History of Movies.

Keisuke Kinoshita

10.74body-of-work score · ranked #59 of 1774 directors · 20 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1The Ballad of Narayama19581.29
  2. 2Twenty-Four Eyes19541.16
  3. 3Morning for the Osone Family19461.00
  4. 4The Garden of Women19540.63
  5. 5Carmen Comes Home19510.61
  6. 6She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum19550.50
  7. 7Times of Joy and Sorrow19570.50
  8. 8Immortal Love19610.50
  9. 9The Scent of Incense19640.50
  10. 10Broken Drum19490.43
  11. 11The River Fuefuki19600.43
  12. 12The Girl I Loved19460.39
  13. 13Carmen Falls in Love19520.39
  14. 14My Son! My Son!19790.39
  15. 15Apostasy19480.36
  16. 16Here's to the Young Lady!19490.36
  17. 17A Japanese Tragedy19530.36
  18. 18The Young Rebels19800.36
  19. 19The Rose on His Arm19560.30
  20. 20The Eyes, the Sea and a Ball19670.30