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The best films of 2011 (Kinema Junpo Best Ten)

The top 3 according to 8 votes from people: Postcard · Someday · The King's Speech. (Updated Jul 29, 2020.)

Kaneto Shindo's Postcard tops the Japanese list and Polanski's The Ghost Writer the foreign one: Kinema Junpo's 2011 Best Ten for Japanese and foreign films.

kobeeiga · · 20 items · 8 votes · 1 comment

Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original

Top 20

  1. 1

    Postcard

    Kaneto Shindo. Number one among Japanese films, the director's last work.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  2. 2

    Someday

    Junji Sakamoto. A mountain village and its kabuki tradition. Second among Japanese films.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  3. 3

    The King's Speech

    Tom Hooper. George VI and his stammer. Third among foreign films.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  4. 4

    Rebirth

    Izuru Narushima. A girl raised by her kidnapper, years later.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  5. 5

    Tokyo Park

    Shinji Aoyama. A student photographer and a woman in the parks.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  6. 6

    My Back Page

    Nobuhiro Yamashita. A young reporter and an activist around 1970.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  7. 7

    The Social Network

    David Fincher. The birth of Facebook. Second among foreign films.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  8. 8

    Cold Fish

    Sion Sono. Inspired by a real case around a tropical fish shop. Third among Japanese films.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  9. 9

    Tada's Do-It-All House

    Tatsushi Omori. Two men running an odd-job business.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  10. 10

    The Ditch

    Wang Bing. A labour camp during the Anti-Rightist Campaign.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  11. 11

    Black Swan

    Darren Aronofsky. A ballerina takes on Swan Lake.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  12. 12

    Saudade

    Katsuya Tomita. Construction workers and immigrants in a provincial town.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  13. 13

    Moneyball

    Bennett Miller. A general manager rebuilding a team with statistics.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  14. 14

    True Grit

    The Coen brothers. A girl and a marshal on a revenge trail.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  15. 15

    Moteki

    Hitoshi One. An awkward man who suddenly becomes popular with women.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  16. 16

    Hereafter

    Clint Eastwood. Three people touched by the afterlife.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  17. 17

    Incendies

    Denis Villeneuve. Twins travel to the Middle East following their mother's will.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  18. 18

    Another Year

    Mike Leigh. A year with an older London couple and their friends.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  19. 19

    The Ghost Writer

    Roman Polanski. Number one among foreign films.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1
  20. 20

    Detective in the Bar

    Hajime Hashimoto. A private eye in Sapporo's Susukino.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1

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山口 直樹 · 日本語

一枚のハガキが1位なのは納得。新藤兼人監督の最後の作品として忘れられない

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