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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>http://jaspersharp.com/<br><br>Midnight Eye: The Latest and Best in Japanese Cinema<br>http://www.midnighteye.com<br><br>Zipangu Fest: Japanarchy in the UK<br>http://zipangufest.com/<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 href="http://www.japan-movie.net/news/?i=223" target="_blank">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 style="word-wrap:break-word"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Aaron Gerow</div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">KineJapan owner</div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Associate Professor</div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures</div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Yale University</div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">For list commands, send "information kinejapan" to</div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><a href="mailto:listserver@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu">listserver@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a></div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Kinema Club: <a href="http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/Markus/Welcome.html" target="_blank">http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/Markus/Welcome.html</a></div><div><br class="ecxkhtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="ecxkhtml-block-placeholder"></div></div><br class="ecxApple-interchange-newline"></span></div></span><br class="ecxApple-interchange-newline"> </div><br> </body>
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