Yokohama Film Festival
The Yokohama Film Festival (ヨコハマ映画祭, Yokohama eigasai?) is a noticed yearly awards ceremony held in Japan.[1] The festival was started as a small affair by fans and film critics, and first held on February 3, 1980.[2] Ten films are chosen as the best of the year, and various awards are given to personnel. The following is a listing of the winners of the major awards.
1980
1981
1982
1983
- Held on 4 February 1983 in Yokohama Citizens Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa[9]
- Best Film: Tenkosei[10]
- Best Actor: Ryudo Uzaki (宇崎竜童) – Tattoo Ari
- Best Actress: Ayumi Ishida – Yaju-deka
- Best New Actress:
- Best Supporting Actor: Mitsuru Hirata – Kamata koshin-kyoku
- Best Supporting Actress: Masako Natsume – Dai Nippon teikoku
- Best Director: Banmei Takahashi Tattoo Ari
- Best New Director: Shun Nakahara – Okasare shigan
- Best Screenplay: Wataru Kenmochi – Tenkosei
- Best Cinematography: Masaki Tamura – Saraba itoshiki daichi, Nippon-koku Furuyashiki-mura
- Best Independent Film: Yami utsu shinzō
- Special Prize:
1984
1985
- Held on 3 February 1985 in Kanagawa Prefectural Music Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa[13]
- Best Film: Mahjong hōrōki[14]
- Best Actor: Takeshi Kaga – Mahjong hōrōki
- Best Actress: Mari Shirato – Ningyo densetsu
- Best New Actress:
- Yasuko Tomita – Aiko 16-sai
- Youki Kudoh – Gyakufunsha kazoku
- Kimiko Yoshimiya – Renzoku satsujinki: Reiketsu
- Best Supporting Actor: Kaku Takashina – Mahjong hōrōki
- Best Supporting Actress:
- Best Director: Toshiharu Ikeda – Ningyo densetsu
- Best New Director: Shūsuke Kaneko – Uno Koichiro no nurete utsu, Ol yurizoku 19 sai, Eve-chan-no hime
- Best Screenplay: Juzo Itami – Ososhiki
- Best Cinematography: Yonezo Maeda – Ososhiki, Ningyo densetsu, Tokimeki ni shisu, Mein teema
- Special Prize:
1986
- Held on 9 February 1986 in Yokohama Nikkatsu Theatre, Yokohama, Kanagawa[15]
- Best Film: Love Hotel[16]
- Best Actor: Minori Terada – Love Hotel
- Best Actress: Tomoyo Harada – Soushun monogatari
- Best New Actress:
- Best Supporting Actor: Tomokazu Miura – Taifū kurabu
- Best Supporting Actress: Kie Nakai – Kanashii kibun de joke
- Best Director: Shinji Sōmai – Love Hotel, Taifū kurabu
- Best Screenplay: Takashi Ishii – Love Hotel, Muhan
- Best Cinematography: Noboru Shinoda – Love Hotel
- Best Music Score: Shigeru Umebayashi – Sorekara, Tomo yo shizukani nemure
- Best Independent Film: Keppū Rock
- Special Prize:
1987
- Held on 1 February 1987 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa[17]
- Best Film: Uhohho tankentai[18]
- Best New Actor: Tōru Nakamura – Bi bappu haisukuru, Bee Bop highschool: Koko yotaro elegy
- Best Actor: Kouichi Iwaki – Minami e hashire, umi no michi o!
- Best Actress: Narumi Yasuda – Minami e hashire, umi no michi o!, Inujini sesi mono, Sorobanzuku
- Best New Actress:
- Miki Imai – Inujini sesi mono
- Kiwako Harada – Kare no ootobai, kanojo no shima
- Best Supporting Actor: Kaoru Kobayashi – Sorobanzuku
- Best Supporting Actress: Noriko Watanabe – Kare no ootobai, kanojo no shima
- Best Director: Hiroyuki Nasu – Bi bappu haisukuru, Bee Bop highschool: Koko yotaro elegy
- Best New Director: Kaizo Hayashi – Yume miruyoni nemuritai
- Best Screenplay: Yoshimitsu Morita – Uhohho tankentai, Sorobanzuku
- Best Cinematography: Yasushi Sasakibara – Minami e hashire, umi no michi o!, Saya no iru tousizu
- Best Independent Film: Yume miruyoni nemuritai
- Special Jury Prize: Saya no iru tousizu – For the staff.
- Special Prize: Kihachi Okamoto (Career)
1988
- Held on 7 February 1988 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa[19]
- Best Film: The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On[20]
- Best Actor: Saburō Tokitō – Eien no 1/2
- Best Actress: Yasuko Tomita – Bu su
- Best New Actress:
- Asako Kobayashi – Hahako kankin: mesu
- Michiru Akiyoshi – Hikaru onna
- Yasuyo Shirashima – Honba jyoshikou manual: Hatsukoi binetsu-hen
- Best Supporting Actor: Sabu Kawahara – Hahako kankin: mesu
- Best Supporting Actress: Eri Ishida – Chōchin
- Best Director:
- Best New Director: Chisho Itoh – Gondola
- Best Screenplay: Hiroshi Saito – Honba jyoshikou manual: Hatsukoi binetsu-hen, Itoshino Half Moon
- Best Cinematography: Toshihiko Uryu – Gondola
- Special Jury Prize: Chōchin – For the staff.
- Special Prize: Kensaku Morita (Career)
1989
- Held on 12 February 1989 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa[21]
- Best Film: Rock yo shizukani nagareyo[22]
- Best New Actor: Otokogumi (Shoji Narita, Kazuya Takahashi, Kenichi Okamoto, and Koyo Maeda) – Rock yo shizukani nagareyo
- Best Actor: Hiroyuki Sanada – Kaitō Ruby
- Best Actress: Kyōko Koizumi – Kaitō Ruby
- Best New Actress: Yukari Tachibana – Neko no youni
- Best Supporting Actor: Tsurutaro Kataoka – Ijintachi tono natsu
- Best Supporting Actress: Shuko Honami – Ureshi hazukashi monogatari
- Best Director:
- Best New Director: Koji Enokido – Futari botchi
- Best Screenplay: Shoichi Maruyama – Futari botchi, Rabu sutori o kimini
- Best Cinematography: Kenji Takama – 1999 - Nen no natsu yasumi
1990
1991
- Held on 10 February 1991 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa[25]
- Best Film: Sakura no sono[26]
- Best Actor: Masato Furuoya – Uchū no hosoku
- Best Actress: Yuki Saito – Hong Kong Paradise
- Best New Actress:
- Saki Takaoka – Bataashi kingyo
- Hiroko Nakajima – Sakura no sono
- Riho Makise – Tugumi, Tōkyō jōkū irasshaimase
- Best Supporting Actor: Keizo Kanie – Ware ni utsu yoi ari
- Best Supporting Actress: Tomoko Nakajima – Tugumi
- Best Director: Shun Nakahara – Sakura no sono
- Best New Director: Joji Matsuoka – Bataashi kingyo
- Best Screenplay: Hiroaki Jinno – Sakura no sono
- Best Cinematography: Norimichi Kasamatsu – Bataashi kingyo, Tekken
- Best Music Score: Shigeru Umebayashi – Tekken
- Special Prize:
1992
- Held on 8 March 1992 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa[27]
- Best Film: A Scene at the Sea[28]
- Best New Actor: Sabu – Warudo apaatomento horaa
- Best Actor: Hidekazu Akai – Ōte
- Best Actress: Jun Fubuki – Muno no hito
- Best New Actress:
- Best Supporting Actor: Koji Matoba – Shishiohtachi no natsu, Shushoku sensen ijonashi
- Best Supporting Actress:
- Best Director: Takeshi Kitano – A Scene at the Sea
- Best New Director: Naoto Takenaka – Muno no hito
- Best Film Score: Joe Hisaishi – A Scene at the Sea, Futari
- Best Screenplay: Toshiharu Marūchi – Muno no hito
- Best Cinematography: Akihiro Itō – Ōte
- Best Art Direction: Noriyoshi Ikeya – Yumeji
- Special Jury Prize: Katsuhiro Ōtomo – Warudo apaatomento horaa – For succeeding in making animation film as well as feature film.
1993
- Held on 7 February 1993 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa[29]
- Best Film: Sumo Do, Sumo Don't[30]
- Best New Actor:
- Etsushi Toyokawa – Juninin no yasashii nihonjin, Kira kira hikaru, Kacho shima kōsaku
- Yoshiyuki Omori – Wangan Bad Boy Blue, Seishun dendekedekedeke, Bokuto kidan
- Best Actor: Masahiro Motoki – Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
- Best Actress: Yōko Minamino – Kantsubaki, Watashi o daite soshite kisu shite
- Best New Actress: Yuki Sumida – Bokuto kidan
- Best Supporting Actor: Hideo Murota – Original Sin
- Best Supporting Actress:
- Best Director: Masayuki Suo – Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
- Best New Director:
- Best Screenplay: Masayuki Suo – Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
- Best Cinematography: Yasushi Sasakibara – Wangan Bad Boy Blue, Original Sin
- Special Prize: Kinji Fukasaku (Career)
1994
- Held on 13 February 1994 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa[31]
- Best Film: Tsuki wa dotchi ni dete iru[32]
- Best Film Score: Hajime Kaburagi – Gensen-Kan Shujin
- Best New Actor: Goro Kishitani – Tsuki wa dotchi ni dete iru
- Best Actor: Hiroyuki Sanada – Bokura wa minna ikiteiru, Nemuranai machi – Shinjuku same, Yamai wa kikara: Byōin e ikō 2
- Best Actress: Isako Washio – Waga ai no uta – Taki Rentaro monogatari
- Best New Actress:
- Best Supporting Actor: Masato Hagiwara – Kyōso tanjō, Tsuki wa dotchi ni dete iru, Gakko
- Best Supporting Actress:
- Kaoru Mizuki – Gensen-Kan Shujin
- Ruby Moreno – Tsuki wa dotchi ni dete iru
- Best Director: Yoichi Sai – Tsuki wa dotchi ni dete iru
- Best New Director: Toshihiro Tenma – Kyōso tanjō
- Best Screenplay: Nobuyuki Isshiki – Bokura wa minna ikiteiru, Yamai wa kikara: Byōin e ikō 2, Sotsugyo ryoko: Nihon kara kimashita
- Best Cinematography: Junichi Fujisawa – Tsuki wa dotchi ni dete iru
- Special Prize: Teruo Ishii – Gensen-Kan Shujin – For his career and for directing the film.
1995
- Held on 22 January 1995 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa[33]
- Best Film: Tokarefu[34]
- Best Film Score: Shigeru Umebayashi – Tokarefu, Izakaya yurei
- Best Actor: Eiji Okuda – Bo no kanashimi
- Best Actress: Saki Takaoka – Chushingura gaiden yotsuya kaidan
- Best Supporting Actor: Kōichi Satō – Tokarefu
- Best Supporting Actress: Shigeru Muroi – Izakaya yurei
- Best Director: Junji Sakamoto – Tokarefu
- Best New Director: Takeshi Watanabe – Kyouju Luger P08
- Best Screenplay: Yōzō Tanaka – Izakaya yurei, Natsu no niwa
- Best Cinematography: Norimichi Kasamatsu – Yoru ga mata kuru, Tenshi no harawata: Akai senkō, Enjeru dasuto
- Best New Talent:
- Special Prize: Azuma Morisaki – For his work.
1996
1997
1998
1999
- Held on 7 February 1998 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa[41]
- Best Film: Cure[42]
- Best Actor:
- Kuroudo Maki – Orokamono: Kizu darake no tenshi
- Kiichi Nakai – Rabu retaa, Ai o kou hito
- Best Actress: Mieko Harada – Ai o kou hito
- Best Supporting Actor: Ren Osugi – Cure, Hana-bi, Ganbatte ikimasshoi, Orokamono: Kizu darake no tenshi, Inu hashiru
- Best Supporting Actress: Yumi Yoshiyuki – D-Zaka no satsujin jiken, Daikaijū Tōkyō ni arawaru
- Best Director:
- Best New Director: Hideaki Anno – Love & Pop
- Best Screenplay: Ryoichi Kimizuka – Bayside Shakedown: The Movie
- Best Cinematography: Yuichi Nagata – Ganbatte ikimasshoi
- Best New Talent:
- Special Jury Prize:
- Yoichi Maeda – For focusing on entertainment rather than "serious" movies.
- Odoru daisosasen
2000
- Held on 6 February 2000 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa[43]
- Best Film: 39 keihō dai sanjūkyū jō[44]
- Best Actor: Ken Takakura – Poppoya
- Best Actress: Shinobu Ootake – Kuroi ie
- Best Supporting Actor: Kazuki Kitamura – Kyohansha, Minazuki, Kanzen-naru shiiku
- Best Director: Yoshimitsu Morita – 39 keihō dai sanjūkyū jō
- Best New Director:
- Kentarō Ōtani – Avec mon mari
- Akihiko Shiota – Gekkō no sasayaki, Dokomademo ikō
- Best Screenplay: Sumio Omori – 39 keihō dai sanjūkyū jō
- Best Cinematography: Nobuyasu Kita – Kuroi ie
- Best New Talent:
- Yuka Itaya – Avec mon mari
- Tsugumi – Gekkō no sasayaki
- Takami Yoshimoto – Minazuki
- Chizuru Ikewaki – Ōsaka monogatari
- Special Prize: Sumiko Fuji – Omocha (Career)
2001
- Held on 4 February 2001 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa[45]
- Best Film: Kao[46]
- Best Actor: Tadanobu Asano – Gojo reisenki: Gojoe, Jirai wo fundara sayōnara
- Best Actress: Naomi Fujiyama – Kao
- Best Supporting Actor:
- Best Supporting Actress: Naomi Nishida – Nabbie no koi
- Best Director: Junji Sakamoto – Kao
- Best New Director: Akira Ogata – Dokuritsu shonen gasshōdan
- Best Screenplay: Junji Sakamoto and Isamu Uno – Kao
- Best Cinematography: Masami Inomoto – Dokuritsu shonen gasshōdan
- Best New Talent:
- Special Jury Prize: Yukiko Shii – Kao
- Special Prize: Masaru Konuma – Nagisa – For directing film as well as for his work
2002
2003
- Held on 2 February 2003[49]
- Best Film: Hush![50]
- Best Actor:
- Seiichi Tanabe – Hush!
- Kyozo Nagatsuka – Warau kaeru
- Best Actress: Asaka Seto – Travail
- Best Supporting Actor: Shinya Tsukamoto – Travail, Koroshiya 1, Kuroe
- Best Supporting Actress: Nene Otsuka – Warau kaeru, Utsutsu
- Best Director:
- Best New Director: Fumihiko Sori – Ping Pong
- Best Screenplay: Kentarō Ōtani – Travail
- Best Cinematography: Kozo Shibazaki – Out, Warau kaeru
- Best New Talent:
2004
- Held on 1 February 2004 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa[51]
- Best Film: Vibrator[52]
- Best Actor: Satoshi Tsumabuki – Sayonara, Kuro, Doragon heddo
- Best Actress: Shinobu Terajima – Vibrator, Akame shijuya taki shinju misui
- Best Supporting Actor: Nao Ōmori – Vibrator, Akame shijuya taki shinju misui
- Best Supporting Actress: Kimiko Yo – Sayonara, Kuro, Hoteru haibisukasu, Gūzen nimo saiaku na shounen
- Best Director: Ryuichi Hiroki – Vibrator
- Best New Director: Miwa Nishikawa – Hebi ichigo
- Best Screenplay: Haruhiko Arai – Vibrator
- Best Cinematography: Norimichi Kasamatsu – Sayonara, Kuro, Akame shijuya taki shinju misui, Bokunchi
- Best Art Direction: Takeo Kimura – Jōhatsu tabinikki
- Best New Talent:
- Special Prize: Hideo Onchi – Warabi no kou – For this film and for his career.
2005
- Held on 6 February 2005 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa[53][54]
2006
- Held on 5 February 2006 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa[57][58]
- Best Film: Pacchigi![59]
- Best Actor: Joe Odagiri – House of Himiko, Scrap Heaven, Princess Raccoon Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
- Best Actress: Yūko Tanaka – Itsuka dokusho suruhi, Hibi
- Best Supporting Actor: Ittoku Kishibe – Itsuka dokusho suruhi, Hibi, Bōkoku no Iijisu, Vital
- Best Supporting Actress: Hiroko Yakushimaru – Always Sanchōme no Yūhi, Princess Raccoon, Reikusaido mada kesu, Tetsujin niju-hachigo
- Best Director: Kazuyuki Izutsu – Pacchigi!
- Best New Director: Kenji Uchida – Unmei janai hito
- Best Screenplay: Kenji Aoki – Itsuka dokusho suruhi
- Best Cinematography: Hideo Yamamoto – Pacchigi!, The Great Yokai War, Tetsujin niju-hachigo
- Best New Talent:
- Best Technical: Takashi Yamazaki – Always Sanchōme no Yūhi – For the VFX.
- Special Jury Prize: Kenji Uchida – Unmei janai hito
2007
2008
Best Cinematography Sam Sadr
2009
- Best Actor: Kaoru Kobayashi – Kyūka
- Best Actress: Eiko Koike – Seppun
- Best Supporting Actor: Hidetoshi Nishijima – Kyūka, Tonan kadobeya nikai no onna, Oka wo koete
- Best Supporting Actress:
- Best Director: Yōjirō Takita – Departures
- Best New Director: Yoshitaka Mori – Hyaku hachi
- Best Screenplay: Kunitoshi Manda and Tamami Manda – Seppun
- Best Cinematographer: Akiko Ashizawa – Tokyo Sonata, Kimi no tomodachi, Shiawase no kaori
- Best New Talent:
- Special Jury Prize: Yoshitaka Mori – Hyaku hachi
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