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TITLE
YEAR
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
MEDIA
Seven Samurai
1954
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
BD
Rashômon
1950
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
BD
Tokyo Story
1953
Ozu, Yasujiro
Japan
BD
Ikiru
1952
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
BD
Ran
1985
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
/
France
BD
Ugetsu
1953
Mizoguchi, Kenji
Japan
BD
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
Mizoguchi, Kenji
Japan
BD
Throne of Blood
1957
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
BD
Spirited Away
2001
Miyazaki, Hayao
Japan
BDS
Yojimbo
1961
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
BD
Woman in the Dunes
1964
Teshigahara, Hiroshi
Japan
BD
Kagemusha
1980
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
BD
Floating Weeds
1959
Ozu, Yasujiro
Japan
D
The Burmese Harp
1956
Ichikawa, Kon
Japan
D
Tampopo
1985
Itami, Juzo
Japan
BD
Late Spring
1949
Ozu, Yasujiro
Japan
BD
The Life of Oharu
1952
Mizoguchi, Kenji
Japan
BD
Kwaidan
1964
Kobayashi, Masaki
Japan
BD
Gate of Hell
1953
Kinugasa, Teinosuke
Japan
BD
In the Realm of the Senses
1976
Oshima, Nagisa
Japan
/
France
BD
Audition
1999
Miike, Takashi
South Korea
/
Japan
D
Ring
1998
Nakata, Hideo
Japan
D
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
Ozu, Yasujiro
Japan
BD
My Neighbor Totoro
1988
Miyazaki, Hayao
Japan
/
USA
BD
Shoplifters
2018
Koreeda, Hirokazu
Japan
D
Grave of the Fireflies
1988
Takahata, Isao
Japan
BD
Letters from Iwo Jima
2006
Eastwood, Clint
USA
BD
Drive My Car
2021
Hamaguchi, Ryûsuke
Japan
Akira
1988
Ôtomo, Katsuhiro
Japan
BDS
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1939
Mizoguchi, Kenji
Japan
BD
Onibaba
1964
Shindô, Kaneto
Japan
D
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
Imamura, Shohei
Japan
BD
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
1955
Mizoguchi, Kenji
Japan
/
Hong Kong
Y
After Life
1998
Koreeda, Hirokazu
Japan
D
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
Schrader, Paul
USA
BD
The Hidden Fortress
1958
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
BD
Godzilla
1954
Honda, Ishirô
Japan
BDS
Battle Royale
2000
Fukasaku, Kinji
Japan
DS
Ghost in the Shell
1995
Oshii, Mamoru
Japan
/
USA
DS
High and Low
1963
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
BD
The Zatôichi: The Blind Swordsman
2003
Kitano, Takeshi
Japan
BD
I Was Born, But...
1932
Ozu, Yasujiro
Japan
D
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
Imamura, Shohei
Japan
BD
Departures
2008
Takita, Yojiro
Japan
D
Tokyo Olympiad
1965
Ichikawa, Kon
Japan
BD
Stray Dog
1949
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
Y
Early Summer
1951
Ozu, Yasujiro
Japan
D
Revenge of a Kabuki Actor
1963
Ichikawa, Kon
Japan
D
Chushingura
1962
Inagaki, Hiroshi
Japan
D
A Taxing Woman
1987
Itami, Juzo
Japan
Y
Shall We Dance?
1996
Suo, Masayuki
Japan
Y
Samurai I - Musashi Miyamoto
1954
Inagaki, Hiroshi
Japan
BD
Death by Hanging
1968
Oshima, Nagisa
Japan
BD
Fires on the Plain
1959
Ichikawa, Kon
Japan
D
Late Chrysanthemums
1954
Naruse, Mikio
Japan
V
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
1988
Tsukamoto, Shinya
Japan
D
Anatahan
1954
von Sternberg, Josef
Japan
BD
Red Beard
1965
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
Y
Drunken Angel
1948
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
D
Fireworks
1997
Kitano, Takeshi
Japan
Y
The Wind Rises
2013
Miyazaki, Hayao
Japan
BDS
Sanjuro
1962
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
BD
Tokyo Drifter
1966
Suzuki, Seijun
Japan
BD
Utamaro and His Five Women
1946
Mizoguchi, Kenji
Japan
Y
Double Suicide
1969
Shinoda, Masahiro
Japan
D
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
Inagaki, Hiroshi
Japan
BD
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Inagaki, Hiroshi
Japan
BD
Maborosi
1995
Koreeda, Hirokazu
Japan
Y
The Only Son
1936
Ozu, Yasujiro
Japan
D
Harakiri
1962
Kobayashi, Masaki
Japan
BD
Kôhî jikô
2003
Hou, Hsiao-hsien
Japan
/
Taiwan
Tokyo Godfathers
2003
Kon, Satoshi
/
Furuya, Shôgo
Japan
D
Dodes'ka-Den
1970
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
D
Street of Shame
1956
Mizoguchi, Kenji
Japan
V
Chikamatsu monogatari
1954
Mizoguchi, Kenji
Japan
The 47 Ronin
1941
Mizoguchi, Kenji
Japan
D
13 Assassins
2010
Miike, Takashi
Japan
/
UK
BD
Floating Clouds
1955
Naruse, Mikio
Japan
Good Morning
1959
Ozu, Yasujiro
Japan
BD
Sonatine
1993
Kitano, Takeshi
Japan
D
Taboo
1999
Oshima, Nagisa
France
/
UK
/
Japan
DS
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
Naruse, Mikio
Japan
D
The Ceremony
1971
Oshima, Nagisa
Japan
Your Name
2016
Shinkai, Makoto
Japan
BDS
The Twilight Samurai
2002
Yamada, Yoji
Japan
Y
A Geisha
1953
Mizoguchi, Kenji
Japan
Y
The Family Game
1983
Morita, Yoshimitsu
Japan
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988
Itami, Juzo
Japan
Y
Flowing
1956
Naruse, Mikio
Japan
Night and Fog in Japan
1960
Oshima, Nagisa
Japan
Eijanaika
1981
Imamura, Shohei
Japan
Y
Pale Flower
1964
Shinoda, Masahiro
Japan
BD
Samurai Rebellion
1967
Kobayashi, Masaki
Japan
D
Enjo
1958
Ichikawa, Kon
Japan
Kiki's Delivery Service
1989
Miyazaki, Hayao
Japan
BD
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
1972
Misumi, Kenji
Japan
BD
MacArthur's Children
1984
Shinoda, Masahiro
Japan
The Outcast
1962
Ichikawa, Kon
Japan
Sisters of Nishijin
1952
Yoshimura, Kozaburo
Japan
RATING
TITLE
YEAR
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
MEDIA
The Island
1960
Shindô, Kaneto
Japan
The Idiot
1951
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
D
Passing Fancy
1933
Ozu, Yasujiro
Japan
D
Branded to Kill
1967
Suzuki, Seijun
Japan
BD
Odd Obsession
1959
Ichikawa, Kon
Japan
Y
The Lower Depths
1957
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
Y
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
1990
Kurosawa, Akira
/
Honda, Ishirô
Japan
/
USA
BD
Violent Cop
1989
Kitano, Takeshi
Japan
D
Among the Ruins
1923
Mizoguchi, Kenji
Japan
Dreams of Youth
1928
Ozu, Yasujiro
Japan
Hiroshima
1953
Sekigawa, Hideo
Japan
Human Condition III - A Soldier's Prayer
1961
Kobayashi, Masaki
Japan
D
Humanity and Paper Balloons
1937
Yamanaka, Sadao
Japan
Jogashima
1924
Itô, Daisuke
Japan
Jujiro
1928
Kinugasa, Teinosuke
Japan
The Mysterians
1957
Honda, Ishirô
Japan
D
The Neighbor's Wife and Mine
1931
Gosho, Heinosuke
Japan
Nishizumi senshacho-den
1940
Yoshimura, Kozaburo
Japan
Rodan
1956
Honda, Ishirô
Japan
D
Scandal
1950
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
D
Seisaku's Wife
1924
Murata, Minoru
Japan
Street Sketches
1925
Mizoguchi, Kenji
Japan
Taii no musume
1917
Inoue, Masao
Japan
Tokyo March
1929
Mizoguchi, Kenji
Japan
Two Stone Lanterns
1933
Kinugasa, Teinosuke
Japan
Wild Geese
1953
Toyoda, Shirô
Japan
Cure
1997
Kurosawa, Kiyoshi
Japan
D
Eureka
2000
Aoyama, Shinji
Japan
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994
Hayashi, Kaizo
Japan
/
China
/
Taiwan
D
Sisters of the Gion
1936
Mizoguchi, Kenji
Japan
V
Still Walking
2008
Koreeda, Hirokazu
Japan
BD
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
D
Immortal Love
1961
Kinoshita, Keisuke
Japan
Muddy River
1981
Oguri, Kôhei
Japan
Portrait of Chieko
1967
Nakamura, Noboru
Japan
Sandakan No. 8
1974
Kumai, Kei
Japan
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
Nakamura, Noboru
Japan
Like Father, Like Son
2013
Koreeda, Hirokazu
Japan
D
The Eel
1997
Imamura, Shohei
Japan
Y
Muhomatsu no issho
1958
Inagaki, Hiroshi
Japan
Eyes of Children
1956
Kawazu, Yoshiro
Japan
Roses on the Arm
1956
Kinoshita, Keisuke
Japan
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
Kinoshita, Keisuke
Japan
D
Yellow Crow
1957
Gosho, Heinosuke
Japan
Mogari no mori
2007
Kawase, Naomi
France
/
Japan
Shi no Toge
1990
Oguri, Kûhei
Japan
Achilles to kame
2008
Kitano, Takeshi
Japan
S
Beyond Outrage
2012
Kitano, Takeshi
Japan
BD
Dolls
2002
Kitano, Takeshi
Japan
Y
Fires on the Plain
2014
Tsukamoto, Shin'ya
Japan
Gonin no Sekkohei
1938
Tasaka, Tomotaka
Japan
Himizu
2011
Sono, Shion
Japan
Killing
2018
Tsukamoto, Shin'ya
Japan
Mushi-Shi
2006
Ôtomo, Katsuhiro
Japan
D
Norwegian Wood
2010
Tran, Anh Hung
Japan
D
Paprika
2006
Kon, Satoshi
Japan
BD
Saideke Balai
2011
Wei, Te-Sheng
Taiwan
The Sky Crawlers
2008
Oshii, Mamoru
Japan
BDS
The Third Murder
2017
Koreeda, Hirokazu
Japan
BD
Wife of a Spy
2020
Kurosawa, Kiyoshi
Japan
BD
The New Earth
1936
Fanck, Arnold
/
Itami, Mansaku
Japan
/
Germany
Metropolis
2001
Rintaro
Japan
D
Boy
1969
Oshima, Nagisa
Japan
My Enemy, The Sea
1963
Ichikawa, Kon
Japan
The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
1941
Ozu, Yasujiro
Japan
A False Student
1960
Masumura, Yasuzo
Japan
The Funeral
1984
Itami, Juzo
Japan
Y
A Hen in the Wind
1948
Ozu, Yasujiro
Japan
Kikujiro
1999
Kitano, Takeshi
Japan
Y
Kisses
1957
Masumura, Yasuzo
Japan
Narita: Heta Village
1971
Ogawa, Shinsuke
Japan
A Page of Madness
1926
Kinugasa, Teinosuke
Japan
Pistol Opera
2001
Suzuki, Seijun
Japan
Y
Red Angel
1966
Masumura, Yasuzo
Japan
D
Rhapsody in August
1991
Kurosawa, Akira
Japan
Y
Shin heike monogatari
1955
Mizoguchi, Kenji
Japan
That Night's Wife
1930
Ozu, Yasujiro
Japan
D
A Wife Confesses
1961
Masumura, Yasuzo
Japan
Shinran: Path to Purity
1987
Mikuni, Rentaro
Japan
Big Man Japan
2007
Matsumoto, Hitoshi
Japan
D
Black Rain
1989
Imamura, Shohei
Japan
D
I Wish
2011
Koreeda, Hirokazu
Japan
D
Memories of Tomorrow
2006
Tsutsumi, Yukihiko
Japan
Nobody Knows
2004
Koreeda, Hirokazu
Japan
D
Tokyo Sonata
2008
Kurosawa, Kiyoshi
Japan
/
Netherlands
/
Hong Kong
DS
Bangkok Dangerous
1999
Pang, Oxide Chun
/
Pang, Danny
Thailand
D
X
1996
Rintaro
Japan
D
Bright Future
2003
Kurosawa, Kiyoshi
Japan
Belle
2021
Hosoda, Mamoru
Japan
T
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
1987
Hara, Kazuo
Japan
Minamata: Kanja-san to sono sekai
1972
Tsuchimoto, Noriaki
Japan
Equinox Flower
1958
Ozu, Yasujirô
Japan
DS
Early Autumn
1961
Ozu, Yasujiro
Japan
The Pornographers
1966
Imamura, Shohei
Japan
D
I, the Executioner
1968
Kato, Tai
Japan
The Insect Woman
1963
Imamura, Shohei
Japan
Kochiyama soshun
1936
Yamanaka, Sadao
Japan
Miss Oyu
1951
Mizoguchi, Kenji
Japan
My Love Has Been Burning
1949
Mizoguchi, Kenji
Japan
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
1935
Yamanaka, Sadao
Japan
Sound of the Mountain
1954
Naruse, Mikio
Japan
The Straits of Love and Hate
1937
Mizoguchi, Kenji
Japan
Subete Ga Kurutteru
1960
Suzuki, Seijun
Japan
Suzaki Paradise
1956
Kawashima, Yuzo
Japan
NR
Like Someone in Love
2012
Kiarostami, Abbas
France
/
Japan
BD
RATING
TITLE
YEAR
DIRECTOR
COUNTRY
MEDIA
Media Availability Codes (Amazon.com)
T Theaters (US)
B
Blu-ray Disc
D DVD
V VHS
Y Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
S Soundtrack