Japan,
1999, 101 min
Directed by:
Shigeru IshiharaCast
Kiyoshi Nakajo
Japan
![Hiroshi Abe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/029/162029813_c611b5.png)
Hiroshi Abe
Japan
Best movies:
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge (2009)
Revenge of the Pomegranate Tree Hill (2014)
Still Walking (2008)
![Yuki Amami](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/471/164471810_6aadb6.jpg)
Yuki Amami
Japan
Best movies:
Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (2004)
Ponyo (2008)
The Magic Hour (2008)
Makoto Fujita
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi's Cane-sword (1967)
Hunter in the dark (1979)
![Yūko Natori](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/165/164165103_94ee5e.jpg)
Yūko Natori
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Bordello (1987)
Kentarô Shimizu
Japan
Akira Nakao
Japan
![Renji Ishibashi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948984_a7ec64.jpg)
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)
![Kazuhiko Kanayama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/083/160083923_239735.jpg)
Kazuhiko Kanayama
Japan
Yasunori Irikawa
Japan
![本田博太郎](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/254/168254877_xe6vke.png)
本田博太郎
Japan
Best movies:
Vengeance for Sale (2001)
Half a Confession (2004)
I Just Didn't Do It (2006)
![Naoko Ken](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/726/166726862_0b5ad3.jpg)
Naoko Ken
Japan
Best movies:
Perfect Days (2023)
![Shôhei Hino](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/878/166878967_98824c.jpg)
Shôhei Hino
Japan
Best movies:
Owl's Castle (1999)
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
![淡路恵子](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/365/161365968_12b3a4.jpg)
淡路恵子
Japan
Best movies:
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
47 Ronin (1962)
Stray Dog (1949)
Sachiyo Nomura
Japan