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Kinema Jumpo Top 100 Japanese Movies top movies seen by noa

The top 100 Japanese movies of all time as chosen by the Kinema Jumpo magazine. Top 100 Japanese movies at Kinema Jumpop

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    Tôkyô monogatari

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

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

    1950 — a.k.a. In the Woods
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    Tange Sazen yowa: Hyakuman ryo no tsubo

    1935 — a.k.a. Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
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    Taiyo o nusunda otoko

    1979 — a.k.a. The Man Who Stole the Sun
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    Kazoku gêmu

    1983 — a.k.a. The Family Game
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    Nora inu

    1949 — a.k.a. Stray Dog
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    Taifû kurabu

    1985 — a.k.a. Taifu Club
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    Ikiru

    1952 — a.k.a. Doomed
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    Suzaki paradise: Akashingo

    1956 — a.k.a. Suzaki Paradise Red Light
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    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low
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    Kiga kaikyo

    1965 — a.k.a. A Fugitive from the Past
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    Seppuku

    1962 — a.k.a. Harakiri
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    Akai satsui

    1964 — a.k.a. Murderous Instincts
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    Tôkyô orimpikku

    1965 — a.k.a. Tokyo Olympiad
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    Suna no utsuwa

    1974 — a.k.a. The Castle of Sand
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    Seishun no satetsu

    1974
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    Kaze no tani no Naushika

    1984 — a.k.a. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
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    Ninjo kami fusen

    1937 — a.k.a. Ballad of the Paper Balloons
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    Yojimbo

    1961
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    Kenka erejii

    1966 — a.k.a. The Born Fighter
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    Kamata koshin-kyoku

    1982 — a.k.a. Fall Guy
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    3-4 x jûgatsu

    1990 — a.k.a. Boiling Point
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    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953
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    Chikamatsu monogatari

    1954 — a.k.a. A Story from Chikamatsu
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    Nogiku no gotoki kimi nariki

    1955 — a.k.a. She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
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    Nagareru

    1956 — a.k.a. Flowing
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    Hakuoki

    1959 — a.k.a. Samurai Vendetta
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    Koroshi no rakuin

    1967 — a.k.a. Branded to Kill
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    Fukushû suruwa ware ni ari

    1979
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    Tsigoineruwaizen

    1980 — a.k.a. Zigeunerweisen
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    Ojôsan kanpai

    1949
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    Anjô-ke no butôkai

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

    1949 — a.k.a. Late Spring
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    Mata au hi made

    1950 — a.k.a. Till We Meet Again
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    Saikaku ichidai onna

    1952 — a.k.a. Diary of Oharu
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    Chiyari Fuji

    1955 — a.k.a. A Bloody Spear on Mount Fuji
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    Donzoko

    1957 — a.k.a. The Lower Depths
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    Harikomi

    1958 — a.k.a. The Chase
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    Ukigusa

    1959 — a.k.a. Floating Weeds
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    Ohayô

    1959 — a.k.a. Yasujiro Ozu's Good Morning
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    Dokuritsu gurentai

    1959 — a.k.a. Desperado Outpost
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    Otouto

    1960 — a.k.a. Her Brother
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    Seishun zankoku monogatari

    1960 — a.k.a. A Story of the Cruelties of Youth
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    Shitoyakana kedamono

    1962
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    Jingi naki tatakai: Dairi senso

    1973 — a.k.a. Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

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Hatix's avatar
1 month ago Hatix said:

tough to complete indeed, not just in terms of subtitles,but just finding some of these movies in quite a task.but I'm going to try to see as many of them as possible :)
pramodc84's avatar
1 month 3 weeks ago pramodc84 said:

100 = 199? ;)
MaxS's avatar
1 month 3 weeks ago MaxS said:

The name and link point to old version, it's top200 http://wildgrounds.com/index.php/2010/02/26/kinema-junpos-top-japanese-films-2009-version/
Malick663's avatar
2 months 1 week ago Malick663 said:

Do the Japanese count differently? 100 = 199?
tomsalad's avatar
3 months 3 weeks ago tomsalad said:

Maybe the toughest list to complete, considering many of these films are not available with English subs.

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