| Bunshun Kiichigo Awards | |
|---|---|
| 2007 Bunshun Kiichigo Awards | |
| Awarded for | Worst in Film |
| Presented by | Bungeishunjū, Ltd. |
| Country | Japan |
| First awarded | 2004 |
The Bunshun Kiichigo Awards (文春きいちご賞 - Bunshun Kiichigo Shou), or Bunshun Raspberry Awards are Japan's answer to the American Golden Raspberry Awards, awarded to the worst movies in Japan. It was started in 2004 by the Japanese publication company Bungeishunjū, Ltd. Each year, up to 10 movies are nominated for the award.
The first film to win 1st Place was Devilman (the live-action adaptation of Go Nagai's anime/manga series), which had already gotten negative reviews in Japan.
The Bunshun Kiichigo Awards are not limited strictly to domestic films; American and foreign films were selected as candidates as well. They include Thunderbirds (the live-action remake of Gerry Anderson's classic puppet show), the Hong Kong film 2046, War of the Worlds (the 2005 remake), and The Da Vinci Code.
Some of the candidates for this award have become very controversial, one such case being the animated film Tales from Earthsea, directed by Gorō Miyazaki, winning 1st Place for the "Worst Movie of 2006," an honor that outraged especially many anime fans. Even Goro's father, famed animator Hayao Miyazaki, was not spared from this award; Howl's Moving Castle won 4th Place for the Worst Movie of 2004, but even that minor nomination did not hinder the film's critical and financial success elsewhere.
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