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Japanese Films

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Note:

Films that have an asterisk (*) by the title have some particularly violent content that may disturb some viewers. Films that have two asterisks (**) have some erotic content that may offend some viewers.

Film listings are alphabetized by the title name, but if a title begins with “the”, the alphabetizing is based on the second word of the title. Japanese directors’ names are given in western style, with the first name followed by the surname. Chinese directors’ names are given in Asian fashion, with the last name given first.

  • Kurosawa
    • The Bad Sleep Well
    • The Hidden Fortress
    • Kagemusha (“Shadow Warrior”)
    • Dreams (DVD, 1 copy)
    • Ikiru (“To Live”)
    • The Lower Depths
    • Ran
    • Rashomon (DVD, 1 copy)
    • Red Beard
    • Rhapsody in August
    • Sanjuro
    • Seven Samurai (DVD, 1 copy)
    • Sword of Doom
    • Throne of Blood
    • Yojimbo
  • Dramas
    • 14 Up: Japan
    • 21 Up: Japan
    • An Autumn Afternoon
    • The Bird People in China
    • Black Rain
    • The Burmese Harp (2 copies)
    • Chushingura
    • Departures
    • Double Suicide
    • Early Summer
    • Eight Million Gods: The Japanese Matsuri Festival
    • Enlightenment Guaranteed
    • The Family Game
    • Fires on the Plain *
    • Fireworks
    • Four Seasons in Kyoto: Festivals and Symbols
    • Gung Ho
    • Harakiri
    • Heaven and Earth
    • Himatsuri * (extremely violent and disturbing, albeit powerful, ending!)
    • I Was Born, But…
    • J, Robot: Casae Studies in Japanese Culture, Art, and Technology (DVD, 1 copy)
    • Japan Past and Present (DVD, 1 copy)
    • Japan: The Taboo of Failure (DVD, 1 copy)
    • Kikujiro (DVD, 1 copy)
    • Kimono: Symbol of a Nation (DVD, 1 copy)
    • Kwaidan
    • The Last Samurai
    • Late Spring
    • The Life of Oharu
    • Living Treasures of Japan
    • Letters from Iwo Jima
    • Lost in Translation
    • The Mistress
    • Mr. Baseball
    • Nobody Knows
    • Part 1: Time for School-The Global Education Crisis
    • Shall We Dance?
    • Spirits of the State: Japan's Yasukuni Shrine
    • Samurai Rebellion
    • Sansho the Bailiff
    • Sisters of the Gion
    • Spirited Away
    • Strange Dawn
    • Sushi: A Bite of Culture, Aesthetics, and Nature
    • Tampopo
    • Tokyo Story
    • Tokyo: The Neon City
    • Tony Takitani
    • Toyota's Drive to the Top
    • Twenty-Four Eyes
    • Ugetsu
    • Utamaro and His Five Women
    • White Light, Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    • Woman in the Dunes
    • Zatoichi, Vol. 1—The Tale of Zatoichi
  • Comedies

    Comedies

    • Ah! My Goddess (The Movie)
    • Akira
    • Astroboy: Tape One
    • Astroboy: Tape Two
    • A Beautiful Dreamer (Movie 2)
    • Grave of the Fireflies
    • My Neighbor Totoro
    • Princess Mononoke
  • Anime
    • Ah! My Goddess (The Movie)
    • Akira
    • Astroboy: Tape One
    • Astroboy: Tape Two
    • A Beautiful Dreamer (Movie 2)
    • Grave of the Fireflies
    • Manga World
    • My Neighbor Totoro
    • Princess Mononoke
  • Documentaries
    • Japan, vol. I: The Electronic Tribe
    • Japan, vol. II: The Sword and the Chrysanthemum
    • Japan, vol. III: The Legacy of the Shogun
    • Japan, vol. IV: A Proper Place in a Proper World
    • The Land of the Rising Sun
    • The Japan Experience: Tokyo to Taiwan
    • Japan
    • Schools of Thought: Teaching Children in America and Japan
    • Japan Past and Present: The Essence of Being Japanese
    • Living Treasure of Japan
    • The Cats of Mirikitani

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