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Kinema Jumpo Top 100 Japanese Movies top movies

The top 100 Japanese movies of all time as chosen by the Kinema Jumpo magazine. — Author: iCheckMovies

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    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. The Seven Samurai
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    Ukigumo

    1955 — a.k.a. Floating Clouds
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    Kiga kaikyo

    1965 — a.k.a. A Fugitive from the Past
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    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story
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    Bakumatsu taiyoden

    1957 — a.k.a. The Sun Legend of the End of the Tokugawa Era
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    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. In the Woods
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    Akai satsui

    1964 — a.k.a. Murderous Instincts
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    Jingi naki tatakai

    1973 — a.k.a. Battles Without Honour and Humanity
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    Nijushi no hitomi

    1954 — a.k.a. Twenty-Four Eyes
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    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953
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    Ikiru

    1952 — a.k.a. Doomed
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    Saikaku ichidai onna

    1952 — a.k.a. Diary of Oharu
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    Shinkû chitai

    1952 — a.k.a. Vacuum Zone
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    Seppuku

    1962 — a.k.a. Harakiri
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    Taiyo o nusunda otoko

    1979 — a.k.a. The Man Who Stole the Sun
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    Tonari no Totoro

    1988 — a.k.a. My Neighbor Totoro
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    Doro no kawa

    1981 — a.k.a. Muddy River
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    Ninjo kami fusen

    1937 — a.k.a. Ballad of the Paper Balloons
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    Muhomatsu no issho

    1958 — a.k.a. The Rickshaw Man
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    Yojimbo

    1961
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    Kamata koshin-kyoku

    1982 — a.k.a. Fall Guy
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    Shonen

    1969 — a.k.a. Boy
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    Tsuki wa dotchi ni dete iru

    1993 — a.k.a. All Under the Moon
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    Bakushû

    1951 — a.k.a. Early Summer
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    Fukushû suruwa ware ni ari

    1979
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    Kazoku gêmu

    1983 — a.k.a. The Family Game
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    Suna no utsuwa

    1974 — a.k.a. The Castle of Sand
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    Seishun zankoku monogatari

    1960 — a.k.a. A Story of the Cruelties of Youth
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    Ningen no jôken

    1959
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    Ningen no jôken

    1959
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    Ningen no jôken

    1961
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    Mata au hi made

    1950 — a.k.a. Till We Meet Again
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    Ichijo Sayuri: Nureta yokujo

    1972
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    Kyupora no aru machi

    1962 — a.k.a. Foundry Town
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    Kenka erejii

    1966 — a.k.a. The Born Fighter
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    Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi

    1977 — a.k.a. The Yellow Handkerchief
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    Shall we dansu?

    1996 — a.k.a. Shall We Dance?
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    Nippon konchuki

    1963 — a.k.a. The Insect
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    Meoto zenzai

    1955
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    Ai o kou hito

    1998
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    Akai kami no onna

    1979
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    Enrai

    1981
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    Jingi no hakaba

    1975 — a.k.a. Graveyard of Honor
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    Sonatine

    1993 — a.k.a. Sonachine
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    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low
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    Nihon no ichiban nagai hi

    1967 — a.k.a. The Emperor and a General
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    Nihon no yoru to kiri

    1960 — a.k.a. Night and Fog in Japan
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    Yuki Yukite shingun

    1987 — a.k.a. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
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    Ryuji

    1983
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    Anjô-ke no butôkai

    1947 — a.k.a. The Ball at the Anjo House

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