Returning the Favor

Best movies:

• Shoplifters (2018)

• The Great Passage (2013)

• Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2003)

Best movies:

• Vengeance for Sale (2001)

• Pom Poko (1994)

• When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)

Best movies:

• Tekkonkinkreet (2006)

• Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

• The Blue Light (2003)

Best movies:

• Sonatine (1993)

• From Me to You (2010)

• Zen (2009)

Best movies:

• Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)

• A Heartful of Love (2005)

• Hanging Garden (2005)

Best movies:

• Be with You (2004)

• Sky of Love (2007)

• Code Blue Special (2009) (TV movie)

Best movies:

• Children of Nagasaki (1983)

• The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

• The Wind Rises (2013)

Best movies:

• Half a Confession (2004)

• Whisper of the Heart (1995)

• Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

Best movies:

• Always - Sunset on Third Street (2005)

• Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)

• Messengers (1999)

Best movies:

• Swing Girls (2004)

• Samurai Fiction (1998)

• Waterboys (2001)