<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The papers are reporting the results of the Kinema Junpo poll of critics of the best ten films of 2010.<br><br>1. Villain (Lee)<br>
2. Confessions (Nakashima)<br>
3. Heaven’s Story (Zeze)<br>
4. 13 Assassins (Miike)<br>
5. Sawako Decides (Ishii)<br>
6. Caterpillar (Wakamatsu)<br>
7. Sword of Desperation (Hirayama)<br>
8. The Hero Show (Izutsu)<br>
9. Sketches of Kaitan City (Kumakiri)<br>
10. A Night in Nude: Salvation (Ishii)<div>11. Abacus and Sword (Morita)<br><br>Best Director: Lee Sang Il (Villain)<br>Best Screenplay: Lee Sang Il, Yoshida Shuichi (Villain)</div><div>Best Actress: Terajima Shinobu (Caterpillar)<br>Best Actor: Toyokawa Etsushi (Sword of Desperation, A Good Husband)<br>Best Supporting Actress: Ando Sakura (A Crowd of Three, etc.)<br>Best Supporting Actor: Emoto Akira (Villain)<br>Best New Actress: Sakuraba Nanami (Last Ronin, etc.)<br>Best New Actor: Ikuta Toma (No Longer Human, etc.)</div><div><br></div><div>Mixed results, but I was quite happy to see Zeze-san's film come in third. That is quite unusual for KineJun.<br><br>Aaron Gerow<br>KineJapan owner<br><br>Associate Professor<br>Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures<br>Yale University<br><br>For list commands, send "information kinejapan" to<br><a href="mailto:listserver@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu">listserver@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a><br>Kinema Club: <a href="http://pears.lib.ohio-state.ed