1. Onibaba (Kaneto Shindo, 1964)

2. Kwaidan (Masaki Kobayashi, 1964)

3. Woman of the Dunes (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964)

4. Tampopo (Juzo Itami, 1985)

5. Ohayo (Yasujirō Ozu, 1959)

6. Toyko Story (Yasujirō Ozu, 1963)

7. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)

8. Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo, 1988)

9. Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Shinya Tsukamoto, 1989)

10. Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, 1961)

11. Life of Oharu (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1952)

12. Zatoichi (Takeshi Kitano, 2003)

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