Despite my limited knowledge of Japanese cinema I think there are many important films missing. Like:
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
The Face of Another
Pitfall
Empire of Passion
Fires on the Plain
Sansho the Bailiff ( WTF?)
Samurai Rebellion
Akira
and
An Autumn Afternoon
Why are so many East Asian films on iCheck not given English translations? I can understand wanting to systematize all films primarily by their original-language titles-- that makes sense -- but the fact that so many are not given secondary, English-language titles strikes me as ridiculous.
@Kiku-E
I skimmed through the list by year and saw that there are 46 movies from the 60s on it, from the 50s there were only 38. And many of these films, from both decades, belong to the Japanese New Wave.
Fair enough, but that's not true of all the titles. A number of titles I have had to look up on imdb only to find that I have actually seen them. But now I can't remember what I've looked up, and I'm not going to look up titles over and over whenever I see them, nor am I going to memorize the meaning of every untranslated title I see on here. I am just surprised that it functions this way and others don't find it a problem. I mean, I'm a bit of a polyglot and I am voracious about exploring other cultures, but I find it irritating and limiting.
Anyway, I wouldn't want my very specific complaint to be confused with a complaint about the site in general. I have only just discovered this free site and find it a lot of fun.
No Yoshishige Yoshida??? Hideo Gosha? Shuji Terayama? This must be a joke.
I understand all the love from the Japanese critics for the 50s and the classics (Ozu, Mizoguchi, Naruse etc.), I love them too, but the 60s and the Nuberu Bagu are very ignored.
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criscoJovan
allisoncm:"Too bad"?!? You should love that there are 200 films. That just means more Japanese goodness for our eyes to see!
Paper_Okami
Despite my limited knowledge of Japanese cinema I think there are many important films missing. Like:Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
The Face of Another
Pitfall
Empire of Passion
Fires on the Plain
Sansho the Bailiff ( WTF?)
Samurai Rebellion
Akira
and
An Autumn Afternoon
edward5
@Malick663Kinema Junpo voted top 100 Japanese films at 1999, and voted top 200 Japanese films at 2009. And the list didn't change name in time.
Malick663
Do the Japanese count differently? 100 = 199?A Blue Roar
In the 50's and 60's, Japan surely was the super power of the world concerning movies.Melvelet
Apparently only a handful of critics were asked, #106 has the same number of votes as #199Local Hero -- aka MestnyiGeroi
Why are so many East Asian films on iCheck not given English translations? I can understand wanting to systematize all films primarily by their original-language titles-- that makes sense -- but the fact that so many are not given secondary, English-language titles strikes me as ridiculous.Buksemannen
Where is the Burmese Harp?UnEnfantPerdu
No Sansho. I cant get over that. At least underrated Sisters of Gion is included.St. Gloede
@Kiku-EI skimmed through the list by year and saw that there are 46 movies from the 60s on it, from the 50s there were only 38. And many of these films, from both decades, belong to the Japanese New Wave.
Local Hero -- aka MestnyiGeroi
Fair enough, but that's not true of all the titles. A number of titles I have had to look up on imdb only to find that I have actually seen them. But now I can't remember what I've looked up, and I'm not going to look up titles over and over whenever I see them, nor am I going to memorize the meaning of every untranslated title I see on here. I am just surprised that it functions this way and others don't find it a problem. I mean, I'm a bit of a polyglot and I am voracious about exploring other cultures, but I find it irritating and limiting.Anyway, I wouldn't want my very specific complaint to be confused with a complaint about the site in general. I have only just discovered this free site and find it a lot of fun.
linyok
Ichijo's Wet Lust (Ichijo Sayuri: Nureta yokujo, 1972) is on the list. Don't see it hereKiku-E
No Yoshishige Yoshida??? Hideo Gosha? Shuji Terayama? This must be a joke.I understand all the love from the Japanese critics for the 50s and the classics (Ozu, Mizoguchi, Naruse etc.), I love them too, but the 60s and the Nuberu Bagu are very ignored.
Ninjagodzilla
Swing Girls? realllly?Knaldskalle
@Ninjagodzilla: Apparently there were a lot of ties. A lot.Showing items 1 – 15 of 29