The was held on 4 February 2007 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Awards
* Best Film: ''
Yureru''
* Best Actor:
Teruyuki Kagawa
is a Japanese actor, kabuki actor and boxing commentator.
Biography
Born in 1965, his parents are the kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke III and the cinema actress Yuko Hama. His grandmother is the film actress Sanae Takasugi.
In the Kabuki world, ...
– ''
Yureru''
* Best Actress:
Yū Aoi
is a Japanese actress and model. She made her film debut as Shiori Tsuda in Shunji Iwai's 2001 film ''All About Lily Chou-Chou''. She subsequently portrayed Tetsuko Arisugawa in '' Hana and Alice'' (2004), also directed by Iwai, Kimiko Tanigawa i ...
– ''
Hula Girls
is a Japanese film, directed by Sang-il Lee and co-written by Lee and Daisuke Habara, and first released across Japanese theaters on September 23, 2006. Starring Yū Aoi, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Shizuyo Yamazaki, Ittoku Kishibe, E ...
'', ''
Honey and Clover
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chica Umino. It was serialized in Takarajimasha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Cutie Comic'' from 2000 to 2001, before being transferred to Shueisha's ''josei'' (aimed at younger adu ...
''
* Best Supporting Actor:
Takashi Sasano
is a Japanese actor.
Career
Sasano has appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's films '' Bright Future'' (2003) and '' Before We Vanish'' (2017). He also appeared in Amir Naderi's 2011 film ''Cut''.
Filmography
Film
* '' Tora-san's Island Encounter'' ( ...
– ''Metro ni Notte'', ''Nezu no Ban'', ''
Tsuribaka Nisshi
is a Japanese fishing-themed manga series written by Jūzō Yamasaki and illustrated by Kenichi Kitami. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Big Comic Original'' since 1979. It won the 28th Shogakukan Manga A ...
17: Ato wa Noto nare Hama to nare!'', ''Adan''
* Best Supporting Actress:
**
Yūko Nakamura
is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2001 for the film Firefly'' (Hotaru) ''and the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for ...
– ''
Strawberry Shortcakes
is a 2006 Japanese film by director Hitoshi Yazaki. The film, based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Kiriko Nananan, concerns the life of four girls, as they deal with their own insecurities while living in the metropolis of Tokyo. Thi ...
''
**
Kazue Fukiishi
is a Japanese actress and former gravure idol. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for '' What the Snow Brings'', ''Tegami'', and ''Memories of Tomorrow''.
Career
Fukiishi starred in Takuji Suzuki's ' ...
– ''
What the Snow Brings
is a 2005 Japanese drama film directed by Kichitaro Negishi and based on a novel by Shō Narumi.
Synopsis
Manabu Yazaki had left his family's home in Hokkaidō years before to go to Tokyo to earn a degree, start a company and get married. Now, ...
'', ''Tegami'', ''
Memories of Tomorrow
is a 2006 Japanese drama film starring Ken Watanabe, Higuchi Kanako and directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. The film is based on a novel of the same title published by Hiroshi Ogiwara in 2004.
Plot
The film begins by showing the inevitable outcom ...
''
* Best Director:
Miwa Nishikawa
is a Japanese director and screenwriter. Nishikawa received a degree in literature from the University of Waseda, and after working on several independent films as well as catching the eye of Hirokazu Kore-eda, her film making career took off ...
– ''
Yureru''
* Best New Director: Takayuki Nakamura – ''Yokohama Mary''
* Best Screenplay:
Miwa Nishikawa
is a Japanese director and screenwriter. Nishikawa received a degree in literature from the University of Waseda, and after working on several independent films as well as catching the eye of Hirokazu Kore-eda, her film making career took off ...
– ''
Yureru''
* Best Cinematography: Isao Ishii – ''
Strawberry Shortcakes
is a 2006 Japanese film by director Hitoshi Yazaki. The film, based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Kiriko Nananan, concerns the life of four girls, as they deal with their own insecurities while living in the metropolis of Tokyo. Thi ...
''
* Best New Talent:
**
Kenichi Matsuyama
is a Japanese actor. He is known for his affinity for strange character roles, and he is best known internationally for playing L in the 2006 films ''Death Note'', '' Death Note 2: The Last Name'' and '' L: Change the World'' in 2008, as well a ...
– ''
Death Note'', ''
Otoko-tachi no Yamato
is a 2005 Japanese war film. It was directed by Junya Satō and is based on a book by Jun Henmi. With a framing story set in the present day, by flashbacks it tells the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship ''Yamato'', c ...
'', ''Oyayubi Sagashi''
**
Yuriko Yoshitaka
is a Japanese actress. She has played numerous roles in film and television, including lead roles in ''Snakes and Earrings'', '' Yurigokoro'', and the NHK asadora ''Hanako to Anne''.
Career
At age 16, her first year of high school, Yoshitaka joi ...
– ''
Noriko's Dinner Table
is a 2005 Japanese psychological horror film, and a sequel to the independent horror film '' Suicide Club'' (2002), written and directed by Sion Sono.
''Suicide Club'' concerns the mass suicide of 54 schoolgirls and how it leads the law to a sha ...
''
* Special Jury Prize: Takayuki Nakamura – ''Yokohama Mary''
Best 10
# ''
Yureru''
# ''
Hula Girls
is a Japanese film, directed by Sang-il Lee and co-written by Lee and Daisuke Habara, and first released across Japanese theaters on September 23, 2006. Starring Yū Aoi, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Shizuyo Yamazaki, Ittoku Kishibe, E ...
''
# ''
Memories of Matsuko
is a 2006 Japanese musical film written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. It is based on a Japanese novel by Muneki Yamada.
It has not yet received North American distribution, though in its North American premiere at the 2007 New York Asian Fi ...
''
# ''
What the Snow Brings
is a 2005 Japanese drama film directed by Kichitaro Negishi and based on a novel by Shō Narumi.
Synopsis
Manabu Yazaki had left his family's home in Hokkaidō years before to go to Tokyo to earn a degree, start a company and get married. Now, ...
''
# ''
Kamome Shokudo
is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Japanese director Naoko Ogigami, based on a novel by Yōko Mure. The film is set in the Finnish capital Helsinki, and follows a Japanese woman who sets up a diner serving Japanese food in the city ...
''
# ''Yokohama Mary''
# ''
Strawberry Shortcakes
is a 2006 Japanese film by director Hitoshi Yazaki. The film, based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Kiriko Nananan, concerns the life of four girls, as they deal with their own insecurities while living in the metropolis of Tokyo. Thi ...
''
# ''Yawarakai Seikatsu''
# ''
The Professor's Beloved Equation''
# ''
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
is a science fiction novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui. Originally serialized from 1965 to 1966, it tells the story of a high-school girl who accidentally acquires the ability to Time travel in fiction, time travel, which leads to a time loop where sh ...
''
:runner-up. ''
The Blossoming of Kamiya Etsuko
is a drama written by Masataka Matsuda. Later, a movie version, directed by Kazuo Kuroki and starring Tomoyo Harada and Masatoshi Nagase, was released in Japan on August 12, 2006. Kuroki died several months before it was released.
Plot
In Kago ...
''
References
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