TajLV's "Top Movies for Understanding Japan"

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For a glimpse inside the Japanese mind, and how different it is from others, these films provide great insights.

  1. 1.
    Gung Ho
    by Ron Howard

  2. 2.
    Mr. Baseball
    by Fred Schepisi

  3. 3.
    Black Rain
    by Ridley Scott

  4. 4.
    Shall We Dance? (1996)
    by Masayuki Suo

  5. 5.
    Otoko wa tsurai yo
    by Yamada Yoji

  6. 6.
    Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence [Region 2]
    by Nagisa Ôshima

  7. 8.
    The Ramen Girl
    by Robert Allan Ackerman

  8. 9.
    Sayonara
    by Joshua Logan

  9. 10.
    The Last Samurai (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Edward Zwick

  10. 11.
    James Clavell's Shogun
    by Jerry London

  11. 12.
    Memoirs of a Geisha (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
    by Rob Marshall

  12. 13.
    Tora! Tora! Tora!

  13. 14.
    The Bridge on the River Kwai
    by David Lean

  14. 16.
    Lost in Translation
    by Sofia Coppola

  15. 17.
    Ran (Masterworks Edition)

  16. 19.
    Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
    by Shohei Imamura

  17. 20.
    Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2 (Box Set)
    by Quentin Tarantino

  18. 22.
    Battle Royale

  19. 23.
    Getting Any?

  20. 24.
    Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
    by Akira Kurosawa

  21. 25.
    Rashomon (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa

  22. 26.
    Kagemusha (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa

  23. 28.
    Sesame Street - Big Bird In Japan
    by Jonathan Stone

  24. 29.
    Lupin the 3rd - Voyage to Danger
    by Hayao Miyazaki

  25. 30.
    Lupin the 3rd - Dragon of Doom
    by Hayao Miyazaki

  26. 31.
    Dragon Ball Z: 7 Disc Fusion Boxed Set
    by Minoru Okazaki

  27. 32.
    Pokemon the First Movie - Mewtwo vs. Mew
    by Kunihiko Yuyama

  28. 33.
    Pokemon Heroes: The Movie
    by Kunihiko Yuyama

  29. 34.
    Sailor Moon S - The Complete Uncut TV Set
    by Junichi Sato

  30. 35.
    My Neighbor Totoro
    by Hayao Miyazaki

  31. 36.

  32. 37.
    Sazae-san
    by Fuji Television

  33. 38.
    The 47 Ronin: Parts 1 & 2
    by Kenji Mizoguchi

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Created by TajLV on May 01, 2006.
 

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