| 18th Japan Film Professional Awards | |
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| Date | 2009 |
The 18th Japan Film Professional Awards (第18回日本映画プロフェッショナル大賞) is the 18th edition of the Japan Film Professional Awards. Films of 2008 were eligible, with a focus on independent works not released by major distribution companies. An award ceremony did not take place.
Awards
- Best Film: Kiss
- Best Director: Kōji Wakamatsu (United Red Army)
- Best Actress: Eiko Koike (Kiss)
- Best Actor: Tatsuya Fujiwara (Chameleon)
- Best New Director: Kenji Nakanishi (Aoi Tori [jp])
- Best Distinguished Service: Takeo Kimura (For his Guinness World Record for the oldest debut as a feature film director, and his longtime work.)
- Special: Kenichi Matsuyama (Detroit Metal City)
- Special: Shinjuku Joy Cinema [jp] (The theatre closed in 2009.)
10 best films
- Kiss (Kunitoshi Manda)
- Tokyo Sonata (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
- United Red Army (Kōji Wakamatsu)
- All Around Us (Ryōsuke Hashiguchi)
- Hito no Sex o Warauna [jp] (Nami Iguchi)
- Still Walking (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
- Children of the Dark (Junji Sakamoto)
- Kimi no Tomodachi [jp] (Ryūichi Hiroki)
- Chameleon (Junji Sakamoto)
- Shiawase no Kaori [jp] (Mitsuhiro Mihara)
References
- 日本映画プロフェッショナル大賞2008年・第18回 [The 18th Japan Film Professional Awards in 2008]. allcinema (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-05-02.
- 第18回日本映画プロフェッショナル大賞. nichi-pro.filmcity.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-05-02.
- "Oldest debut as a feature film director". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
- 新宿ジョイシネマ閉館で考える"シネコン時代の今後" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
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