Gems of Japanese Cinema - 日本の映画の宝石
It's a personal selection of some Japanese films that I recommend you to watch over the hundreds I've seen, it's quite eclectic (wide choice of genres).
Films are sorted by year of release and you'll find original Japanese title in the description.
The list will evolve, I still got plenty of Japanese films to watch.
I hope you'll enjoy watching them ;)
Bonne séance !
映画を見てお楽しみください!
Films are sorted by year of release and you'll find original Japanese title in the description.
The list will evolve, I still got plenty of Japanese films to watch.
I hope you'll enjoy watching them ;)
Bonne séance !
映画を見てお楽しみください!
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- DirectorSadao YamanakaStarsDenjirô ÔkôchiKiyozoKunitarô SawamuraA man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hunting it.Tange Sazen et le pot d'un million de ryôs
The Million Ryo Pot
丹下左膳余話 百萬両の壺 (Tange Sazen yowa: hyakuman ryō no tsubo)
10/10 - DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsDaijirô NatsukawaIchirô TsukidaChiyoko ÔkuraBased on Soseki Natsume's 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story of desire and ambition. Fujio is beautiful, talented, well-heeled, and engaged to Munechika, a rising young diplomat. She has promised him a gold watch, a family heirloom, as an emblem of their engagement. But she falls in love with Ono, a student employed to tutor her in English, who is attracted by her beauty and wealth. Ono is himself bound by an engagement to Sayoko, the daughter of his mentor, Professor Inoue. The self-centered Fujio is ready to forsake everything for Ono, but he is prevailed upon to go ahead with his marriage to Sayoko. Fujio then offers the watch to Munechika who, perceiving Fujio's true feelings, hurls the watch into the sea.Les coquelicots
The Poppy
虞美人草 (Gubijinsō)
9/10 - DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsIsuzu YamadaYôko UmemuraChiyoko ÔkuraA young woman becomes a mistress of her boss in order to support her family.L'élégie de Naniwa
Naniwa Elegy
浪華悲歌 (Naniwa erejī)
9/10 - DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsIsuzu YamadaYôko UmemuraBenkei ShiganoyaTwo geisha sisters lead a hard life in the Gion district of Kyoto. After one of them feels obliged to support a bankrupt businessman, the other sister sets up various schemes to get rid of him.Les sœurs de Gion
Sisters Of The Gion
祇園の姉妹 (Gion no kyōdai)
9/10 - DirectorSadao YamanakaStarsChôjûrô KawarasakiKan'emon NakamuraTsuruzô NakamuraThe lives of two slum neighbors, one of a happy-go-lucky gambler and the other of a poor ronin, converge when the two get involved with the affairs of a powerful samurai official and his gangsters.Pauvres humains et ballons de papier
Humanity And Paper Balloons
人情紙風船 (Ninjo kamifūsen)
9/10 - DirectorYasujirô ShimazuStarsShinobu AokiReiko HikawaChôko IidaThree jobless men start working simultaneously in a big store in Tokyo. As they get involved with the boss' daughter, and they think that they might have an affair with her, they try to separate from their fiancés. But they realize that things develop differently...Les trois prétendants
The Trio's Engagement
婚約三羽烏 (Konyaku sanbagarasu)
9/10 - DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsChôjûrô KawarasakiYoshizaburo ArashiUtaemon IchikawaThe legendary Forty-seven ronin plot to avenge the death of their lord, Asano Naganori, by killing Kira Yoshinaka, a shogunate official responsible for Asano being forced to commit seppuku.Les 47 rônins
The 47 Ronin
元禄忠臣蔵 (Genroku chūshingura)
8/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsDenjirô ÔkôchiSusumu FujitaYukiko TodorokiSugata, a young man, struggles to learn the nuance and meaning of judo, and in doing so comes to learn something of the meaning of life.La légende du grand judo
Sanshiro Sugata
姿三四郎 (Sugata Sanshirō)
9/10 - DirectorMikio NaruseStarsShôtarô HanayagiEijirô YanagiIchijirô ÔyaA self-absorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer, who then commits suicide. His act of cruelty compels his father to disown him, leading the once promising actor to a life on the streets. But his desire to win back the respect of his father and the affection of the dead actor's daughter pushes him toward a more noble existence.La chanson de la lanterne
Song Of The Lantern
歌行燈 (Uta-Andon)
9/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraToshirô MifuneReizaburô YamamotoA drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond.L'ange ivre
Drunken Angel
酔いどれ天使 (Yoidore tenshi)
9/10 - DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûSetsuko HaraYumeji TsukiokaSeveral people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.La fin du printemps
Late Spring
晩春 (Banshun)
9/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMachiko KyôMasayuki MoriThe rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.Rashômon
Rashomon
羅生門 (Rashōmon)
8/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneShirley YamaguchiYôko KatsuragiA celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.Scandale
Scandal
醜聞 (Shubun)
8/10 - DirectorMikio NaruseStarsKen UeharaSetsuko HaraYukiko ShimazakiMichiyo lives in a small home in Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.Le repas
Repast
めし (Meshi)
10/10 - DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsHideko TakamineShûji SanoChishû RyûA girl who had left her home village for life in Tokyo returns to her home years later, and evokes a scandal when the locals discover that she's a stripper.Carmen revient au pays
Carmen Comes Home
カルメン故郷に帰る (Carmen kokyō ni kaeru)
9/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsSetsuko HaraMasayuki MoriToshirô MifuneA Japanese veteran, driven partially mad from the war, travels to the snowy island of Hokkaido where he soon enters a love triangle with his best friend and a disgraced woman.L'idiot
The Idiot
白痴 (Hakuchi)
9/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraNobuo KanekoShin'ichi HimoriA bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.Vivre
Ikiru
生きる (Ikiru)
9/10 - DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsKinuyo TanakaTsukie MatsuuraIchirô SugaiFollows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.La vie d'O'Haru, femme galante
The Life Of Oharu
西鶴一代女 (Saikaku ichidai onna)
8/10 - DirectorMikio NaruseStarsHideko TakamineMitsuko MiuraKyôko KagawaPoor, pathetic mother Ose has four children, three daughters and a son, by four different men.L'éclair
Lightning
稲妻 (Inazuma)
8/10 - DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûChieko HigashiyamaSô YamamuraAn old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.Voyage à Tokyo
Tokyo Story
東京物語 (Tōkyō monogatari)
10/10 - DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsMasayuki MoriMachiko KyôKinuyo TanakaA tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.Les contes de la lune vague après la pluie
Ugetsu
雨月物語 (Ugetsu monogatari)
9/10 - DirectorTeinosuke KinugasaStarsMachiko KyôKazuo HasegawaIsao YamagataA samurai pursues a married lady-in-waiting.La porte de l'enfer
Gate Of Hell
地獄門 (Jigokumon)
8/10 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko TsushimaFarmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.Les sept samouraïs
Seven Samurai
七人の侍 (Shichinin no samurai)
10/10 - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsTakashi ShimuraAkihiko HirataAkira TakaradaAfter a dinosaur-like beast - awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing - ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.Godzilla
ゴジラ (Gojira)
8/10 - DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsHideko TakamineItsuo WatanabeMakoto MiyagawaSchoolteacher Hisako Oishi forms an emotional bond with her pupils and teaches them various virtues, while at the same time worrying about their future.Les vingt-quatre prunelles
Twenty-Four Eyes
二十四の瞳 (Nijūshi no hitomi)
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