KineJun Best Ten 2006

[Aaron Gerow]

The papers are reporting the results of the Kinema Junpo poll of 
critics of the best ten films of 2006. It seems a typical KineJun 
result: mostly established films and established directors with few 
surprises. As always, it is a good guide to what major critics thought 
of the year.

1. Hula Girl
2. Yureru
3. Yuki ni negau koto
4. Kamiya Etsuko no seishun
5. Bushi no ichibun
6. Kiraware Matsuko no issho
7. Hakase no aishita sushiki
8. Ashita no kioku
9. Kamome shokudo
10. Camus nante shiranai

Best Director: Negishi Kichitaro (Yuki ni negau koto)
Best Screenplay: Nishikawa Miwa (Yureru)
Best Actress: Nakatani Miki (Kiraware Matsuko no issho, etc.)
Best Actor: Watanabe Ken (Ashita no kioku)
Best Supporting Actress: Aoi Yu (Hula Girl)
Best Supporting Actor: Kagawa Teruyuki (Yureru, etc.)
Best New Actress: Dan Rei (Bushi no ichibun)
Best New Actor: Tsukaji Muga (Mamiya Kyodai)

By the way, the number two film in the best ten for foreign films was 
Letters from Iwo Jima. (Number one was Flags of Our Fathers.)

Aaron Gerow
KineJapan owner

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

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