Best Japanese Movies of all time
Top rated Movies Made in Japan on Filmaffinity with +500 votes
Masaki Kobayashi
- Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentarô Mikuni, Akira Ishihama ...
Akira Kurosawa
- Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba ...
Akira Kurosawa
- Toshirô Mifune, Kyôko Kagawa, Yutaka Sada ...
Akira Kurosawa
- Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Yoshio Tsuchiya ...
Masaki Kobayashi
- Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yusuke Kawazu ...
Kenji Mizoguchi
- Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayaki, Kyôko Kagawa ...
Akira Kurosawa
- Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyôko Seki ...
Yasujirō Ozu
- Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara ...
Masaki Kobayashi
- Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Go Kato ...
Kenji Mizoguchi
- Machiko Kyô, Mitsuko Mito, Kinuyo Tanaka ...
Hiroshi Teshigahara
- Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida, Hiroko Ito ...
Hayao Miyazaki
- Animation
Akira Kurosawa
- Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura ...
Masaki Kobayashi
- Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Kei Sato ...
Masaki Kobayashi
- Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Ineko Arima ...
Yasujirō Ozu
- Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Hohi Aoki ...
Akira Kurosawa
- Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu ...
Yasujirō Ozu
- Ineko Arima, Kamatari Fujiwara, Setsuko Hara ...
Kenji Mizoguchi
- Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichiro Sugai ...
Akira Kurosawa
- Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori ...
Mikio Naruse
- Hideko Takamine, Yûzô Kayama, Mitsuko Kusabue ...
Kenji Mizoguchi
- Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô ...
Isao Takahata
- Animation
Akira Kurosawa
- Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa ...
Kenji Mizoguchi
- Shotaro Hanayagi, Kakuko Mori, Kôkichi Takada ...
Hayao Miyazaki
- Animation
Kenji Mizoguchi
- Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao ...
Yasujirō Ozu
- Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Chikage Awashima ...
Kinuyo Tanaka
- Yumeji Tsukioka, Ryoji Hayama, Junkichi Orimoto ...
Yasujirō Ozu
- Ganjiro Nakamura, Haruko Sugimura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi ...
![Harakiri](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/seppuku_harakiri-539847961-msmall.jpg)
Harakiri (1962)
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![Seven Samurai](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/shichinin_no_samurai_seven_samurai-963939986-msmall.jpg)
Seven Samurai (1954)
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![High and Low](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/tengoku_to_jigoku-303287920-msmall.jpg)
High and Low (1963)
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![Red Beard](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/akahige-511743716-msmall.jpg)
Red Beard (1965)
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![The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/ningen_no_joken_iii_the_human_condition_iii_a_soldier_s_prayer-519470491-msmall.jpg)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
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![Sansho the Bailiff](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/sansho_dayu_sansho_the_bailiff-316828809-msmall.jpg)
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
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![To Live](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/ikiru-577231419-msmall.jpg)
To Live (1952)
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![Tokyo Story](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/tokyo_monogatari_aka_tokyo_story-544291812-msmall.jpg)
Tokyo Story (1953)
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![Samurai Rebellion](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/joi_uchi_hairyo_tsuma_shimatsu_samurai_rebellion-634678333-msmall.jpg)
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
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![Tales of Ugetsu](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/ugetsu_monogatari_tales_of_a_pale_and_mysterious_moon_after_the_rain-329307481-msmall.jpg)
Tales of Ugetsu (1953)
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![Woman in the Dunes](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/suna_no_onna_woman_in_the_dunes-825837663-msmall.jpg)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
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![Spirited Away](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/sen_to_chihiro_no_kamikakushi-348587850-msmall.jpg)
Spirited Away (2001)
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![Throne of Blood](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/kumonosu_jo_throne_of_blood-739537784-msmall.jpg)
Throne of Blood (1957)
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![The Human Condition II: The Road to Eternity](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/ningen_no_joken_ii_the_human_condition_ii_the_road_to_eternity-602654552-msmall.jpg)
The Human Condition II: The Road to Eternity (1959)
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![The Human Condition I: No Greater Love](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/ningen_no_joken_i_the_human_condition_i_no_greater_love-697038788-msmall.jpg)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
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![Late Spring](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/banshun_late_spring-429563919-msmall.jpg)
Late Spring (1949)
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![Ran](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/ran-397228667-msmall.jpg)
Ran (1985)
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![Tokyo Twilight](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/tokyo_boshoku-672034287-msmall.jpg)
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
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![The Life of Oharu](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/saikaku_ichidai_onna_the_life_of_oharu-899190322-msmall.jpg)
The Life of Oharu (1952)
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![Rashomon](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/rashomon-166287858-msmall.jpg)
Rashomon (1950)
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![Yearning](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/midareru-484076712-msmall.jpg)
Yearning (1964)
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![The Crucified Lovers](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/chikamatsu_monogatari_the_crucified_lovers-107313775-msmall.jpg)
The Crucified Lovers (1954)
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![Grave of the Fireflies](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/hotaru_no_haka_aka_grave_of_the_fireflies_aka-128332096-msmall.jpg)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
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![Yojimbo](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/yojinbo_yojimbo_the_bodyguard-682034313-mmed.jpg)
Yojimbo (1961)
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![The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/zangiku_monogatari-904300105-msmall.jpg)
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)
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![Princess Mononoke](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/mononoke_hime-598406013-msmall.jpg)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
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![Street of Shame](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/akasen_chitai_street_of_shame-679696808-msmall.jpg)
Street of Shame (1956)
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![Early Summer](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/bakushu-277747571-msmall.jpg)
Early Summer (1951)
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![The Eternal Breasts](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/chibusa_yo_eien_nare-428659954-msmall.jpg)
The Eternal Breasts (1955)
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![Floating Weeds](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/ukikusa_floating_weeds-149228130-msmall.jpg)
Floating Weeds (1959)
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