25th Yokohama Film Festival

The 25th Yokohama Film Festival (第25回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 1 February 2004 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.^[1]

Awards

• Best Film: Vibrator^[2]
• Best Actor: Satoshi Tsumabuki – Sayonara, Kuro, Dragon Head
• Best Actress: Shinobu Terajima – Vibrator, Akame 48 Waterfalls
• Best Supporting Actor: Nao Ōmori – Vibrator, Akame 48 Waterfalls
• Best Supporting Actress: Kimiko Yo – Sayonara, Kuro, Hotel Hibiscus, Gūzen ni mo Saiaku na Shōnen
• Best Director: Ryūichi Hiroki – Vibrator
• Best New Director: Miwa Nishikawa – Hebi Ichigo
• Best Screenplay: Haruhiko Arai – Vibrator
• Best Cinematography: Norimichi Kasamatsu – Sayonara, Kuro, Akame 48 Waterfalls, My House
• Best Art Direction: Takeo Kimura – Jōhatsu Tabinikki
• Best New Talent:
  • Masami Nagasawa – Like Asura, Robokon
  • Hiroyuki Miyasako – Hebi Ichigo, 13 Kaidan
  • Satomi Ishihara Watashi no Guranpa
• Special Prize: Hideo Onchi – Warabi no Kou – For this film and for his career.

Best 10

1. Vibrator^[3]
2. Doing Time
3. Zatōichi
4. Akame 48 Waterfalls
5. A Snake of June
6. My House
7. Like Asura
8. Sayonara, Kuro
9. Robokon
10. Hebi Ichigo

runner-up. Hotel Hibiscus

References