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<div>A recent article in the Asahi Shinbun on<i> Sen to chishiro no
kamikakushi</i> (Spirited Away) taking the top prize at the Berlin
Film Festival (2.18.2002) included a table of previous top
prizewinners from Japan at the "3 Majors" (<i>san dai
eigasai</i>) as follows:</div>
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<div>Berlin</div>
<div>1963 <i> Bushido zankoku monogatari</i> (Imai Tadashi)</div>
<div>2002 <i> Sen to chishiro no kamikakushi</i> (Miyazaki
Hayao)</div>
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<div>Cannes</div>
<div>1954 <i> Jigokumon</i> (Kinugasa Teinosuke)</div>
<div>1980 <i> Kagemusha</i> (Kurosawa Akira)</div>
<div>1983 <i> Narayama bushiko</i> (Imamura Shohei)</div>
<div>1997 <i> Unagi</i> (Imamura)</div>
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<div>Venice</div>
<div>1951 <i> Rashomon</i> (Kurosawa)</div>
<div>1958 <i> Muho Matsu no issho</i> (Inagaki Hiroshi)</div>
<div>1997 <i> Hanabi</i> (Kitano Takeshi)</div>
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<div>I had assumed the list was more extensive. Does anyone
know of a list of second prizes, honorable mentions, etc.? </div>
<div>yours,</div>
<div>J. Murphy</div>
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