Japanese New Wave

You are drawn to rule-breaking experiments, ideas and politics and darkness and dread.

A generation of younger Japanese directors broke with the studio tradition and made provocative, political and sexually frank films. (Late 1950s – 1970s)

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Directors you will like

Nagisa OshimaJapanShohei ImamuraJapanHiroshi TeshigaharaJapanKaneto ShindoJapanSeijun SuzukiJapanNobuhiko ObayashiJapanKihachi OkamotoJapanToshiya FujitaJapan

Start with these films

1. Cruel Story of Youth 1960 · Nagisa Oshima · IMDb 6.9
2. Pigs and Battleships 1961 · Shohei Imamura · IMDb 7.4
3. Woman in the Dunes 1964 · Hiroshi Teshigahara · IMDb 8.4
4. Onibaba 1964 · Kaneto Shindo · IMDb 7.8
5. Tokyo Drifter 1966 · Seijun Suzuki · IMDb 7.1
6. Death by Hanging 1968 · Nagisa Oshima · IMDb 7.5
7. In the Realm of the Senses 1976 · Nagisa Oshima · IMDb 6.6
8. Vengeance Is Mine 1979 · Shohei Imamura · IMDb 7.6
9. Black Rain 1989 · Shohei Imamura · IMDb 6.6
10. House (1977) 1977 · Nobuhiko Obayashi · IMDb 7.2

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Japanese New Wave · 8 filmsJapanese New Wave in 8 filmsIn the 1960s a new generation of Japanese directors broke with the quiet studio style.START