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