Mainichi Concours

[Aaron Gerow]

The results for the 57th 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: Tasogare Seibei/Twilight Samurai
Japanese Films of Excellence:
     OUT
     Amidado dayori
     KT
     Hush!
Best director: Hiyayama Hideyuki (OUT, Warau kaeru)
Best script: Wui Sin Chong (OUT)
Best actress: Otsuka Nene (Warau kaeru, etc.)
Best actor: Sanada Hiroyuki (Tasogare Seibei, etc.))
Best supporting actor: Tsukamoto Shin'ya (Travaille, Koroshiya 1, etc.)
Best supporting actress: Miyazawa Rie (Tasogare Seibei)
Best cinematography: Naganume Mutsuo (Tasogare Seibei)
Best art direction: Otsuka Satoshi (Yoru o kakete)
Best Music: Kaga Takashi (Amidado dayori)
Best sound: Kishida Kazumi (Tasogare Seibei)
Best technical award: 
     Lighting: Nakaoka Genken (Tasogare Seibei)
     The VFX staff of Ping Pong
Best documentary:
     Long: Sumii Sue 
     Short: Michi e no kokai
SpoNichi Best New Face Award: Nakamura Shido (Ping Pong); Ichikawa Mikako 
(Travaille); Kim Shuchin (director, Yoru o kakete)
Japanese Film Fan Ward: Mohohan
Animation Award: Crayon Shinchan Arashi o yobu Appare! Sengoku daigassen
Ofuji Noburo Award: Kon Satoshi
Tanaka Kinuyo Award: Yoshiyuki Kazuko
Special Award: Kiyokawa Nejiko, Kurahara Koreyoshi, Tomita Isao

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.

I guess I was most pleased by Shinchan winning the animation award. There 
are some really great films in the Crayon Shinchan series.

Aaron Gerow
Yokohama National University
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