# Kinema Junpo's number one Japanese films of the 2010s

From Villain to In This Corner of the World, Shoplifters and It Feels So Good: the ten films that topped Kinema Junpo's Japanese Best Ten from 2010 to 2019.

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- Jul 22, 2024 · 橋本 大輔
- https://even.best/en/l/4683/kinema-junpo-s-number-one-japanese-films-of-the-2010s

## Top 10

1. **Villain (2010)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Lee Sang-il. From Shūichi Yoshida's novel.
2. **Our Homeland (2012)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Yang Yong-hi. A brother back briefly from North Korea.
3. **Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (2013)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Azuma Morisaki. A son and his mother with dementia.
4. **The Light Shines Only There (2014)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Mipo O. A man and a woman in Hakodate.
5. **Three Stories of Love (2015)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Ryōsuke Hashiguchi. Three people living with loss.
6. **The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2017)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Yūya Ishii. Based on Tahi Saihate's poems.
7. **Postcard (2011)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kaneto Shindō. His final film, made at 99.
8. **In This Corner of the World (2016)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sunao Katabuchi. Suzu's life in wartime Kure.
9. **Shoplifters (2018)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hirokazu Kore-eda. Palme d'Or.
10. **It Feels So Good (2019)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Haruhiko Arai. Former lovers spend a few days together before a wedding.

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