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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
  8. 8.
    The Ramen Girl
    by Robert Allan Ackerman
  9. 9.
    Sayonara
    by Joshua Logan
  10. 10.
    The Last Samurai (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Edward Zwick
  11. 11.
    James Clavell's Shogun
    by Jerry London
  12. 12.
    Memoirs of a Geisha (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
    by Rob Marshall
  13. 13.
    Tora! Tora! Tora!

  14. 14.
    The Bridge on the River Kwai
    by David Lean
  16. 16.
    Lost in Translation
    by Sofia Coppola
  17. 17.
    Ran (Masterworks Edition)

  19. 19.
    Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
    by Shohei Imamura
  20. 20.
    Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2 (Box Set)
    by Quentin Tarantino
  22. 22.
    Battle Royale

  23. 23.
    Getting Any?

  24. 24.
    Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
    by Akira Kurosawa
  25. 25.
    Rashomon (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa
  26. 26.
    Kagemusha (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa
  28. 28.
    Sesame Street - Big Bird In Japan
    by Jonathan Stone
  29. 29.
    Lupin the 3rd - Voyage to Danger
    by Hayao Miyazaki
  30. 30.
    Lupin the 3rd - Dragon of Doom
    by Hayao Miyazaki
  31. 31.
    Dragon Ball Z: 7 Disc Fusion Boxed Set
    by Minoru Okazaki
  32. 32.
    Pokemon the First Movie - Mewtwo vs. Mew
    by Kunihiko Yuyama
  33. 33.
    Pokemon Heroes: The Movie
    by Kunihiko Yuyama
  34. 34.
    Sailor Moon S - The Complete Uncut TV Set
    by Junichi Sato
  35. 35.
    My Neighbor Totoro
    by Hayao Miyazaki
  36. 36.
  37. 37.
    Sazae-san
    by Fuji Television
  38. 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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