Mainichi Film Awards 2010 + J-Docs

[naguib_razak]

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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From: Jasper Sharp <jasper_sharp at hotmail.com>
To: kinejapan <kinejapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Wed, 19 January, 2011 0:43:14
Subject: RE: Mainichi Film Awards 2010

 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

Best Documentary: none
Animation Award: Colorful (Hara Keiichi)
Ofuji Noburo Award: none
Fan Award: Umizaru 3: The Last Message

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:

http://www.japan-movie.net/news/winners65.html

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!


Aaron Gerow
KineJapan owner

Associate Professor
Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University

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