Sunday, November 12, 2017

Nominees for the 42nd Hochi Movie Awards (2017)

Here is the list of nominees for the 42nd Hochi Movie Awards this year. Numbers in the brackets indicate the number of nominees in each category. All names are presented in the Japanese alphabetical order.

Names in red are the No.1s as voted by the readers.

Winners will be announced at the end of December:


Best Movie (21)
Aa, Kouya
Outrage Saishusho
Umibe no Sei to Shi
Osanako warera ni umare
Kazoku wa tsuraiyo 2
Kanojo ga sono na wo shiranai toritachi
Kimi no suizou wo tabetai
Gukoroku
Sangatsu no Lion
Sandome no Satsujin
Sanposuru Shinryakusha
Shinobi no Kuni
Sekigahara
Tsuioku
Teiichi no Kuni
Hikari
Hibana
Mix
Yozora wa itsudemo saikou mitsudo no aoiro da
Last Recipe ~ Kirin no shita no kioku ~
Ryuichi Sakamoto CODA

Best Director (11) 
Ishii Yuya - Yozora wa itsudemo saikou mitsudo no aoiro da
Ishikawa Kei - Gukoroku
Kawase Naomi - Hikari
Kishi Yoshiyuki - Aa, Kouya
Kitano Takeshi - Outrage Saishusho
Koreeda Hirokazu - Sandome no Satsujin
Shiraishi Kazuya - Kanojo ga sono na wo shiranai toritachi
Harada Masato - Sekigahara
Miike Takashi - Mugen no Juunin / Jojo no kimyou na bouken
Mishima Yukiko - Osanako warera ni umare
Yukisada Isao - Narratage

Best Leading Actor (13)
Asano Tadanobu - Osanako warera ni umare
Abe Sadao - Kanojo ga sono na wo shiranai toritachi
Ohno Satoshi - Shinobi no Kuni 
Okada Junichi - Kaizoku to yobareta otoko / Tsuioku / Sekigahara
Kamiki Ryuunosuke - Sangatsu no Lion
Kimura Takuya - Mugen no Juunin
Kiritani Kenta - Hibana
Suda Masaki - Kiseki Ano hi no sobito / Teiichi no Kuni / Aa, Kouya / Hibana
Tsumabuki Satoshi - Gukoroku / Okuda Tamio ni naritai Boy to deau otoko subete kuruwaseru Girl
Nagase Masatoshi - Hikari
Ninomiya Kazunari - Last Recipe ~ Kirin no shita no kioku ~
Hayashi Kento - Shabondama
Fukuyama Masaharu - Sandome no Satsujin

Best Leading Actress (10)
Aoi Yu - Kanojo ga sono na wo shiranai toritachi
Aragaki Yui - Mix
Arimura Kasumi - Narratage
Ishibashi Shizuka - Yozora wa itsudemo saikou mitsudo no aoiro da
Ueto Aya - Hirugao
Takiuchi Kumi - Kanojo no jinsei wa machigai janai
Nagasawa Masami - Sanposuru Shinryakusha
Hirose Suzu - Chia Dan / Sensei!
Mizuhara Kiko - Okuda Tamio ni naritai Boy to deau otoko subete kuruwaseru Girl
Mitsushima Hikari - Umibe no Sei to Shi / Gukoroku

Best Supporting Actor (12)
Ito Hideaki - Sangatsu no Lion
Oguri Shun - Tsuioku / Kimi no suizou wo tabetai
Kudo Asuka - Chotto ima kara shigoto yametekuru
Kudo Kankuro - Osanako warera ni umare
Sasaki Kuranosuke - Sangatsu no Lion / Hanaikusa
Suzuki Ryohei - Shinobi no Kuni
Nishida Toshiyuki - Namiya Zakkaten no Kiseki / Outrage Saishusho
Hira Takehiro - Sekigahara
Matsuzaka Toori - Yurigokoro / Kanojo ga sono na wo shiranai toritachi
Yakusho Koji - Sandome no Satsujin / Sekigahara

Best Supporting Actress (11)
Aoi Yu - Tokyo Ghoul / Mix
Arimura Kasumi - Sangatsu no Lion / Sekigahara
Ishihara Satomi - Shinobi no Kuni
Ito Ayumi - Hirugao
Kinoshita Akari - Aa, Kouya
Kimura Fumino - Tsuioku / Hibana
Saito Yuki - Sandome no Satsujin
Sugisaki Hana - Mugen no Juunin
Tanaka Rena - Osanako warera ni umare
Nagano Mei - Teiichi no Kuni / Peach Girl / Mix
Hirose Suzu - Sandome no Satsujin

Best Newcomer (10)
Ishibashi Shizuka - Yozora wa itsudemo saikou mitsudo no aoiro da
Inoo Kei - Peach Girl
Kitamura Takumi - Kimi no suizou wo tabetai / Koi to Uso
Kiyohara Kaya -  Boku wa ashita kinou no kimi to deeto suru / Sangatsu no Lion / Yurigokoro
Seino Nana - Perfect Revolution
Nishino Nanase - Asahinagu
Nishihata Daigo - P to JK / Last Recipe ~ Kirin no shita no kioku ~
Hamabe Minami - Kimi no suizou wo tabetai / Youkai Watch
Mizutani Yutaka (director) - TAP THE LAST SHOW
Minami Sara - Osanako warera ni umare

Best Foreign Film (21)
ELLE
A Man Called Ove
Train to Busan
SING
Dunkirk
T2 Trainspotting
Hidden Figures
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Hacksaw Ridge
Paterson
Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Baby Driver
Manchester By The Sea
Moonlight
Message
Moana
La La Land
LOGAN
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
I, Daniel Blake

Best Anime Film (6)
Despicable Me 3
SING
Mary to Majo no Hana
Meitantei Conan kara kurenai no love letter
Moana
Yo wa mijikashi arukeyo otome

Source: Yomiuri Hochi

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ck, is Shinobi no Kuni that good?

Anonymous said...

probably because of arashi fans

Anonymous said...

Certainly because of arashi fans.

Anonymous said...

lol, if it's from readers vote then most of the results are already predictable.

Chiaki said...

I believe that the final winners are decided by a panel of judges so those who won the viewers' hearts may not necessarily secure the awards in the end.

I've not seen Shinobi no Kuni yet but have heard great reviews about it especially the action scenes. Narratage is going to be shown here in December but I think it will be difficult to see Shinobi no Kuni in our local cinemas given that it was screened months earlier than Narratage and should have been brought in by now if the film distributors were interested in the first place.

Although I like Arashi, I have to admit that I don't quite agree with some of the viewers choices. Then again, we all have our biases in terms of who we like or dislike so there's no result which will please everyone. I just hope that the final winners will be those which most people will accept as good enough to receive the awards.