Kinema Junpo's number one Japanese films of the 1970s
The top 3 according to 23 votes from people: Sandakan No. 8 · The Yellow Handkerchief · The Ceremony. (Updated Jan 25, 2021.)
From Where Spring Comes Late and The Ceremony to The Yellow Handkerchief and Vengeance Is Mine: the ten films that topped Kinema Junpo's Japanese Best Ten from 1970 to 1979.
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Top 10
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1
Sandakan No. 8
1974 Best Ten. Kei Kumai. An old woman recalls her life as a karayuki-san in Borneo.
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2
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977 Best Ten. Yōji Yamada. Starring Ken Takakura.
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3
The Ceremony
1971 Best Ten. Nagisa Ōshima. A clan's postwar history told through its weddings and funerals.
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4
Shinobugawa
1972 Best Ten. Kei Kumai. From Tetsuo Miura's Akutagawa Prize-winning novel.
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5
Tsugaru Jongara-bushi
1973 Best Ten. Kōichi Saitō. Set in a fishing village in Tsugaru.
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6
Young Murderer
1976 Best Ten. Kazuhiko Hasegawa's first feature.
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Vengeance Is Mine
1979 Best Ten. Shōhei Imamura. Based on a real serial killer.
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8
Third
1978 Best Ten. Yōichi Higashi. A boy in a juvenile reformatory.
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9
Where Spring Comes Late
1970 Best Ten. Yōji Yamada. A family moving from Nagasaki to Hokkaido.
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10
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975 Best Ten. Kaneto Shindō. A documentary on Kenji Mizoguchi.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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