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A Guide to Pinky Violence
Favs/dislikes: 28:0. "Pinky Violence" refers to a genre of Japanese action cinema which began in the late 1960's and continued through the mid 1970's. Typically featuring a young female protagonist, these films often told stories of revenge or gangland violence. Despite the word "pinky", these films were not usually softcore (although a couple of titles toe the line). While certainly characterized by considerable nudity as a means of luring in a waning cinema audience, sex scenes were limited, typically in furtherance of the plot, and extremely mild in comparison to the "Roman Porno" line being produced at Nikkatsu. Instead, the focus is on wild, outrageous action, colorful direction and a spirit of youthful energy. The genre primarily refers to a line of films released by Toei (one of Japan's major studios), however two series from rival series mirror the sensibilities enough that they are often included: Toho's "Rica" series, and Nikkatsu's "Stray Cat Rock" films. This list is based on the list suggested by KamuiX in his article "The World of Pinky Violence, An Intro." It is grouped by series, rather than chronology, with stand-alone films appearing at the bottom of the list. IMDB's coverage of Japanese films is not always great. The following films should be on this list, but lack an imdb entry: Zubekô banchô: Tôkyô nagaremono (AKA Delinquent Girl Boss 2) Terrifying Girls' High School 4: Animal Courage All three films in "Joshi Gakuen" series Bankaku Rock Hell's Angels: Crimson Roar -
Diskuterfilm.com's Top 50 Films from Japan (2010)
Favs/dislikes: 16:0. Diskuterfilm.com's Top 50 Films from Japan. Made in 2010. -
Donald Richie's A Hundred Years of Japanese Film
Favs/dislikes: 66:0. Called "the dean of Japan's arts critics" by Time magazine, Richie takes us from the inception of Japanese cinema at the end of the nineteenth century, through the achievements of Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, and Ozu, then on to the notable works of contemporary filmmakers. This revised edition includes analyses of the latest trends in Japanese cinema, such as the revival of the horror genre, and introduces today's up-and-coming directors and their works. This list is from the 'Selective Guide to Dvds and Videos' included at the back of the book, where Richie provided capsule reviews of the major subtitled Japanese films commercially available in DVD and VHS formats. -
Asia Shock: Horror and Dark Cinema from Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Thailand
Favs/dislikes: 58:0. A viewer's guide to accompany the book of the same name by Patrick Galloway. The list features every title reviewed in the book, in the order in which they appear. Please note: Because Galloway includes a review of the American remake of Ringu, I have included it on the list, even though it is obviously not an Asian movie. -
MyAnimeList: Top 50 Initial Series
Favs/dislikes: 17:1. The top 50 rated anime series that are the beginnings of their respective storylines, as rated at MyAnimeList.net. -
100 Anime (BFI Screen Guides)
Favs/dislikes: 28:0. This list is from Philip Brophy's book [url=http://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/acatalog/info_178.html]100 Anime[/url] (2005). "100 Anime is an exploration of the wonderfully complex and beautifully disorienting world of Japanese animation - anime. This expansive and mind-blowing book delves deep into the chaos of meaning gorged by anime's mutation of Eastern/Western themes, images and sounds." This is not a list of the "100 Greatest Anime." Some of the titles were selected in order to analyze Japanese pop culture and to show how vast the world of anime is. The list is in alphabetical order. Missing from IMDb: SD Gundam (1988) -
Zatoichi - Complete Filmography
Favs/dislikes: 19:0. All movies/series with Zatôichi, the famous blind samurai in the lead. It includes the original 26 movies, the following tv-series, the Kitano remake/tribute and the latest reboot attempt. I decided to leave out the American remake Blind Fury (1989). -
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
Favs/dislikes: 14:0. List of movies that was mentioned in BFI documentary project -
Kinema Junpo Annual Top 10s
Favs/dislikes: 50:0. Each year, Kinema Junpo magazine publishes a list of the top 10 Japanese films of the year. This is not the complete list because some of the films are missing from IMDb. You can see a longer list and rankings for each year at the [url=http://www.rinkworks.com/checklist/list.cgi?u=crimsong&U=crimsong&p=kinemajunpotop10s]list source[/url]. -
Animeland's Top 100 Japanese Anime Movies
Favs/dislikes: 2:0. AnimeLand is the first magazine, both historically and in circulation, specializing in the field of manga and animation in France. First a fanzine, made by fans for fans, AnimeLand has become in 25 years a magazine sold throughout France and in French-speaking countries. He is today the reference in terms of treatment of manga and animation news thanks to his freedom of tone and his expert analysis. This collection brings together the 100 Japanese animated films that have made history by specifying its qualities and numerous production anecdotes. Written by a team of experts, in partnership with AnimeLand, this ideal animathèque is as essential for the novice who will be able to discover films according to his tastes as for the die-hard fan who will hasten to take up the challenge of watching the 100 films of the selection. -
Japanese Cyberpunk Cinema
Favs/dislikes: 7:0. A work in progress list of Japanese Cyberpunk films. -
The 50 Best Asian Horror Films of the New Millennium’s First Decade
Favs/dislikes: 28:0. (3 are missing due to them not being on here as of yet). #37. Prayer Beads (2004) #4. Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater (2006) #33. Memory (2008) -
Available online with English subtitles: Japan
Favs/dislikes: 5:0. Movies released until 2000. Movies released from 2000 onward: https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/available+online+with+english+subtitles+japan+from+2000/melvelet/ Unsubbed: https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/available+online+without+english+subtitles+japan/melvelet/ -
J-Horror: An Alternative Guide
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. There's a lot more to Japanese horror than the vengeful, lank-haired spook-girls of Ring, Ju-on and their legion of imitators. Sure, the West may have only recently woken up to its charms, but J-horror has been around for a mighty long time. The first Japanese novel, The Tale of Genji – now nearly a millennium old – is positively packed with ghosts and gruesome revenge. Noh and Kabuki are some of the most haunted theatrical traditions on Earth, and Edo period playwrights were constantly fighting to outdo one another in the gore, murder and supernatural vengeance stakes. Pretty much as soon as the first motion picture camera came off the boat here, someone picked it up and started making horror movies. Jizo the Spook [Bake Jizo] and Resurrection of a Corpse [Shinin no Sosei], both filmed in 1898, predate Nosferatu (1922) by decades. Since then, Japanese horror has come to us in a number of guises: sometimes grotesque, sometimes scary, sometimes erotic, funny or even beautiful. Let's take a look at a few examples... -
Contemporary Japanese Movies to watch
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Japanese Top 101 Films
Favs/dislikes: 5:0. Personal favorites from Japan. Not in ranking, chronological or alphabetical order. They just are in this order for now. -
Takashi Miike filmography
Favs/dislikes: 20:0. All films, miniseries and shorts directed by the prolific and controversial Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike (1960-.) -
Hideo Gosha filmography
Favs/dislikes: 6:0. The filmography of director Hideo Gosha, the largely unsung hero of samurai cinema. This list includes his entire filmography, from the samurai films early in his career, to the yakuza and geisha films in the latter half of his career. -
Tartan Asia Extreme
Favs/dislikes: 14:0. -
Japanese Film-Noir
Favs/dislikes: 22:5. This list is the complete list of films shown as the San Sebastian Film Festival in 2008 http://www.sansebastianfestival.com/in/seccion.php?ano=2008&ap=4&id=972&ck=5617 -
Pink Grand Prix for Best Film
Favs/dislikes: 0:0. The Pink Grand Prix (ピンク大賞, pinku taishō) or PG Film Prize (PG映画大賞, PG eiga taishō, "Pink film festival" or "Pink Prize") is an annual Japanese film award ceremony which recognizes excellence in the pink film genre. —Wikipedia -
Hideo Kojima's Closet Picks
Favs/dislikes: 0:0. The pioneering video game designer throws a spotlight on treasures of 1950s and ’60s Japanese cinema. 2023 Criterion Collection feature. -
MyAnimeList: Top 50 Standalone Films
Favs/dislikes: 47:0. Top 50 standalone films taken from MyAnimeList.net's rankings. No previous knowledge necessary to enjoy these. -
Kinema Junpo's Top Japanese Movies: 2000 onwards
Favs/dislikes: 9:0. Six films missing from IMDb: Roshin (dir. Tazuko Makitsubo) Jumin ga sentaku shita machi no fukushi (dir. Sumiko Haneda) Hiratsuka Raicho no shogai (dir. Sumiko Haneda) Owari yokereba subete yoshi (dir. Sumiko Haneda) Fusa (dir. Kon Ichikawa) Ah manmo kaitakudan (dir. Sumiko Haneda) -
Cinemaya's Greatest Asian Films
Favs/dislikes: 28:0. In 1998, Cinemaya asked 34 critics (mostly Asian critics) to list their 10 favorite Asian films. Cinemaya published all of these lists in issue #41 of the magazine. #1 Tokyo Story appeared on 20 of the lists. This is a list of films that appeared on at least 2 lists. See [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhCbA3xledPhdGNGLXJ5VmtlZl94R015NDNwWEgxbnc]this spreadsheet[/url] for vote counts. 6 of the critics listed "The Apu Trilogy" without specifying an individual film, so I counted each trilogy vote as a vote for all 3 films. You can see some of the top 10 lists in this [url=http://books.google.com/books?id=lZZ-mxaqP6IC&pg=PT416]Google book preview[/url].
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