2013 Kinematic Junpo's Top 10

Kinema Junpo, Japan's oldest film magazine, has announced its 87th top ten lists, chosen by a committee of over 100 film critics and journalists.
Veteran director MORISAKI Azuma 森崎東's Pecoross' Mother and Her Days ペコロスの母に会いに行く (pictured) topped the list as the Best Japanese film, and Michael HANEKE's Amour (2012) was chosen as Best Foreign Film.
Based on OKANO Yuichi 岡野雄一's prize-winning comic book of the same name, Pecoross tells the story of a manga artist's relationship with his elderly mother. In the role of the mother, it is 89-year-old actress AKAGI Harue 赤木春恵's first leading role in a film after an extensive career in television.
Second-placed on the list, The Great Passage 舟を編む also earned a Best Actor prize for star MATSUDA Ryuhei 松田龍平 and a Best Director prize for ISHII Yuya 石井裕也. MAKI Yoko 真木よう子 was named Best Actress for her work in Like Father, Like Son そして父になる, The Ravine of Goodbye さよなら渓谷 and Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship すーちゃん　まいちゃん　さわ子さん (2012).
TANAKA Yuko 田中裕子 was named Best Supporting Actress for Backwater 共喰い and Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story はじまりのみち, while Lily FRANKY リリー・フランキー was named Best Supporting Actor for Like Father, Like Son and The Devil's Path 凶悪. Backwater also earned Best Script for ARAI Haruhiko 荒井晴彦. Alfonso CUARÓN won the Best Foreign Film Director prize for Gravity.
The Best Foreign Film list includes two Asian films: WEI Te-sheng 魏德聖's Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale 賽德克・巴萊 (2011) (fourth-placed) and WANG Bing 王兵's Three Sisters 三姐妹 (2012) (fifth-placed). KIM Ki-duk 김기덕 | 金基德's Pietà 피에타 (2012) was also named as runner-up.
MIKAMI Chie 三上智恵's documentary The Targeted Village 標的の村 was named Best Cultural Film (文化映画), a category usually reserved for non-narrative films. It was released by Tofoo Films LLC 東風 in August, the independent distributor that also handled Pecoross. International sales of Pecorosa are handled by GETA Films.
The awards will be given out during a ceremony set for 8 Feb in Tokyo.

KINEMA JUNPO'S TOP 10 DOMESTIC FILMS

1. Pecoross' Mother and Her Days
2. The Great Passage
3. The Devil's Path
4. The Tale of Princess Kaguya かぐや姫の物語
5. Backwater
6. Like Father, Like Son
7. The Wind Rises 風立ちぬ
8. The Ravine of Goodbye
9. Tamako in Moratorium もらとりあむタマ子
10. Flashback Memories 3D フラッシュバックメモリーズ ３Ｄ (2012)

Runner-up: Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend フィギュアなあなた

KINEMA JUNPO'S TOP 10 FOREIGN FILMS

1. Amour
2. Gravity
3. Hannah Arendt
4. Seediq Bale
5. Three Sisters
6. Holy Motors
7. The Life of Pi
8. The Master
9. Tabu
10. The Other Son

Runner-up: Pietà