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Japanese movies ALL TIME BEST 200 (KineJun readers)

By: uzaigai​jin

Here is the japanese movies top 200 according to the magazine Kinema Junpo readers.
The list is following exactly the published ranking order but few movies are still not in the database. If Lonely heart/Sabishinbō (ranked 19) wasn’t missing we would had here an accurate top 50.

Missing movies are…
19 – Lonely heart / Sabishinbō (さびんしんぼう) − 1985


50 – Where Spring Comes Late / Kazoku (家族) − 1970
56 – Kaerazaru hibi (帰らざる日々) − 1978


69 – Nuguriai (ぬぐりあい) − 1968



73 – 
W’s Tragedy / W no higeki (Wの悲劇) − 1984


76 – Gentle 12 / Jūninin no yasashii nihonjin (12人の優しい日本人) − 1991



103 – Darkness at Noon / Mahiru no ankoku (真昼の暗黒) − 1956
118 – River of the Night / Yoru no kawa (夜の河) − 1956

120 – Disciples of Hippocrates / Hipokuratesu-tachi (ヒポクラテスたち) − 1980

122 – Knockout / Doitsu naru nen (どいつなるねん) − 1989


123 – A Night in Nude / Nūdo no yoru (ヌードの夜) − 1993

134 – Give It All / Gambatte Ikimasshoi (がんばっていきまっしょい) − 1998

138 – The Family / Karei naru ichizoku (華麗なる一族) − 1974

139 – 203 Kōchi / Nihyakusan kōchi (二百三高地) − 1980

+ 21 others

 

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azbbyes

22Nov12

Yes, where is Sansho the Bailiff? My favorite.

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    Jose Cruz

    13Feb13

    Sansho the Bailiff is a quite simplistic movie. It is still very powerful, but I don't think it is as great as some people appear to believe.

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Marvin

21Aug12

I Was Born, But... is simply too low. Glad to see Naruse so well represented.

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Howard Orr

11Mar12

A list that reminds me how many awesome Japanese films there are. Although Nausicaa above Ugetsu Monogatari sticks in the throat a bit :)

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    Jose Cruz

    13Feb13

    Considering that both in the critics poll and readers poll, Miyazaki beats Mizoguchi, I don't think there is any problem with that, specially considering that Miyazaki is my favorite director. The problem is with your racism against the underappreciated artform of animation.

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    Howard Orr

    13Feb13

    Racism? Is there a race of animators? I despise racism, but your epithet is so misused its amusing. Anyway, to answer your substantive point, I love Princess Mononoke, so my "racism" (lol) is clearly selective.

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    Jose Cruz

    20Mar13

    Racism = prejudice, you selected the animated movie on the list to rant about. That's what I usually expect from someone who is prejudiced against the artform. There are several movies much worse than Nausicaa above Ugetsu. Such as Yojimbo, Battles without Honor or Humanity, High and Low and Miyazaki's own Lupin film. Nausicaa is one of my top 10 favorite movies of all time and also, Mononoke is a remake of Nausicaa which is inferior by most animation critics.

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Flo

1Sep11

Hi -- I wonder if anyone here can help. I'd like to re-watch a movie that I saw a long time ago. I don't know the title and only have the vaguest recollection of one scene from the movie -- I just remember that I thought it was great. All I remember is that it was in color and it ended with a huge fire in a time period where all the women were wearing kimono. So vague, I know, but maybe that's enough for someone here?

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