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Must-see Japanese Movies


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The original "Shall We Dance?" is pretty good, too. Avoid the American remake!! And, try to get the Japanese version, instead of the export version. There's about 15-20 minutes of additional footage, and rearranged narration in the original version.

Oh, and all the movies I've linked to on Amazon Japan come with English subtitles. As long as you've got a Region 2 or Region Free DVD player, go for it!

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Already been mentioned, and seconded, but I gotta say again all of OZU's oeuvre and definitely Tampopo. you've already mentioned Kurosawa, but aside from the standard (Yojimbo, Seven Samurai, Rashomon etc) Dersu Uzala (デルス·ウザーラ), and Dreams (夢) are both must sees.

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Not sure if you'd seen any heian-era stuff, but it's a little bit different from the usual top-knot/tokugawa-era samurai stuff.

Sansho the Bailiff (blu-ray) was released last month: http://www.criterion.com/films/823-sansho-the-bailiff

and Gate of Hell is coming out next month: http://www.criterion.com/films/28199-gate-of-hell

Both of these are must-watch, but they're really old-school stuff.

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