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Cinephile 101: Cinema of Japan

Cinephile 101 is a cinephile/film buff list series, aiming to cover a diverse range of different areas that anyone who claims this distinction should really know their stuff in.
In this entry of the series we're looking at the cinema of Japan. Japanese cinema is a real big deal in international film and the chances are that you've seen a Japanese film without even realising it, as is often the case with dubbed anime or seen a film that was remade (if not even ripped off of) from a Japanese film. So from anime to Samurai movies via the Japanese New Wave movement and onto Kaidan and J-Horror, here's a selection of essential Japanese movies that all cinephile's need to know.
For the sake of including the widest selection possible, any film series are represented solely by their first movie.
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Akira (1988)
Akira (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
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An Actor's Revenge (1963)
An Actor's Revenge (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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Angel's Egg (1985)
Angel's Egg (1985)
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Audition (1999)
Audition (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
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The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
7
The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
8
Blind Beast (1969)
Blind Beast (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
9
Branded to Kill (1967)
Branded to Kill (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
10
The Burmese Harp (1956)
The Burmese Harp (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
11
Castle in the Sky (1986)
Castle in the Sky (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
12
The Ceremony (1971)
The Ceremony (1971)
13
A Colt Is My Passport (1967)
A Colt Is My Passport (1967)
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Creepy (2016)
Creepy (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
15
The Crucified Lovers (1954)
The Crucified Lovers (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
16
Cure (1997)
Cure (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
17
Dark Water (2002)
Dark Water (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
18
Death by Hanging (1968)
Death by Hanging (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
19
Demons (1971)
Demons (1971)
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Drunken Angel (1948)
Drunken Angel (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
21
Early Spring (1956)
Early Spring (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Early Summer (1951)
Early Summer (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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The End of Evangelion (1997)
The End of Evangelion (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
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Equinox Flower (1958)
Equinox Flower (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
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Eros + Massacre (1969)
Eros + Massacre (1969)
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Eureka (2000)
Eureka (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
27
The Face of Another (1966)
The Face of Another (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
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Fires on the Plain (1959)
Fires on the Plain (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
30
Fireworks (1997)
Fireworks (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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Floating Weeds (1959)
Floating Weeds (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
32
Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
33
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
34
Goyokin (1969)
Goyokin (1969)
35
Gozu (2003)
Gozu (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
36
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
37
Happy Hour (2015)
Happy Hour (2015)
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Harakiri (1962)
Harakiri (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
39
Heroic Purgatory (1970)
Heroic Purgatory (1970)
40
The Hidden Blade (2004)
The Hidden Blade (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
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