Kinema Junpo's Top 200 Japanese Films - Readers

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Source is the list on Mubi, but that's not the original source.

List can also be found halfway down on this page, in Japanese:キネマ旬報　読者が選んだ心に残る日本映画 (including accurate placement of each film, with ties)

As best as I can tell, this poll is from 2009. It might be here

Ningen no jôken trilogy is counted as one entry.

Differences from the Mubi list:
• Some films are in a different order, since I took the order from the other page.
• Mubi is missing a few films from the other list, some of which are mentioned at the top as not being on the site, and others omitted altogether.
• Mubi includes Four Dimensions of Greta, a British film that is almost certainly an error.
• Mubi includes 限りなき鋪道 (Kagirinaki hodô/Street Without End 1934) whereas the other source seems to include 限りなき前進 (Kagirinaki zenshin/Unending Advance 1937).
• Mubi includes 夫婦 (Fûfu/Husband and Wife 1953) whereas the other source seems to include 夫婦善哉 (Meoto zenzai/Marital Relations 1955).
• Mubi includes 鏡心 (Kyôshin/Mirrored Mind (2004), which is not listed in the other source.
• Mubi includes ナビィの恋 (Nabbie no koi/Nabbie's Love 1999), which is not listed in the other source.

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  1. 175 new

    Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo

    1932 — a.k.a. I Was Born, But..., in 15 top lists Check
  2. 39 new

    Tange Sazen yowa: Hyakuman ryô no tsubo

    1935 — a.k.a. Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo, in 7 top lists Check
  3. 176 new

    Akanishi Kakita

    1936 — a.k.a. Capricious Young Man, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 90 new

    Arigatô-san

    1936 — a.k.a. Mr. Thank You, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 152 new

    Gion no shimai

    1936 — a.k.a. Sisters of the Gion, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 190 new

    Kôchiyama Sôshun

    1936 — a.k.a. Priest of Darkness, in 1 top list Check
  7. 108 new

    Kagirinaki zenshin

    1937 — a.k.a. Unending Advance, in 1 top list Check
  8. 37 new

    Ninjô kami fûsen

    1937 — a.k.a. Humanity and Paper Balloons, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 177 new

    Tsuruhachi Tsurujirô

    1938 — a.k.a. Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 191 new

    Oshidori utagassen

    1939 — a.k.a. Singing Lovebirds, in 1 top list Check
  11. 54 new

    Zangiku monogatari

    1939 — a.k.a. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 98 new

    Toda-ke no kyôdai

    1941 — a.k.a. The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 34 new

    Muhomatsu no issho

    1943, in 1 top list Check
  14. 192 new

    Anjô-ke no butôkai

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 178 new

    Yoidore tenshi

    1948 — a.k.a. Drunken Angel, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 42 new

    Banshun

    1949 — a.k.a. Late Spring, in 16 top lists Check
  17. 48 new

    Nora inu

    1949 — a.k.a. Stray Dog, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 193 new

    Mata au hi made

    1950 — a.k.a. Till We Meet Again, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 30 new

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  20. 23 new

    Bakushû

    1951 — a.k.a. Early Summer, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 143 new

    Karumen kokyô ni kaeru

    1951 — a.k.a. Carmen Comes Home, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 3 new

    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
  23. 129 new

    Inazuma

    1952 — a.k.a. Lightning, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 161 new

    Okaasan

    1952 — a.k.a. Mother, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 19 new

    Saikaku ichidai onna

    1952 — a.k.a. The Life of Oharu, in 12 top lists Check
  26. 144 new

    Shinkû chitai

    1952 — a.k.a. Vacuum Zone, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 179 new

    Entotsu no mieru basho

    1953 — a.k.a. Where Chimneys Are Seen, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 2 new

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  29. 17 new

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  30. 47 new

    Chikamatsu monogatari

    1954 — a.k.a. A Story from Chikamatsu, in 10 top lists Check
  31. 24 new

    Gojira

    1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 6 new

    Nijûshi no hitomi

    1954 — a.k.a. Twenty-Four Eyes, in 5 top lists Check
  33. 162 new

    Onna no sono

    1954 — a.k.a. The Garden of Women, in 1 top list Check
  34. 136 new

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  35. 1 new

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  36. 109 new

    Ikimono no kiroku

    1955 — a.k.a. I Live in Fear, in 1 top list Check
  37. 110 new

    Meoto zenzai

    1955, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 125 new

    Nogiku no gotoki kimi nariki

    1955 — a.k.a. She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 5 new

    Ukigumo

    1955 — a.k.a. Floating Clouds, in 7 top lists Check
  40. 104 new

    Mahiru no ankoku

    1956 — a.k.a. Darkness at Noon, in 1 top list Check
  41. 180 new

    Shûu

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 194 new

    Suzaki Paradaisu: Akashingô

    1956 — a.k.a. Suzaki Paradise Red Light, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 119 new

    Yoru no kawa

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 31 new

    Bakumatsu taiyôden

    1957 — a.k.a. Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 63 new

    Yorokobi mo kanashimi mo ikutoshitsuki

    1957 — a.k.a. Times of Joy and Sorrow, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 153 new

    Harikomi

    1958 — a.k.a. Stakeout, in 1 top list Check
  47. 43 new

    Kakushi-toride no san-akunin

    1958 — a.k.a. The Hidden Fortress, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 163 new

    Kyojin to gangu

    1958 — a.k.a. Giants and Toys, in 1 top list Check
  49. 154 new

    Muhomatsu no issho

    1958 — a.k.a. The Rickshaw Man, in 1 top list Check
  50. 159 new

    Hakuôki

    1959 — a.k.a. Samurai Vendetta, in 2 top lists Check
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