Freshman Director

Best movies:

• Love Exposure (2008)

• Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2003)

• Hanging Garden (2005)

Best movies:

• Crows-Zero (2007)

• Beck (2010)

• Close-Knit (2017)

Best movies:

• Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi (1989)

• Last Quarter (2004)

• Detective Conan: Kudo Shinichi's Written Challenge (2006) (TV movie)

Best movies:

• Her Granddaughter (2015)

• 009-1: The End of the Beginning (2013)

Best movies:

• Silence Has No Wings (1966)

• Love Letter (1995)

• Pale Flower (1964)

Best movies:

• Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (2004)

• King Dog (2022)

• Fish Story (2009)

Best movies:

• The Triumphant Return of General Rouge (2009)

• Swing Girls (2004)

• Šindó (2007)

Best movies:

• A Man (2022)

• Mumon (2017)

Best movies:

• Mio on the Shore (2019)

• The Lightning Tree (2010)

• Blue Spring (2001)

Best movies:

• Suzaku (1997)

• Threads - Our Tapestry of Love (2020)

• Nodame Cantabile: The Final Score - Part II / Nodame Cantabile The Movie II (2010)

Best movies:

• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)

• Bunny Drop (2011)

• Snowy Love Fall in Spring (2005)

Best movies:

• Seven Samurai (1954)

• Until the Lights Come Back (2005)

• A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies (2007)

Best movies:

• The Funeral (1984)

• A Bride for Rip Van Winkle (2016)

• Death Note: Light Up the New World (2016)

Best movies:

• Time Traveller (2010)

• Apartment 1303 (2007)