Yokohama Film Festival

[Aaron Gerow]

Here are the awards announced by the Yokohama Film Festival:

Best film: 39 Keiho dai-sanjukyojo
Best director: Morita Yoshimitsu (39)
Best new director: Shiota Akihiko (Gekko no sasayaki, Doko made mo iko); 
Otani Kentaro (Avec mon mari)
Best screenplay: Omori Sumio (39, Kuroi ie)
Best cinematography: Kita Nobuyasu (Kuroi ie)
Best actress: Otake Shinobu (Kuroi ie)
Best actor: Takakura Ken (Poppoya)
Best supporting actress: Yoshimoto Takami (Minazuki)
Best supporting actor: Kitamura Ikki (Minazuki, Kyohansha, Kanzennaru 
shiiku)
Best new face: Ikewaki Chizuru (Osaka monogatari); Itaya Yuka (Avec mon 
mari); Tsugumi (Gekko no sasayaki)

Best Ten for 1999

1. 39 Keiho dai-sanjukyujo
2. Kin'yu fushoku retto: Jubaku
3. Nodo jiman
4. Gekko no sasayaki
5. Kikujiro no natsu
6. Osaka monogatari
7. A, haru
7. Kuroi ie
9. Avec mon mari
10. Adrenaline Drive
Next: Himitsu

The Yokohama Awards tend to favor independent entertainment films.



Aaron Gerow
Yokohama National University
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