The was held on 1 February 2009 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Awards
* Best Film:
Yōjirō Takita
Yōjirō Takita (滝田 洋二郎 ''Takita Yōjirō'', born December 4, 1955) is a Japanese filmmaker. Takita received an Academy Awards, Oscar for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Best Foreign Language Film for his 2008 drama '' ...
– ''
Departures''
* Best Actor:
Kaoru Kobayashi – ''Kyūka'' and ''Kanki no Uta''
* Best Actress:
Eiko Koike
is a Japanese actress.
Biography
Koike starred in Kunitoshi Manda's film '' The Kiss''. She appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2012 television drama ''Penance,'' and co-starred in Junji Sakamoto's ''A Chorus of Angels'' with Sayuri Yoshinaga. She ...
– ''
The Kiss''
* Best Supporting Actor:
Hidetoshi Nishijima – ''Kyūka'', ''Tōnan Kadobeya Nikai no Onna'', ''Oka o Koete''
* Best Supporting Actress:
**
Ryōko Hirosue
is a Japanese actress and singer, best known to international audiences for her roles in the Luc Besson-produced ''Wasabi'' and the Academy Award-winning Japanese film '' Departures''. She also starred in the 2008 comedy series ''Yasuko to Kenji ...
– ''
Departures''
**
Kimiko Yo
is a Japanese actress. She was given Best Supporting Actress awards at the 2004 and the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival ceremonies. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 32nd and at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize (film), Japan Academy ...
– ''
Departures'', ''Maboroshi no Yamataikoku'', ''Oka o Koete''
* Best Director:
Yōjirō Takita
Yōjirō Takita (滝田 洋二郎 ''Takita Yōjirō'', born December 4, 1955) is a Japanese filmmaker. Takita received an Academy Awards, Oscar for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Best Foreign Language Film for his 2008 drama '' ...
– ''
Departures''
* Best New Director: Yoshitaka Mori – ''Hyaku Hachi''
* Best Screenplay:
Kunitoshi Manda
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic.
Biography
Kunitoshi Manda was a student at Rikkyo University, where he took Shigehiko Hasumi's filmology class.
Manda directed his first feature film, '' Unloved'', in 2001. It won the ...
and Tamami Manda – ''
The Kiss''
* Best Cinematographer:
Akiko Ashizawa
is a Japanese cinematographer and photographer.
Career
Starting in 8mm film and pink film, Ashizawa eventually became an assistant to the cinematographers Hideo Itō and Takayo Oshikiri. She turned independent in 1982 and has photographed the ...
– ''
Tokyo Sonata
is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It won the award for Best Film at the 3rd Asian Film Awards and received 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations for Achievement in Directing and Best Screenplay. At the 2008 Cannes Film Fe ...
'', ''Kimi no Tomodachi'', ''Shiawase no Kaori''
* Best New Talent:
**
Riisa Naka
is a Japanese actress. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival. Naka became famous by appearing in ''Hachi One Diver'' (2008) and played the lead, Hana Adachi, in '' Yankee-kun to Megane-chan'' (2010). Personal l ...
– ''
Cafe Isobe
is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Keisuke Yoshida. It was in the Narrative Feature Competition at the 2008 Hawaii International Film Festival
The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States ...
''
**
Anna Ishibashi
is a Japanese actress and model.
Career
Ishibashi starred in Ryuichi Hiroki's ''Your Friend'' in 2008. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2008 Yokohama Film Festival. She appeared in Koji Maeda's ''Cannonball Wedlock'' in 2011.
Film ...
– ''Kimi no Tomodachi''
**Sarara Tsukifune – ''Sekai de Ichiban Utsukushii Yoru''
* Special Jury Prize: Yoshitaka Mori – ''Hatsuratsu to Shite Suteki na Yokohama Eiga no Tanjō ni''
Best 10
# ''
Departures''
# ''
Gururi no koto''
# ''
Still Walking''
# ''
Children of the Dark''
# ''
United Red Army
The was a militant organization, that operated in Japan between July 1971 and March 1972. The URA was formed as the result of a merger that began on 13 July 1971 between two extremist groups, the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist , led in 1971 by Tsuneo ...
''
# ''
The Kiss''
# ''
Tokyo Sonata
is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It won the award for Best Film at the 3rd Asian Film Awards and received 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations for Achievement in Directing and Best Screenplay. At the 2008 Cannes Film Fe ...
''
# ''
Climber's High
is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Masato Harada.
The film is about a newspaper editor (played by Shin'ichi Tsutsumi) who deals with the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123.
Accolades
51st Blue Ribbon Awards
* Best Film
* Best Supporting Actor ...
''
# ''Kimi no Tomodachi''
# ''Kyūka''
:runner-up. ''
One Million Yen Girl''
References
Yokohama Film Festival
Yokohama Film Festival
The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, ...
Yokohama Film Festival
The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, ...
2009 in Japanese cinema
February 2009 events in Japan
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