This assortment of cinema films is biased by my own experience. A great deal of the films I have enjoyed in Japan in their original version, with English subtitles in most cases, but some were shown in Germany. Rarely synchronized versions were available.
Please bear in mind that these movies were originally designed in Japan for Japanese people. Western people previously unexposed to Japanese culture do sometimes not like them so much. The main reason for me to include them here is the kind how naturally the films portray ancient or modern Japanese life and culture.
Movies in
alphabetical order:| Baka marudashi |  Honest
Fool |
| Echigo Okumiomote | Okumiomote
Village |
| Enjou | Conflagration (Tempelbrand) |
| Hadashi no Gen 1 & 2 | Barefoot
Gen 1 & 2 |
| Hikou shoujo | Each
Day I Cry |
| Kayako no tame ni | For
Kayako |
| Kazoku geemu | The
Family Game |
| Koto | Twin
Sisters of Kyoto |
| Nihonbashi | The
Japanese Bridge |
| Shall we dansu? |  Shall
We Dance? |
| Shichinin no samurai | Die
sieben Samurai |
| Ageha(chou) |
Yentown - Schwalbenschwanz |
| Ugetsu monogatari |
Erzählungen unter dem Regenmond |
| Tampopo | "Pusteblume"
|
| Tora-san | Mister
Tora |
| Unagi | Der Aal
(The Eel) |
| ................................. | König
der Masken |