Es fehlen: 1925: Orochi (Buntaro Futagawa), 1938: Fallen Blossoms (Tamizo Ishida), 1945: Momotaro, Sacred Sailors (Mitsuyo Seo), 2012: Flashback Memories 3D (Tetsuaki Matsue) 2019: Domains (Natsuka Kusano). Quelle: https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/lists/best-japanese-film-every-year