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Jewels from Japan

Rhady

My ever-growing list of favorite Japanese films.

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	rhadynascimento's Rating	My Rating
1	Onibaba (1965, Unrated) Mr. Shindô's stunning images haunted my imagination for weeks on end.
2	Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) (2001, PG)
3	Cure (1998, Unrated) What doesn't kill you makes you kill them.
4	Cha no aji, (The Taste of Tea) (2004, Unrated) Fresh and adorable in its infinite weirdness.
5	Kôrei, (Seance) (2001, PG)
6	Rashômon (Rashomon) (In the Woods) (1951, Unrated)
7	Pulse (Kairo) (2005, Unrated) Dark, profound and utterly scary. Ignore the American remake and dive deep into this disturbing essay on human isolation.
8	Shinjû: Ten no amijima (Double Suicide) (1969, Unrated) A feast for the eyes in marvelous black and white.
9	Akira (1988, R)
10	Wandâfuru raifu (After Life) (1998, Unrated)
11	Last Life in the Universe (2004, R)
12	The Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei) (2004, Unrated)
13	Survive Style 5+ (2004, Unrated)
14	Dark Water (2002, PG-13)
15	Vital (2005, R) Tsukamoto's obsession with the human body crosses the final frontier: the skin. Sounds gross? It is, but in the end, it's the beauty that sticks with you. Go figure...
16	Blind Beast (Môjû) (1969, Unrated) Bizarre is art!
17	Ringu ( Ring) (1998, Unrated)
18	Rinjin 13-gô (Neighbour No. 13) (2005, Unrated)
19	Kaidan (Kwaidan) (Ghost Stories) (1964, Unrated)
20	Kôkaku kidôtai (Ghost in the Shell) (Shell Mobile Force) (1996, R) "The Matrix" owes so much to this movie it should actually pay Oshii royalties.
21	Ame agaru (When the Rain Lifts) (After the Rain) (1999, Unrated)
22	Be With You (Ima, ai ni yukimasu) (2004, Unrated) A tearjerker that does not evade itself from being creative, amounting to an utterly satisfying ending. I was shocked to see Nakamura, from "Neighbor No. 13", playing what could be the sweetest fellow on earth.
23	Doppelganger (Dopperugengâ) (2003, R)
24	Yogen (Premonition) (2004, R)
25	Infection (2007, Unrated)
26	Bright Future (2004, Unrated)
27	Uzumaki (2002, G) Its main worth lies in the thorough exploration of the film's weird theme: a city obsessed with spirals. Flaws and absurdities end up being a detail for the horror enthusiast.
28	Pikunikku (Picnic) (1996, PG)
29	Ghost in the Shell 2 - Innocence (2004, PG-13)
30	Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2000, Unrated)
31	Reincarnation (Rinne) (, R) Everyone is entitled to a guilty peasure once in a while. Unintentionally hilarious!!
32	Ju-on: The Grudge (Ju-on 3) (2003, R) 4 stars? Sure! Why so serious? The flying wig and the toy cats alone would already be worth your money!
33	Fireworks (Hana-bi) (1997, Unrated)
34	Kûchû teien (Hanging Garden) (2005, Unrated)
35	Yojimbo (1961, Unrated)
36	Hauru no ugoku shiro (Howl's Moving Castle) (2005, PG)
37	Doppelganger (2003, Unrated)
38	Paprika (2006, R)
39	Tôkyô Sonata (Tokyo Sonata) (2009, PG-13) Surprisingly emotional for a Kurosawa film, this was one of my favorite picks in this year's São Paulo International Film Festival.
40	Kumonosu Jô (Throne of Blood) (Macbeth) (1957, Unrated)
41	Anazahevun (Another Heaven) (2000, R) This highly enjoyable Japanese horror is successful not only in avoiding everything you'd expect to see in the genre, but also in making good use of ideas that destroyed other flicks. I'd develop this idea further, but the less you know about the plot, the better.
42	Ugetsu monogatari (1954, Unrated)
43	Eureka (Yûreka) (2001, Unrated) Monochromatic redemption told in an utterly poetic style. Don't get me started on my Koji Yakusho drooling, I can barely stand how brilliant the guy is...
44	Tôkyô zonbi (Tokyo Zombie) (2005, Unrated)
45	Samehada otoko to momojiri onna (Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl ) (2003, R) Top class!
46	Yabu no naka no kuroneko (Black Cat from the Grove) (1968, Unrated) Following "Onibaba", Kaneto Shindô delivers another stunning, eerie masterpiece.