Japanese Films in the Kenyon Library (by Title)
| Title | Date | Running Time | Color / B&W | Location | Director/Producer | Other Notes |
| Autumn Afternoon, An (Samma no aji) | 1962 | 113 min. | Color | 92.0130 | Yasujiro Ozu | Ozu's last film. |
| Ballad of Narayama (Narayama bushiko) | 1983 | 129 min. | Color | 92.0029 | Shohei Imamura | First filmed in 1958 by Kinoshita Keisuke. |
| Burmese Harp (Biruma no tategoto) | 1957 | 116 min. | B/W | 89.0240 | Kon Ichikawa | |
| Dodes 'Ka-den (Tokyo slum-dwellers) | 1970 | 140 min. | Color | MLL | Akira Kurosawa | |
| Donzoku (Lower Depths) | 1964 | 126 min. | B/W | MLL | Akira Kurosawa | |
| Dreams (Yume) | 1990 | 119 min. | Color | 91.0155 | Akira Kurosawa | |
| Eijanaika | 1981 | 151 min. | Color | 91.0034 | Shohei Imamura | |
| Family Game (Kazoku gemu) | (see "Kazoku gemu") | |||||
| Fires on the Plain (Nobi) | 1959 | 105 min. | B/W | 97.0052 | Kon Ichikawa | Anti-war film, cannibalism, Philippines. |
| Gan (Wild Geese) | 1953 | 101 min. | B/W | MLL | Shiro Toyoda | Based on novella by Mori Ogai. |
| Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) | (see "Jigokumon") | |||||
| Genroku Chushingura | 1942 | 225 min. (total) | B/W | MLL | Kenji Mizoguchi | 2 parts (113 & 112 min.) |
| Go Masters (Mikan no taikyoku) | 1988 | 134 min. | Color | 91.0058 | Junya Sato & Duan Ji-Shun | |
| Gonza the Spearman (Yari no Gonza) | 1986 | 126 min. | Color | 92.0052 | Masahiro Shinoda | 1700s period piece. |
| Hadaka no shima (The Island) | 1962 | 93 min. | B/W | MLL? | Kaneto Shindo | |
| High & Low (Tengoku to jigoku) | (see "Tengoku to jigoku") | |||||
| Himatsuri (Fire Festival) | 1985 | 120 min. | Color | 92.0011 | Mitsuo Yanagimachi | Japanese "New Wave" film. |
| Ikiru (To Live!) | 1952 | 134 min. | B/W | 89.0289 | Akira Kurosawa | |
| Jigokumon (Gate of Hell) | 1953 | 86 min. | Color | MLL | Teinosuke Kinugasa | A lady-in-waiting impersonates the Empress to permit the ruler's escape during a 12th c. revolt. Later her valiant guard, taken by her beauty, asks to marry her as a reward, only to learn that she already has a husband. G. of H. depicts the conflict bet |
| Kagemusha (The Shadow Warriors) | 1980 | 160 min. | Color | 93.0330 | Akira Kurosawa | |
| Kazoku gemu (The Family Game) | 1983 | 107 min. | Color | 88.0264 | Yoshimitsu Morita | Tokyo in the 1980s. |
| Kumonosu-jo (Throne of Blood) | 1957 | 105 min. | B/W | 88.0328 | Akira Kurosawa | |
| Life of Oharu (Saikaku Ichidai) | 1952 | 136 min. | B/W | 90.0078 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Based on story by Ihara Saikaku (18th c.) |
| Makioka Sisters (Sasameyuki) | 1983 | 140 min. | Color | MLL | Kon Ichikawa | Based on novel by Junichiro Tanizaki. |
| Marusa no onna (A Taxing Woman) | (see "A Taxing Woman") | |||||
| No Regrets for Our Youth (Waga seishun ni kui nashi). | 1946 | 110 min. | B/W | 90.0019 | Akira Kurosawa | Set in '30s. |
| Nobi (Fires on the Plain) | (see "Fires on the Plain") | |||||
| Nora inu (Stray Dog) | 1988 | 122 min. | B/W | 92.0289 | Akira Kurosawa | |
| Osaka Elegy | 1936 | 75 min. | B/W | 92.0137 | Kenji Mizoguchi | |
| Ran | 1986 | 160 min. | Color | 88.0058 | Akira Kurosawa | |
| Rashomon | 1950 | 83 min. | B/W | 88.0095 | Akira Kurosawa | |
| Rikyu | 1991 | 116 min. | Color | 92.0290 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | |
| Samma no aji (An Autumn Afternoon) | (see "An Autumn Afternoon") | |||||
| Sandakan 8 | 1974 | 121 min. | Color | 90.0004 | Kei Kumai | |
| Sanjuro | 1962 | 96 min. | B/W | MLL | Akira Kurosawa | |
| Sansho the Bailiff. | 1954 | 132 min. | B/W | 91.0159 | Kenji Mizoguchi | |
| Sasameyuki (Makioka Sisters) | (see "Makioka Sisters") | |||||
| Seven Samurai (Shichinno-Samurai) | 1954 | 197 min. (total) | B/W | 93.0081- 93.0082 | Akira Kurosawa | 2 parts. |
| Stray Dog (Noru inu) | 1949 | 122 min. | B/W | 92.0289 | Akira Kurosawa | |
| Street of Shame (Uwasa no onna) | 1956 | 85 min. | B/W | MLL | Kenji Mizoguchi | |
| Suna no onna (Woman in the Dunes) | (see "Woman in the Dunes") | |||||
| Tampopo (Dandelion) | 1987 | 114 min. | Color | 89.0007 | Juzo Itami | |
| Taxing Woman, A (Maru-sa no onna) | 1987 | 127 min. | Color | 91.0178 | Juzo Itami | |
| Tengoku to jigoku (High & Low) | 1963 | 143 min. | B/W | MLL | Akira Kurosawa | |
| Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jo) | (see "Kumonosu-jo") | |||||
| Tokyo Story | 1953 | 136 min. | B/W | 90.0026 | Yasujiro Ozu | |
| Ugetsu Monogatari | 1953 | 96 min. | B/W | 88.0352 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Two peasants in war-torn 16th c. Japan abandon their families seek their fortunes in the spoils of war. In attaining his goal, each man destroys his own life. |
| Uwasa no onna (Street of Shame) | (see "Street of Shame") | |||||
| Woman in the Dunes (Suna no onna) | 1964 | 123 min. | B/W | 92.0338 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | Based on novel by Abe Kobo. Starring Eiji Ikada & Kyoto Kishida. |
| Yari no Gonza (Gonza the Spearman) | (see "Gonza the Spearman") | |||||
| Yojimbo | 1961 | 110 min. | B/W | MLL | Akira Kurosawa | |
| Yume (Dreams) | (see "Dreams") |
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Last Edited: 11/23/98
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