History of Movies.

Tadashi Imai

13.08body-of-work score · ranked #40 of 1774 directors · 19 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. 1Bushido, Samurai Saga19632.39
  2. 2Until We Meet Again19501.00
  3. 3An Inlet of Muddy Water19531.00
  4. 4Darkness at Noon19561.00
  5. 5Rice19571.00
  6. 6Kiku to Isamu19591.00
  7. 7Aoi sanmyaku19490.81
  8. 8Brother and Sister19760.69
  9. 9Jun'ai Monogatari19570.63
  10. 10A Woman Called En19710.50
  11. 11And Yet We Live19510.39
  12. 12Koko ni izumi ari19550.39
  13. 13Night Drum19580.36
  14. 14A Story from Echigo19640.36
  15. 15Himeyuri no Tô19530.33
  16. 16Kaigun tokubetsu nenshô-hei19720.33
  17. 17School of Echoes19520.32
  18. 18Nippon no obaachan19620.30
  19. 19Revenge19640.30