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The top 200 Japanese movies of all time as chosen by the Kinema Junpo magazine.

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  1. 91 new

    Nippon-koku Furuyashiki-mura

    1984 — a.k.a. A Japanese Village, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 64 -35

    Ningen no jôken

    1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 2 -1

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  4. 66 -35

    Ningen no jôken

    1961 — a.k.a. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer, in 12 top lists Check
  5. 139 -70

    Akahige

    1965 — a.k.a. Red Beard, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 16 -13

    Kiga kaikyô

    1965 — a.k.a. A Fugitive from the Past, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 65 -35

    Ningen no jôken

    1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity, in 12 top lists Check
  8. 74 -17

    Kamigami no fukaki yokubô

    1968 — a.k.a. Profound Desires of the Gods, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 19 new

    Tôkyô orinpikku

    1965 — a.k.a. Tokyo Olympiad, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 164 new

    Hakkodasan

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  11. 88 +2

    Kagemusha

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  12. 96 new

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  13. 191 new

    Riyû

    2004 — a.k.a. The Reason, in 1 top list Check
  14. 58 new

    Noriko no shokutaku

    2005 — a.k.a. Noriko's Dinner Table, in 1 top list Check
  15. 73 -27

    Nihon no ichiban nagai hi

    1967 — a.k.a. Japan's Longest Day, in 1 top list Check
  16. 6 +3

    Nijûshi no hitomi

    1954 — a.k.a. Twenty-Four Eyes, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 18 -11

    Akai satsui

    1964 — a.k.a. Intentions of Murder, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 156 new

    Shiranuikai

    1975 — a.k.a. The Shiranui Sea, in 1 top list Check
  19. 40 -28

    Saikaku ichidai onna

    1952 — a.k.a. The Life of Oharu, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 138 -36

    Suna no onna

    1964 — a.k.a. Woman in the Dunes, in 22 top lists Check
  21. 9 +6

    Taiyô wo nusunda otoko

    1979 — a.k.a. The Man Who Stole the Sun, in 1 top list Check
  22. 154 -80

    Sanrizuka: Heta buraku

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 172 new

    Rengo kantai

    1981 — a.k.a. The Imperial Navy, in 1 top list Check
  24. 162 -76

    Akuma no temari-uta

    1977 — a.k.a. The Devil's Ballad, in 1 top list Check
  25. 35 +72

    Tsigoineruwaizen

    1980 — a.k.a. Zigeunerweisen, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 13 -2

    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
  27. 20 +7

    Suna no utsuwa

    1974 — a.k.a. The Castle of Sand, in 1 top list Check
  28. 15 +30

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  29. 111 new

    Zangiku monogatari

    1939 — a.k.a. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, in 13 top lists Check
  30. 79 new

    Shinjû: Ten no Amijima

    1969 — a.k.a. Double Suicide, in 6 top lists Check
  31. 190 new

    Dare mo shiranai

    2004 — a.k.a. Nobody Knows, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 147 new

    Dodesukaden

    1970 — a.k.a. Dodes'ka-den, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 34 -9

    Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari

    1979 — a.k.a. Vengeance Is Mine, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 198 new

    Gururi no koto

    2008 — a.k.a. All Around Us, in 1 top list Check
  35. 175 -102

    Sasameyuki

    1983 — a.k.a. The Makioka Sisters, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 122 new

    Tôkyô boshoku

    1957 — a.k.a. Tokyo Twilight, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 125 -73

    Kakushi-toride no san-akunin

    1958 — a.k.a. The Hidden Fortress, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 107 new

    Kappa no Kû to natsuyasumi

    2007 — a.k.a. Summer Days with Coo, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 199 new

    Yami no kodomo-tachi

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  40. 42 new

    Donzoko

    1957 — a.k.a. The Lower Depths, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 184 -147

    Shall we dansu?

    1996 — a.k.a. Shall We Dance?, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 1 +3

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  43. 181 new

    Seishun dendekedekedeke

    1992 — a.k.a. The Rocking Horsemen, in 1 top list Check
  44. 186 new

    Gakko III

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  45. 17 -3

    Seppuku

    1962 — a.k.a. Hara-Kiri, in 16 top lists Check
  46. 168 -98

    Eki

    1981 — a.k.a. Station, in 1 top list Check
  47. 52 +8

    Seishun no satsujinsha

    1976 — a.k.a. The Youth Killer, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 194 new

    Kiraware Matsuko no isshô

    2006 — a.k.a. Memories of Matsuko, in 1 top list Check
  49. 197 new

    Okuribito

    2008 — a.k.a. Departures, in 8 top lists Check
  50. 104 new

    Tasogare Seibei

    2002 — a.k.a. The Twilight Samurai, in 10 top lists Check
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