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After the success of the Russian Hall of Fame, I figured it was just a matter of time before another country should do a Hall of Fame and I couldn't think of one with better support on these forums than a Japanese Hall of Fame. Lots of great ones to pick from and thanks everyone for showing interest in this.

I'll take the noms until Friday, again the constraints will stay the same as all other HOFs go. I believe Sansho the Bailiff is the only ineligible film as it has won a previous HOF but correct me if I'm wrong. Let's have fun with this!

More than likely this will be a smaller Hall of Fame as well but again please don't join unless you have intention on reviewing all films and also not waiting until the last minute to do so. There will be ample time allowed to complete this however.

Nominations


A Hen in the Wind

1948, Directed by Yasujiro Ozu
Nominated by Rauldc14

Harakiri

1962, Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Nominated by Edarsenal

High and Low

1963, Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Nominated by Siddon

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

1984, Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Nominated by Ahwell

Hana-bi

1997, Directed by Takeshi Kitano
Nominated by Pahak-

After Life

1998, Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Nominated by ScarletLiob

Kamikaze Girls

2004, Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
Nominated by Guaporense

The Third Murder

2017, Directed By Hirokazu Kore-eda
Nominated by CosmicRunaway



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Siddon- nomination received
Edarsenal- nomination received
Rauldc14- nomination received
Ahwell- nomination received
Scarlet Lion- nomination received
Pahak- nomination received
CosmicRunaway- nomination received
Guaporense- nomination received

CosmicRunaway- 8/8 LIST RECEIVED
The Third Murder
High and Low
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
A Hen in the Wind
Hana-bi
Harakiri
Kamikaze Girls
After Life

Siddon- 7/8
A Hen in the Wind
Kamikaze Girls
The Third Murder
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Hana-bi
Harakiri
High and Low

Pahak- 8/8 LIST RECEIVED
Hana-bi
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
High and Low
Harakiri
The Third Murder
A Hen in the Wind
After Life
Kamikaze Girls

Ahwell 8/8 LIST RECEIVED
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
After Life
A Hen in the Wind
Hana-bi
Kamikaze Girls
High and Low
Harakiri
The Third Murder

Guaporense 8/8 LIST RECEIVED
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
After Life
The Third Murder
A Hen in the Wind
Hana-bi
Harakiri
High and Low
Kamikaze Girls

ScarletLion- 7/8
Kamikaze Girls
A Hen in the Wind
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
The Third Murder
Harakiri
Fireworks
After Life


Rauldc14- 8/8 LIST RECEIVED
A Hen in the Wind
Harakiri
Hana-bi
Kamikaze Girls
After Life
High and Low
The Third Murder
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

Edarsenal- 8/8 LIST RECEIVED
Harakiri
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Hana-bi
High and Low
A Hen in the Wind
Kamikaze Girls
The Third Murder
After Life




I'll take the noms until Friday, again the constraints will stay the same as all other HOFs go. I believe Sansho the Bailiff is the only ineligible film as it has won a previous HOF but correct me if I'm wrong. Let's have fun with this!

Spirited Away and Raise the Red Lantern are also ineligible



Women will be your undoing, Pépé
Raise the Red Lantern is a Chinese film.
hence, ineligible



sorry, I couldn't help myself.

Sent my nomination in
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I watched a handful of potential nominations this past week, but had pretty mediocre reactions to all of them, so the search continues. I'm not sure what my problem is lately. Maybe my taste is changing, or I've just had a really bad run of luck picking films.



Definitely in, and excited to see what the other noms are.
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Raise the Red Lantern is a Chinese film.

therefore...it's doubly ineligible






I'm really excited about this now. I'm hoping a few big guns turn up that I haven't watched so can tick them off the list.

I'm pretty happy with my nomination as it looks like all four of you haven't seen my pick (I checked your lists)





I'm pretty happy with my nomination as it looks like all four of you haven't seen my pick (I checked your lists)
What lists?
Lists section of MoFo. Do you fill those out?



Lists section of MoFo. Do you fill those out?
I've only just remembered about those, no I haven't updated them for a few years - but I see there are a few Japanese movies on there - which is great as they are mostly ones I haven't seen anyway.



That elusive hide-and-seek cow is at it again
I think I'm going to sit on the sidelines, but I am very interested in everyone's nominations. I have only seen a few Japanese movies and would like to expand that. I'm glad this is up.
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I think I have a nomination now, but I'll have to sleep on it and see how I feel about it tomorrow. It has an actor and director in common with the film I watched yesterday, but the tones are pretty much exact opposites so it might've been better to watch them in reverse order haha.



That elusive hide-and-seek cow is at it again
*channeling my inner Chypmunk*
Gosh! I imagine a DVD case would be quite the challenge to rest comfortably on! Even more so if it's a VHS cassette. Prayers that it's not a Betamax and that you are able to sleep well all the same.





*scampers off giggling like a Japanese anime school girl* (to try to keep in theme, somewhat)