<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">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">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 apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-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; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; 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; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Aaron Gerow</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">KineJapan owner</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Associate Professor</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Yale University</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">For list commands, send "information kinejapan" to</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; 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-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Kinema Club: <a href="http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/Markus/Welcome.html">http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/Markus/Welcome.html</a></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>