# Kinema Junpo's number one Japanese films of the 1960s

From Her Brother and The Insect Woman to Woman in the Dunes, Red Beard and The Great White Tower: the ten films that topped Kinema Junpo's Japanese Best Ten from 1960 to 1969.

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- Aug 21, 2020 · kobeeiga
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## Top 10

1. **The Great White Tower** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1966 Best Ten. Satsuo Yamamoto. From Toyoko Yamasaki's novel.
2. **Her Brother** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1960 Best Ten. Kon Ichikawa. From Aya Kōda's novel.
3. **Bad Boys** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1961 Best Ten. Susumu Hani. Cast with non-professional boys.
4. **Being Two Isn't Easy** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1962 Best Ten. Kon Ichikawa. Parenting seen through a two-year-old's eyes.
5. **The Insect Woman** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1963 Best Ten. Shōhei Imamura. Starring Sachiko Hidari.
6. **Woman in the Dunes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1964 Best Ten. Hiroshi Teshigahara. From Kōbō Abe's novel.
7. **Red Beard** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1965 Best Ten. Akira Kurosawa. Starring Toshirō Mifune.
8. **Samurai Rebellion** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1967 Best Ten. Masaki Kobayashi. Starring Toshirō Mifune.
9. **Profound Desires of the Gods** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1968 Best Ten. Shōhei Imamura. Set on a southern island.
10. **Double Suicide** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1969 Best Ten. Masahiro Shinoda. From Chikamatsu Monzaemon's puppet play.

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