Villain (2010 film)

Villain

Directed by	Lee Sang-il
Starring	Satoshi Tsumabuki Eri Fukatsu Akira Emoto Masaki Okada Kirin Kiki Hikari Mitsushima
Release date(s)	September 11, 2010 (2010-09-11)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Villain (悪人, Akunin^?) is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Lee Sang-il, based on Shuichi Yoshida's crime noir novel of the same name. It was nominated for numerous awards at the 2011 Japan Academy Prize, including Best Film and Best Director (which was director Lee's second nomination, after his 2006 win for Hula Girls), and won five, which included all four acting awards and for the score by Joe Hisaishi.

Awards

34th Japan Academy Prize^[1]

Winners

Best Actor - Satoshi Tsumabuki
Best Actress - Eri Fukatsu
Best Supporting Actor - Akira Emoto
Best Supporting Actress - Kirin Kiki
Best Music - Joe Hisashi

Nominations

Best Film
Best Director - Lee Sang-il
Best Supporting Actor - Masaki Okada
Best Supporting Actress - Hikari Mitsushima (etc.)

2010 Kinema Junpo Awards^[2]^[3]

Won: Best Film
Won: Best Director - Lee Sang-il
Won: Best Supporting Actor - Akira Emoto

65th Mainichi Film Awards^[4]

Won: Best Film

References

^ "第 34 回日本アカデミー賞優秀賞" (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/34.html. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
^ ""Akunin" tops Kinema Junpo's Best Ten list". Tokyograph. http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-7308. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
^ "2010年　第84回キネマ旬報ベスト・テン結果発表" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. http://www.kinejun.com/kinejun/best10/tabid/64/Default.aspx. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
^ "第65回毎日映画コンクール　受賞結果発表！" (in Japanese). japan-movie.net. http://www.japan-movie.net/news/winners65.html. Retrieved 2011-01-21.

External links

Official website (Japanese)

Films directed by Lee Sang-il

Border Line (2002) 69 (2004) Scrap Heaven (2005) Hula Girls (2006) Villain (2010)

Hochi Film Award for Best Film

The Inugamis (1976) · The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) · Third Base (1978) · Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko (1979) · Kagemusha (1980) · Enrai (1981) · Fall Guy (1982) · The Family Game (1983) · The Funeral (1984) · And Then (1985) · Comic Magazine (1986) · A Taxing Woman (1987) · Tomorrow (1988) · Untamagiru (1989) · Sakura no Sono (1990) · My Sons (1991) · Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) · All Under the Moon (1993) · A Dedicated Life (1994) · A Last Note (1995) · Shall We Dance? (1996) · Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997) · Hana-bi (1998) · Spellbound (1999) · Face (2000) · Go (2001) · The Twilight Samurai (2002) · Doing Time (2003) · Nobody Knows (2004) · Always Sanchōme no Yūhi (2005) · Hula Girls (2006) · I Just Didn't Do It (2007) · Departures (2008) · Shizumanu Taiyo (2009) · Villain (2010)

Mainichi Film Award for Best Film

1946–1959	Aru yo no Tonosama (1946) · Ima Hitotabi no (1947) · Drunken Angel (1948) · Late Spring (1949) · Until We Meet Again (1950) · Repast (1951) · Ikiru (1952) · An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) · Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) · Floating Clouds (1955) · Mahiru no ankoku (1956) · The Rice People (1957) · The Ballad of Narayama (1958) · Kiku to Isamu (1959)

1960–1979	Her Brother (1960) · A Soldier's Prayer (1961) · Harakiri (1962) · High and Low (1963) · Woman in the Dunes (1964) · Red Beard (1965) · Shiroi Kyotō (1966) · Samurai Rebellion (1967) · The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968) · Double Suicide (1969) · Kazoku (1970) · Silence (1971) · Shinobu Kawa (1972) · Tsugaru Folk Song (1973) · Castle of Sand (1974) · The Fossil (1975) · Fumō Chitai (1976) · The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) · The Incident (1978) · Ah! Nomugi Toge (1979)

1980–2009	Kagemusha (1980) · Muddy River (1981) · Fall Guy (1982) · Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) · W's Tragedy (1984) · Ran (1985) · The Sea and Poison (1986) · A Taxing Woman (1987) · My Neighbor Totoro (1988) · Black Rain (1989) · Childhood Days (1990) · My Sons (1991) · Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) · All Under the Moon (1993) · A Dedicated Life (1994) · A Last Note (1995) · Shall We Dance? (1996) · Princess Mononoke (1997) · Begging for Love (1998) · Poppoya (1999) · Face (2000) · Spirited Away (2001) · The Twilight Samurai (2002) · Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003) · Blood and Bones (2004) · Break Through! (2005) · Sway (2006) · I Just Didn't Do It (2007) · Departures (2008) · Shizumanu Taiyō (2009) · Villain (2010)