Best Japanese Movies of all Time

The Top Ten
1 Seven Samurai

Not just Japan but on of the world's best movies of all the time.

One of the greatest films ever made

2 Ikiru

Ikiru is one of Kurosawa's greatest films, and certainly his most touching

3 Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story is a classic for any film buff to watch

4 Late Spring
5 Love Exposure

4 hours of insanity, love, comedy, sex, christianity, panty shots, mystery, thriller, horror, gore, and all of it is worth the time.

6 Spirited Away

My second favorite movie of all time. I adore this film.

This should defiantly be number one!

7 Rashomon

This was the film that introduced Japanese filmmaking and Kurosawa to the world

8 Battle Royale

The original (and better version of) The Hunger Games

Kiriyama and Mitsuko may be some of the best villains to watch in any movie.

Kiriyama guns down his classmates with an Uzi, what's not to love.

Ah, the ORIGINAL battle royal, before Fortnite

9 The Life of Oharu
10 Mononoke Hime

Best movie ever.

The Contenders
11 Gojira
12 Ugetsu
13 Yojimbo

Another classic Kurosawa

14 Ran

Nearly Kurosawa's best film

15 The Human Condition III: a Soldier's Prayer
16 Fireworks
17 Harakiri

Kobayashi's masterpiece

18 Akira

One of my favorite animated movies.

19 Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
20 Pokémon: The First Movie
21 Mothra

While this movie is revolutionary, it has not aged well.

22 House (1977)
23 Onibaba
24 High and Low
25 Grave of the Fireflies
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