KineJun Best Ten 2002

[kiseko minaguchi]

Gerry,
I'd introduce a few of the brief  reviews, nothing in-depth ones and made in
Japanese language..
One review merely shows its evaluation with the number of the stars.
Tasogare Seibei is endowed with four stars, the  same level as Road to
Pardition, a gang family story (http://www.geocities.co.jp). The other
appreciates that Yamada Yoji, in the socialist story of the village people,
challenged to picture a daily life of a poor samurai that Kurosawa Akira
gave up. The last sword fight between the two samurai would mark one of the
most memorable scenes of jidaigeki for its vivid reality
(http://homepage.2nifty.com/K-Cinemaddict.sub01.htm).  The beautiful scene
of Sanada Hiroyuki having his hairdo made by his childhood girlfriend,
Miyazawa Rie, is one of the favorites of the  latter reviewer,  who mentions
nothing negative about the film.
I expect to read another reviews quite soon.
Minaguchi
----- Original Message -----
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> Are there accessible reviews for these films, anyone?
>
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> From: "kiseko minaguchi" <kiko at main.teikyo-u.ac.jp>
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> > 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
> > > Yokohama National University
> > > KineJapan list owner
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> > >
> > >
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