The 17th Japan Movie Critics Awards were handed out on Thursday. Kiyoshi Sasabe’s “Yunagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni” came out on top as Best Picture, while Kichitaro Negishi won Best Director for “Sidecar ni Inu.”
“Crows ZERO” earned a Best Actor prize for Shun Oguri and a Best Supporting Actor for Kyosuke Yabe. Yuko Takeuchi picked up Best Actress (”Sidecar ni Inu”), and Best Supporting Actress awards were given to Hiromi Nagasaku (”Funuke Domo, Kanashimi no Ai wo Misero”) and Keiko Takahashi (”Fumiko no Umi”).
“Battery” co-stars Kento Hayashi and Kenta Yamada were both named Best New Actor. Mao Sasaki won Best New Actress for her role in “Mari to Koinu no Monogatari.”
List of Winners
Best Picture: “Yunagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni” (Kiyoshi Sasabe)
Best Director: Kichitaro Negishi (”Sidecar ni Inu”)
Best Actor: Shun Oguri (”Crows ZERO”)
Best Actress: Yuko Takeuchi (”Sidecar ni Inu”)
Best Supporting Actor: Kyosuke Yabe (”Crows ZERO”)
Best Supporting Actress: Hiromi Nagasaku (”Funuke Domo, Kanashimi no Ai wo Misero”)
Best Supporting Actress: Keiko Takahashi (”Fumiko no Umi”)
Best New Actor: Kento Hayashi (”Battery”)
Best New Actor: Kenta Yamada (”Battery”)
Best New Actress: Mao Sasaki (”Mari to Koinu no Monogatari”)
Judges’ Special Prize: Masakazu Tamura (”Last Love”)
Judges’ Special Prize: Masaaki Sakai (”Yunagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni”)
Judges’ Special Acting Award: Kenta Suga, Kazuki Koshimizu, Ayano Koike (”Always: Zoku Sanchome no Yuhi”)
Bset Cinematography: Takahide Shibanushi (”Hannin ni Tsugu”)
Best Music Artist: mink (”Aoki Okami,” “Vexille”)
Best Documentary: “Theatrical”
Special Achievement Award: Pikachu Project (”Pokemon” movies)
Platinum Award: Hideo Onchi
Emerald Award: Hisashi Yamauchi
International Collaboration Award: Yu In-Chon
International Film Award: “Anata wo Wasurenai” (also known as “26 Years Diary”)
Golden Glory Award: Kei Tani
Golden Glory Award: Yoko Shimada
[by sChiZoO14]

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