01)
AKIRA KUROSAWA
SEVEN SAMURAI (1954) - Canon: 4,7425
RASHOMON (1950) - Canon: 4,6609
RAN (1985) - Canon: 4,5959
IKIRU (1952) - Canon: 4,5944
THRONE OF BLOOD (1957) - Canon: 4,4743
YASUJIRO OZU
TOKYO MONOGATARI (1953) - Canon: 4,5691
BANSHUN aka LATE SPRING (1949) - Canon: 4,5090
AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON (1962) - Canon: 4,4212
BAKUSHU aka EARLY SUMMER (1951) - Canon: 4,2693
THE ONLY SON (1936) - Canon: 4,2286
03)
KENJI MIZOGUCHI
UGETSU MONOGATARI (1953) - Canon: 4,6186
SANSHO DAYU (1954) - Canon: 4,5961
THE LIFE OF OHARU (1952) - Canon: 4,3573
STORY OF THE LAST CHRYSANTHEMUS (1939) - Canon: 4,2976
THE CRUCIFIED LOVERS (1954) - Canon: 3,9666
04)
HAYAO MIYAZAKI
SPIRITED AWAY (2001) - Canon: 4,4953
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (1988) - Canon: 4,2932
PRINCESS MONONOKE (1997) - Canon: 4,1815
LAPUTA, CASTLE IN THE SKY (1986) - Canon: 4,1308
KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE (1989) - Canon: 4,0952
05)
MASAKI KOBAYASHI
HARAKIRI aka SEPPUKU (1962) - Canon: 4,4608
THE HUMAN CONDITION 1 (1959) - Canon: 4,1416
THE HUMAN CONDITION III (1961) - Canon: 4,1044
THE HUMAN CONDITION II (1959) - Canon: 4,0542
KWAIDAN (1964) - Canon: 3,8885
06)
MIKIO NARUSE
UKIGUMO aka FLOATING CLOUDS (1955) - Canon: 4,2209
WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS (1960) - Canon: 4,1995
SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN (1954) - Canon: 4,0313
MIDADERU aka YEARNING (1964) - Canon: 3,9033
MESHI aka REPAST (1951) - Canon: 3,8912
07)
KON ICHIKAWA
THE BURMESE HARP (1956) - Canon: 4,3045
AN ACTOR'S REVENGE (1963) - Canon: 4,0224
NOBI aka FIRES ON THE PLAIN (1959) - Canon: 3,9705
TOKYO OLIMPIAD (1965) - Canon: 3,8991
ENJO aka CONFLAGRATION (1958) - Canon: 3,6808
08)
HIROKAZU KOREEDA
STILL WALKING (2008) - Canon: 4,0999
NOBODY KNOWS (2004) - Canon: 4,0064
MABOROSI (1995) - Canon: 3,9242
AFTER LIFE (1998) - Canon: 3,9213
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON (2013) - Canon: 3,7856
09)
SHOHEI IMAMURA
INTENTIONS OF MURDER (1964) - Canon: 4,1625
VENGEANCE IS MINE (1979) - Canon: 3,9415
KUROI AME aka BLACK RAIN (1989) - Canon: 3,9177
THE INSECT WOMAN (1963) - Canon: 3,8740
THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (1983) - Canon: 3,8076
10)
ISAO TAKAHATA
GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (1988) - Canon: 4,4498
THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA (2013) - Canon: 3,8990
ONLY YESTERDAY (1991) - Canon: 3,8778
MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS (1999) - Canon: 3,8370
POMPOKO (1994) - Canon: 3,3982
11)
NAGISA OSHIMA
KOSHIKEI aka DEATH BY HANGING (1968) - Canon: 4,0611
CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH (1960) - Canon: 3,8375
AI NO KORIDA aka IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES (1976) - Canon: 3,7938
SHONEN aka BOY (1969) - Canon: 3,7867
GISHIKI aka THE CEREMONY (1971) - Canon: 3,5688
12)
TAKESHI KITANO
HANA-BI aka FIREWORKS (1997) - Canon: 4,0929
SONATINE (1993) - Canon: 3,8311
DOLLS (2002) - Canon: 3,6018
A SCENE AT THE SEA (1991) - Canon: 3,5574
KIKUJIRO (1999) - Canon: 3,5466
13)
HIROSHI TESHIGAHARA
WOMAN IN THE DUNES (1964) - Canon: 4,3110
THE FACE OF ANOTHER (1966) - Canon: 3,9015
PITFALL aka OTOSHIANA (1962) - Canon: 3,8313
ANTONIO GAUDI (1984) - Canon: 3,2923
RIKYU (1989) - Canon: 2,9500
14)
KIYOSHI KUROSAWA
CURE (1997) - Canon: 3,7940
PULSE aka KAIRO (2001) - Canon: 3,7712
SHOKUZAI aka PENANCE (2012) - Canon: 3,7395
TOKYO SONATA (2008) - Canon: 3,6316
REAL (2013) - Canon: 3,3031
15)
YASUZO MASUMURA
SEISAKU'S WIFE (1965) - Canon: 3,9612
MOJU aka BLIND BEAST (1969) - Canon: 3,9326
MANJI (1964) - Canon: 3,4733
AKAI TENSHI (1966) - Canon: 3,4615
IREZUMI (1966) - Canon: 3,3346
16)
SEIJUN SUZUKI
BRANDED TO KILL (1967) - Canon: 3,8340
YOUTH OF THE BEAST (1963) - Canon: 3,7000
TOKYO DRIFTER (1966) - Canon: 3,5940
FIGHTING ELEGY (1966) - Canon: 3,5706
PISTOL OPERA (2001) - Canon: 3,4250
17)
TAKASHI MIIKE
13 ASSASSINS (2010) - Canon: 3,8290
AUDITION aka ODISHON (1999) - Canon: 3,7470
VISITOR Q (2001) - Canon: 3,3550
HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS (2001) - Canon: 3,3034
DEAD OR ALIVE: HANZAISHA (1999) - Canon: 3,2833
18)
YOSHISHIGE YOSHIDA
EROS+MASSACRE (1969) - Canon: 3,7769
JOEN aka THE AFFAIR (1968) - Canon: 3,4889
A STORY WRITTEN WITH WATER (1965) - Canon: 3,3750
GOOD-FOR-NOTHING (1960) - Canon: 3,3714
WOMAN OF THE LAKE (1966) - Canon: 3,3688
19)
KINJI FUKASAKU
UNDER THE FLAG OF THE RISING SUN (1972) - Canon: 3,7132
BATTLE ROYALE (2000) - Canon: 3,6206
GRAVEYARD OF HONOR (1975) - Canon: 3,5156
BATTLE WITHOUT HONOR AND HUMANITY (1973) - Canon: 3,3300
THE SHOGUN'S SAMURAI (1978) - Canon: 3,1636
20)
SATOSHI KON
MILLENNIUM ACTRESS (2001) - Canon: 3,6797
PAPRIKA (2006) - Canon: 3,6170
PERFECT BLUE (1998) - Canon: 3,5750
TOKYO GODFATHERS (2003) - Canon: 3,1729
PARANOIA AGENT (2004) - Canon: 3,1333
21)
KANETO SHINDO
ONIBABA (1964) - Canon: 3,8946
NAKED ISLAND (1960) - Canon: 3,8503
KURONEKO aka THE BLACK CAT FROM THE GROVE (1968) - Canon: 3,4635
CHILDREN OF HIROSHIMA (1952) - Canon: 3,0000
A LAST NOTE (1995) - Canon: 2,9083
22)
SHION SONO
LOVE EXPOSURE (2008) - Canon: 4,0707
THE LAND OF HOPE (2012) - Canon: 3,4000
GUILTY OF ROMANCE (2011) - Canon: 3,2958
COLD FISH (2010) - Canon: 3,2227
SUICIDE CLUB (2001) - Canon: 3,0182
23)
HIDEO GOSHA
GOYOKIN (1969) - Canon: 3,7250
SWORD OF THE BEAST (1965) - Canon: 3,6467
TENCHU aka HITOKIRI (1969) - Canon: 3,3889
THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI (1964) - Canon: 3,1045
THE WOLVES (1971) - Canon: 3,0722
24)
YOJI YAMADA
THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI (2002) - Canon: 3,7460
TOKYO FAMILY (2013) - Canon: 3,5174
LOVE AND HONOR (2006) - Canon: 3,5102
THE HIDDEN BLADE (2004) - Canon: 3,1292
A DISTANT CRY FROM SPRING (1980) - Canon: 2,9800
25)
HIROSHI SHIMIZU
JAPANESE GIRLS AT THE HARBOR (1933) - Canon: 3,6828
MR. THANK YOU aka ARIGATO-SAN (1936) - Canon: 3,6482
MASSEURS AND A WOMAN (1938) - Canon: 3,6125
KANZASHI aka ORNAMENTAL HAIRPIN (1941) - Canon: 3,3556
ETERNAL HEART (1929) - Canon: 2,5667
26)
HIROSHI INAGAKI
SAMURAI 1 aka MIYAMOTO MUSASHI (1954) - Canon: 3,6516
SAMURAI 3: DUEL ON GANRYU ISLAND (1956) - Canon: 3,4024
47 RONIN aka CHUSHINGURA (1962) - Canon: 3,3750
THE RICKSHAW MAN (1958) - Canon: 3,2345
SAMURAI 2: DUEL AT ICHIJOJI TEMPLE (1955) - Canon: 3,1652
27)
KEISUKE KINOSHITA
24 EYES (1954) - Canon: 3,7794
THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (1958) - Canon: 3,7033
A JAPANESE TRAGEDY (1953) - Canon: 3,4125
SHE WAS LIKE A WILD CHRYSANTHEMUM (1955) - Canon: 2,9667
CARMEN COMES HOME (1951) - Canon: 2,8167
28)
TOMU UCHIDA
A FUGITIVE FROM THE PAST (1965) - Canon: 3,5600
THE MAD FOX (1962) - Canon: 3,3938
MURDER IN YOSHIWARA aka HERO OF THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT (1960) - Canon: 3,3111
TSUCHI aka EARTH (1939) - Canon: 3,3000
A BLOODY SPEAR ON MONT FUJI (1955) - Canon: 3,1571
29)
KENJI MISUMI
LONE WOLF AND CUB: BABY CART AT THE RIVER STYX (1972) - Canon: 3,3916
LONE WOLF AND CUB: SWORD OF VENGEANCE (1972) - Canon: 3,3738
LONE WOLF AND CUB: BABY CART TO HADES (1972) - Canon: 3,3350
LONE WOLF AND CUB: BABY CART IN LAND OF DEMONS (1973) - Canon: 3,3179
FIGHT, ZATOICHI, FIGHT (1964) - Canon: 3,1722
30)
SHINYA TSUKAMOTO
BULLET BALLET (1998) - Canon: 3,4611
HAZE (2005) - Canon: 3,4000
TETSUO (1989) - Canon: 3,3934
NOBI (2014) - Canon: 3,1286
KOTOKO (2011) - Canon: 3,1222
