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Director Bong Jun-ho�s �The Host� has been included among the 10 best foreign movies in 2006 selected by Japan�s leading film magazine, Kinema Junbo.The Japanese press reported Wednesday that �The Host� ranked third in the foreign film category of the 80th Kinema Junbo Best 10 2006.
On the top of the list was director Clint Eastwood�s �The Flags of Our Fathers,� followed by �Letters from Iwo Jima,� also by the same director. Ang Lee�s �Brokeback Mountain� came in fourth and Bennett Miller�s �Capote� fifth.
It is a noticeable achievement that the Korean film beat Hollywood blockbusters.
The best Japanese movie was �Hula Girl� directed by Korean-Japanese director Lee Sang-il. The award ceremony will be held at the Ashahi Hall in Tokyo on Feb. 10.
source:kbs grobal
