# Kinema Junpo's number one Japanese films of the 1950s

From Until We Meet Again, Early Summer and Ikiru to Twenty-Four Eyes, Floating Clouds and The Ballad of Narayama: the ten films that topped Kinema Junpo's Japanese Best Ten from 1950 to 1959.

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- Feb 20, 2020 · 吉田 美咲
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## Top 10

1. **Ikiru** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1952 Best Ten. Akira Kurosawa. Starring Takashi Shimura.
2. **Until We Meet Again** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1950 Best Ten. Tadashi Imai. Young lovers in wartime.
3. **Nigorie** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1953 Best Ten. Tadashi Imai. Three short stories by Ichiyō Higuchi.
4. **Early Summer** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1951 Best Ten. Yasujirō Ozu. Starring Setsuko Hara.
5. **Twenty-Four Eyes** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1954 Best Ten. Keisuke Kinoshita. A teacher and her twelve pupils on Shōdoshima.
6. **Kiku and Isamu** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1959 Best Ten. Tadashi Imai. The story of two mixed-race siblings.
7. **Darkness at Noon** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1956 Best Ten. Tadashi Imai. A wrongful-conviction drama based on the Yakai case.
8. **The Ballad of Narayama** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1958 Best Ten. Keisuke Kinoshita. From Shichirō Fukazawa's novel.
9. **The Rice People** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1957 Best Ten. Tadashi Imai. Set in a farming village on Lake Kasumigaura.
10. **Floating Clouds** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1955 Best Ten. Mikio Naruse. From Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

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