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Best Japanese Movies of all time

All Rankings

Top rated Movies Made in Japan on Filmaffinity with +500 votes

1

Harakiri Harakiri

1962

Masaki Kobayashi

Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentarô Mikuni, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita, Tetsurô Tanba ...

8.5

14,939
2

Seven Samurai Seven Samurai

1954

Akira Kurosawa

Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki ...

8.4

44,072
3

High and Low High and Low

1963

Akira Kurosawa

Toshirô Mifune, Kyôko Kagawa, Yutaka Sada, Takashi Shimura, Tatsuya Mihashi ...

8.4

11,098
4

Red Beard Red Beard

1965

Akira Kurosawa

Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuyoshi Ehara ...

8.3

5,825
5

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

1961

Masaki Kobayashi

Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yusuke Kawazu, Tamao Nakamura, Chishu Ryu ...

8.3

2,757
6

To Live To Live

1952

Akira Kurosawa

Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyôko Seki, Makoto Kobori, Kumeko Urabe ...

8.3

12,540
7

Sansho the Bailiff Sansho the Bailiff

1954

Kenji Mizoguchi

Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayaki, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Akitake Kôno ...

8.3

6,333
8

Tokyo Story Tokyo Story

1953

Yasujirō Ozu

Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Sô Yamamura, Haruko Sugimura ...

8.2

13,348
9

Attack on Titan the Movie: The Last Attack Attack on Titan the Movie: The Last Attack

2024

Yuichiro Hayashi

Animation

8.2

526
10

Samurai Rebellion Samurai Rebellion

1967

Masaki Kobayashi

Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Go Kato, Tatsuya Nakadai, Etsuko Ichihara ...

8.2

2,992
11

Tales of Ugetsu Tales of Ugetsu

1953

Kenji Mizoguchi

Machiko Kyô, Mitsuko Mito, Kinuyo Tanaka, Masayuki Mori, Eitarô Ozawa ...

8.1

10,119
12

Woman in the Dunes Woman in the Dunes

1964

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida, Hiroko Ito, Hideo Kanze, Tamotsu Tamura ...

8.1

3,393
13

Spirited Away Spirited Away

2001

Hayao Miyazaki

Animation

8.1

115,576
14

Throne of Blood Throne of Blood

1957

Akira Kurosawa

Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Akira Kubo, Hiroshi Tachikawa ...

8.1

9,473
15

The Human Condition II: The Road to Eternity The Human Condition II: The Road to Eternity

1959

Masaki Kobayashi

Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Kei Sato, Minoru Chiaki, Keiji Sada ...

8.1

2,852
16

Tokyo Twilight Tokyo Twilight

1957

Yasujirō Ozu

Ineko Arima, Kamatari Fujiwara, Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Isuzu Yamada ...

8.0

1,491
17

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959

Masaki Kobayashi

Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Ineko Arima, Chikage Awashima, Keiji Sada ...

8.0

3,612
18

Late Spring Late Spring

1949

Yasujirō Ozu

Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Hohi Aoki, Masao Mishima, Kuniko Miyake ...

8.0

4,351
19

Ran Ran

1985

Akira Kurosawa

Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Pîtâ, Mieko Harada ...

8.0

29,088
20

Grave of the Fireflies Grave of the Fireflies

1988

Isao Takahata

Animation

8.0

42,643
21

The Crucified Lovers The Crucified Lovers

1954

Kenji Mizoguchi

Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Hisao Toake, Ichiro Sugai ...

8.0

2,479
22

The Life of Oharu The Life of Oharu

1952

Kenji Mizoguchi

Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichiro Sugai, Toshirô Mifune, Toshiaki Konoe ...

8.0

2,762
23

Rashomon Rashomon

1950

Akira Kurosawa

Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki ...

8.0

22,818
24

Yojimbo Yojimbo

1961

Akira Kurosawa

Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Kato ...

8.0

16,077
25

Yearning Yearning

1964

Mikio Naruse

Hideko Takamine, Yûzô Kayama, Mitsuko Kusabue, Mie Hama, Yu Fujiki ...

8.0

1,026
26

Princess Mononoke Princess Mononoke

1997

Hayao Miyazaki

Animation

8.0

71,800
27

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums

1939

Kenji Mizoguchi

Shotaro Hanayagi, Kakuko Mori, Kôkichi Takada, Yôko Umemura, Tokusaburo Arashi ...

8.0

2,350
28

Street of Shame Street of Shame

1956

Kenji Mizoguchi

Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao, Michiyo Kogure, Eitarô Shindô ...

7.9

2,569
29

Early Summer Early Summer

1951

Yasujirō Ozu

Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Chikage Awashima, Kuniko Miyake, Ichiro Sugai ...

7.9

1,432
30

Rurouni Kenshin: Reminiscence Rurouni Kenshin: Reminiscence

1999

Kazuhiro Furuhashi

Animation

7.9

5,477

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