Kinema Junpo

Kinema Junpo
キネマ旬報
Cover of the first issue of Kinema Junpo, dated July 11, 1919
Cover of the first issue of Kinema Junpo, dated July 11, 1919
CategoriesFilm
FrequencySemimonthly
PublisherMasanobu Shimizu (清水勝之)
FounderSaburō Tanaka
First issueJuly 11, 1919; 105 years ago (1919-07-11)
CompanyKinema Junposha KK
CountryJapan
Based inMinato-ku, Tokyo
LanguageJapanese
WebsiteOfficial website

Kinema Junpo (キネマ旬報, Kinema Junpō, lit. 'Seasonal Cinema News'), commonly called Kinejun (キネ旬), is Japan's oldest film magazine and began publication in July 1919.[1][2][3][4] It was first published three times a month, using the Japanese Jun (旬) system of dividing months into three parts, but the postwar Kinema Junpō has been published twice a month.

The magazine was founded by a group of four students, including Saburō Tanaka, at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Technical High School at the time).[1] In that first month, it was published three times on days with a "1" in them. These first three issues were printed on art paper and had four pages each. Kinejun initially specialized in covering foreign films, in part because its writers sided with the principles of the Pure Film Movement and strongly criticized Japanese cinema. It later expanded coverage to films released in Japan. While long emphasizing film criticism, it has also served as a trade journal, reporting on the film industry in Japan and announcing new films and trends.[5]

After their building was destroyed in the Great Kantō earthquake in September 1923, the Kinejun offices were moved to the city of Ashiya in the Hanshin area of Japan, though the main offices are now back in Tokyo.

The Kinema Junpo Best Ten awards began in 1924, their Best Ten lists are considered iconic and prestigious.[3] Initially launched as accolades for foreign films, awards for Japanese films were established in 1926 and readers' choice awards were introduced in 1972.[6][7]

Kinema Junpo Best Ten

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Japanese Films of All Time (2009 list)

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# Film Year
1 Tokyo Story 1953
2 Seven Samurai 1954
3 Floating Clouds 1955
4 Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate 1957
5 Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1973
6 Twenty-Four Eyes 1954
7 Rashomon 1950
7 The Million Ryo Pot 1935
7 The Man Who Stole the Sun 1979
10 The Family Game 1983
10 Stray Dog 1949
10 Typhoon Club 1985

Non-Japanese Films of All Time (2009 list)

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# Film Year
1 The Godfather 1972
2 West Side Story 1961
2 Taxi Driver 1976
4 The Third Man 1949
5 Breathless 1960
5 The Wild Bunch 1969
7 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
8 Roman Holiday 1953
8 Blade Runner 1982
10 Stagecoach 1939
10 Children of Paradise 1945
10 La Strada 1954
10 Vertigo 1958
10 Lawrence of Arabia 1962
10 The Conformist 1970
10 Apocalypse Now 1979
10 The South 1983
10 Gran Torino 2008

Japanese Animated Films of All Time (2009 list)

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# Film Year
1 The Castle of Cagliostro 1979
2 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984
3 My Neighbor Totoro 1988
4 Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Adult Empire Strikes Back 2001
5 Akira 1988
6 The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots 1969
7 The Tale of the White Serpent 1958
7 Hols: Prince of the Sun 1968
7 Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer 1984
10 Castle in the Sky 1986
10 Grave of the Fireflies 1988
10 Summer Days with Coo 2007
10 Summer Wars 2009

Non-Japanese Animated Films of All Time (2010 list)

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# Film Year
1 Fantasia 1940
2 The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993
3 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
4 Le Roi et l'oiseau 1980
5 Hedgehog in the Fog 1975
6 Mr. Bug Goes to Town 1941
7 Toy Story 1995
8 Up 2009
8 The Man Who Planted Trees 1987
10 The Iron Giant 1999
10 The Wrong Trousers 1993

Movie star and Director of the 20th century

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Japanese

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# Actor # Actress # Director
1. Toshiro Mifune (1920-1997) 1. Setsuko Hara (1920-2015) 1. Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998)
2. Yujiro Ishihara (1934-1987) 2. Sayuri Yoshinaga (1945-) 2. Yasujirō Ozu (1903-1963)
3. Masayuki Mori (1911-1973) 3. Machiko Kyō (1924-2019) 3. Kenji Mizoguchi (1898-1956)
4. Ken Takakura (1931-2014) 4. Hideko Takamine (1924-2010) 4. Keisuke Kinoshita (1912-1998)
5. Chishū Ryū (1904-1993) 5. Kinuyo Tanaka (1909-1977) 5. Mikio Naruse (1905-1969)
6. Ichikawa Raizō VIII (1931-1969) 6. Isuzu Yamada (1917-2012) 6. Yoji Yamada (1931-)
7. Tsumasaburō Bandō (1901-1953) 7. Masako Natsume (1957-1985) 7. Kinji Fukasaku (1930-2003)
7. Shintaro Katsu (1931-1997) 8. Keiko Kishi (1932-) 7. Kon Ichikawa (1915-2008)
9. Kiyoshi Atsumi (1928-1996) 8. Ayako Wakao (1933-) 7. Nagisa Oshima (1932-2013)
9. Hisaya Morishige (1913-2009) 10. Sumiko Fuji (1945-) 7. Tomu Uchida (1898-1970)
9. Yorozuya Kinnosuke (1932-1997) 10. Shima Iwashita(1941-) 11. Hayao Miyazaki(1941-)

Foreign

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# Actor # Actress # Director
1. Gary Cooper (1901–1961) 1. Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993) 1. Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980)
2. Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) 2. Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) 2. Federico Fellini (1920–1993)
2. John Wayne (1907–1979) 3. Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) 3. John Ford (1894–1973)
4. Marlon Brando (1924–2004) 4. Vivien Leigh (1913–1967) 4. Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977)
4. Alain Delon (1935–2024) 5. Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) 4. Jean-Luc Godard (1930–2022)
4. Jean Gabin (1904–1976) 6. Grace Kelly (1929–1982) 4. Steven Spielberg (1946-)
7. Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957) 7. Françoise Arnoul (1931–2021) 4. Billy Wilder (1906–2002)
7. Steve McQueen (1930–1980) 7. Bette Davis (1908–1989) 8. Luchino Visconti (1906–1976)
9. Sean Connery (1930–2020) 7. Jodie Foster (1962-) 9. Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999)
9. Paul Newman (1925–2008) 7. Greta Garbo (1905–1990) 10. Luis Buñuel (1900–1983)
7. Anna Karina (1940–2019)
7. Jeanne Moreau (1928–2017)
7. Romy Schneider (1938–1982)
7. Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011)
  • List of winners each year:[8]

Annual award categories

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These are the categories of awards:

  • Best Japanese Director
  • Best Screenplay
  • Best Leading Actress
  • Best Leading Actor
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Best Newcomer Actress
  • Best Newcomer Actor
  • Best Foreign Director
  • Readers' Choice Best Japanese Director
  • Readers' Choice Best Foreign Director
  • Documentary Best One
  • Japanese Film Best Ten
  • Foreign Film Best Ten
  • Readers' Choice Japanese Film Best Ten
  • Readers' Choice Foreign Film Best Ten

References

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  1. ^ a b "キネマ旬報". KOTOBAMK. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  2. ^ "キネマ旬報". （株）ケージェイ. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b Schilling, Mark (February 25, 2015). "Japan's Academy Prizes — the fix is in?". The Japan Times. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
  4. ^ "5年ぶりのキネマ旬報ベスト・テン授賞式で熱い ..." moviewalker news. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  5. ^ 加藤幹郎『映画館と観客の文化史』中央公論新社、2006 p.210頁。ISBN 978-4-12-101854-0
  6. ^ "２０２２年 第９６回キネマ旬報ベスト・テン発表＆表彰式 YouTubeライブ配信決定！". CinemaCafé.net (in Japanese). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  7. ^ "キネマ旬報ベスト・テン９５回全史１９２４－２０２１". Kinejun Online (in Japanese). May 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  8. ^ "キネマ旬報 ベスト・テン". Kinema Junpo (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 13, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
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