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50 Essential Movies From Japan

50 Essential Movies From Japan Or: A Crash Course in Japanese Cinema. This list focusses largely on two big aspects of Japanese cinema, the anime and the samurai, with a bit of J-horror, Yakuza, and of course, the Jidaigeki. Some series were represented by the first entry (Lone Wolf & Cub, Female Prisoner Scorpion) while certain trilogies just deserved to be featured in their entirety (Samurai, The Human Condition).
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Akira (1988)
Akira (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
2
Audition (1999)
Audition (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
3
Battle Royale (2000)
Battle Royale (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
4
Blade of the Immortal (2017)
Blade of the Immortal (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
5
Cops vs. Thugs (1975)
Cops vs. Thugs (1975)
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Cure (1997)
Cure (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
7
Dark Water (2002)
Dark Water (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
8
Drunken Angel (1948)
Drunken Angel (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
9
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
10
Fireworks (1997)
Fireworks (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
11
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
12
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
13
Harakiri (1962)
Harakiri (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
14
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
15
High and Low (1963)
High and Low (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
16
House (1977)
House (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
17
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
18
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
19
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
20
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
21
Ikiru (1952)
Ikiru (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
22
Kuroneko (1968)
Kuroneko (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
23
Kwaidan (1964)
Kwaidan (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
24
Lady Snowblood (1973)
Lady Snowblood (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
25
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
26
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
27
Onibaba (1964)
Onibaba (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
28
Perfect Blue (1997)
Perfect Blue (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
29
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
30
Pulse (2001)
Pulse (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
31
Ran (1985)
Ran (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
32
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
33
Ringu (1998)
Ringu (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
34
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
35
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
36
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
37
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
38
Seven Samurai (1954)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
39
Shoplifters (2018)
Shoplifters (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
40
Sonatine (1993)
Sonatine (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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