[KineJapan] Kinema Junpo Best Ten 2017

[Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan]

> I read these KJ lists each year with ever increasing sadness -- knowing that few of these will ever be available for me to see

Don't despair quite yet! The Japanese BD of the Ogigami has English subs. And I suspect the Kurosawa, Koreeda, and Ishii will get some kind of English-subbed physical release, in Hong Kong if not even in the west. [The Japanese discs, already out, are not subtitled.] Those four films, along with the Obayashi and Shiraishi, have been playing in assorted fests on the US West Coast. Not sure what kind of Asian-focused festivals Boston offers.

I'm a little surprised not to see Yoshida Daihachi's sci-fi comedy Mishima adaptation Utsukushii hoshi on the list. It was my favorite of the (sadly, only 25 or so) 2017 Japanese releases I saw last year, just ahead of the Ishii. I also enjoyed, fwiw, Makoto Nagahisa's Iwai-esque short, "And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool".

---- Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu> wrote: 
> I read these KJ lists each year with ever increasing sadness -- knowing
> that few of these will ever be available for me to see.
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> Michael Kerpan
> Boston
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> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 11:22 PM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via
> KineJapan <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu> wrote:
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> > Kinema Jumpo just released the results of its annual Best Ten poll (a
> > prestigious poll that has been going on since the 1920s). Here they are
> > (sorry for providing only the Japanese titles):
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> > 1) Yozora wa itsudemo saiko mitsudo no aoiro da (Ishii Yuya)
> > 2) Hanagatami (Obayashi Nobuhiko)
> > 3) Aa, koya (Kishi Yoshiyuki)
> > 4) Osanako warera ni umare (Mishima Yukiko)
> > 5) Sanpo suru shinryakusha (Kurosawa Kiyoshi)
> > 6) Bangkok Nights (Tomita Katsuya)
> > 7) Kanojo no jinsei wa machigai ja nai (Hiroki Ryuichi)
> > 8) Sandome no satsujin (Koreeda Hirokazu)
> > 9) Kanojo ga sono na o shiranai toritachi (Shiraishi Kazuya)
> > 10) Karera ga honki de amu toki wa, (Ogigami Naoko)
> > Best director: Obayashi Nobuhiko
> > Best actress: Aoi Yu
> > Best actor: Suda Masai
> > Best supporting actress: Tanaka Reina
> > Best supporting actor: Yang Ik-Joon
> > Best screenplay: Ishii Yuya
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