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Kinema Junpo's Critics' Top 105 Japanese Films (2009)

Listed here are the Top 105 Japanese films as voted by Japanese film critics. This poll was run by famed film magazine Kinema Junpo, which is Japan's oldest and most celebrated publication on film. There are a number of ties involving multiple films, so here are the significant ties as it pertains to this list:
7-9 tied for seventh
10-12 tied for tenth
13-16 tied for thirteenth
17-22 tied for seventeenth
23-35 tied for twenty-third
36-58 tied for thirty-sixth
59-105 tied for fifty-ninth
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1
Tokyo Story (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
2
Seven Samurai (1954)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
3
Floating Clouds (1955)
Floating Clouds (1955)
4
A Sun-Tribe Myth From the Bakumatsu Era (1957)
A Sun-Tribe Myth From the Bakumatsu Era (1957)
5
The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 1: Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 1: Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
6
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   60%
7
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
8
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo (1935)
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo (1935)
9
The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
10
The Family Game (1983)
The Family Game (1983)
11
Stray Dog (1949)
Stray Dog (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
12
Typhoon Club (1985)
Typhoon Club (1985)
13
Ikiru (1952)
Ikiru (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
14
Susaki Paradise - Red Light District (1956)
Susaki Paradise - Red Light District (1956)
15
High and Low (1963)
High and Low (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
16
A Fugitive From the Past (1965)
A Fugitive From the Past (1965)
17
Harakiri (1962)
Harakiri (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
18
Intentions of Murder (1964)
Intentions of Murder (1964)
19
Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
20
Castle of Sand (1974)
Castle of Sand (1974)
21
Bitterness of Youth (1974)
Bitterness of Youth (1974)
22
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
23
Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937)
Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937)
24
Yojimbo (1961)
Yojimbo (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
25
Fighting Elegy (1966)
Fighting Elegy (1966)
26
Fall Guy (1982)
Fall Guy (1982)
27
Boiling Point (1990)
Boiling Point (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
28
Ugetsu (1953)
Ugetsu (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
29
The Crucified Lovers (1954)
The Crucified Lovers (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
30
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955)
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955)
31
Flowing (1956)
Flowing (1956)
32
Samurai Vendetta (1959)
Samurai Vendetta (1959)
33
Branded to Kill (1967)
Branded to Kill (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
34
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
35
Zigeunerweisen (1980)
Zigeunerweisen (1980)
36
Here's to the Young Lady (1949)
Here's to the Young Lady (1949)
37
The Ball at the Anjo House (1947)
The Ball at the Anjo House (1947)
38
Late Spring (1949)
Late Spring (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
39
Till We Meet Again (1950)
Till We Meet Again (1950)
40
The Life of Oharu (1952)
The Life of Oharu (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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