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The 40 Best Japanese Movies of All Time by Taste of Cinema

This is a list of 40 Japanese movies by Taste of Cinemas author Joao Braga. The list has more that 40 movies since The "Battles Without Honor and Humanity Saga" and "The Human Condition Trilogy" are counted as one film each.
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Seven Samurai (1954)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
2
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
3
Harakiri (1962)
Harakiri (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
4
Tokyo Story (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
5
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
6
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
7
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
8
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
9
Nobody Knows (2004)
Nobody Knows (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
10
Ugetsu (1953)
Ugetsu (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
11
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
12
Pitfall (1962)
Pitfall (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
13
Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
14
Fires on the Plain (1959)
Fires on the Plain (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
15
Like Father, Like Son (2013)
Like Father, Like Son (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
16
The Sword of Doom (1966)
The Sword of Doom (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
17
The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 1: Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 1: Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
18
The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 2: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)
The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 2: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)
19
The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 3: Proxy War (1973)
The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 3: Proxy War (1973)
20
The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 4: Police Tactics (1974)
The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 4: Police Tactics (1974)
21
The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 5: Final Episode (1974)
The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 5: Final Episode (1974)
22
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
23
The Face of Another (1966)
The Face of Another (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
24
Intentions of Murder (1964)
Intentions of Murder (1964)
25
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
26
Departures (2008)
Departures (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
27
A Fugitive From the Past (1965)
A Fugitive From the Past (1965)
28
Floating Clouds (1955)
Floating Clouds (1955)
29
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
30
The Taste of Tea (2004)
The Taste of Tea (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
31
Goyokin (1969)
Goyokin (1969)
32
The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
33
High and Low (1963)
High and Low (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
34
Tokyo Sonata (2008)
Tokyo Sonata (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
35
Children of Hiroshima (1952)
Children of Hiroshima (1952)
36
Fireworks (1997)
Fireworks (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
37
Love and Honor (2007)
Love and Honor (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
38
Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937)
Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937)
39
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   60%
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Onibaba (1964)
Onibaba (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
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