Best Japanese movies of 2002

Actors : Hiroyuki Sanada, Ren Ôsugi, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

A 19th-century samurai tries to protect a battered wife.

Actors : Yutaka Matsushige, Teruyuki Kagawa, Tomorô Taguchi, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Yôichi Sai,

A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of the cell-mates to abandon their individuality.

Actors : Mieko Harada, Mitsuko Baishô, Shigeru Muroi, Naomi Nishida,
Directors : Hideyuki Hirayama,

Four down on their luck housewives murder their husbands and find whacky ways to hide the bodies!