The or is an annual Japanese film award ceremony which recognizes excellence in the

pink film in its broadest sense includes almost any Japanese theatrical film that includes nudity (hence 'pink') or deals with sexual content. This encompasses everything from dramas to action thrillers and exploitation film features. The Western equi ...

genre. Referred to by Miho Toda as the "Academy Awards of the Pink Film", the ceremony attracts a diverse audience of industry personnel, film scholars and the general public. Pink film scholar Jasper Sharp calls it the high point of the year for the pink film community. ''PG'', a magazine focusing on the genre, hosts the Pink Grand Prix in April of each year as a review of pink films released the previous year. The top ten films are selected by a readers' poll, and the top five films are screened during the evening of the ceremony held at the Kameari-za theater in Aoto, Tokyo until its closing in 1999, and at the Shinbungeiza theater thereafter.

History

''PG'' magazine was founded by Yoshiyuki Hayashida in July 1994. The magazine was preceded by the limited-circulation ''New Zoom-up'', which Hayashida started in 1989, and which held the first Pink Grand Prix awards beginning that year, covering films released in 1988. Among actresses who have won the award multiple times are

Yumika Hayashi was a Japanese AV idol and ''pink film'' actress. She earned the title of "Japan's Original Adult Video Queen" during a 16-year career in which she starred in nearly 200 AVs and appeared in over 180 films. Hayashi was also a prominent ''pink film ...

, recipient of the Best Actress award in 2004 and the Special Career Award the following year. After her death on June 28, 2005, she was awarded a second Special Career Award at the 2006 Pink Grand Prix ceremony.

Yearly awards

Pink Grand Prix for Best Film Pink is the color of a namesake flower that is a pale tint of red. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, ...

Pink Grand Prix for Best Actress Pink is the color of a namesake flower that is a pale tint of red. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, ...

References

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