10 Japanese Movies You Must See!

You want to discover great japanese movies but you don’t know where to begin?

Here we go!

#10 – Tetsuo – IMDb Rating: 7.1/10

A kind-of live version of Akira, a cyberpunk manifesto full of crazy ideas you’d have never thought about. That’s pure indie-undeground movie.

# Review: MidnightEye
# From the same director: Tokyo Fist
# Trailer:

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#09 – Funeral Parade Of Roses – IMDb Rating: 7.9/10

Well, A Clockwork Orange stole some ideas from Funeral Parade of Roses. Yes Kubrick did love Japanese Cinema. Anyway, this is a gay version of Oedipus Rex set in Tokyo, 1960’s. No way you want to miss it!

# Review: MidnightEye
# From the same director: Shura
# Trailer:

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#08 – Graveyard Of Honor – IMDb Rating: 7.4/10

Before Battle Royale, there was this nihilistic-violent-bloody yakuza movie where hope, honor and dream are just dead. One of the best japanese crime movie ever made!

# Review: DVDVerdict
# From the same director: Under the flag of the rising sun
# Trailer

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#07 – The Great Killing – IMDb Rating: 8.5/10

Imagine a violent samurai showdown shoot like French Connection, a story a la The Battle of Algiers, and you’ll have a little idea of what is The Great Killing!

# Review: MidnightEye
# From the same director: The Thirteen Assassins

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#06 – The Man Who Stole The Sun – IMDb Rating: 7.5/10

The Japanese Taxi Driver, except here, a young teacher is building his A-Bomb to threaten his government. Just amazing!

# Review: MidnightEye
# From the same director: The Youth Killer
# Clip:

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#05 – Branded to Kill – IMDb Rating: 7.3/10

Remember Ghost Dog? Well, Jarmusch was deeply influenced by Branded to Kill, an abstract and insane yakuza movie with a killer who wants to be the number 1!

# Review: KFC Cinema
# From the same director: Tattooed Life
# Trailer:

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#04 – The Streetfighter – IMDb Rating: 7.0/10

If you’ve seen True Romance, you should know what is The Streetfighter! A pure badass movie with no limits in violence! A violent japanese version of Bruce Lee.

# Review: KFC Cinema
# With the same actor: The Shogun’s Samurai
# Trailer:

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#03 – Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion – IMDb Rating: 7.4/10

One of the best women in prison film! It’s violent, visually astonishing, even anarchistic. With Lady Snowblood’s actress as a cold-blood prisoner.

# Review: Sarudama
# From the same director: Female Convict Scorpion Jailhouse 41
# Trailer:

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#02 – Red Angel – IMDb Rating : 8.1/10

It shows the cruelty of war seen through the eyes of a beautiful nurse. Don’t except drama or pathos, it’s about dehumanization. A very pessimistic and sad story!

# Review: MidnightEye
# From the same director: The Blind Beast
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#01 – Hitokiri – Tenchu! – IMDb Rating : 8.1/10

This is how the samurai film genre ends. Fights without honor or humanity, blood everywhere… Best known for Yukio Mishima harakiri scene.

# Review : MidnightEye
# From the same director: The Wolves
# Clip:

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And you, what do you recommend?

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