* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Pulse (2001)
2. Cure (1997)
3. Creepy (2016)
4. Tokyo Sonata (2008)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Penance (2012)
(Japanese TV Miniseries)
2. Seance (2000)
(Japanese TV Film)
Japanese Cinema
My Favorite Akira Kurosawa Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Ran (1985)
2. High and Low (1963)
3. Seven Samurai (1954)
4. Ikiru (1952)
5. Red Beard (1965)
6. Throne of Blood (1957)
7. Rashomon (1950)
8. Yojimbo (1961)
9. The Hidden Fortress (1958)
10. Stray Dog (1949)
11. Madadayo (1993)
12. Kagemusha (1980)
13. Drunken Angel (1948)
14. Sanjuro (1962)
15. Dersu Uzala (1975)
16. The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
17. I Live in Fear (1955)
18. Does’ka-den (1970)
19. The Idiot (1951)
20. The Lower Depths (1957)
21. Scandal (1950)
22. The Quiet Duel (1949)
23. One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
24. No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
25. The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail (1945)
26. Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
27. Sanshiro SUgata Part II (1945)
28. The Most Beautiful (1944)
29. Rhapsody in August (1991)
30. Dreams (1990)
(a.k.a. Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams)
My Favorite Hirokazu Koreeda Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. After the Storm (2016)
2. Still Walking (2008)
3. After Life (1998)
4. Like Father, Like Son (2013)
(no relation to the 1987 Dudle Moore film)
5. Nobody Knows (2004)
6. Maborosi (1995)
7. Our Little Sister (2015)
8. I Wish (2011)
My Favorite Masaki Kobayashi Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Human Condition Trilogy (1959/1961)
2. Kwaidan (1964)
3. Samurai Rebellion (1967)
4. Harakiri (1962)
5. Black River (1957)
My Favorite Keisuke Kinoshita Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
2. Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
3. Apostasy (1948)
4. Army (1944)
My Favorite Abbas Kiarostami Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
2. Taste of Cherry (1997)
3. Life, and Nothing More… (1992)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
4. Close-Up (1990)
5. Where Is the Friend’s Home? (1987)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
6. Certified Copy (2010)
7. Ten (2002)
8. Like Someone in Love (2012)
9. Shirin (2008)
10. The Traveler (1974)
11. ABC Africa (2001)
(Documentary)
12. Tickets (2005)
(co-directed with Ermanno Olmi and Ken Loach)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Anthology Films)
1. Lumiere and Company (1995)
(Segment: “Dinner for One”)
My Favorite Jia Zhangke Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Platform (2000)
2. A Touch of Sin (2013)
3. The World (2004)
4. 24 City (2008)
5. Unknown Pleasures (2002)
6. Still Life (2006)
7. Mountains May Depart (2015)
My Favorite Jim Jarmusch Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Dead Man (1995)
2. Paterson (2016)
3. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
4. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
5. Down by Law (1986)
6. The Limits of Control (2009)
7. Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
(Anthology)
8. Broken Flowers (2005)
9. Mystery Train (1989)
(Anthology)
10. Night on Earth (1991)
(Anthology)
11. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
12. The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
13. Permanent Vacation (1980)
14. Gimme Danger (2016)
(Documentary)
15. Year of the Horse (1997)
(Concert Film/Documentary)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
1a. Segment: Int. Trailer Night (2002)
(Anthology)
My Favorite Derek Jarman Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Blue (1993)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
(no relation to Three Colours: Blue)
2. War Requiem (1989)
3. Jubilee (1977)
4. Edward II (1991)
5. The Garden (1990)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
6. The Last of England (1987)
7. Sebastiane (1976)
8. Wittgenstein (1993)
9. Caravaggio (1986)
10. The Tempest (1979)
My Favorite Shoehei Imamura Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Eel (1997)
2. The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
3. Vengeance is Mine (1979)
4. A Man Vanishes (1967)
(Documentary)
5. Black Rain (1989)
(no relation to the Michael Douglas movie)
6. Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
7. Dr. Akagi (1998)
8. Eijanaika (1981)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
9. The Pornographers (1966)
10. Unholy Desire (1964)
(a.k.a. Intentions of Murder)
11. The Insect Woman (1963)
12. Pigs and Battleships (1961)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. 11’09″01 September 11 (2002)
(Segment: “Japan”)
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