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

The top 3 according to 43 votes from people: The Cherry Orchard · A Dedicated Life · A Last Note. (Updated Apr 10, 2020.)

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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Top 10

  1. 1

    The Cherry Orchard

    1990 Best Ten. Shun Nakahara. A girls' school drama club on founding day.

    ▲ 7 ▼ 0

    7
  2. 2

    A Dedicated Life

    1994 Best Ten. Kazuo Hara. A documentary on the novelist Mitsuharu Inoue.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 0

    5
  3. 3

    A Last Note

    1995 Best Ten. Kaneto Shindō. Haruko Sugimura and Nobuko Otowa.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 1

    4
  4. 4

    Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

    1992 Best Ten. Masayuki Suo. A university sumo club on the brink of closing.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  5. 5

    Shall We Dance?

    1996 Best Ten. Masayuki Suo. A salaryman discovers ballroom dancing.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  6. 6

    All Under the Moon

    1993 Best Ten. Sai Yoichi. A Korean-Japanese taxi driver.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  7. 7

    The Eel

    1997 Best Ten. Shōhei Imamura. Palme d'Or.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  8. 8

    Ah, Spring

    1999 Best Ten. Shinji Sōmai. A man who turns up claiming to be the father.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  9. 9

    My Sons

    1991 Best Ten. Yōji Yamada. Rentarō Mikuni and Masatoshi Nagase as father and son.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 1

    2
  10. 10

    Hana-bi

    1998 Best Ten. Takeshi Kitano. Golden Lion at Venice.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0

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