10 great
10 great Japanese films of the 1950s
Is Japan’s 1950s the single greatest decade for a national cinema?
By Matthew Thrift
10 great Japanese films of the 1950s
All articles about Japanese film
Where to begin
Where to begin with Mikio Naruse
By Hayley Scanlon
Interviews
Shinya Tsukamoto on his new post-war film Shadow of Fire: “In order to portray the true horror of war, it was important to show the aftermath”
By Jasper Sharp
10 great
10 great Japanese family dramas
By Jasper Sharp
Bookends
Akira Kurosawa’s first and last films, Sanshiro Sugata and Madadayo
By Hayley Scanlon
Features
High and Low: Kurosawa’s kidnapping procedural at 60
By Jasper Sharp
Features
The Rashomon effect: a new look at Akira Kurosawa’s cinematic milestone of post-truth
By Jasper Sharp
Obituaries
Yoshishige Yoshida obituary: leading light of the Japanese New Wave
By Jasper Sharp
Features
When Kurosawa made a Christmas film
By Hayley Scanlon
Where to begin
Where to begin with Kinuyo Tanaka
By Hayley Scanlon
Features
Where to begin with Juzo Itami
By Hayley Scanlon
Where to begin
Where to begin with Masaaki Yuasa
By Kambole Campbell
Features
Japanese documentaries from the Yamagata festival now streaming for free online
By Jasper Sharp
Lists
Go west: 8 Japanese classics and the western films inspired by them
By Kambole Campbell
10 great
10 great films set in medieval Japan
By Matthew Thrift
10 great
10 great samurai films
By Jasper Sharp
Lists
Toshiro Mifune: 10 essential films
By David Parkinson
Features
Cherry blossom season: 13 visions of springtime in Japanese cinema
By Hayley Scanlon
10 great
10 great Japanese teen films
By Jasper Sharp
Where to begin
Where to begin with Naomi Kawase
By Hayley Scanlon
Where to begin
Where to begin with Nobuhiko Obayashi
By Ren Scateni
Features
In praise of Hausu, the world’s most demented haunted house film
By Sarah Cleary
Features
Tokyo Story: anatomy of a classic
By Jasper Sharp
Where to begin
Where to begin with Yasujiro Ozu
By Hayley Scanlon
10 great
10 great Japanese film noirs
By Matthew Thrift
Features
International Tea Day: Ozu and the everyday magic of The Flavour of Green Tea over Rice
By Hayley Scanlon
Where to begin
Where to begin with Akira Kurosawa
By Alex Barrett
Lists
The best Japanese film of every year – from 1925 to now
By Alejandra Armendáriz-Hernández, Kambole Campbell and others
Lists
Yasujiro Ozu: 10 essential films
By Jasper Sharp
Where to begin
Where to begin with Japanese musicals
By Jasper Sharp