Twilight nomination

[mark schilling]

Amazing news about Tasogare Seibei, though the nomination for Watanabe was
considered a lock.

The last Japanese film to be nominated for a Foreign Film AA was Oguri
Kohei's  Doro no Kawa
(Muddy River) in 1981. The Oscar, however, went to Mephisto from Hungary.
The year before Kurosawa's
Kagemusha got the nomination, but lost to Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears.
Kurosawa won in 1975 for
Dersu Uzala, though.

Mark Schilling
schill at gol.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Gerow" <aaron.gerow at yale.edu>
To: "KineJapan" <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 2:50 AM
Subject: Twilight nomination


> The nominations for the Academy Awards were announced and, beyond a
> best supporting actor nomination for Watanabe Ken (The Last Samurai),
> Yamada Yoji's Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei) was also nominated for
> best foreign film. A bit of a surprise given that it's a film from
> 2002, but things seem to move slowly in these parts. Can anyone say
> what was the last Japanese film to be nominated for the best picture
> Oscar?
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