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Any great titles for a japanese directed and made in japan movie?? Im serching for modern wave films , more like Art Cinema , or not hollywood style stuff. And havent find anything from japan...

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Some of my favorites from the last 15 years include

Nobuhiro Yamashita

- Hazy Life

- No One's Ark

- Ramblers

Ryuichi Hiroki

- Tokyo Garbage Baby

- It's Only Talk

- Kimi no tomodachi

Hideaki Anno

- Love & Pop

- Ritual

Hiroshi Ishikawa

- Tokyo . Sora

- Sukida

Jun Ichikawa

- Tony Takitani

- Tokyo Marigold

- How to Become Myself

Yusuke Kinoshita

- Mizu no hana

Akihiko Shiota

- Gaichu

Shinji Aoyama

- Eureka

Shunji Iwai

- Picnic

- Swallotail Butterfly

- All About Lily Chou Chou

Sion Sono

- Suicide Club

- Noriko's Dinner Table

- Love Exposure

Plus some that I haven't seen yet but look interesting:

- Girl Sparks (I have the dvd sitting next to me)

- Moon and Cherry

Suppose Hirokazu Koreeda should also be mentioned, although Distance and Air Doll are the only films by him that I like (maybe Nobody Knows, too, been too long since I saw it)

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My favorites are from the 60s and before (good pick from Michael in Tokyo Drifter) unfortunately. While I find films from Japan that I like from the past 15 years (especially from Yôji Yamada like The Twilight Samurai), my knowledge is better in the older cinema. If you are interested in some of those picks I can post them here.

My favorites 1995-2010 (one per director):

Moon Over Tao (1997) Keita Amamiya (OK I may be the only fan of this :D)

Ringu (1998) Hideo Nakata

My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) Isao Takahata

Audition (1999) Takashi Miike

Versus (2000) Ryuhei Kitamura

Spirited Away (2001) Hayao Miyazaki,

The Twilight Samurai (2002) Yôji Yamada

Ju-on (2002) Takashi Shimizu

The Cat Returns (2002) Hiroyuki Morita

The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003) Takeshi Kitano

There is a lot I still want to watch from the newer period.

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An important one I forgot to mention

Koji Wakamatsu

- United Red Army

Actually, while I'm at it, I might post a list of my all time top 10 favorite Japanese movies.

Red Peony Gambler: Notorious Gambler (Kosaku Yamashita, 1969)

Lone Wolf & Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (Buichi Saito, 1974)

Hokuriku Proxy War (Kinji Fukasaku, 1977)

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (Shinji Somai, 1981)

Taifu Club (Shinji Somai, 1985)

August in the Water (Sogo Ishii, 1995)

Love & Pop (Hideaki Anno, 1998)

April Story (Shunji Iwai, 1998)

Ramblers (Nobuhiro Yamashita, 2003)

Love Exposure (Sion Sono, 2008)

+ Sukeban Deka II: Legend of the Girl in the Iron Mask (TV) (1985)

so difficult, so many greats not making it to the list... Yoshihiro Nishimura (Anatomia Extinction, 1995), Sonny Chiba (Karate Bear Fighter, 1976), Hideo Gosha (Violent Streets, 1974), Norifumi Suzuki (Truck Yarou, 1975-1979), Ryuhei Kitemura (Azumi, 2003), Kazuhiko Hasegawa (The Man Who Stole the Sun, 1979)...

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