# Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year, 2000s

The ten films named Picture of the Year at the Japan Academy Prize ceremonies from 2000 to 2009.

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- Mar 16, 2019 · moviejunkie_wandering
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## Top 10

1. **Poppoya: Railroad Man** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Yasuo Furuhata (2000). Ken Takakura as a Hokkaido stationmaster.
2. **After the Rain** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Takashi Koizumi (2001). From Akira Kurosawa's last screenplay.
3. **When the Last Sword Is Drawn** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Yōjirō Takita (2004). Kan'ichirō Yoshimura of the Shinsengumi.
4. **Spirited Away** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Hayao Miyazaki (2002). It won as an animated film.
5. **The Twilight Samurai** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Yōji Yamada (2003). Hiroyuki Sanada as a low-ranking samurai.
6. **Hula Girls** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Lee Sang-il (2007). Girls from a mining town take up hula dancing.
7. **Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Jōji Matsuoka (2008). From Lily Franky's book, a mother-and-son story.
8. **Always: Sunset on Third Street** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Takashi Yamazaki (2006). A Tokyo neighbourhood in 1958.
9. **Departures** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yōjirō Takita (2009). It also won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
10. **Half a Confession** (-2 · ▲0 ▼2) — Kiyoshi Sasabe (2005). The two missing days of a policeman who killed his wife.

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