The is the 7th edition of the '' Japan Film Professional Awards''. It awarded the best of

1997 in film The year 1997 in film involved many significant films, including ''Titanic'', ''The Full Monty'', '' Gattaca'', ''Donnie Brasco'', '' Good Will Hunting'', ''L.A. Confidential'', '' The Fifth Element'', '' Nil by Mouth'', '' The Spanish Prisoner'' ...

. The ceremony took place on March 28, 1998, at Theatre Shinjuku in Tokyo.

Awards

*Best Film: ''

Cure A cure is a substance or procedure that ends a medical condition, such as a medication, a surgical operation, a change in lifestyle or even a philosophical mindset that helps end a person's sufferings; or the state of being healed, or cured. The ...

'' *Best Director: Takashi Miike ('' Gokudō Kuro Shakai Rainy Dog'', '' Young Thugs: Innocent Blood'') *Best Actress: Naomi Nishida (''

My Secret Cache ''My Secret Cache'' is a 1997 award - winning Japanese film. Its original Japanese title is . It was directed by Shinobu Yaguchi. Plot The film begins with a prologue that quickly sketches the backstory of the protagonist: since childhood, Saki ...

'') *Best Actor:

Yoshio Harada was a Japanese actor best known for playing rebels in a career that spanned six decades. Career Born in Tokyo, Harada joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1966 and made his television debut in 1967 with "Tenka no seinen" and his film debut in ...

('' Onibi'') *Best Supporting Actor:

Masato Hagiwara is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and professional mahjong player. Biography When Hagiwara was three years old, his parents divorced and he was taken in by his father. However, his father died when he was in the fourth grade, and was th ...

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'') *Best New Encouragement:

Sarina Suzuki Sarina Suzuki (鈴木紗理奈; born July 13, 1977) is a Japanese actress, singer, tarento and former gravure idol. Career Born in Osaka, Suzuki debuted first as a gravure idol in 1994. She soon became active on television variety shows, notably ...

('' Young Thugs: Innocent Blood'') *Best New Encouragement:

Maki Sakai (born 17 May 1970 in Taito, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress. The fourth rehouse girl of Mitsui, she has starred in a number of TV drama series such as '' Daburu kitchin'' (1993) and '' Watashi no unmei'' (1994). She is a graduate of Jumonji Jun ...

('' Gozonji! Fundoshi Zukin'') *Best New Encouragement:

Yasue Sato is a Japanese actress and model, and formally trained in ballet. She made her acting debut in the movie Bounce Ko Gals (1997), for which she was given a Best New Talent award at the Yokohama Film Festival. She has since appeared in other feature f ...

('' Bounce Ko Gals'') *Special:

Kazuyoshi Okuyama Kazuyoshi (written: 和良, 和美, 和喜, 和佳, 和慶, 和義, 和嘉, 和幸, 知良, 一義, 一吉, 一良, 一慶, 一巖 or 一嘉) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese politician *, Japan ...

(For his achievement as producer.)

10 best films

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Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic and a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Although he has worked in a variety of genres, Kurosawa is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre, his honorific ...

) # '' Koi Gokudō'' ( Rokurō Mochizuki) # ''

Postman Blues is a 1997 Japanese criminal action comedy-drama film directed and written by Hiroyuki Tanaka under the name Sabu. The film features Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Keisuke Horibe, Ren Ohsugi and Kyōko Tōyama in the lead roles. It tells the story of a post ...

'' ( Sabu) # '' Onibi'' ( Rokurō Mochizuki) # '' Young Thugs: Innocent Blood'' ( Takashi Miike) # '' Unagi'' ( Shohei Imamura) # '' Tetsu to Namari'' (

Kazuhiro Kiuchi is a Japanese manga artist, film director and novelist. As a manga writer, he is best known for the series '' Be-Bop High School'', which won the 1988 Kodansha Manga Award for the general category and was adapted as series of live-action movies ...

) # '' 2/Duo'' ( Nobuhiro Suwa) # '' Raigyo ( Takahisa Zeze) # '' Tettō Musashino-sen'' (

Naoki Nagao Naoki (直樹) is a masculine Japanese given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese long jumper * Naoki Bandou, voice actor *Naoki Harada (原田直樹, born 1991), Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *Naoki Ha ...

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References

External links

* {{Japanese Professional Movie Awards Japan Film Professional Awards 1998 in Japanese cinema Japan Film Professional Awards March 1998 events in Asia