Eiga Geijutsu Best and Worst 10 for 2008

[Roger Macy]

You remind me, Alex, that in a survey by El Dario Vasco of Spanish reviewers at San Sebastian, Aruitemo aruitemo, came first, well ahead of the actual prize-winners, despite only coming away with two consolation prizes from an official jury with strong Japanese representation.
Roger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Zahlten" <Alex.Zahlten at gmx.de>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:56 PM
Subject: Eiga Geijutsu Best and Worst 10 for 2008


> 
> I don't think anyone has mentioned this on the list yet (apologies if it has already been posted); Eiga Geijutsu magazine has announced its best and worst of 2008 lists. As always, there are interesting crossovers (due to the rating system), and some predictable outcomes - the magazines regular rating suspects on the whole and some of the staff have never really appreciated Koreeda for example, to put it nicely. 
> The double rankings aren't typos, the films were tied for votes.
> 
> By the way, several of these will be seen at this year's Nippon Connection Film Festival in April (15.-19.),
> 
> Alex
> 
> The list is as follows:
> 
> Best Ten:
> 
> 1. Non-Ko (Nonko 36-Sai)  (Kazuyoshi Kumakiri)
> 2. United Red Army (Jitsuroku Rengô Sekigun. Asama Sansô e no Michi) (Koji Wakamatsu)
> 3. Kiss (Seppun) (Kunitoshi Manda)
> 4. Tokyo Sonata (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
> 5. Don't Laugh at me Romance (Hito no Sex wo Warau na) (Nami Iguchi)
> 5. Passion (Ryûsuke Hamaguchi)
> 7. Children of the Dark (Yami no Kodomotachi) (Junji Sakamoto)
> 8. Chameleon (Junji Sakamoto)
> 9. Ishiuchi Jinjô Kôtô Shôgakkô. Hana ha Chiredomo. (Kaneto Shindô)
> 10. Your Friend (Kimi no Tomodachi) (Ryûichi Hiroki)
> 
> Worst Ten:
> 
> 1. Departures (Okuribito) (Yôjiro Takita)
> 2. Shaolin Girl (Shôrin Shôjo) (Katsuyuki Motohiro)
> 3. I Want to Be a Shellfish (Watashi ha Kai ni Naritai) (Katsuo Fukuzawa)
> 3. The Magic Hour (Kôki Mitani)
> 5. Tokyo Sonata (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
> 6. Achilles and the Tortoise (Takeshi Kitano)
> 6. Nanayomachi (Naomi Kawase)
> 8. Still Walking (Aruite mo, Aruite mo) (Hirokazu Koreeda)
> 8. The Climbers High (Masao Harada)
> 10. United Red Army (Jitsuroku Rengô Sekigun. Asama Sansô e no Michi) (Koji Wakamatsu)
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