The winners of the 63rd Mainichi Film Awards were announced on Wednesday. This year's Grand Prize was taken by Yojiro Takita's "Okuribito," continuing its trophy-winning streak.
The awards will be presented on February 4. The winners are as follows:
- Grand Prize: Okuribito (directed by Yojiro Takita)
- Best Film: Gururi no Koto (directed by Ryosuke Hashiguchi)
- Best Foreign Film: The Dark Knight
- Best Actor: Hiroshi Abe (Aoi Tori, Aruitemo Aruitemo)
- Best Actress: Eiko Koike (Seppun)
- Best Supporting Actor: Masato Sakai (After School, Climber's High, Jersey no Futari)
- Best Supporting Actress: Keiko Matsuzaka (Hotaru no Haka)
- Sponichi Grand Prix Newcomer Award: Haruma Miura (Naoko), Riisa Naka (Junkissa Isobe)
- Kinuyo Tanaka Award: Kimiko Yo
- Best Director: Koji Wakamatsu (United Red Army)
- Best Screenplay: Ryosuke Hashiguchi (Gururi no Koto)
- Best Cinematography: Tomohiko Tsuji (United Red Army)
- Best Art Direction: Kyoko Yauchi (Nishi no Majo ga Shinda)
- Best Music: Taro Iwashiro (Yami no Kodomotachi)
- Best Sound: Satoshi Ozaki (Okuribito)
- Technical Award: Towako Kuwajima, Takayuki Masuo, Shinji Tsuchiya, Masahide Yanagawase (visual effects in Pako to Mahou no Ehon)
- Best Animated Film: The Sky Crawlers (directed by Mamoru Oshii)
- Noburo Ofuji Award: Gake no Ue no Ponyo, for Hayao Miyazaki's creative expression
- Best Documentary: Hana wa Doko e Itta (directed by Masako Sakata)
- Fan Award (Domestic Film): Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai
- Fan Award (Foreign Film): Red Cliff: Part I
- Special awards: director Kon Ichikawa, actor Ken Ogata, cinematographer Hiroshi Kusuda
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01-22-2009, 07:20 AM
Mainichi Film Awards: "Okuribito" takes top prize
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