Asian Cinema - Japan
Japanese cinema is incredibly versatile, perhaps more so than either China or even Hong Kong. Continuing with my Asian Cinema lists, this encompasses not only some of the more critically received films (i.e. Kurosawa), but also films that I’ve liked or had recommended to me.
List is organized alphabetically by title, with the credited director listed.
"Akira", Katsuhiro Otomo
"Azumi", Ryuhei Kitamura
"Battle Royale", Kinji Fukasaku
"Branded to Kill", Seijun Suzuki
"Ghost in the Shell", Mamoru Oshii
"Godzilla" (Gojira), Ishiro Honda
"The Hidden Fortress", Akira Kurosawa
"Ikiru", Akira Kurosawa
"Kagemusha", Akira Kurosawa
"Kamikaze Girls" (Shimotsuma Monogatari), Tetsuya Nakashima
"Maiku Hama: Private Eye Trilogy" ("The Most Terrible Time In My Life", "The Stairway to the Distant Past", "The Trap"), Kaizo Hayashi
"My Neighbor Totoro", Hayao Miyazaki
"Nana", Kentaro Otani
"The Pornographers", Shohei Imamura
"Princess Mononoke", Hayao Miyazaki
"Ran", Akira Kurosawa
"Rashomon", Akira Kurosawa
"Samurai" trilogy ("Musashi Miyamoto", "Duel at Ichijoji Temple", "Duel at Ganryu Island"), Hiroshi Inagaki
"Sanjuro", Akira Kurosawa
"Seven Samurai", Akira Kurosawa
"Spirited Away", Hayao Miyazaki
"Stray Dog", Akira Kurosawa
"Throne of Blood", Akira Kurosawa
"Tokyo Story", Yasujiro Ozu
"Uzumaki", Higuchinsku
"Versus", Ryuhei Kitamura
"Yojimbo", Akira Kurosawa
*Feel free to contribute to this list.
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