30th Yokohama Film Festival

The 30th Yokohama Film Festival (第30回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 1 February 2009 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.^[1]

Awards

• Best Film: Yōjirō Takita – Departures^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

• Best Actor: Kaoru Kobayashi – Kyūka and Kanki no Uta
• Best Actress: Eiko Koike – The Kiss
• Best Supporting Actor: Hidetoshi Nishijima – Kyūka, Tōnan Kadobeya Nikai no Onna, Oka o Koete
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Ryōko Hirosue – Departures
  • Kimiko Yo – Departures, Maboroshi no Yamataikoku, Oka o Koete
• Best Director: Yōjirō Takita – Departures
• Best New Director: Yoshitaka Mori – Hyaku Hachi
• Best Screenplay: Kunitoshi Manda and Tamami Manda – The Kiss
• Best Cinematographer: Akiko Ashizawa – Tokyo Sonata, Kimi no Tomodachi, Shiawase no Kaori
• Best New Talent:
  • Riisa Naka – Cafe Isobe
  • Anna Ishibashi – Kimi no Tomodachi
  • Sarara Tsukifune – Sekai de Ichiban Utsukushii Yoru
• Special Jury Prize: Yoshitaka Mori – Hatsuratsu to Shite Suteki na Yokohama Eiga no Tanjō ni

Best 10

1. Departures^[9]
2. Gururi no koto
3. Still Walking
4. Children of the Dark
5. United Red Army
6. The Kiss
7. Tokyo Sonata
8. Climber's High
9. Kimi no Tomodachi
10. Kyūka

runner-up. One Million Yen Girl

References