KineJun Best Ten 2006

[Alex Zahlten]

Dear Aaron,

has the readers' poll been announced as well? It's highly selective of course, but sometimes the disparities to the poll of critics are quite interesting- Kadaokawa Haruki's films for example were always quite differently represented.

Alex Zahlten


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Datum: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:14:23 +0900
Von: Aaron Gerow <aaron.gerow at yale.edu>
An: KineJapan <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Betreff: KineJun Best Ten 2006

> 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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