Japanese Cinema of the 1980's

By: Frank W

A work in progress.

List so far
Typhoon Club (1985, Somai)
The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On (1987, Hara)
Fire Festival (1985, Yanagimachi)
Heart, Beating in the Dark (1982, Nagasaki)
My Neighbour, Totoro (1988, Miyazaki)
Zigeunerweisen (1980, Suzuki)
Grave of Fireflies (1988, Takahata)
Kageroza (1981, Suzuki)
Ran (1985, Kurosawa)
Muddy River (1981, Oguri)
The Family Game (1983, Morita)
Ososhiki (1984, Itami)
Black Rain (1989, Imamura)
Tampopo (1985, Itami)
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983, Oshima)
The Human Promise (1986, Yoshida)
Castle in the Sky (1996, Miyazaki)
Antonio Gaudi (1984, Teshigahara)
Tetsuo (1989, Tsukamoto)
A Taxing Woman (1987, Itami)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985, Schrader)
Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989, Miyazaki)
Kagemusha (1980, Kurosawa)
The Ballad of Narayama (1983, Imamura)
Wuthering Heights (1988, Yoshida)
The Crazy Family (1984, Ishii)

• 01
  Typhoon Club
  Shinji Sômai
• 02
  The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
  Kazuo Hara
• 03
  Himatsuri: Fire Festival
  Mitsuo Yanagimachi
• 04
  Heart, Beating in the Dark
  Shunichi Nagasaki
• 05
  My Neighbor Totoro
  Hayao Miyazaki
• 06
  Zigeunerweisen
  Seijun Suzuki
• 07
  Grave of the Fireflies
  Isao Takahata
• 08
  Heat-Haze Theatre
  Seijun Suzuki
• 09
  Ran
  Akira Kurosawa
• 10
  Muddy River
  Kôhei Oguri
• 11
  The Family Game
  Yoshimitsu Morita
• 12
  The Funeral
  Jûzô Itami
• 13
  Black Rain
  Shôhei Imamura
• 14
  Tampopo
  Jûzô Itami
• 15
  Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
  Nagisa Ôshima
• 16
  The Human Promise
  Yoshishige Yoshida
• 17
  Castle in the Sky
  Hayao Miyazaki
• 18
  Antonio Gaudí
  Hiroshi Teshigahara
• 19
  Tetsuo, the Iron Man
  Shin'ya Tsukamoto
• 20
  A Taxing Woman
  Jûzô Itami
• 21
  Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
  Paul Schrader
• 22
  Kiki's Delivery Service
  Hayao Miyazaki
• 23
  Kagemusha
  Akira Kurosawa
• 24
  Ballad of Narayama
  Shôhei Imamura
• 25
  Wuthering Heights
  Yoshishige Yoshida
• 26
  The Crazy Family
  Sogo Ishii