KineJun Best Ten 2002

Wed Jan 22 13:18:29 EST 2003

Thanks to everyone for assistance.

Gerry Malir
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----- Original Message -----
From: "mark schilling" <0934611501 at jcom.home.ne.jp>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: KineJun Best Ten 2002

> Gerry asked for reviews of the Kinejun Best Ten films. I have reviewed all
> but "Gomen" for the Japan Times. Go to the start page of the JT Web site
and
> run a search using "Schilling" and one word from the title. Here's the
URL:
>
> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/start.htm
>
> I agree with Aaron that both the Kinejun and Mainichi Best Ten lists are
> dully middle of the road. And I say that being square in the target
> demographic for Amidado Dayori, KT and Tasogare Seibei.
>
> The success of the last is not totally undeserved, but Yamada turns all of
> his leading ladies into Tora-san madonnas and Miyazawa Rie is no
exception.
> Her romance with Sanada's poor-but-honest Seibei is wish fulfillment for
> middle-aged salarymen. Not that there's anything wrong with that...
>
> Mark Schilling
> schill at gol.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kiseko minaguchi" <kiko at main.teikyo-u.ac.jp>
> To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 6:23 PM
> Subject: Re: KineJun Best Ten 2002
>
>
> > 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 -----
> > ??? : "Gerry Malir (Artsmagic Ltd)" <gerry at artsmagic.co.uk>
> > ?? : <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> > ???? : 2003?1?10? 21:48
> > ?? : Re: KineJun Best Ten 2002
> >
> >
> > > Are there accessible reviews for these films, anyone?
> > >
> > >
> > > Gerry Malir
> > > Managing Director
> > > WorldwideWales.tv
> > > Telephone:  +44 (0)1495 307341
> > > Fax:  +44 (0)1495 307343
> > > Email: gerry at worldwidewales.tv
> > > Website: http://www.worldwidewales.tv
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "kiseko minaguchi" <kiko at main.teikyo-u.ac.jp>
> > > To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> > > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 8:44 AM
> > > Subject: Re: KineJun Best Ten 2002
> > >
> > >
> > > > 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
> > > > > For list commands: send "information kinejapan" to
> > > > > listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> > > > > Kinema Club: http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/Markus/Welcome.html
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kiseko minaguchi" <kiko at main.teikyo-u.ac.jp>
> To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 6:23 PM
> Subject: Re: KineJun Best Ten 2002
>
>
> > 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 -----
> > ??? : "Gerry Malir (Artsmagic Ltd)" <gerry at artsmagic.co.uk>
> > ?? : <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> > ???? : 2003?1?10? 21:48
> > ?? : Re: KineJun Best Ten 2002
> >
> >
> > > Are there accessible reviews for these films, anyone?
> > >
> > >
> > > Gerry Malir
> > > Managing Director
> > > WorldwideWales.tv
> > > Telephone:  +44 (0)1495 307341
> > > Fax:  +44 (0)1495 307343
> > > Email: gerry at worldwidewales.tv
> > > Website: http://www.worldwidewales.tv
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "kiseko minaguchi" <kiko at main.teikyo-u.ac.jp>
> > > To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> > > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 8:44 AM
> > > Subject: Re: KineJun Best Ten 2002
> > >
> > >
> > > > 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
> > > > > For list commands: send "information kinejapan" to
> > > > > listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> > > > > Kinema Club: http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/Markus/Welcome.html
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
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