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

The top 3 according to 4 votes from people: Fall Guy · The Family Game · A Taxing Woman. (Updated Nov 10, 2020.)

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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Top 10

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    Fall Guy

    1982 Best Ten. Kinji Fukasaku. Kōhei Tsuka's comedy set in a film studio.

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    1
  2. 2

    The Family Game

    1983 Best Ten. Yoshimitsu Morita. Yūsaku Matsuda as a home tutor.

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    1
  3. 3

    A Taxing Woman

    1987 Best Ten. Jūzō Itami. Nobuko Miyamoto as a tax inspector.

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    1
  4. 4

    Zigeunerweisen

    1980 Best Ten. Seijun Suzuki. Based on stories by Hyakken Uchida.

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    0
  5. 5

    The Funeral

    1984 Best Ten. Jūzō Itami's first film as director.

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    0
  6. 6

    And Then

    1985 Best Ten. Yoshimitsu Morita. From Natsume Sōseki's novel.

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    0
  7. 7

    The Sea and Poison

    1986 Best Ten. Kei Kumai. From Shūsaku Endō's novel on wartime vivisections.

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    0
  8. 8

    My Neighbor Totoro

    1988 Best Ten. Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli.

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    0
  9. 9

    Black Rain

    1989 Best Ten. Shōhei Imamura. From Masuji Ibuse's novel on Hiroshima after the bomb.

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    0
  10. 10

    Muddy River

    1981 Best Ten. Kōhei Oguri. Black and white, from Teru Miyamoto's novel.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

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