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Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year, 2000s

The top 3 according to 16 votes from people: Poppoya: Railroad Man · After the Rain · When the Last Sword Is Drawn. (Updated Mar 16, 2019.)

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

moviejunkie_wandering · · 10 items · 16 votes · 9 comments

Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original

Top 10

  1. 1

    Poppoya: Railroad Man

    Yasuo Furuhata (2000). Ken Takakura as a Hokkaido stationmaster.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 1

    2
  2. 2

    After the Rain

    Takashi Koizumi (2001). From Akira Kurosawa's last screenplay.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  3. 3

    When the Last Sword Is Drawn

    Yōjirō Takita (2004). Kan'ichirō Yoshimura of the Shinsengumi.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  4. 4

    Spirited Away

    Hayao Miyazaki (2002). It won as an animated film.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  5. 5

    The Twilight Samurai

    Yōji Yamada (2003). Hiroyuki Sanada as a low-ranking samurai.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  6. 6

    Hula Girls

    Lee Sang-il (2007). Girls from a mining town take up hula dancing.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  7. 7

    Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

    Jōji Matsuoka (2008). From Lily Franky's book, a mother-and-son story.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  8. 8

    Always: Sunset on Third Street

    Takashi Yamazaki (2006). A Tokyo neighbourhood in 1958.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  9. 9

    Departures

    Yōjirō Takita (2009). It also won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  10. 10

    Half a Confession

    Kiyoshi Sasabe (2005). The two missing days of a policeman who killed his wife.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 2

    -2

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Comments (9)

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nagoyatravel · 日本語

たそがれ清兵衛は山田洋次の最高傑作だと思う。

Makoto Ikeda · 日本語

おくりびと、何回観ても泣ける。

daiki_nara · 日本語

東京タワーはオダギリジョーと樹木希林の親子が最高。

review_sendai · 日本語

壬生義士伝もいいよね。

Daiki Abe · 日本語

千と千尋が入ってるのは嬉しい。アニメで作品賞は快挙。

ongaku_okinawa · 日本語

半落ち、寺尾聰の演技に泣いた。

Shunsuke Hashimoto · 日本語

フラガール、蒼井優が本当に良かった。

osakarekishi · 日本語

鉄道員の高倉健さん、渋すぎる。

ai_gadget · 日本語

ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日、昭和の雰囲気がたまらない。

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