KineJun Best Ten 2002

kiseko minaguchi kiko at main.teikyo-u.ac.jp
Fri Jan 10 03:44:07 EST 2003


I guess the poll was predictable as always, when  you think about why
Casablanca, though it'll be  on my top ten list for good, is never expellled
from the classical fans. The story has a couple of strong messages  to ring
for those who've panfully experienced  the economic and psychic erosion in
our society. Although Kurosawa's legendary "Shichinin no Samurai" has
revived in today's political arena as a metaphor for strong support for the
distressed ommunity, everybody knows we can hardly expect to have these
uniformed guardians anywhere. In this light, Tasogare Sebe may well be the
kind of the resource around for us to search for as the

----- Original Message -----
??? : "Aaron Gerow" <gerow at ynu.ac.jp>
?? : "KineJapan" <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
???? : 2003?1?10? 16:27
?? : KineJun Best Ten 2002


> The Kinema Junpo Best Ten for 2002, selected by several dozen film
> critics for the magazine Kinema Junpo, was announced.  The results are as
> follows:
>
> 1. Tasogare Seibe
> 2. Keimusho no naka
> 3. KT
> 4. Out
> 5. AIKI
> 6. Warau kaeru
> 7. Amidado dayori
> 8. Gomen
> 9. Ping Pong
> 10. Torabaiyu
>
> Individual awards were as follows:
>
> Best director: Yamada Yoji (Tasogare Seibe)
> Best screenplay: Yamada Yoji, Asama Yoshitake (Tasogare Seibe)
> Best actress: Miyazawa Rie (Tasogare Seibe, Utsutsu)
> Best actor: Sanada Hiroyuki (Tasogare Seibe, Tsukedachiya Sukeroku)
> Best supporting actress: Kitabayashi Tanie (Amidado dayori)
> Best supporting actor: Kagawa Teruyuki (Out, KT, Keimusho no naka)
> Best new actor: Tanaka Min (Tasogare Seibe)
>
> The actual votes will not be released until the KineJun best ten issue in
> February, but clearly a landslide for Tasogare Seibe, especially if you
> look at the individual awards. The older critics in the poll have always
> been partial to Yamada Yoji (though it was nice to see Yamane Sadao write
> a long, very good and very critical piece on all that's wrong with
> Tasogare Seibe in a recent KineJun). But clearly Hirayama Hideyuki (Out
> and Warau kaeru) has a lot of support as well. A rather conservative and
> very predictable list. Any comments?
>
> Aaron Gerow
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