"Okuribito" wins more awards at Yokohama

[Tokyograph News]

The individual winners of the 30th Yokohama Film Festival have been announced. Yojiro Takita's "Okuribito" continued its award-winning streak with two prizes, taking Best Picture and Best Director.

Kaoru Kobayashi took Best Actor for his starring roles in "Kyuuka" and "Kanki no Uta." Eiko Koike was named Best Actress for "Seppun."

Best Supporting Actor was given to Hidetoshi Nishijima for several roles, while Kimiko Yo and Ryoko Hirosue both received Best Supporting Actress. The Best Newcomer prizes went to Sarara Tsukifune, Riisa Naka, and Anna Ishibashi. Yoshitaka Mori was named Best New Director for "Hyakuhachi."

A list of the "best ten" Japanese films was also announced:

1. Okuribito (Yojiro Takita)
2. Gururi no Koto (Ryosuke Hashiguchi)
3. Aruitemo Aruitemo (Hirokazu Koreeda)
4. Yami no Kodomotachi (Junji Sakamoto)
5. United Red Army (Koji Wakamatsu)
6. Seppun (Kunitoshi Manda)
7. Tokyo Sonata (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
8. Climber's High (Masato Harada)
9. Kimi no Tomodachi (Ryuichi Hiroki)
10. Kyuuka (Hajime Kadoi)

"Hyakumanen to Nigamushi Onna" by Yuki Tanada was named as a runner-up.

The presentation ceremony for the awards will take place on February 1.

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