Kumakiri's Nonko 36-sai

[Michael Kerpan]

Not a bad pick. ;~}

Why in heaven's name has such a superb film garnered so little Western interest?

And Hiroki's touching Kimi no tomodachi also seems to have been met with pretty universal indifference.



--- On Wed, 1/26/11, Aaron Gerow <aaron.gerow at yale.edu> wrote:

> From: Aaron Gerow <aaron.gerow at yale.edu>
> Subject: Re: Eigei Worst Ten 2010
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 4:40 PM
> 
> On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:23 PM, Rob Smith wrote:
> 
> > does anyone happen to have the 2008 and 2009
> best/worst lists handy?
> 
> Alex posted the 2008 list on KineJapan, but I think we all
> forgot to do it last year. Here's the 2008 list:
> 
> 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)
> 
> 
>