A Personal Toplist of Japanese Cinema
Created by Mochizuki Rokuro.
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This is my personal toplist of Japanese films. I compiled it from +/- 1400 Japanese feature films and documentaries I watched so far. All titles received a rating of at least 8 out of 10.
The edition presented here is the December 2022-version of this list. It's the 5th update since the original list consisting of 300 titles was published on the Dutch website MovieMeter in June 2015.
These are the fourteen new entries since the previous edition (May 2021):
078 | Confessions of a Dog
121 | The 47 Ronin
172 | Monsters Club
180 | Riverside Mukolitta
187 | True Mothers
198 | Moon Child
203 | Drive My Car
213 | Ora, Ora, Be Goin' Alone
218 | Goodbye, DonGlees!
236 | Remain in Twilight
254 | Miyamoto Musashi
288 | Sketches of Kaitan City
294 | The Family Game
296 | Miyamoto Musashi II - Duel at Ichiyo-ji Temple
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1 new
Distance
2001, in 1 top list Check -
2 new
Erosu purasu gyakusatsu
1969 — a.k.a. Eros + Massacre, in 3 top lists Check -
3 new
Gedo
1998 — a.k.a. The Outer Way, in 0 top lists Check -
4 new
Tôkyô boshoku
1957 — a.k.a. Tokyo Twilight, in 5 top lists Check -
5 new
Ôinaru gen'ei
1999 — a.k.a. Barren Illusions, in 0 top lists Check -
6 new
Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari
1979 — a.k.a. Vengeance Is Mine, in 10 top lists Check -
7 new
Tsuitô no zawameki
1988 — a.k.a. Noisy Requiem, in 1 top list Check -
8 new
Kamigami no fukaki yokubô
1968 — a.k.a. Profound Desires of the Gods, in 6 top lists Check -
9 new
Tôkyô monogatari
1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check -
10 new
Akai satsui
1964 — a.k.a. Intentions of Murder, in 3 top lists Check -
11 new
Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Shito shinsei
1997 — a.k.a. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth, in 0 top lists Check -
12 new
Tenshi no tamago
1985 — a.k.a. Angel's Egg, in 4 top lists Check -
13 new
Dare mo shiranai
2004 — a.k.a. Nobody Knows, in 8 top lists Check -
14 new
Vaiburêta
2003 — a.k.a. Vibrator, in 1 top list Check -
15 new
Akarui mirai
2002 — a.k.a. Bright Future, in 3 top lists Check -
16 new
Soko nomi nite hikari kagayaku
2014 — a.k.a. The Light Shines Only There, in 1 top list Check -
17 new
Sho o suteyo machi e deyô
1971 — a.k.a. Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets, in 4 top lists Check -
18 new
Kishibe no tabi
2015 — a.k.a. Journey to the Shore, in 2 top lists Check -
19 new
Riri Shushu no subete
2001 — a.k.a. All About Lily Chou-Chou, in 3 top lists Check -
20 new
Eri Eri rema sabakutani
2005, in 0 top lists Check -
21 new
Mujô
1970 — a.k.a. This Transient Life, in 5 top lists Check -
22 new
Love & Pop
1998, in 0 top lists Check -
23 new
Gururi no koto
2008 — a.k.a. All Around Us, in 1 top list Check -
24 new
Jôen
1967 — a.k.a. The Affair, in 0 top lists Check -
25 new
Tsigoineruwaizen
1980 — a.k.a. Zigeunerweisen, in 3 top lists Check -
26 new
Sharasôju
2003, in 4 top lists Check -
27 new
Nippon konchûki
1963 — a.k.a. The Insect Woman, in 8 top lists Check -
28 new
Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Air/Magokoro...
1997 — a.k.a. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion, in 8 top lists Check -
29 new
Kumo no mukô, yakusoku no basho
2004 — a.k.a. The Place Promised in Our Early Days, in 1 top list Check -
30 new
Minazuki
1999, in 0 top lists Check -
31 new
Shussho Iwai
1971 — a.k.a. The Wolves, in 0 top lists Check -
32 new
Akunin
2010 — a.k.a. Villain, in 1 top list Check -
33 new
Kizzu ritân
1996 — a.k.a. Kids Return, in 1 top list Check -
34 new
Kairo
2001 — a.k.a. Pulse, in 5 top lists Check -
35 new
Ginga-tetsudô no yoru
1985 — a.k.a. Kenji Miyazawa's Night on the Galactic Railroad, in 2 top lists Check -
36 new
Aruitemo aruitemo
2008 — a.k.a. Still Walking, in 7 top lists Check -
37 new
Dolls
2002, in 1 top list Check -
38 new
Kôkaku Kidôtai
1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check -
39 new
Hana-bi
1997 — a.k.a. Fireworks, in 11 top lists Check -
40 new
Saikaku ichidai onna
1952 — a.k.a. The Life of Oharu, in 12 top lists Check -
41 new
Yami no kânibaru
1981 — a.k.a. Carnival in the Night, in 0 top lists Check -
42 new
Hana to dotô
1964 — a.k.a. The Flowers and the Angry Waves, in 0 top lists Check -
43 new
Taiyô no hakaba
1960 — a.k.a. The Sun's Burial, in 1 top list Check -
44 new
Haze
2005, in 0 top lists Check -
45 new
Banshun
1949 — a.k.a. Late Spring, in 16 top lists Check -
46 new
Ran
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
47 new
Evangelion Shin Gekijôban: Jo
2007 — a.k.a. Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone, in 1 top list Check -
48 new
Tengoku to jigoku
1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check -
49 new
Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta
1986 — a.k.a. Castle in the Sky, in 10 top lists Check -
50 new
Wandafuru raifu
1998 — a.k.a. After Life, in 9 top lists Check
Last updated on Oct 8, 2022;