Another round! Guidelines and details here.
Japanuary 2025 Line-Up:
1. Shinya Tsukamoto (1/1/1960): Tetsuo II: BodyHammer
2. Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Tokyo Sonata
3. Koji Shiraishi: Grotesque
4. Takashi Miike: Graveyard of Honor
5. Hayao Miyazaki (1/5/1941): My Neighbor Totoro
6. Juzo Itami: Supermarket Woman
7. Hideo Gosha: Three Outlaw Samurai
8. Koreyoshi Kurahara: I Am Waiting
9. Nobuhiko Ōbayashi (1/9/1938 — 4/10/2020): School in the Crosshairs
10. Seijun Suzuki: Tokyo Drifter
11. Shōhei Imamura: Pigs and Battleships
12. Kinji Fukasaku (7/3/1930 — 1/12/2003): Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
13. Shinji Sōmai (1/13/1948 — 9/9/2001): Typhoon Club
14. Masahiro Shinoda: Himiko
15. Gakuryū Ishii (1/15/1957): The Crazy Family
16. Nagisa Ōshima (3/31/1932 — 1/15/2013): In the Realm of the…
Another round! Guidelines and details here.
Japanuary 2025 Line-Up:
1. Shinya Tsukamoto (1/1/1960): Tetsuo II: BodyHammer
2. Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Tokyo Sonata
3. Koji Shiraishi: Grotesque
4. Takashi Miike: Graveyard of Honor
5. Hayao Miyazaki (1/5/1941): My Neighbor Totoro
6. Juzo Itami: Supermarket Woman
7. Hideo Gosha: Three Outlaw Samurai
8. Koreyoshi Kurahara: I Am Waiting
9. Nobuhiko Ōbayashi (1/9/1938 — 4/10/2020): School in the Crosshairs
10. Seijun Suzuki: Tokyo Drifter
11. Shōhei Imamura: Pigs and Battleships
12. Kinji Fukasaku (7/3/1930 — 1/12/2003): Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
13. Shinji Sōmai (1/13/1948 — 9/9/2001): Typhoon Club
14. Masahiro Shinoda: Himiko
15. Gakuryū Ishii (1/15/1957): The Crazy Family
16. Nagisa Ōshima (3/31/1932 — 1/15/2013): In the Realm of the Senses
17. Toshiaki Toyoda: Blue Spring
18. Takeshi Kitano (1/18/1947): Boiling Point
19. SABU: Dangan Runner
20. Hirokazu Kore-eda: Shoplifters
21. Ryūsuke Hamaguchi: Like Nothing Happened
22. Naoko Ogigami: Glasses
23. Yuki Tanada: My Broken Mariko
24. Shunji Iwai (1/24/1963): Love Letter
25. Yasujirō Ozu: Only Son
26. Akira Kurosawa: Rashomon
27. Masaki Kobayashi: The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer
28. Hiroshi Teshigahara (1/28/1927 — 4/14/2001): Pitfall
29. Hiroshi Shimizu: Ornamental Hairpin
30. Kenji Mizoguchi: Street of Shame
31. Mikio Naruse: When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Bonus categories:
32. Anime: Akira
33-35. Pinku/Pink Violence : Entrails of a Virgin, Entrails of a Beautiful Woman, Rusted Body
36. Samurai: Samurai Wolf
37. J-Horror: Sadako 3D
38. Directed by Women: Tale of a Vampire
39. Tokusatsu: Cutie Honey
40. Short film: Franz Kafka’s a Country Doctor
41. Documentary: Goodbye CP
42. Cyberpunk: Rubber’s Lover
43. Yakuza: Blind Woman's Curse
44. LGBTQIA+ Films: Revolutionary Girl Utena
45-46. Recommendations from Ben: Wild Zero, Crab Goalkeeper
