 1966 Suzuki, Seijun Japan D
2190 Red Angel 1966 Masumura, Yasuzo Japan D
2297 The Pornographers 1966 Imamura, Shohei Japan D
1503 Tokyo orimpikku 1965 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
1999 Red Beard 1965 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
390 Woman in the Dunes 1964 Teshigahara, Hiroshi Japan D
842 Kwaidan 1964 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan Y
1442 Onibaba 1964 Shindô, Kaneto Japan D
1247 High and Low 1963 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
1638 Revenge of a Kabuki Actor 1963 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
2248 Twin Sisters of Kyoto 1963 Nakamura, Noboru Japan
2264 My Enemy, The Sea 1963 Ichikawa, Kon Japan
2300 The Insect Woman 1963 Imamura, Shohei Japan
1218 An Autumn Afternoon 1962 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
1411 Chushingura 1962 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
1807 Sanjuro 1962 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
2017 The Outcast 1962 Ichikawa, Kon Japan
2246 Harakiri 1962 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan Y
261 Yojimbo 1961 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
2190 A Wife Confesses 1961 Masumura, Yasuzo Japan
2235 Human Condition III - A Soldier's Prayer 1961 Kobayashi, Masaki Japan D
2248 Immortal Love 1961 Kinoshita, Keisuke Japan
2297 Early Autumn 1961 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
1930 Night and Fog in Japan 1960 Oshima, Nagisa Japan
2122 The Island 1960 Shindô, Kaneto Japan
2123 The Bad Sleep Well 1960 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
2190 A False Student 1960 Masumura, Yasuzo Japan
2300 Subete Ga Kurutteru 1960 Suzuki, Seijun Japan
2300 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 1960 Naruse, Mikio Japan D
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189 Floating Weeds 1959 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
2017 Fires on the Plain 1959 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
2035 Good Morning 1959 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan Y
2147 Odd Obsession 1959 Ichikawa, Kon Japan Y
913 The Hidden Fortress 1958 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
2017 Enjo 1958 Ichikawa, Kon Japan
2226 Muhomatsu no issho 1958 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan
120 Throne of Blood 1957 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
2190 Kisses 1957 Masumura, Yasuzo Japan
2232 The Lower Depths 1957 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
2235 The Mysterians 1957 Honda, Ishirô Japan D
2252 Yellow Crow 1957 Gosho, Heinosuke Japan
178 The Burmese Harp 1956 Ichikawa, Kon Japan D
1818 Street of Shame 1956 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan V
1930 Flowing 1956 Naruse, Mikio Japan
1993 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island 1956 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
2235 Rodan 1956 Honda, Ishirô Japan D
2252 Roses on the Arm 1956 Kinoshita, Keisuke Japan
2300 Suzaki Paradise 1956 Kawashima, Yuzo Japan
1564 Princess Yang Kwei Fei 1955 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan / Hong Kong Y
1993 Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple 1955 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
2190 Shin heike monogatari 1955 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2252 Eyes of Children 1955 unknown Japan
2297 Floating Clouds 1955 Naruse, Mikio Japan
6 Seven Samurai 1954 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
64 Sansho the Bailiff 1954 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan D
1485 Late Chrysanthemums 1954 Naruse, Mikio Japan V
1749 Chikamatsu monogatari 1954 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
1801 Samurai I - Musashi Miyamoto 1954 Inagaki, Hiroshi Japan D
2183 The Saga of Anatahan 1954 von Sternberg, Josef Japan
2235 Godzilla 1954 Honda, Ishirô Japan DS
2252 Twenty-Four Eyes 1954 Kinoshita, Keisuke Japan D
2300 Sound of the Mountain 1954 Naruse, Mikio Japan
37 Tokyo Story 1953 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
44 Ugetsu 1953 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan D
837 Gate of Hell 1953 Kinugasa, Teinosuke Japan Y
1998 A Geisha 1953 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan Y
2235 Hiroshima 1953 Sekigawa, Hideo Japan
2235 Wild Geese 1953 Toyoda, Shirô Japan
54 Ikiru 1952 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
1439 The Life of Oharu 1952 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan Y
2017 Sisters of Nishijin 1952 Yoshimura, Kozaburo Japan
1705 Early Summer 1951 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
2222 The Idiot 1951 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
2300 Miss Oyu 1951 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
13 Rashômon 1950 Kurosawa, Akira Japan DU
2235 Scandal 1950 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
909 Late Spring 1949 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
1335 Stray Dog 1949 Kurosawa, Akira Japan Y
2300 My Love Has Been Burning 1949 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2047 Drunken Angel 1948 Kurosawa, Akira Japan D
2190 A Hen in the Wind 1948 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
1694 Utamaro and His Five Women 1946 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan Y
1749 The 47 Ronin 1941 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan D
2190 The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family 1941 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2235 Nishizumi senshacho-den 1940 Yoshimura, Kozaburo Japan
1251 The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums 1939 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan Y
2233 Gonin no Sekkohei 1938 Tasaka, Tomotaka Japan
2235 Humanity and Paper Balloons 1937 Yamanaka, Sadao Japan
2300 The Straits of Love and Hate 1937 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2047 Sisters of the Gion 1936 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan V
2190 The Only Son 1936 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2250 The New Earth 1936 Fanck, Arnold / Itami, Mansaku Japan / Germany
2300 Kochiyama soshun 1936 Yamanaka, Sadao Japan
2300 Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo 1935 Yamanaka, Sadao Japan
2085 Passing Fancy 1933 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
2235 Two Stone Lanterns 1933 Kinugasa, Teinosuke Japan
1627 I Was Born, But... 1932 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan D
2235 The Neighbor's Wife and Mine 1931 Gosho, Heinosuke Japan
2190 That Night's Wife 1930 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2235 Tokyo March 1929 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2235 Dreams of Youth 1928 Ozu, Yasujiro Japan
2235 Jujiro 1928 Kinugasa, Teinosuke Japan
2190 A Page of Madness 1926 Kinugasa, Teinosuke Japan
2235 Street Sketches 1925 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2235 Jogashima 1924 Itô, Daisuke Japan
2235 Seisaku's Wife 1924 Murata, Minoru Japan
2235 Among the Ruins 1923 Mizoguchi, Kenji Japan
2235 Taii no musume 1917 Inoue, Masao Japan
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