<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'bookman old style', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div></div><div>Hi Aaron,</div><div><br></div><div>I was rather surprised to see that there was no award given for Best Documentary, especially after you say The Mainichi is one of the few major awards that focuses on documentaries amongst other things.</div><div><br></div><div>These days I'm quite out of touch with the documentary scene in Japan... what is the situation like may I ask? is there really a dearth of good docs right now coming out of Japan? what were the high points in Japanese documentaries last year? who were the bright sparks of last year?</div><div><br></div><div> </div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 127);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;"><font size="2"><font size="3"
style="color:rgb(0, 0, 127);"><span style="font-family:garamond,;">Naguib Razak</span></font><br style="font-family:garamond,;color:rgb(0, 0, 127);"><span style="font-family:garamond,;color:rgb(0, 0, 127);">Blue In Green Productions </span><br style="font-family:garamond,;color:rgb(0, 0, 127);"><span style="font-family:garamond,;color:rgb(0, 0, 127);"><br style="font-family:garamond,;"></span></font></span></span></font><font size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00007F"><b><br style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;"></b></font></font><div><br></div><div style="font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Jasper Sharp <jasper_sharp@hotmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> kinejapan
<kinejapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, 19 January, 2011 0:43:14<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: Mainichi Film Awards 2010<br></font><br>
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Just a quick observation/query - why no <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(42, 42, 42);">Ofuji Noburo Award this year?</span><br><br><br>Jasper Sharp: Writer & Film Curator Homepage<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://jaspersharp.com/">http://jaspersharp.com/</a></span><br><br>Midnight Eye: The Latest and Best in Japanese Cinema<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.midnighteye.com">http://www.midnighteye.com</a></span><br><br>Zipangu Fest: Japanarchy in the UK<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://zipangufest.com/">http://zipangufest.com/</a></span><br><br><br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:34:34 -0500<br>From: aaron.gerow@yale.edu<br>To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br>Subject: Mainichi Film Awards 2010<br><br>The results of the 2010 Mainichi Film Awards (Mainichi Concours), one of the last of the big yearly film awards, were
announced:<br><br>Best Japanese Film: Villain (Lee Sang-il)<br>Best Director: Miike Takashi (13 Assassins)<br>Best Screenplay: Sato Yuk (Heaven's Story)<br>Best Actor: Tsutsumi Shin'ichi (A Lone Scalpel)<br>Best Actress: Terajima Shinobu (Caterpillar)<br>Best Supporting Actor: Inagaki Goro (13 Assassins)<br>Best Supporting Actress: Natsukawa Yui (A Lone Scalpel)<br>Best New Face Award: Endo Kaname (Yellow Kid), Tokunaga Eira (Haru's Journey)<br>Tanaka Kinuyo Award: Enami Kyoko<br><br>Award of Excellence in Japanese Film: Haru's Journey (Kobayashi Masahiro)<br>Best Cinematography: Kondo Ryuto (Sketches of Kaitan City)<br>Best Art Direction: Kondo Nariyuki (Abacus and Sword)<br>Best Music: Jim O'Rourke (Sketches of Kaitan City)<br>Best Sound: Nakamura Jun (13 Assassins)<br>Best Technical Award: none<br><br>Best Documentary: none<br>Animation Award: Colorful (Hara Keiichi)<br>Ofuji Noburo Award: none<br>Fan Award: Umizaru 3: The Last
Message<br><br>Best Foreign Film: Breathless<br><br>Special Awards: Takamine Hideko<br><br>Forgive me if I got any of the name readings wrong. The original Japanese article is available at:<br><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.japan-movie.net/news/?i=223">http://www.japan-movie.net/news/winners65.html</a><br><br>The Mainichi tends to be fairly conservative, but they are one of the few major awards that also focuses on the technical staff and other genres like documentary and animation. <br><div><br></div><div>Jim O'Rourke used to be a member of KineJapan, so if he's still a member, congratulations!</div><br><br><div> <span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;"><div
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