Film magazine Kinema Junpo announced its annual "Best 10" lists. "Hula Girl" was named as the best domestic film. The complete list is:

• Hula Girl
• Yureru
• Yuki ni Negau Koto
• Kamiya Etsuko no Seishun
• Bushi no Ichibun
• Memories of Matsuko
• Hakase no Aishita Sushiki
• Memories of Tomorrow
• Kamome Shokudo
• Who's Camus Anyway?

The "Best 10" foreign films were:

• Flags of Our Fathers
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Guemuru
• Brokeback Mountain
• The Wind That Shakes the Barley
• The Sun
• Capote
• Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Crash
• Match Point

The Kinema Junpo Awards will be held on February 10. The list of recipients are:

Best Director: Kichitaro Negishi
Best Screenplay: Miwa Nishikawa
Best Actress: Miki Nakatani
Best Actor: Ken Watanabe
Best Supporting Actress: Yu Aoi
Best Supporting Actor: Teruyuki Kagawa, Takashi Sasano
Best New Actress: Rei Dan
Best New Actor: Muga Tsukaji
Best Foreign Film Director: Clint Eastwood
Best Cultural Film: Ano Takanosumachi no Sono Go

Idol and actress Yui Aragaki has been chosen to play the lead in the summer film "Koisuru Madori," directed by Akiko Oku. The film is sponsored by interior design shop Francfranc, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary.

Aragaki's role is a college student who has just turned 20 and is living on her own. The plot focuses mainly on a love story, though it also emphasizes her character's growth as she faces different obstacles. Ryuhei Matsuda plays her boyfriend. Also appearing in the film are Masanori Sera and actress Rinko Kikuchi, who has recently received international attention for her role in the Hollywood film, "Babel."

Eiji Wentz and Teppei Koike of the duo WaT have announced that they will each be releasing singles as solo artists. On February 14, Koike will release "Kimi ni Okuru Uta," a song used in a commercial for Morinaga Aloe Yogurt, which Koike appears in. Wentz will release his single, "Awaking Emotion 8/5," on April 25. The single is the theme song for the upcoming "Gegege no Kitaro" film, which Wentz stars in.

Both commented that they want to open up new possibilities for WaT.

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