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100 Essential Japanese Films - Page 2

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One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
41
88%7.2
Onibaba (1964)
Onibaba (1964)
42
90%7.9
Onimasa
Onimasa
43
Outrage (2010)
Outrage (2010)
44
80%6.8
Owl Castle
Owl Castle
45
Pistol Opera (2001)
Pistol Opera (2001)
46
79%6.3
Pitfall (1962)
Pitfall (1962)
47
Ran (1985)
Ran (1985)
48
96%8.2
Red Beard (1965)
Red Beard (1965)
49
73%8.3
Red Lion (1969)
Red Lion (1969)
50
6.9
Samurai Assassin (1965)
Samurai Assassin (1965)
51
7.5
Samurai Banners (1969)
Samurai Banners (1969)
52
7.1
Samurai Fiction (1998)
Samurai Fiction (1998)
53
7.2
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
54
100%8.4
Samurai Spy (1965)
Samurai Spy (1965)
55
7.0
Samurai Trilogy
Samurai Trilogy
56
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
57
80%6.7
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
58
100%8.4
Sanjuro (1962)
Sanjuro (1962)
59
100%8.0
Scandal
Scandal
60
Seven Samurai (1954)
Seven Samurai (1954)
61
100%8.6
Seventeen Ninja (1963)
Seventeen Ninja (1963)
62
7.0
Shall We Dance (1937)
Shall We Dance (1937)
63
89%7.5
Shinobi No Mono
Shinobi No Mono
64
Shinsengumi
Shinsengumi
65
Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963)
Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963)
66
6.7
Sure Death
Sure Death
67
Sword of Desperation (2010)
Sword of Desperation (2010)
68
7.2
Sword of Doom
Sword of Doom
69
Sword of the Beast (1965)
Sword of the Beast (1965)
70
7.5
Sympathy for the Underdog
Sympathy for the Underdog
71
Taboo
Taboo
72
Tampopo (1985)
Tampopo (1985)
73
100%8.0
Taisho Trilogy
Taisho Trilogy
74
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
75
100%8.0
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
76
The Burmese Harp (1956)
The Burmese Harp (1956)
77
The Cure
The Cure
78
The Devil's Temple
The Devil's Temple
79
The Human Condition (Film Trilogy)
The Human Condition (Film Trilogy)
80
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