Best Japanese movies of 2005

Linda Linda Linda(2005)

Actors : Doona Bae, Yû Kashii, Shiori Sekine, Aki Maeda,
Directors : Nobuhiro Yamashita,

A music group of girls need to learn to play a song before the school festival.

Shinobi(2005)

Actors : Tomoka Kurotani, Erika Sawajiri, Joe Odagiri, Yukie Nakama,
Directors : Ten Shimoyama,

Star-crossed lovers must fight on opposing sides in a battle that will determine the next Shogun.

Takeshis'(2005)

Actors : Kotomi Kyôno, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ôsugi, Takeshi Kitano,
Directors : Takeshi Kitano,

Beat Takeshi, a prominent actor, meets a lookalike named Kitano, who is a struggling actor, but after the meeting, Kitano's dreams take a violent, surreal turn.

Naisu no mori: The First Contact(2005)

Actors : Tadanobu Asano, Andrew Alfieri, Hideaki Anno, Moyoco Anno,

An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.

Haze(2005)

Actors : Takahiro Murase, Takahiro Kandaka, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Masato Tsujioka,
Directors : Shin'ya Tsukamoto,

A man wakes up to find himself locked in a cramped concrete maze of corridors, in which he can barely move. He doesn't remember why he is there or how he got there. He has a terrible stomach injury and is slowly bleeding to death.