# The best Japanese films of the 1990s (Kinema Junpo)

Kinema Junpo's top ten Japanese films of the 1990s, chosen for the magazine's centenary: from number one, All Under the Moon, to Sonatine, Moving, Cure and Princess Mononoke (with ties).

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- Oct 20, 2020 · cinema_slow
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## Top 11

1. **Sonatine (1993)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Takeshi Kitano. Yakuza sent to Okinawa and their brief holiday on the beach. Number two.
2. **All Under the Moon (1993)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Sai Yoichi. A Korean-Japanese taxi driver falls for a Filipina woman. Number one.
3. **Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Masayuki Suo. A university sumo club on the brink of closing. Joint fifth.
4. **Shall We Dance? (1996)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Masayuki Suo. A salaryman discovers ballroom dancing. Joint fifth.
5. **Cure (1997)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Serial killings and a man who has lost his memory. Number four.
6. **死んでもいい (1992)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Takashi Ishii. An estate agent's wife and a drifter. Joint tenth.
7. **Princess Mononoke (1997)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Hayao Miyazaki. The war between the forest gods and humans. Joint seventh.
8. **Moving (1993)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Shinji Sōmai. A sixth-grader shaken by her parents' separation. Number three.
9. **Tokarev (1994)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Junji Sakamoto. A father's revenge after his son is kidnapped and killed. Joint seventh.
10. **Boiling Point (1990)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Takeshi Kitano. A young amateur baseball player gets mixed up with yakuza in Okinawa. Joint tenth.
11. **Hana-bi (1997)** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Takeshi Kitano. An ex-cop's last trip with his sick wife. Golden Lion at Venice. Joint seventh.

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