Mainichi Concours

[Ono Seiko and Aaron Gerow]

The results for the 55th Mainichi Film Concours were announced.  The 
results are as follows (forgive me if some of the name readings are 
wrong: 
it's hard to check those for new or lesser known people):

Japanese Film Award: Kao
Japanese Films of Excellence:
     Ame agaru
     Jugosai Gakko IV
     Gohatto
     Nabi no koi
Best director: Sakamoto Junji (Kao)
Best script: Yamada Yoji, Asama Yoshitaka, Hiramatsu Emiko (Jugosai)
Best actress: Fujiyama Naomi (Kao)
Best actor: Asano Tadanobu (Jirai o fundara sayonara, Gohatto, Gojoe)
Best supporting actor: Kagawa Teruyuki (Dokuritsu shonen gasshodan, Suri)
Best supporting actress: Matsuzaka Keiko (Sakuya, Honjitsu matamata 
kyushin nari)
Best cinematography: Ueda Masaharu (Ame agaru)
Best art direction: Harada Mitsuo (Zawazawa Shimokitazawa, Kao)
Best Music: Isoda Ken'ichi (Nabi no koi)
Best sound: Hashimoto Fumio (Kao)
Best technical award: 
     Lighting: Ando Kiyohito (Nagasaki buraburabushi)
     The staff of Ichikawa Kon's Shinsengumi
Best documentary:
     Long: Yume wa toki o koete (Nihon Eiga Shinsha)
     Short: Edo-ku no dento kogei (Mainichi Eigasha)
SpoNichi Best New Face Award: Ando Mare (Sakuya); Matsuda Ryuhei 
(Gohatto); Ogata Akira (Dokuritsu shonen gasshodan)
Japanese Film Fan Ward: Whiteoute
Animation Award: Obachan no omoide
Ofuji Noburo Award: Blood the Last Vampire
Tanaka Kinuyo Award: Harada Mieko
Special Award: Tokuma Yasuyoshi, Kudo Eiichi, Yoshimura Kozaburo

The Mainichi Concours, the oldest set of film awards next to KineJun, is 
selected by a small number of critics and tends to be the most 
conservative.  Yet it also prominently gives awards to technical crew and 
has a particular emphasis on animation: the Ofuji Award, named after one 
of Japan's most original animators, is given each year to significant 
contributions to the art of animation.

Aaron Gerow
Yokohama National University
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