Some of my favourite films come from Japanese filmmakers like Hirokazu Koreeda. I'm trying to watch more Japanese cinema as I go along this list!

arranged by: directors (alphabetical order)
(director's name in notes)
(films with same director: arranged by chronological order)

- all Japanese films that I've watched (recs are very appreciated!!)
- constantly updating

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EXTRA STATS
Number of films watched by each director
abbas kiarostami (iranian): 1
ahn gil ho (korean): 1
aika higashimori: 1
akashi hiroto: 2
akihiko shiota: 1
akihiko yamashita: 1
akiko ohku: 2
akira kurosawa: 4
akira nagai: 1
akira saitoh: 1
akira uchikata: 1
akitoshi yokoyama: 1
a.t.: 2
ayuko tsukahara: 3
chie hayakawa: 1
chiemi shimada: 1
daigo matsui: 5
daihachi yoshida: 1
daisuke nishio
daisuke yamamuro: 1
eiichi kudo: 1
eiichiro hasumi: 1
eiichi yamamoto: 1
eisuke naito: 1
ema ryan yamazaki: 1
emmanuel osei-kuffour, jr.: 1
eunyoung choi: 1
fuminori kaneko: 2
gakuryu ishii: 1
genki kawamura: 1
goro miyazaki: 2
hans canosa: 1
harika abe: 1
hayao miyazaki: 11
hayato kawai: 1
hideki takeuchi: 2
hideo nakata: 2
hirobumi watanabe: 1
hiroho mieno: 1
hirokazu koreeda: 16 (1 from korean cinema)
hiroki kazama: 1
hiromasa yonebayashi: 4
hiroshi nishitani: 2
hiroshi okuyama: 1
hiroshi shimizu: 1
hiroshi teshigahara: 1
hiroto nakano: 1
hirotsugu usui: 1
hiroyasu ishida: 2
hiroyuki morita: 1
hiroyuki okiura: 1
hitori gekidan: 1
hitoshi iwamoto: 1
hitoshi one: 1
hoshino kazunari: 1
isamu nakae: 1
isao takahata: 3
isao yamada: 1
isao yukisada: 4 (1 from korean cinema)
ishiro honda: 1
itaru mizuno: 1
izuru narushima: 1
jimon terakado: 1
jiro nagae: 1
joe odagiri: 1
john h. lee: 1
junichi fujise: 1
junichi sato: 1
juntaro furubayashi: 1
juzo itami: 1
kai wei lee: 1
kaku mizuno: 3
kan ishibashi: 1
katsuhide motoki: 1
katsuhito ishii: 1
katsuo fukuzawa: 1
katsuya tomita: 1
katsuyuki motohiro: 1
kazuaki imai: 2
kazuhito nakae: 1
kazuya konaka: 1
kazuyoshi kumakiri: 1
keiichi hara: 1
keiichiro shiraki: 1
kei ishikawa: 1
keisuke kinoshita: 1
keitaro sakon: 1
kenji yamamoto: 1
ken ninomiya: 1
ken ochiai: 2
kenji mizoguchi: 1
kensaku kakimoto: 1
kenta fukasaku: 1
kentaro hagiwara: 3
kentaro takemura: 3
kenta tanaka: 2
kinji fukasaku: 2
kiyoshi kurosawa: 6
kiyotaka oshiyama: 1
kodai kobayashi: 1
kohei yoshino: 1
koichiro miki: 1
kojiro hashimoto: 1
koji shintoku: 1
ko kanai: 1
koki shigeno: 1
komuro naoko: 1
kon ichikawa: 1
kosuke suzuki: 1
kotaro tamura: 1
kotaro wajima: 1
kozo nagayama: 1
kumagai kiichi: 1
kunio katou: 1
kyohei ishiguro: 1
lisa takeba: 1
maiko ouchi: 1
mai takano: 1
makoto shinkai: 8
mamoru hosoda: 3
manami yamashita: 1
mana yasuda: 1
masaaki yuasa: 1
masahiko nagasawa: 1
masahiro mori: 1
masahiro shinoda: 1
masaki kobayashi: 1
masanori murakami: 1
masato hijikata: 1
masayuki suzuki: 2
matthew kay: 1
maya ayabe: 1
mayu akiyama: 1
megumi tsuno: 1
michihito fujii: 12
michio mihara: 1
mika ninagawa: 1
mikio naruse: 2
miwa nishikawa: 2
momoko fukuda: 1
murao yoshiaki: 1
nagisa oshima: 1
nami iguchi: 1
naohisa inoue: 1
naoki kato: 3
naoko komuro: 2
naoko nobutomo: 1
naoko yamada: 2
naomi kawase: 9
naoto amazutsumi: 1
naoyuki miyashita: 1
natsuki takahashi: 1
neo sora: 1
nobuhiko obayashi: 4
nobuhiro doi: 1
nobuhiro yamashita: 5
nobuyuki takeuchi: 1
norihiro koizumi: 1
noriyoshi sakuma: 2
nozomi asao: 1
okamoto shingo: 1
omoto katsuhiro: 1
rikiya imaizumi: 5
ryohei takeshita: 1
ryohei watanabe: 1
ryo nishimura: 1
ryosuke fukuda: 1
ryota nakano: 1
ryotaro makihara: 1
ryuichi hiroki: 1
ryuichi inomata: 1
ryuichi yagi: 2
ryusuke hamaguchi: 6
sabu: 2
satoshi kon: 5
seiichi nagumo: 1
seiji tanaka: 1
seijun suzuki: 1
shigeyuki yamane: 1
shingo matsumura: 1
shingo natsume: 1
shingo tamagawa: 1
shin hirano: 1
shinichiro ueda: 1
shinji aoyama: 1
shinji hamasaki: 1
shinji higuchi: 1
shinsuke sato: 1
shintaro sugawara: 2
shinya tsukamoto: 3
shiori ito: 1
shiro tokiwa: 2
shinobu yaguchi: 2
shinya ayabe: 1
shinzo katayama: 1
sho miyake: 1
sho tsukikawa: 1
shuichi okita: 1
shunichi hirano: 1
shunji iwai: 10
shunsuke kariyama: 2
shunsuke shinada: 1
sion sono: 3
soushi matsumoto: 1
studio deen (no director listed): 1
suzuki yuma: 1
takafumi hatano: 1
takahiro miki: 4
takahisa zeze: 1
takana shirai: 1
takashi miike: 5 (1 from korean cinema)
takashi yamazaki: 3
takehiko shinjo: 4
takeshi furusawa: 2
takeshi kitano: 2
takuma sato: 1
takumi doyama: 1
takuya kato: 1
ten shimoyama: 1
tetsu maeda: 1
tetsuro araki: 1
tetsuya nakashima: 1
tomomi mochizuki: 1
tomotaka shibayama: 1
tomoya takahashi: 1
toshiaki toyoda: 3
toshifumi akai: 1
toshimichi saito: 2
toshimitsu iizuka: 1
toshio tsuboi: 3
toya sato: 2
tsutomu hanabusa: 1
wim wenders: 1
yasuharu ishii: 1
yasuhiko shimizu: 1
yasujiro ozu: 18
yoshifumi kondou: 1
yoshihiro fukagawa: 1
yoshihiro mori: 1
yoshimitsu morita: 1
yoshishige miyake: 1
yoshishige yoshida: 1
yoshitaka takeuchi: 1
yoshiyuki momose: 2
yoshiyuki okuyama: 1
youichi narita: 1
yugo sakamoto: 1
yuichi fukuda: 4
yui kiyohara: 1
yuji nakae: 1
yuji yamazaki: 1
yukihiko tsutsumi: 1
yuki kobayashi: 1
yukiko mishima: 2
yuki tanada: 3
yuki yamato: 1
yuma suzuki: 1
yuri kanchiku: 1
yusaku matsumoto: 1
yusuke ishida: 1
yusuke taki: 1
yuta shimotsu: 1
(not stated): 2