Japanese Raspberry

[Aaron Gerow]

The American Raspberry awards for the worst movie of the year are well 
known, but it seems that a Japanese version has been created: the 
Kiichigo-sho (it's just the Japanese word for raspberry). The article 
appears in Shukan Bunshun, but the news services reported that the poll 
of 20 critics and film reporters concluded that Isaki Hisato's Devilman 
was the worst film of 2004. Coming in second was Kiriya Kazuaki's 
Casshern. According to the reports, Miyazaki's Howl no ugoku shiro was 
also roundly criticized.

Aaron Gerow
KineJapan owner

Assistant Professor
Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University

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