Mainichi Film Awards 2010 + J-Docs

[Eija Niskanen]

I don't know if Itoh - Diary of an Urban Priest, directed by the
Finnish filmmaker Pirjo Honkasalo, about a young ex-boxer, now
Buddhist monk who runs a bar in Yotsuya, can be counted as a Japanese
documentary. It was produced by NHK. Variety really praised it, but it
went by a  low profile here in Japan - not even playing at Yamagata
2009, although it was finished by then (Japanese production year is
marked as 2008, when Pirjo was here in Tokyo to shoot it, but it
premiered in most countries, including Finland, 2010). Would anybody
know the reason for this exclusion from Yamagata?

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Eija

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:26 AM, naguib_razak <naguib_razak at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Aaron,
> I was rather surprised to see that there was no award given for Best
> Documentary, especially after you say The Mainichi is one of the few major
> awards that focuses on documentaries amongst other things.
> These days I'm quite out of touch with the documentary scene in Japan...
> what is the situation like may I ask? is there really a dearth of good docs
> right now coming out of Japan? what were the high points in Japanese
> documentaries last year? who were the bright sparks of last year?
>
> Naguib Razak
> Blue In Green Productions
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> Sent: Wed, 19 January, 2011 0:43:14
> Subject: RE: Mainichi Film Awards 2010
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> Just a quick observation/query - why no Ofuji Noburo Award this year?
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> ________________________________
> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:34:34 -0500
> From: aaron.gerow at yale.edu
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Mainichi Film Awards 2010
>
> The results of the 2010 Mainichi Film Awards (Mainichi Concours), one of the
> last of the big yearly film awards, were announced:
>
> Best Japanese Film: Villain (Lee Sang-il)
> Best Director: Miike Takashi (13 Assassins)
> Best Screenplay: Sato Yuk (Heaven's Story)
> Best Actor: Tsutsumi Shin'ichi  (A Lone Scalpel)
> Best Actress: Terajima Shinobu (Caterpillar)
> Best Supporting Actor: Inagaki Goro (13 Assassins)
> Best Supporting Actress: Natsukawa Yui (A Lone Scalpel)
> Best New Face Award: Endo Kaname (Yellow Kid), Tokunaga Eira (Haru's
> Journey)
> Tanaka Kinuyo Award: Enami Kyoko
>
> Award of Excellence in Japanese Film: Haru's Journey (Kobayashi Masahiro)
> Best Cinematography: Kondo Ryuto  (Sketches of Kaitan City)
> Best Art Direction: Kondo Nariyuki (Abacus and Sword)
> Best Music: Jim O'Rourke (Sketches of Kaitan City)
> Best Sound: Nakamura Jun (13 Assassins)
> Best Technical Award: none
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> Best Documentary: none
> Animation Award: Colorful (Hara Keiichi)
> Ofuji Noburo Award: none
> Fan Award: Umizaru 3: The Last Message
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> Best Foreign Film: Breathless
>
> Special Awards: Takamine Hideko
>
> Forgive me if I got any of the name readings wrong. The original Japanese
> article is available at:
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> http://www.japan-movie.net/news/winners65.html
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> 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.
>
> Jim O'Rourke used to be a member of KineJapan, so if he's still a member,
> congratulations!
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Eija Niskanen
Baltic Sea - Japan Film Project
Kichijoji Honcho 4-12-6
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