KineJun Best Ten 2002

[kiseko minaguchi]

The Kinejun's poll is not necessarily unpredictable, when we recall
Casablanca, though its's one of my top ten for good, is never expelled from
the list from the American classic fans. That's much to do with the
psychographic reality of those who vote. Yet the result sounds right in a
way. Kurosawa's legendary Shichinin no Samurai has revived in today's
political arena as a metaphor for strong support  for a community in
distress. Despite the overused rhetoric, those who have painfully
experienced the economic and psychic erosion know very well that we can
hardly expect the appearance of these uniformed guardians for our  rescue.
In this light, Tasogare Sebe has more elements to ring to such worn out
popular minds than the supposedly myraculous reappearance of  seven stars as
the kind of last resource to hold on to, though you are never sure if such
an angelic Miyazawa Rie would be patiently waiting for you. As I wrote on
Dec 17 in "Good News for Ozu fans," many audience could be inspired to find
some solace in  the Sebe's dilemma and the female appreciation of it, if
it's off  the  patriarchal value scales.
Minaguchi
----- 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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