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Japanese cinema: the essentials

The best Japanese films ever made: samurai epics, family dramas, anime and quiet masterpieces.

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  1. Perfect Days poster61Perfect Days20237.8
  2. Kagemusha poster62Kagemusha19807.8
  3. Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance poster63Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance20097.8
  4. Paprika poster64Paprika20067.8
  5. Porco Rosso poster65Porco Rosso19927.8
  6. The Wind Rises poster66The Wind Rises20137.8
  7. Ninja Scroll poster67Ninja Scroll19937.8
  8. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time poster68The Girl Who Leapt Through Time20067.8
  9. One Piece: Stampede poster69One Piece: Stampede20197.8
  10. Ponyo poster70Ponyo20087.8
  11. The First Slam Dunk poster71The First Slam Dunk20227.8
  12. Dreams poster72Dreams19907.7
  13. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust poster73Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust20017.7
  14. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie poster74Cowboy Bebop: The Movie20017.7
  15. Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale poster75Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale20177.7
  16. Like Father, Like Son poster76Like Father, Like Son20137.7
  17. Angel's Egg poster77Angel's Egg19857.7
  18. Rurouni Kenshin: The Final poster78Rurouni Kenshin: The Final20217.7
  19. Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends poster79Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends20147.7
  20. The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light poster80The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light20217.7
  21. Arrietty poster81Arrietty20107.7
  22. Onibaba poster82Onibaba19647.7
  23. Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning poster83Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning20217.7
  24. Fireworks poster84Fireworks19977.7
  25. Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks poster85Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks19937.6
  26. Godzilla poster86Godzilla19547.6
  27. One Cut of the Dead poster87One Cut of the Dead20177.6
  28. Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku poster88Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku19907.6
  29. Godzilla Minus One poster89Godzilla Minus One20237.6
  30. Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone poster90Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone20077.6
  31. My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission poster91My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission20217.6
  32. Confessions poster92Confessions20107.6
  33. Cure poster93Cure19977.6
  34. The Garden of Words poster94The Garden of Words20137.6
  35. Our Little Sister poster95Our Little Sister20157.6
  36. Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn poster96Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn19957.6
  37. Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno poster97Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno20147.6
  38. Redline poster98Redline20097.6
  39. The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky poster99The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky20187.5
  40. Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins poster100Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins20127.5
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