Kinema Junpo favors "Okuribito"

[Tokyograph News]

Kinema Junpo has just announced its Best Ten lists and awards for 2008. At the top of the rankings was Yojiro Takita's "Okuribito," which has already picked up numerous awards for the year. It also won for Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor.

Domestic films:

1. Okuribito
2. Gururi no Koto
3. United Red Army
4. Tokyo Sonata
5. Aruitemo Aruitemo
6. Yami no Kodomotachi
7. Kaabee
8. Climber's High
9. Seppun
10. After School

Foreign films:

1. No Country for Old Men
2. There Will Be Blood
3. The Dark Knight
4. Into the Wild
5. Lust, Caution (tie with Into the Wild)
6. Eastern Promises
7. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
8. Exiled
9. Atonement
10. Aleksandra

The other Kinema Junpo awards are:

Best Director: Yojiro Takita<br />
Best Screenplay: Kundo Koyama<br />
Best Actor: Masahiro Motoki<br />
Best Actress: Kyoko Koizumi<br />
Best Supporting Actor: Masato Sakai<br />
Best Supporting Actress: Kirin Kiki<br />
Best New Actor: Kai Inowaki<br />
Best New Actress: Haruna Amari<br />
Best Foreign Film Director: Sidney Lumet, Sean Penn<br />
Best Cultural Film: Aa Manmo Kaitakudan

Kinema Junpo will hold its awards ceremony on February 18 at the Ginza Blossom.

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