# Kinema Junpo's number one Japanese films of the 1980s

From Zigeunerweisen and Muddy River to The Funeral, My Neighbor Totoro and Black Rain: the ten films that topped Kinema Junpo's Japanese Best Ten from 1980 to 1989.

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- Nov 10, 2020 · 浩二
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## Top 10

1. **Fall Guy** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1982 Best Ten. Kinji Fukasaku. Kōhei Tsuka's comedy set in a film studio.
2. **The Family Game** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1983 Best Ten. Yoshimitsu Morita. Yūsaku Matsuda as a home tutor.
3. **A Taxing Woman** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1987 Best Ten. Jūzō Itami. Nobuko Miyamoto as a tax inspector.
4. **Zigeunerweisen** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1980 Best Ten. Seijun Suzuki. Based on stories by Hyakken Uchida.
5. **The Funeral** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1984 Best Ten. Jūzō Itami's first film as director.
6. **And Then** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1985 Best Ten. Yoshimitsu Morita. From Natsume Sōseki's novel.
7. **The Sea and Poison** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1986 Best Ten. Kei Kumai. From Shūsaku Endō's novel on wartime vivisections.
8. **My Neighbor Totoro** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1988 Best Ten. Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli.
9. **Black Rain** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1989 Best Ten. Shōhei Imamura. From Masuji Ibuse's novel on Hiroshima after the bomb.
10. **Muddy River** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1981 Best Ten. Kōhei Oguri. Black and white, from Teru Miyamoto's novel.

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