The best Japanese films of the 1970s (Kinema Junpo)
The top 3 according to 49 votes from people: The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979) · Castle of Sand (1974) · Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973). (Updated Mar 10, 2021.)
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).
Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original
Top 10
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1
The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
Kazuhiko Hasegawa. A schoolteacher builds his own atomic bomb; Kenji Sawada and Bunta Sugawara. Number one.
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2
Castle of Sand (1974)
Yoshitarō Nomura. From Seichō Matsumoto: a murder and a father and son's journey. Number eight.
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3
Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
Kinji Fukasaku. Yakuza wars in postwar Hiroshima. Number two.
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4
House (1977)
Nobuhiko Obayashi. A country house that eats schoolgirls. Number five.
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5
The Inugami Family (1976)
Kon Ichikawa. Detective Kindaichi and murders in a wealthy clan. Number seven.
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6
The Bullet Train (1975)
Junya Satō. A bullet train that will explode if it slows down. Number three.
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7
青春の蹉跌 (1974)
Tatsumi Kumashiro. Kenichi Hagiwara as a law student heading for a fall. Joint ninth.
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8
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Shōhei Imamura. Ken Ogata as a real-life serial killer. Number six.
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9
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Hayao Miyazaki. Lupin and Princess Clarisse. Number four.
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10
The Assassination of Ryoma (1974)
Kazuo Kuroki. Yoshio Harada as Sakamoto Ryōma in his last three days. Joint ninth.
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