Critics' poll

JIM BEAVER BAJW32A
Mon Mar 8 13:28:32 EST 1999



> 
> This probably refers to Kinema Junpo's "All Time Best" poll in 1979
when 96
> film related people were asked to name the best 3 films of their
choice.  Each
> film collects 1 point, resulting in the following list which appears
in the
> second  November issue (gejun) which commemorates the 60th anniversary
of
> KineJun:
> 
> 1.  Seven Samurai (Kurosawa, 1954)                      23 pts.
> 2.  Ikiru (Kurosawa, 1952)                              13
> 3.  Hunger Strait (Uchida, 1964)                        11
> 4.  Humanity and Paper Balloons (Yamanaka, 1937)         9
>     Floating Cloud (Naruse, 1955)                        9
> 6.  The Life of O-Haru (Mizoguchi, 1952)                 8
>     Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953)                              8
> 8.  Twenty-four Eyes (Kinoshita, 1954)                   7
> 9.  The Travel Dairy of Chuji (Ito, 1927)                5
>     Rahomom (Kurosawa, 1950)                             5

Are all of these films available in the States?

Jim Beaver




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