"When writing the previous "10 great underseen Japanese movies" list, it quickly became clear that 10 films are just a fraction of the amount of brilliant underseen Japanese movies that are out there just waiting to be explored. The list talked about movies from 10 different directors in a variety of genres, but still it missed out on so much of what Japanese film culture has to offer, making a second list almost feel mandatory.
This second list hopefully has a lot more to offer, with a bunch of different directors, even including some of the biggest ones like Kurosawa, but also some directors that make a return with another underseen entry. While the previous list acknowledged the Yakuza genre, this time around we'll dive a bit deeper into it and if you thought we discussed Japanese youth drama's enough, you should think again, because a few more will be discussed."
