* * * * (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)
Lists
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 Stanley Kubrick Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Barry Lyndon (1975)
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
3. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
4. The Shining (1980)
5. The Killing (1956)
6. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
7. Paths of Glory (1957)
8. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
9. Lolita (1962)
10. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
11. Spartacus (1960)
12. Killer’s Kiss (1955)
13. Fear and Desire (1953)
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 Satoshi Kon Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Animation/Anime)
1. Paprika (2006)
2. Millennium Actress (2001)
3. Perfect Blue (1997)
4. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
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 Kim Jee-woon Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. A Bittersweet Life (2005)
2. The Age of Shadows (2016)
3. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
2. I Saw the Devil (2010)
3. The Last Stand (2013)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *) (Anthology Films)
1. Three (2002)
(Segment: “Memories”)
My Favorite Krzysztof Kieslowski Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Decalogue (1988)
(Polish TV Miniseries)
2. Three Colors: Red (1994)
3. Three Colors: Blue (1993)
4. Three Colors: White (1994)
5. The Double Life Of Veronique (1991)
6. A Short Film About Love (1988)
7. A Short Film About Killing (1988)
8. No End (1985)
9. Camera Buff (1979)
10. The Scar (1976)
11. Blind Chance (1987)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. The Office (1966)
2. Tramway (1966)
3. Concert of Requests (1967)
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”)
