What are the best Japanese films for newcomers?
Japanese CinemaNamed in 2 of 6 answers
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Yojimbo is a 1961 Japanese samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune as a ronin who arrives in a small town.
2 questions · 1 categories · As of Nov 12, 2026
| Categories | Category rank | Questions | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese Cinema | #30of 82 | 2 | 28.1 |
Brands named in the same answers as Yojimbo in the last four weeks, counted in answers.
| Brand | Answers naming the brand | Named alongside |
|---|---|---|
| Spirited Away | 19 | Seven Samurai (13), Rashomon (12), Tokyo Story (12) |
| Seven Samurai | 14 | Spirited Away (13), Rashomon (12), Tokyo Story (12) |
| Akira Kurosawa | 11 | Hayao Miyazaki (11), Yasujiro Ozu (11), Hirokazu Koreeda (10) |
| Yasujiro Ozu | 11 | Akira Kurosawa (11), Hayao Miyazaki (11), Hirokazu Koreeda (10) |
| Kenji Mizoguchi | 9 | Akira Kurosawa (9), Hayao Miyazaki (9), Yasujiro Ozu (9) |
| Tokyo Story | 12 | Seven Samurai (12), Spirited Away (12), Rashomon (11) |
| Princess Mononoke | 9 | Spirited Away (9), My Neighbor Totoro (6), Grave of the Fireflies (6) |
| My Neighbor Totoro | 9 | Spirited Away (8), Seven Samurai (6), Princess Mononoke (6) |
| Grave of the Fireflies | 10 | Spirited Away (10), Akira (8), Perfect Blue (7) |
| Hayao Miyazaki | 11 | Akira Kurosawa (11), Yasujiro Ozu (11), Hirokazu Koreeda (10) |
| Rashomon | 12 | Seven Samurai (12), Spirited Away (12), Tokyo Story (11) |
| Akira | 8 | Spirited Away (8), Grave of the Fireflies (8), Perfect Blue (7) |
| Shoplifters | 12 | Spirited Away (12), Seven Samurai (11), Rashomon (10) |
| Tampopo | 10 | Seven Samurai (9), Spirited Away (9), Shoplifters (8) |
| Perfect Blue | 8 | Spirited Away (8), Akira (7), Grave of the Fireflies (7) |
| Your Name | 8 | Spirited Away (8), My Neighbor Totoro (6), Princess Mononoke (6) |
| Hirokazu Koreeda | 10 | Akira Kurosawa (10), Hayao Miyazaki (10), Yasujiro Ozu (10) |
| Masaki Kobayashi | 8 | Akira Kurosawa (8), Kenji Mizoguchi (8), Hayao Miyazaki (8) |
| Ryusuke Hamaguchi | 8 | Akira Kurosawa (8), Hirokazu Koreeda (8), Hayao Miyazaki (8) |
| The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | 5 | Spirited Away (4), Akira (4), Grave of the Fireflies (4) |
| Shohei Imamura | 8 | Akira Kurosawa (8), Kenji Mizoguchi (8), Hayao Miyazaki (8) |
| Harakiri | 7 | Seven Samurai (7), Rashomon (7), Spirited Away (7) |
| Isao Takahata | 5 | Ryusuke Hamaguchi (5), Akira Kurosawa (5), Hirokazu Koreeda (5) |
| High and Low | 5 | Seven Samurai (5), Drive My Car (5), Spirited Away (5) |
| The Boy and the Heron (2023) | 4 | Spirited Away (4), Perfect Blue (4), Princess Mononoke (4) |
| Mikio Naruse | 4 | Ryusuke Hamaguchi (4), Akira Kurosawa (4), Hirokazu Koreeda (4) |
| Drive My Car | 8 | Seven Samurai (8), Spirited Away (8), Tokyo Story (8) |
| Ikiru | 8 | Seven Samurai (8), Rashomon (8), Spirited Away (8) |
| Nagisa Oshima | 6 | Akira Kurosawa (6), Kenji Mizoguchi (6), Hayao Miyazaki (6) |
| Yojimbo | 5 | Seven Samurai (5), Rashomon (5), Spirited Away (5) |
Sites the answers naming this brand cited in the last four weeks. Counts are citing answers.
| Rank | Source | Citing answers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | collider.com | 2 |
| 2 | imdb.com | 2 |
| 3 | japaninsider.com | 2 |
| 4 | movieweb.com | 2 |
| 5 | atlasruna.com | 1 |
| 6 | bfi.org.uk | 1 |
| 7 | editorial.rottentomatoes.com | 1 |
| 8 | en.wikipedia.org | 1 |
| 9 | firsthandjapan.com | 1 |
| 10 | flickchart.com | 1 |
For the brand's best questions: of each surface's 1 answers, how many named it.
| Questions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1What are the best Japanese films for newcomers? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2What are the best Japanese films of all time? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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