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Share your TOP 16 Japanese movies

egg805

My TOP 16:

1. Last Life in the Universe (2003)

2.Nobody Knows (2004)

3. Blue Spring (2002)

4. March Comes in Like a Lion (1991)

5. Eureka (2000)

6. Labyrinth of Dreams (1997)

7. Shoplifters (2018)

8. Angel Dust (1994)

9. Sweet Bean (2015)

10. Maborosi (1995)11. Little Forest: Summer & Autumn (2014)

12. August in the Water (1995)

13. Tokyo Fist (1995)14. Retribution (2007)15. Still Walking (2008)

16. Our Little Sister (2015)

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mjf314

You have good taste.  Some of your favorites are my favorites too (Labyrinth of Dreams, March Comes in Like a Lion, Our Little Sister).

Here are some of my other favorites (in no particular order):

  • Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
  • Harakiri (1962)
  • The Face of Another (1966)
  • Death by Hanging (1968)
  • Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)
  • Love Exposure (2008)
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egg805

It's great to see someone with an appreciation for some of the older entries. The face of Another and Love Exposure are both fantastic pieces of work!

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Zulu-Niner

Not in particular order:

1. Kirishima Bukatsu Yametteruyo

2. Kokuhaku

3. Manbiki Kazoku

4. Junkissa Isobe

5. Alps Stand no Hashi no Hou

6. Swing Girls

7. Noroi

8. Battle Royale

9. Himizu

10. Summer Time Machine Blues

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Popcxqueen VIP

Subscribing to this thread so I can take notes on what’s been posted so far and add to it later!

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kaiserin

I can't rank them but here are some my faves:

• Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

• Memories of Matsuko (2006)

• The Face of Jizo (2004)

• Moving (1993)

• It's a Summer Film (2021)

• Departures (2008)

• Air Doll (2009)

• Our Little Sister (2015)

• A Stranger of Mine (2005)

• Round About Midnight (1999)

• Hold Me Back (2020)

• Tremble All You Want (2017)

• Close-Knit (2017)

• Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)

• Kwaidan (1964)

• Tokyo Tower: Mom & Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)

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Winnie

My top 10 rated J-movies (not ranked in any order...)

1. Hachiko Monogatari (1987)

2. After Life (1998)

3. The Great Passage (2013)

4. Woman in the Dunes (1964)

5. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)

6. 37 Seconds (2019)

7. Shoplifters (2018) 

8. Ikiru (1952)

9. Nobody Knows (2004)

10. Seven Samurai (1954)

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mengosteen

Top 16? Oddly specific

1. Traces of Sin (2017)

2. Hana-bi (1997)

3. Departures(2008)

4-6. Tokyo Monogatari trilogy by Ozu Yasujiro (1949/1951/1953)

7. Rickshaw Man (1958)

8. To Each His Own (2017)

9. Tokyo Sunrise (2016)

10. Our Little Sister (2015)

11 Suspect X (2008)

12.  Kamihate Store (2012)

13. Stranger of Mine (2005)

14. Stray Dog (1949)

15. The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2017)

16. Pure Japanese (2022)

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mjf314
 Winnie:
5. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)

Have you seen the other 2 movies?  I checked your MDL list and I only see the first one.

The Human Condition III is my favorite of the trilogy.

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kardasx

Here are my jmovies, that I rated higher than 9:
Tsuchiya Tao's movies:
1. Tori Girl (2017)
2. The 8-Year Engagement (2017)
3. P to JK (2017)
4. Yell for the Blue Sky (2016)
5. My Little Monster (2016)
Others:
6. L♥DK: Two Loves Under One Roof (
7. Love My Life (GL, 2006)
8. Reon (2018)
9. Shisha no Gakuensai (2000)
10. Ichi (2008)
11. Inuyashiki (2018)
12. Returner (2002)
13. Rurouni Kenshin (2012)
14. Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
15. Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014)
16. Zatoichi (2003)

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