Mainichi Concours

[Ono Seiko and Aaron Gerow]

This is a bit late (sorry about that), but the Mainichi newspaper 
announced the winners of the 53rd Annual Mainichi Concours on Saturday:

Grand Prize: Ai o kou hito (Begging for Love)
Awards for Excellence: 
     Gakko III (Class to Remember III)
     Kanzo Sensei (Dr. Akagi)
     Ganbatte ikimasshoi (Give It All)
     Hana-bi
Best Director: Hiyayama Hideyuki (Ai o kou hito)
Best Screenplay: Nakajima Takehiro (Love Letter, A, haru)
Best Actor: Motoki Masahiro (Chugoku no chojin (Bird People of China))
Best Actress: Harada Mieko (Ai o kou hito)
Best Supporting Actor: Osugi Ren (Hana-Bi, etc.)
Best Supporting Actress: Yo Kimiko (Gakko III, etc.)
Best Photography: Yamamoto Hideo (Hana-bi)
Best Art Direction: Nakazawa Katsumi (Ai o kou hito); Maruo Tomoyuki 
(CURE)
SupoNichi Grand Prize New Face Award: Tanaka Reina (Ganbatte ikimasshoi); 
Nakano Hiroyuki (Samurai Fiction); Tadano Mihoko (French Dressing)
Japanese Film Fan Award: Odoru daisosasen

The Mainichi Concours, one of the oldest film awards in Japan, is 
selected by a small panel of critics and tends to be even more 
conservative than the KineJun awards.  The February 2nd issue of the 
paper will feature the jury comments.

Aaron Gerow
Yokohama National University
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