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Kinema Junpo's Top Japanese Films

A list created by sleestakk

Kinema Junpo is a Japanese film magazine that started in 1919. Every decade they compile the top 100 or so Japanese films of all time. This is the top 100 from the list published in 2009. Note: because of how they did the tiers, I will include all 198 films.

Oddly after the first 25 or so films, the group the list into tiers beginning with the earliest films and working towards more recent films. After each tier this process starts again. So all the films they have selected will be entered here.

Movies on Kinema Junpo's Top Japanese Films List
Rank	Title	Director(s)	Year Released
1	Tokyo Story	Yasujirō Ozu	1953
2	Seven Samurai	Akira Kurosawa	1954
3	Floating Clouds	Mikio Naruse	1955
4	Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era, A	Yuzo Kawashima	1957
5	Battles Without Honor and Humanity	Kinji Fukasaku	1973
6	Twenty-Four Eyes	Keisuke Kinoshita	1954
7	Rashomon	Akira Kurosawa	1950
8	Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo	Sadao Yamanaka	1935
9	Man Who Stole the Sun, The	Kazuhiko Hasegawa	1979
10	Family Game, The	Yoshimitsu Morita	1983
11	Stray Dog	Akira Kurosawa	1949
12	Typhoon Club	Shinji Sômai	1985
13	Ikiru	Akira Kurosawa	1952
14	Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District	Yuzo Kawashima	1956
15	High and Low	Akira Kurosawa	1963
16	Fugitive from the Past, A	Tomu Uchida	1965
17	Harakiri	Masaki Kobayashi	1962
18	Intentions of Murder	Shōhei Imamura	1964
19	Tokyo Olympiad	Kon Ichikawa	1965
20	Castle of Sand, The	Yoshitaro Nomura	1974
21	Bitterness of Youth	Tatsumi Kumashiro	1974
22	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	Hayao Miyazaki	1984
23	Humanity and Paper Balloons	Sadao Yamanaka	1937
24	Yojimbo	Akira Kurosawa	1961
25	Fighting Elegy	Seijun Suzuki	1966
26	Fall Guy	Kinji Fukasaku	1982
27	Boiling Point	Takeshi Kitano	1990
28	Ugetsu	Kenji Mizoguchi	1953
29	Crucified Lovers, The	Kenji Mizoguchi	1954
30	She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum	Keisuke Kinoshita	1955
31	Flowing	Mikio Naruse	1956
32	Samurai Vendetta	Kazuo Mori	1959
33	Branded to Kill	Seijun Suzuki	1967
34	Vengeance Is Mine	Shōhei Imamura	1979
35	Zigeunerweisen	Seijun Suzuki	1980
36	Here's to the Young Lady	Keisuke Kinoshita	1949
37	Ball at the Anjo House, The	Kôzaburô Yoshimura	1947
38	Late Spring	Yasujirō Ozu	1949
39	Till We Meet Again	Tadashi Imai	1950
40	Life of Oharu, The	Kenji Mizoguchi	1952
41	Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji	Tomu Uchida	1955
42	Lower Depths, The	Akira Kurosawa	1957
43	Stakeout	Yoshitaro Nomura	1958
44	Floating Weeds	Yasujirō Ozu	1959
45	Good Morning	Yasujirō Ozu	1959
46	Desperado Outpost	Kihachi Okamoto	1959
47	Her Brother	Kon Ichikawa	1960
48	Cruel Story of Youth	Nagisa Ōshima	1960
49	Elegant Beast	Yuzo Kawashima	1962
50	Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War	Kinji Fukasaku	1973
51	Wanderers, The	Kon Ichikawa	1973
52	Youth Killer, The	Kazuhiko Hasegawa	1976
53	Muddy River	Kôhei Oguri	1981
54	Funeral, The	Juzo Itami	1984
55	Fire Festival	Mitsuo Yanagimachi	1985
56	My Neighbor Totoro	Hayao Miyazaki	1988
57	Cure	Kiyoshi Kurosawa	1997
58	Noriko's Dinner Table	Sion Sono	2005
59	I Was Born, But...	Yasujirō Ozu	1932
60	What Did the Lady Forget?	Yasujirō Ozu	1937
61	Singing Lovebirds	Masahiro Makino	1939
62	Life of Matsu the Untamed, The	Hiroshi Inagaki	1943
63	Carmen Comes Home	Keisuke Kinoshita	1951
64	Human Condition I: No Greater Love, The	Masaki Kobayashi	1959
65	Human Vapor, The	Ishirō Honda	1960
66	Sanjuro	Akira Kurosawa	1962
67	Insect Woman, The	Shōhei Imamura	1963
68	Pale Flower	Masahiro Shinoda	1964
69	Yearning	Mikio Naruse	1964
70	Tokyo Drifter	Seijun Suzuki	1966
71	Japan's Longest Day	Kihachi Okamoto	1967
72	Profound Desires of the Gods	Shōhei Imamura	1968
73	Human Bullet, The	Kihachi Okamoto	1968
74	Big Time Gambling Boss	Kôsaku Yamashita	1968
75	I, the Executioner	Tai Katô	1968
76	Boy	Nagisa Ōshima	1969
77	Double Suicide	Masahiro Shinoda	1969
78	It's Tough Being a Man	Yôji Yamada	1969
79	Take Care, Red Riding Hood	Shirô Moritani	1970
80	Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return	Tai Katô	1970
81	Kaoyaku	Shintarō Katsu	1971
82	Wet Sand in August	Toshiya Fujita	1971
83	Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers	Kinji Fukasaku	1972
84	Secret Chronicle: She Beast Market	Noboru Tanaka	1974
85	Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro	Hayao Miyazaki	1979
86	Kagemusha	Akira Kurosawa	1980
87	Crazy Thunder Road	Gakuryuu Ishii	1980
88	Crazed Fruit	Kichitaro Negishi	1981
89	Furuyashiki: A Japanese Village	Shinsuke Ogawa	1982
90	P. P. Rider	Shinji Sômai	1983
91	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Nagisa Ōshima	1983
92	Little Girl Who Conquered Time, The	Nobuhiko Ōbayashi	1983
93	Love Hotel	Shinji Sômai	1985
94	Ran	Akira Kurosawa	1985
95	No More Comics!	Yojiro Takita	1986
96	Castle in the Sky	Hayao Miyazaki	1986
97	Tetsuo: The Iron Man	Shinya Tsukamoto	1989
98	Moving	Shinji Sômai	1993
99	Sonatine	Takeshi Kitano	1993
100	Kids Return	Takeshi Kitano	1996
101	Crayon Shin-chan: The Adult Empire Strikes Back	Keiichi Hara	2001
102	Twilight Samurai, The	Yôji Yamada	2002
103	Bright Future	Kiyoshi Kurosawa	2003
104	Ramblers	Nobuhiro Yamashita	2003
105	Summer Days with Coo	Keiichi Hara	2007
106	Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode	Daisuke Itô	1927
107	Akanishi Kakita	Mansaku Itami	1936
108	Sisters of the Gion	Kenji Mizoguchi	1936
109	Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, The	Kenji Mizoguchi	1939
110	Sanshiro Sugata	Akira Kurosawa	1943
111	I Saw a Phantom Fish	Daisuke Itô	1950
112	Early Summer	Yasujirō Ozu	1951
113	Lightning	Mikio Naruse	1952
114	Mother	Mikio Naruse	1952
115	Jirocho Rises in Fame	Masahiro Makino	1952
116	Godzilla	Ishirō Honda	1954
117	Street of Shame	Kenji Mizoguchi	1956
118	Crazed Fruit	Kô Nakahira	1956
119	Throne of Blood	Akira Kurosawa	1957
120	Tokyo Twilight	Yasujirō Ozu	1957
121	Eagle and the Hawk, The	Umetsugu Inoue	1957
122	Conflagration	Kon Ichikawa	1958
123	Hidden Fortress, The	Akira Kurosawa	1958
124	Ghost of Yotsuya, The	Nobuo Nakagawa	1959
125	Late Autumn	Yasujirō Ozu	1960
126	When a Woman Ascends the Stairs	Mikio Naruse	1960
127	Hito mo arukeba	Yuzo Kawashima	1960
128	Ten Dark Women	Kon Ichikawa	1961
129	Last War, The	Shûe Matsubayashi	1961
130	Wife Confesses, A	Yasuzô Masumura	1961
131	Foundry Town	Kirio Urayama	1962
132	Destiny's Son	Kenji Misumi	1962
133	Broken Commandment, The	Kon Ichikawa	1962
134	Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman, The	Kihachi Okamoto	1963
135	13 Assassins	Eiichi Kudo	1963
136	Woman in the Dunes	Hiroshi Teshigahara	1964
137	Red Beard	Akira Kurosawa	1965
138	Seisaku's Wife	Yasuzô Masumura	1965
139	Story of a Prostitute	Seijun Suzuki	1965
140	Certain Killer, A	Kazuo Mori	1967
141	Velvet Hustler	Toshio Masuda	1967
142	Colt Is My Passport, A	Takashi Nomura	1967
143	Tora-san's Cherished Mother	Yôji Yamada	1969
144	Go, Go Second Time Virgin	Kōji Wakamatsu	1969
145	Violence Without a Cause	Kōji Wakamatsu	1969
146	Dodes'ka-den	Akira Kurosawa	1970
147	Attack at Daylight	Kiyoshi Nishimura	1970
148	Minamata: The Victims and Their World	Noriaki Tsuchimoto	1971
149	Morning Schedule, The	Susumu Hani	1972
150	Night of the Felines	Noboru Tanaka	1972
151	Did the Red Bird Escape?	Toshiya Fujita	1973
152	Tora-san's Forget Me Not	Yôji Yamada	1973
153	Sanrizuka: Heta Village	Shinsuke Ogawa	1973
154	Red Light District: Gonna Get Out	Tatsumi Kumashiro	1974
155	Shiranui Sea, The	Noriaki Tsuchimoto	1975
156	Graveyard of Honor	Kinji Fukasaku	1975
157	Preparation for the Festival	Kazuo Kuroki	1975
158	In the Realm of the Senses	Nagisa Ōshima	1976
159	Lullaby of the Earth	Yasuzô Masumura	1976
160	House	Nobuhiko Ōbayashi	1977
161	Lullaby to Kill	Kon Ichikawa	1977
162	Shinjuku Midare Machi: Ikumade Matte	Chûsei Sone	1977
163	Mount Hakkoda	Shirô Moritani	1977
164	Rape! 13th Hour	Yasuharu Hasebe	1977
165	Third Base	Yōichi Higashi	1978
166	Path of the Beast	Tatsumi Kumashiro	1980
167	Station	Yasuo Furuhata	1981
168	Attacked Woman	Banmei Takahashi	1981
169	Angel Guts: Red Porno	Toshiharu Ikeda	1981
170	Something Like It	Yoshimitsu Morita	1981
171	Imperial Navy, The	Shûe Matsubayashi	1981
172	I Are You, You Am Me	Nobuhiko Ōbayashi	1982
173	Burst City	Gakuryuu Ishii	1982
174	Makioka Sisters, The	Kon Ichikawa	1983
175	One Who Died in Vain	Kazuyuki Izutsu	1986
176	Sea and Poison, The	Kei Kumai	1986
177	Violent Cop	Takeshi Kitano	1989
178	Sting of Death, The	Kôhei Oguri	1990
179	Scene at the Sea, A	Takeshi Kitano	1991
180	Rocking Horsemen, The	Nobuhiko Ōbayashi	1992
181	Tetsuo II: Body Hammer	Shinya Tsukamoto	1992
182	All Under the Moon	Yôichi Sai	1993
183	Shall We Dance?	Masayuki Suo	1996
184	Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment	Jun Ichikawa	1996
185	Class to Remember III: The New Voyage, A	Yôji Yamada	1998
186	Face	Junji Sakamoto	2000
187	Kaza-hana	Shinji Sômai	2001
188	Swing Girls	Shinobu Yaguchi	2004
189	Nobody Knows	Hirokazu Kore-eda	2004
190	Motive, The	Nobuhiko Ōbayashi	2004
191	Pacchigi!	Kazuyuki Izutsu	2005
192	Who's Camus Anyway?	Mitsuo Yanagimachi	2005
193	Memories of Matsuko	Tetsuya Nakashima	2006
194	Hula Girls	Lee Sang-il	2006
195	What the Snow Brings	Kichitaro Negishi	2005
196	Departures	Yojiro Takita	2008
197	All Around Us	Ryosuke Hashiguchi	2008
198	Children of the Dark	Junji Sakamoto	2008