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25 Essential Japanese Films

The cinema of Japan has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2010, it was the fourth largest by number of feature films produced.
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The Face of Another (1966)
The Face of Another (1966)
1
100%7.9
Fireworks (1997)
Fireworks (1997)
2
96%7.7
Floating Weeds (1959)
Floating Weeds (1959)
3
96%7.9
Good Morning (1959)
Good Morning (1959)
4
88%7.8
Harakiri (1962)
Harakiri (1962)
5
100%8.6
High and Low (1963)
High and Low (1963)
6
95%8.4
House (1977)
House (1977)
7
90%7.3
Ikiru (1952)
Ikiru (1952)
8
98%8.3
Kwaidan (1964)
Kwaidan (1964)
9
91%7.9
Lady Snowblood (1973)
Lady Snowblood (1973)
10
100%7.7
Late Spring (1949)
Late Spring (1949)
11
100%8.2
Love Exposure (2008)
Love Exposure (2008)
12
91%8.1
Onibaba (1964)
Onibaba (1964)
13
90%7.9
Ran (1985)
Ran (1985)
14
96%8.2
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
15
98%8.2
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
16
100%8.4
Seven Samurai (1954)
Seven Samurai (1954)
17
100%8.6
Shoplifters (2018)
Shoplifters (2018)
18
99%7.9
Tampopo (1985)
Tampopo (1985)
19
100%8.0
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
20
82%6.9
Throne of Blood (1957)
Throne of Blood (1957)
21
96%8.1
Tokyo Story (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)
22
100%8.2
Ugetsu (1953)
Ugetsu (1953)
23
100%8.2
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
24
100%8.5
Yojimbo (1961)
Yojimbo (1961)
25
95%8.2
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