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Films: Genre: Japan

  1. The 47 Ronin (Mizoguchi Kenji, 1942, 7)
  2. After Life (Koreeda Hirokazu, 1998, 7)
  3. Assassination (Shinoda Masahiro, 1964, 9)
  4. Audition (Miike Takashi, 1999, 7)
  5. Ballad of Narayama (Imamura Shohei, 1982, 8)
  6. Battle Royale (Fukasaku Kinji, 2000, 9)
  7. Black Cat's Revenge (Ishii Teruo, 1970, 7)
  8. Black Tight Killers (Hasebe Yasuharu, 1966, 4)
  9. Blue Spring (Toyoda Toshiaki, 2001, 7)
  10. Castle Orgies (Hayashi Isao, 1971, 2)
  11. The Ceiling at Utsunomiya (Nakagawa Nobuo, 1956, 6)
  12. Chushingura (Inagaki Hiroshi, 1962, 9)
  13. Cruel Story of Youth (Oshima Nagisa, 1960, 6)
  14. Daimajin (Yasuda Kimiyoshi, 1966, 7)
  15. Dear Summer Sister (Oshima Nagisa, 1972, 4)
  16. Dersu Uzala (Kurosawa Akira, Japan & Soviet Union, 1974, 8)
  17. Double Suicide (Shinoda Masahiro, 1969, 10)
  18. Dreams (Kurosawa Akira, 1990, 8)
  19. Full Metal Yakuza (Miike Takashi, 1997, 6)
  20. A Geisha (Mizoguchi Kenji, 1953, 8)
  21. Getting Any? (Kitano Takeshi, 1995, 1)
  22. The Ghost Cat of Otama Pond (Ishikawa Yoshiro, 1960, 8)
  23. The Ghost of Kasane (Nakagawa Nobuo, 1957, 6)
  24. Ghost Story of Broken Dishes at Bancho Mansion (Kono Toshikazu, 1957, 6)
  25. Ghost Story of Yotsuya (Nakagawa Nobuo, 1959, 7)
  26. Go-Con! Japanese Love Culture (Shintani Nobuyuki, 2000, 5)
  27. Harakiri (Kobayashi Masaki, 1962, 8)
  28. Heaven and Earth (Kadokawa Haruki, 1990, 2)
  29. The Hidden Fortress (Kurosawa Akira, 1962, 8)
  30. High and Low (Kurosawa Akira, 1963, 7)
  31. Hunter in the Dark (Gosha Hideo, 1979, 7)
  32. Ikiru (Kurosawa Akira, 1952, 10)
  33. Incident at Blood Pass (Inagaki Hiroshi, 1970, 7)
  34. Kagemusha (Kurosawa Akira, 1980, 7)
  35. Kill! (Okamoto Kihachi, 1968, 8)
  36. Kwaidan (Kobayashi Masaki, 1965, 7)
  37. Lady Snowblood (Fujita Toshiya, 1973, 7)
  38. Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (Fujita Toshiya, 1974, 5)
  39. The Lady Vampire (Nakagawa Nobuo, 1959, 3)
  40. Ley Lines (Miike Takashi, 1999, 7)
  41. Life of Oharu (Mizoguchi Kenji, 1952, 8)
  42. Masseur Ichi and the Chest of Gold (Ikehiro Kazuo, 1964, 7)
  43. Miyamoto Musashi 1: Zen and Sword (Uchida Tomu, 1961, 7)
  44. Miyamoto Musashi 2: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (Uchida Tomu, 1962, 5)
  45. The Mystery of Rampo (Okuyama Kazuyoshi, 1994, 9)
  46. Non-Stop (Tanaka Hiroyuki, 1996, 7)
  47. An Obsession (Aoyama Shinji, 1997, 5)
  48. Onibaba (Shindō Kaneto, 1964, 6)
  49. The Perfect Education 2: 40 Days of Love (Nishiyama Yoichi, 2001, 3)
  50. Princess Yang Kwei Fei (Mizoguchi Kenji, 1955, 8)
  51. Rainy Dog (Miike Takashi, 1997, 6)
  52. Ran (Kurosawa Akira, Japan & France, 1985, 10)
  53. Rashomon (Kurosawa Akira, 1950, 7)
  54. The Razor 1: Sword of Justice (Misumi Kenji, 1972, 6)
  55. The Razor 3: Who's Got the Gold? (Inoue Yoshio, 1974, 7)
  56. Red Beard (Kurosawa Akira, 1965, 10)
  57. Red Lion (Okamoto Kihachi, 1969, 6)
  58. Return of Daimajin (Mori Issei, 1966, 90 mins)
  59. Rhapsody in August (Kurosawa Akira, 1991, 8)
  60. Rise Against the Sword (Inagaki Hiroshi, 1966, 7)
  61. Sabu (Miike Takashi, 2002, 8)
  62. Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto (Inagaki Hiroshi, 1954, 9)
  63. Samurai 2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (Inagaki Hiroshi, 1955, 9)
  64. Samurai 3: Duel at Ganryu Island (Inagaki Hiroshi, 1956, 9)
  65. Samurai Assassin (Okamoto Kihachi, 1965, 7)
  66. Samurai Banners (Inagaki Hiroshi, 1969, 8)
  67. Samurai Fiction (Nakano Hiroyuki, 1998, 7)
  68. Samurai Rebellion (Kobayashi Masaki, 1967, 8)
  69. Samurai Spy (Shinoda Masahiro, 1965, 6)
  70. Sanjuro (Kurosawa Akira, 1962, 9)
  71. Sansho the Bailiff (Mizoguchi Kenji, 1954, 8)
  72. Scandal (Kurosawa Akira, 1950, 5)
  73. Seven Samurai (Kurosawa Akira, 1954, 10)
  74. Shinjuku Triad Society (Miike Takashi, 1995, 7)
  75. The Silk Road (Sato Junya, China & Japan, 1988, 3)
  76. A Snake of June (Tsukamoto Shinya, 2002, 8)
  77. Stray Dog (Kurosawa Akira, 1949, 7)
  78. Street of Shame (Mizoguchi Kenji, 1956, 7)
  79. Sugar: Howling of Angel (Ishiyama Akinobu, 1996, 3)
  80. Suicide Club (Sono Shion, Japan, 2002, 6)
  81. The Sun's Burial (Oshima Nagisa, 1960, 7)
  82. Sword of Doom (Okamoto Kihachi, 1966, 8)
  83. Tales of the Taira Clan (Mizoguchi Kenji, 1955, 6)
  84. Tales of the Unusual (Ochiai Masayuki & others, 2000, 7)
  85. Throne of Blood (Kurosawa Akira, 1957, 8)
  86. Tokyo Story (Ozu Yasujiro, 1963, 7)
  87. Ugetsu (Mizoguchi Kenji, 1953, 9)
  88. Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (Shinoda Masahiro, 1975, 8)
  89. Utamaro and His Five Women (Mizoguchi Kenji, 1946, 7)
  90. Violence at High Noon (Oshima Nagisa, 1966, 8)
  91. Virus / Day of Resurrection (Fukasaku Kinji, 1980, 7)
  92. Whiteout (Wakamatsu Setsurou, 2000, 5)
  93. Woman of Water (Sugimori Hidenori, 2002, 4)
  94. Wrath of Daimajin (Misumi Kenji, 1966, 7)
  95. Yojimbo (Kurosawa Akira, 1961, 9)
  96. Young Thugs: Innocent Blood (Miike Takashi, 1997, 6)
  97. Young Thugs: Nostalgia (Miike Takashi, 1998, 8)
  98. Zipang (Hayashi Kaizo, 1992, 4)