The is the 3rd edition of the ''

Japan Film Professional Awards The are an annual Japanese film award. The first awards were given to films made in 1991 in film, 1991. This award is hosted by Hiroo Ōtaka. Categories *Best Film *Best Director *Best Actor *Best Actress Editions *1st Japan Film Professional A ...

''. It awarded the best of 1993 in film. The ceremony took place on March 10, 1994, at Cinema Argo Shinjuku in

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Awards

*Best Film: ''

All Under the Moon is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Yoichi Sai and starring Gorō Kishitani and Ruby Moreno. Plot Tadao (Goro Kishitani) is a North Korean immigrant who works in a taxi cab corporation wholly owned by another Korean immigrant whose dream is to ...

'' ( WOWOW Special Drama ''J Movie Wars'' Edition) *Best Director: Toshihiro Tenma ('' Kyōso Tanjō'') *Best Actress:

Hikari Ishida (born May 25, 1972) is a Japanese actress. She starred along with Megumi Odaka and Natsuki Ozawa in the TV-series ''Hana no Asuka-gumi!''. She also released several singles and six albums and she had one minor hit with the song "Emerald no Suna ...

('' Haruka, Nosutarujī'') *Best Actor:

Ryo Ishibashi is a Japanese actor and lead singer of the Japanese rock band ARB. He is known around the world for his roles in the Japanese horror films '' Suicide Club'' and ''Audition.'' He is also recognized in America for his role as Nakagawa in ''The Gr ...

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'') *Best New Encouragement: Hikari Ōta ('' Kusa no Ue no Shigoto'') *Best New Encouragement: Aya Kokumai ('' Sonatine'', '' Kyōso Tanjō'') *Best New Director:

Tetsuo Shinohara is a Japanese film director. His film ''First Love'' was the 3rd Best Film at the 22nd Yokohama Film Festival. Filmography * ''Running High'' (1989) * ''Work on the Grass'' (1993) * ''One More Time, One More Chance'' (1996) * ''Aku no hana'' (1 ...

('' Kusa no Ue no Shigoto'') *Best New Director:

Shinobu Yaguchi is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He specializes in feel-good "zero to hero" films, where a group of people take up an unlikely activity, face a number of obstacles, but finally succeed. His film '' Waterboys'' was particularly succ ...

('' Hadashi no Picnic'')

10 best films

# ''

J Movie Wars'' Edition (

Yoichi Sai was a Japanese film director. He was the president of the Directors Guild of Japan. Life and career Sai was born on 6 July 1949 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. His mother was Japanese and his father was Zainichi Korean. Sai won the Best Screenp ...

) # '' Tsuge Yoshiharu World: Gensenkan Shujin'' (

Teruo Ishii was a Japanese film director best known in the West for his early films in the ''Super Giant'' series, and for his films in the '' ero guro'' ("erotic-grotesque") subgenre of ''pinku eiga'' such as '' Shogun's Joy of Torture'' ( 1968). He also di ...

) # '' Kusa no Ue no Shigoto'' (

) # '' Hadashi no Picnic'' (

) # '' Kyōso Tanjō'' ( Toshihiro Tenma) # '' Graduation Journey: I Came from Japan'' (

Shusuke Kaneko is a Japanese filmmaker. Life and career Shūsuke Kaneko was born in Tokyo on June 8, 1955. According to the biography on his official website Kaneko was interested in science fiction, particularly Godzilla and Gamera films, from a young age. ...

) # '' Human Scramble: Furyō'' (

Banmei Takahashi (or Tomoaki Takahashi) is a Japanese film director. Takahashi started his career in the pink film industry, making his directorial debut in 1972 with ''Escaped Rapist Criminal''. Due to a disagreement with his producer, Takahashi quit the film ...

) # '' Patlabor 2: The Movie'' (

Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of acclaimed anime films, including '' Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer'' (1984), ''Angel's Egg'' (1985), ...

) # '' Gokudō Kisha'' (

Rokurō Mochizuki is a Japanese film director who has worked in pink film, adult videos and mainstream cinema. He won the award for Best Director at the 19th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Onibi'' and '' A Yakuza in Love''. Life and career Early career - Pink f ...

) # '' Sora ga Konnani Aoi Wake ga Nai'' (

Akira Emoto is a Japanese actor. Career In 1999, he won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in '' Dr. Akagi''. He also won the award for best supporting actor at the 7th Hochi Film Award for ''Dotonbori River'' and '' Hearts and F ...

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References

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* {{Japanese Professional Movie Awards

1994 in Japanese cinema Japan Film Professional Awards March 1994 events in Asia