A Personal Toplist of Japanese Cinema

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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. 4 new

    Tôkyô boshoku

    1957 — a.k.a. Tokyo Twilight, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 9 new

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  3. 45 new

    Banshun

    1949 — a.k.a. Late Spring, in 16 top lists Check
  4. 81 new

    Bakushû

    1951 — a.k.a. Early Summer, in 9 top lists Check
  5. 105 new

    Sôshun

    1956 — a.k.a. Early Spring, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 112 new

    Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo

    1932 — a.k.a. I Was Born, But..., in 15 top lists Check
  7. 140 new

    Akibiyori

    1960 — a.k.a. Late Autumn, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 160 new

    Nagaya shinshiroku

    1947 — a.k.a. Record of a Tenement Gentleman, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 164 new

    Kohayagawa-ke no aki

    1961 — a.k.a. The End of Summer, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 166 new

    Chichi ariki

    1942 — a.k.a. There Was a Father, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 237 new

    Tôkyô no kôrasu

    1931 — a.k.a. Tokyo Chorus, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 238 new

    Toda-ke no kyôdai

    1941 — a.k.a. The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 245 new

    Ukikusa monogatari

    1934 — a.k.a. A Story of Floating Weeds, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 256 new

    Ohayô

    1959 — a.k.a. Good Morning, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 266 new

    Sanma no aji

    1962 — a.k.a. An Autumn Afternoon, in 9 top lists Check
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Last updated on Oct 8, 2022;