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[Tim2460]

iCM Forum's Favourite Japanese Movies : 2021 Edition





iCM Forum's Favourite Japanese Movies : 2021 edition

Nominations topic

The cinema of Japan has a history that spans more than 100 years and is one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world. Films have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived.

Japanese cinema got it all, Samurai, yakuza & Kaiju of course... but it's so much more than that.

Just when the Japan Challenge is near it's end, let's see what are iCM Forums Favourite Japanese Movies anf if we can discover some new directors who could rise and stand between our beloved Ozu, Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, Kobayashi etc etc.....

This is the third edition of that pool, precedents one where held in 2013 & 2017. So it is about time to do this again.





Quoting the 2017 ruleset :
I'm not going to set rules for which movies are admissible. If you feel a movie is Japanese (and good enough of course to include in your list) than you should include it. When in doubt about a movie, you can ask here for advice. But to give some guidelines as to what to search for: you can look at production country, language and/or the nationality of the director/crew.

The deadline is 30th June 2021 : I will download all lists the morning after deadline, so feel free to submit an incomplete list and keep editing your list until the deadline.

Rules :
1) Make a list of your favorite films (Films include feature length films, short films, documentaries, mini-series, whatever has an entry on IMDB, except TV series no video games either.).
You can submit a list in one of three ways:
1. Imdb list
2. ICM list
3. List of imdb urls if you can't make an imdb list.
Make sure your (imdb/icm) list is public!

2) There is no maximum number of films, but each film on your list must only be listed once. Your list should have at least 10 films in it.

3) Submit a link to your IMDB/ICM list here, by midnight CET June 30, 2021. I will download all lists the morning after deadline, so feel free to submit an incomplete list and keep editing your list until the deadline.

4) I will assume your list is RANKED unless you specify otherwise.
Other than a ranked list you can submit your list in one of the following ways:
- Unranked: All films get the same number of points (Pts are determined by the length of your list, same amount of total points as if the list had been ranked).
- Partially ranked: Top X is ranked, rest is unranked

List length and half-life will probably be respectively 200 and 30, since that was used in the 2 previous editions of this poll.





Some help:
Movies you rated on IMDb from Japan, sorted by your rating

Last editions results:

Favourite Japanese Movies	2017	Top 200 Top 200	Complete List Complete List	Results Thread	Nominations Thread
Favorite Japanese Movies	2013	Top 200 Top 200	Complete List Complete List	Results Thread	Nominations Thread

65 Participants

01	St. Gloede	Ranked	St. Gloede	195
02	jvv	unranked	jvv(unranked)	52
03	Teproc	Ranked	Teproc	43
04	TraverseTown	Ranked	TraverseTown	181
05	Perception de Ambiguity	Ranked	Perception de Ambiguity	570
06	Onderhond	Ranked	Onderhond	310
07	blocho	unranked3	blocho(unranked3)	29
08	mightysparks	Ranked	mightysparks	30
09	Dolwphin	unranked	Dolwphin(unranked)	48
10	Carmel1379	Ranked	Carmel1379	118
11	pitchorneirda	Ranked	pitchorneirda	32
12	Y U M E	Ranked	Y U M E	285
13	beavis	Ranked	beavis	50
14	hurluberlu	Ranked	hurluberlu	206
15	Caracortada	Ranked	Caracortada	54
16	filmbantha	Ranked	filmbantha	95
17	Mysterious Dude	Ranked	Mysterious Dude	50
18	zuma	Ranked	zuma	90
19	beasterne	Ranked	beasterne	20
20	peeptoad	Ranked	peeptoad	18
21	jeff_v	Ranked	jeff_v	51
22	russa03	Ranked	russa03	51
23	sushantv10	Ranked	sushantv10	192
24	zzzorf	Ranked	zzzorf	99
25	Smoover	Ranked	Smoover	100
26	RolandKirkSunglasses	Ranked	RolandKirkSunglasses	54
27	Torgo	Ranked	Torgo	155
28	Gorro	Ranked	Gorro	200
29	mjf314	Ranked	mjf314	80
30	Lammetje	Ranked	Lammetje	11
31	DudeLanez	unranked18	DudeLanez(unranked18)	85
32	cinephage	Ranked	cinephage	110
33	clemmetarey	Ranked	clemmetarey	45
34	matthewscott8	Ranked	matthewscott8	31
35	murnaunosferatu	Ranked	murnaunosferatu	50
36	joachimt	Ranked	joachimt	61
37	frbrown	Ranked	frbrown	111
38	tommy_leazaq	Ranked	tommy_leazaq	102
39	insomnius	Ranked	insomnius	81
40	Melvelet	unranked50	Melvelet(unranked50)	136
41	klaus78	Ranked	klaus78	100
42	sol	Ranked	sol	100
43	Rufus-T	Ranked	Rufus-T	40
44	zomgmouse	Ranked	zomgmouse	122
45	Gordon_Gekko	Ranked	Gordon_Gekko	101
46	Lonewolf2003	unranked145	Lonewolf2003(unranked145)	179
47	Mifune	Ranked	Mifune	63
48	perceval	Ranked	perceval	127
49	Opio	Ranked	Opio	62
50	Panunzio	Ranked	Panunzio	32
51	Fergenaprido	Ranked	Fergenaprido	60
52	DulceDoes	unranked21	DulceDoes(unranked21)	91
53	connordenney	unranked23	connordenney(unranked23)	38
54	gromit82	unranked	gromit82(unranked)	10
55	lineuphere	Ranked	lineuphere	110
56	OldAle1	unranked50	OldAle1(unranked50)	142
57	longsilence	Ranked	longsilence	144
58	Good-Will-Harding	unranked32	Good-Will-Harding(unranked32)	105
59	monclivie	Ranked	monclivie	57
60	PeacefulAnarchy	Ranked	PeacefulAnarchy	80
61	Wonderful Rainbow	Ranked	Wonderful Rainbow	10
62	Jimi Antiloop	Ranked	Jimi Antiloop	24
63	mathiasa	Ranked	mathiasa	58
64	Tim2460	Ranked	Tim2460	43
65	rokp	Ranked	rokp	44

Please check if you're on this list and it's stated correctly.

[Tim2460]

Oops ... wanted to post this next Monday...

Oh well reserved then and let's enjoy 70's Results first.

@Adam can you lock the topic until next week ?

[Onderhond]

3) Submit a link to your IMDB/ICM list here, by midnight CET March 28, 2021.

That's going to be tricky!

[Tim2460]

3) Submit a link to your IMDB/ICM list here, by midnight CET March 28, 2021.

That's going to be tricky!

That's what happens when you post Work in progress instead of previewing it

Reserved 2

[Torgo]

Rules :
1) Make a list of your favorite films (Films include feature length films, short films, documentaries, mini-series, whatever has an entry on IMDB, except TV series no video games either.).

Keep in mind that the popular 13-episodes "mini"-series format of Japanese animes should and will be excluded for this.
There are enough amazing movies to choose from.

Will participate the first time since almost a decade, yay!

[St. Gloede]

My slightly outdated list: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls057673025/

[jvv]

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls500936252/ (UNRANKED)

[Teproc]

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/icm+ ... an/teproc/

[TraverseTown]

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/trav ... versetown/ ranked

I'm watching a lot of Japanese things right now so I will keep updating until the deadline.

[Perception de Ambiguity]

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls062752787/

[Torgo]

Maybe we should clarify beforehand if Lain, Paranoia Agent, Tatami et al are eligible or not.

[Tim2460]

From the 2017 full list : Lain got on the 200 List because of 2 (??) #1 Vote.

We'll see if it pops up again this year... not sure Anime's Mini Series have grown up in audience since then.
IMDB sorting out oubvious "TV Series" should be enought.



#178 (▲36 #214) Serial Experiments Lain (, 1998), 249.9 points, 4 votes, 511 checks (IMDb)

4 voters

Carmel1379 (#1)
frbrown (unranked>10)
mjf314 (#80)
Perception de Ambiguity (#1)

and

917 Môsô dairinin 2004

[joachimt]

Oops ... wanted to post this next Monday...

Oh well reserved then and let's enjoy 70's Results first.

@Adam can you lock the topic until next week ?

Don't worry. You don't have to wait for one poll to finish to start the next. It's fine like this.

[Onderhond]

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/onde ... onderhond/ (ranked)

Thought about removing the lesser known films (because they have no chance of making it anyway), but meh. They're great films too, so they belong in my list.

[TraverseTown]

Thought about removing the lesser known films (because they have no chance of making it anyway), but meh. They're great films too, so they belong in my list.

Definitely always include them. The most valuable part of the forum polls for me is going through the lower-ranked films on the list of all nominations that got 3 or fewer votes and finding new things to watch. 98% of the films that make the final list on any given poll are things I've seen or that are already on my radar.

[blocho]

The top 3 ranked, the rest unranked
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls500964170/

[mightysparks]

Ranked: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls057656302/

[Dolwphin]

Unranked: https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/dolw ... /dolwphin/

[Carmel1379]

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls500927286/

[pitchorneirda]

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/pitc ... /kirigrap/

Ranked

[Y U M E]

Ranked
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/a+pe ... ki+rokuro/

[Onderhond]

Ranked
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/a+pe ... ki+rokuro/

Number of favorites: 78/169 (46.15%)

[beavis]

I'm sticking with my 2018 list
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/my+f ... es/beavis/

have seen maybe only 2 or 3 movies in the meantime that come close to cracking this top 50, but nothing that I must definitely include...

[hurluberlu]

My list
Ranked

[Caracortada]

The Nippon List

[filmbantha]

My ranked list: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls500857126/

[Mysterious Dude]

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls500875563/ (all ranked)

[zuma]

Ranked:
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/japanese/zuma/

I am going to try and watch some more Japanese films before the deadline. Either stuff I have waiting at home or recommendations.

[beasterne]

Here's my list, ranked: https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/favo ... beasterne/

[Tim2460]

And we have our first OP update @ 19 Participants so far !

Thx everyone

PS : Added the "Previous voters that haven't voted yet" to the OP ...

[TraverseTown]

And we have our first OP update @ 19 Participants so far !

Thx everyone

You have a title count listed for each participant but I'm going to keep adding to my list throughout the month. Is that ok?

[Tim2460]

It's just an indication ... No problem at all

[peeptoad]

ranked

[jeff_v]

My list: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls057655309/

[russa03]

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/japan/russa03/ ranked

[sushantv10]

Mine
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls057278266/

[zzzorf]

Here's mine, ranked thanks to my Flickchart as usual.
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/my+s ... an/zzzorf/

[Smoover]

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls062688853

[RolandKirkSunglasses]

Ranked

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/japa ... unglasses/

[Torgo]

Will participate the first time since almost a decade, yay!

Well fuck me, I really haven't updated my old list since the 2013 poll. Since I don't keep review logs, it's close to meaningless to try sorting a bunch of 8/10 rated b/w Samurai films from the 60s which I've seen in 2014 or 2015 ..

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls051160268/ (ranked)

Yes the title is "Top 100" and includes 154 films as of now, just ignore that. If anyone is giving this a look: 1-114 is my old list, 115-154 what I seen from 2013-2016 (+a few animes). Maybe I will sit down until June 30th and clean it up .. maybe I'm too lazy. TIME WILL TELL.