# The best Japanese films of the 1970s (Kinema Junpo)

Kinema Junpo's top ten Japanese films of the 1970s, chosen for the magazine's centenary: from number one, The Man Who Stole the Sun, to Battles Without Honor and Humanity, The Castle of Cagliostro and Castle of Sand (with ties).

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## Top 10

1. **The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Kazuhiko Hasegawa. A schoolteacher builds his own atomic bomb; Kenji Sawada and Bunta Sugawara. Number one.
2. **Castle of Sand (1974)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Yoshitarō Nomura. From Seichō Matsumoto: a murder and a father and son's journey. Number eight.
3. **Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — Kinji Fukasaku. Yakuza wars in postwar Hiroshima. Number two.
4. **House (1977)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Nobuhiko Obayashi. A country house that eats schoolgirls. Number five.
5. **The Inugami Family (1976)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Kon Ichikawa. Detective Kindaichi and murders in a wealthy clan. Number seven.
6. **The Bullet Train (1975)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Junya Satō. A bullet train that will explode if it slows down. Number three.
7. **青春の蹉跌 (1974)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Tatsumi Kumashiro. Kenichi Hagiwara as a law student heading for a fall. Joint ninth.
8. **Vengeance Is Mine (1979)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Shōhei Imamura. Ken Ogata as a real-life serial killer. Number six.
9. **Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Hayao Miyazaki. Lupin and Princess Clarisse. Number four.
10. **The Assassination of Ryoma (1974)** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Kazuo Kuroki. Yoshio Harada as Sakamoto Ryōma in his last three days. Joint ninth.

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