# Kinema Junpo's number one Japanese films of the 1990s

From The Cherry Orchard to All Under the Moon, Shall We Dance? and Hana-bi: the ten films that topped Kinema Junpo's Japanese Best Ten from 1990 to 1999.

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- Apr 10, 2020 · cinema_slow
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## Top 10

1. **The Cherry Orchard** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — 1990 Best Ten. Shun Nakahara. A girls' school drama club on founding day.
2. **A Dedicated Life** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 1994 Best Ten. Kazuo Hara. A documentary on the novelist Mitsuharu Inoue.
3. **A Last Note** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — 1995 Best Ten. Kaneto Shindō. Haruko Sugimura and Nobuko Otowa.
4. **Sumo Do, Sumo Don't** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1992 Best Ten. Masayuki Suo. A university sumo club on the brink of closing.
5. **Shall We Dance?** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1996 Best Ten. Masayuki Suo. A salaryman discovers ballroom dancing.
6. **All Under the Moon** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — 1993 Best Ten. Sai Yoichi. A Korean-Japanese taxi driver.
7. **The Eel** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1997 Best Ten. Shōhei Imamura. Palme d'Or.
8. **Ah, Spring** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1999 Best Ten. Shinji Sōmai. A man who turns up claiming to be the father.
9. **My Sons** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1991 Best Ten. Yōji Yamada. Rentarō Mikuni and Masatoshi Nagase as father and son.
10. **Hana-bi** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1998 Best Ten. Takeshi Kitano. Golden Lion at Venice.

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