Midnight Eye's Best Japanese Films of the Decade

[HungFist]

Here's Midnighteye's top 10 of 2000's lists and comments by 6 critics:
http://www.midnighteye.com/features/bes ... cade.shtml

5 votes
Love Exposure
United Red Army

4 votes
Still Walking

3 votes
Tokyo Sonata
It's Only Talk
Spirited Away
Battle Royale

2 votes
Tony Takitani
Mind Game
Moon and Cherry
Nobody Knows
Hanging Garden
Strawberry Shortcakes
Canary
A Snake of June
Audition
Air Doll
Electric Dragon 80,000 Volts

1 vote
Adrift in Tokyo
All Around Us
Avalon
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Blue Spring
Bright Future
Dead or Alive 2
Doing Time
Graveyard of Honour
Hana
I Just Didn't Do It
Kafka's A Country Doctor
Kamikaze Girls
Late Bloomer
Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters
The Book of the Dead
Now, I...
The Taste of Tea
This World of Ours
Twilight Samurai
Vibrator
Waterboys
Zatoichi

If I calculated correctly there are 41 films listed. How many have you seen?

Me: seen 22, plus have 2 unwatched on dvd.
May 2011 EDIT: now seen 26

[gasteropod]

I've seen 9 of them, nice to see Mind Game featured there.

[grim_tales]

I've only seen 4 lol (Battle Royale, Spirited Away, A Snake of June and Audition). I own 2 (Spirited Away and Battle Royale).

[gasteropod]

I'm surprised you haven't seen Zatoichi, Grimmy boy!

[gasteropod]

I think it's a little strange that Kairo isn't on that list.

[Shingster]

I've seen at least 21 of those films, it might be one or two more but I can't remember with some! I own around 5 on DVD that I've not watched yet. I really moved away from Japanese cinema in 2010 and haven't done much to catch up either this year so far. Once I became HD capable I concentrated on BD output for DVDTimes as we don't have many HD reviewers and naturally that meant I had to shift my focus to Western cinema once more. I really do want to get back into J-cinema though, but I dunno when I will!

I'm not a big fan of that list either, the better films have the lower votes (and regarding Blue Spring, 9 Souls is a far better film) and Ponyo isn't on there when it's the best thing Miyazaki's done since Laputa, but at least there are no duffers from the films I've seen.

[HungFist]

My ratings

5 votes
Love Exposure - 5/5
United Red Army - 4.5/5

4 votes
Still Walking - 2.5/5

3 votes
Tokyo Sonata - 4/5
It's Only Talk - 4.5/5
Spirited Away - 3/5 *
Battle Royale - 4.5/5

2 votes
Tony Takitani - 4.5/5
Nobody Knows - 3/5 *
A Snake of June - 3.5/5
Audition - 4/5
Air Doll - 4/5
Electric Dragon 80,000 Volts - 2.5/5

1 vote
Adrift in Tokyo - 3/5
Avalon - 3.5/5
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - 4/5
Blue Spring - 4/5
Dead or Alive 2 - 3/5 *
Graveyard of Honour - 3/5 *
Hana - 1/5
Kamikaze Girls - 3/5
Late Bloomer - 3.5/5
This World of Ours - 2.5/5
Twilight Samurai - 3.5/5
Vibrator - 3/5
Zatoichi - 4.5/5

* very old rating, no memories of the film...

The most notable exclusions that come to mind would be Realism no yado, Eureka, Suicide Circle, Tokyo.Sora, All About Lily Chou Chou, Azumi, Gaichu, Ame no tsubasa, Hard Revenge Milly: Bloody Battle, and Dolls.

[grim_tales]

I'm surprised you haven't seen Zatoichi, Grimmy boy!

Doh! Forgot Zatoichi! Yes I have seen that I own it

[gasteropod]