BFI's The best Japanese film of every year – from 1925 to now

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  1. 91 new

    Happî awâ

    2015 — a.k.a. Happy Hour, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 84 new

    Ai no mukidashi

    2008 — a.k.a. Love Exposure, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 76 new

    Yurîka

    2000 — a.k.a. Eureka, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 30 new

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  5. 46 new

    Erosu purasu gyakusatsu

    1969 — a.k.a. Eros + Massacre, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 83 new

    Jitsuroku Rengo Sekigun: Asama sanso e no michi

    2007 — a.k.a. United Red Army, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 41 new

    Kiga kaikyô

    1965 — a.k.a. A Fugitive from the Past, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 93 new

    Hanagatami

    2017, in 0 top lists
    Check
  9. 89 new

    Iya monogatari: Oku no hito

    2013 — a.k.a. The Tale of Iya, in 1 top list Check
  10. 95 new

    Domains

    2019, in 0 top lists
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  11. 51 new

    Shiranuikai

    1975 — a.k.a. The Shiranui Sea, in 1 top list Check
  12. 28 new

    Saikaku ichidai onna

    1952 — a.k.a. The Life of Oharu, in 12 top lists Check
  13. 40 new

    Suna no onna

    1964 — a.k.a. Woman in the Dunes, in 22 top lists Check
  14. 55 new

    Taiyô wo nusunda otoko

    1979 — a.k.a. The Man Who Stole the Sun, in 1 top list Check
  15. 56 new

    Tsigoineruwaizen

    1980 — a.k.a. Zigeunerweisen, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 15 new

    Zangiku monogatari

    1939 — a.k.a. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 80 new

    Dare mo shiranai

    2004 — a.k.a. Nobody Knows, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 86 new

    Akunin

    2010 — a.k.a. Villain, in 1 top list Check
  19. 47 new

    Sho o suteyo machi e deyô

    1971 — a.k.a. Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 72 new

    Shall we dansu?

    1996 — a.k.a. Shall We Dance?, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 29 new

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  22. 38 new

    Seppuku

    1962 — a.k.a. Hara-Kiri, in 16 top lists Check
  23. 71 new

    Nagisa no Shindobaddo

    1995 — a.k.a. Like Grains of Sand, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 78 new

    Tasogare Seibei

    2002 — a.k.a. The Twilight Samurai, in 10 top lists Check
  25. 87 new

    Kiseki

    2011 — a.k.a. I Wish, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 61 new

    Himatsuri

    1985 — a.k.a. Fire Festival, in 1 top list Check
  27. 77 new

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  28. 64 new

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  29. 60 new

    Osôshiki

    1984 — a.k.a. The Funeral, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 39 new

    Nippon konchûki

    1963 — a.k.a. The Insect Woman, in 8 top lists Check
  31. 63 new

    Yuki yukite, shingun

    1987 — a.k.a. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 94 new

    Manbiki kazoku

    2018 — a.k.a. Shoplifters, in 10 top lists
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  33. 92 new

    Fuchi ni tatsu

    2016 — a.k.a. Harmonium, in 1 top list Check
  34. 50 new

    Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo

    1974 — a.k.a. Brothel No. 8, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 90 new

    Soko nomi nite hikari kagayaku

    2014 — a.k.a. The Light Shines Only There, in 1 top list Check
  36. 67 new

    Omohide poro poro

    1991 — a.k.a. Only Yesterday, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 44 new

    Kôshikei

    1968 — a.k.a. Death by Hanging, in 8 top lists Check
  38. 18 new

    Hawai · Maree oki kaisen

    1942, in 1 top list Check
  39. 75 new

    Ôdishon

    1999 — a.k.a. Audition, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 81 new

    Linda Linda Linda

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 85 new

    Samâ uôzu

    2009 — a.k.a. Summer Wars, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 58 new

    Tenkôsei

    1982 — a.k.a. I Are You, You Am Me, in 1 top list Check
  43. 73 new

    Cure

    1997 — a.k.a. The Cure, in 7 top lists Check
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    Bakumatsu taiyôden

    1957 — a.k.a. Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 54 new

    Kichiku

    1978 — a.k.a. The Demon, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 25 new

    Banshun

    1949 — a.k.a. Late Spring, in 16 top lists Check
  47. 79 new

    Hebi ichigo

    2003 — a.k.a. Wild Berries, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 35 new

    Nobi

    1959 — a.k.a. Fires on the Plain, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 53 new

    Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi

    1977 — a.k.a. The Yellow Handkerchief, in 1 top list Check
  50. 3 new

    Chuji Tabinikki Daisanbu Goyohen

    1927, in 2 top lists Check
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