Japan,
1999
Directed by:
Yasuo FuruhataCast
Ken Takakura
Japan
Best movies:
A Fugitive from the Past (1965)
Antarctica (1983)
The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
Ryōko Hirosue
Japan
Best movies:
Departures (2008)
Revenge of the Pomegranate Tree Hill (2014)
Secret (1999)
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Japan
Best movies:
The Hidden Blade (2004)
After the Rain (1999)
Half a Confession (2004)
Masanobu Andō
Japan
Best movies:
Kids Return (1996)
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)
Drive (2002)
Tomoko Naraoka
Japan
Best movies:
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Ponyo (2008)
Ballad of Orin (1977)
Yoshiko Tanaka
Japan
Best movies:
Black Rain (1989)
Brave Story (2006)
Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
Nenji Kobayashi
Japan
Best movies:
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
The Hidden Blade (2004)
Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Mitsuru Hirata
Japan
Best movies:
Romantic Prelude (2009)
Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007)
Not Yet (1993)
Renji Ishibashi
Japan
Best movies:
Farewell to the Ark (1984)
Half a Confession (2004)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Land of Demons (1973)
Yôji Tanaka
Japan
Best movies:
Kikujiro (1999)
By Player (2000)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Shinobu Otake
Japan
Best movies:
Children of Nagasaki (1983)
The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
The Wind Rises (2013)
本田博太郎
Japan
Best movies:
Vengeance for Sale (2001)
Half a Confession (2004)
I Just Didn't Do It (2006)
中本賢
Japan
Best movies: