August without Emperor

Best movies:

• A Last Note (1995)

• Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

• Threads - Our Tapestry of Love (2020)

Best movies:

• Woman of the Dunes (1964)

• This Transient Life (1970)

• Antarctica (1983)

Best movies:

• High and Low (1963)

• Red Beard (1965)

• Departures (2008)

Best movies:

• Natsu no niwa - The Friends (1994)

• Harakiri (1962)

• Zatoichi at Large (1972)

Best movies:

• The Castle of Sand (1974)

• The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)

• The War in Space (1977)

Best movies:

• Equinox Flower (1958)

• Late Autumn (1960)

• The Castle of Sand (1974)

Best movies:

• Last Samurai (1974)

• Zatoichi in Desperation (1972)

• Live Today, Die Tomorrow (1970)

Best movies:

• Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)

• Harakiri (1962)

• Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)

Best movies:

• Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)

• Inn of Evil (1971)

• Tenchu! (1969)

Best movies:

• Our Mother (2008)

• The Makioka Sisters (1983)

• The Ambitious (1970)

Best movies:

• Our Mother (2008)

• Memories of Tomorrow (2006)

• Zatoichi in Desperation (1972)

Best movies:

• The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)

• Zatoichi Challenged (1967)

• Steel Edge of Revenge (1969) - narrator

Best movies:

• The Castle of Sand (1974)

• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

• The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)

Best movies:

• Antarctica (1983)

• The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)

• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)

Best movies:

• Bayside Shakedown (1998)

Best movies:

• Japan's Longest Day (1967)

• The Human Bullet (1968)

• Zatoichi at Large (1972)

Best movies:

• Karate Bear Fighter (1975)

• The Street Fighter (1974)

• The Executioner (1974)