A short feature on the Blue Ribbon Awards and the nominees for the 65th edition (2022)

The Blue Ribbon Awards was set up in 1950 and is currently organised/managed by the Tokyo Film Reporters Association made up of reporters covering the film industry from the 7 sports newspapers based in Tokyo i.e. Sports Hochi, Daily Sports, Sankei Sports, Tokyo Chunichi Sports, Tokyo Sports, Sports Nippon and Nikkansports. 

The nominees are selected from films released between 1 Jan and 31 Dec within the Tokyo Metropolitan Area (the entire Kanto region + Yamanashi Prefecture) in the previous year and announced in January every year. The award ceremony is held in February and will be hosted by the best leading actor and best leading actress winners from the previous edition. Last year's winners were Okada Junichi and Nagano Mei.

Here are the nominees for the 65th edition i.e. 2022 (in Japanese alphabetical order):

Best Movie

Aru Otoko

Kingdom 2 Harukanaru daichi e

Keiko Me wo sumasete

Sagasu

Chinmoku no Parade

Dr. Kotoo shinryoujou

PLAN 75

Bosei

Laageri yori ai wo komete

Rurou no tsuki

Best Leading Actor

Abe Sadao (Shikei ni itaru byou / I am Makimoto)

Sato Jiro (Sagase)

Tsumabuki Satoshi (Aru Otoko)

Ninomiya Kazunari (TANG / Laageri yori ai wo komete)

Fukuyama Masaharu (Chinmoku no Parade)

Best Leading Actress

Arimura Kasumi (Zenkamono)

Kishii Yukino (Yagate umi e to todoku / Keiko Me wo sumasete)

Komatsu Nana (Yomei 10 nen)

Toda Erika (Bosei)

Baisho Chieko (PLAN 75)

Hirose Suzu (Rurou no tsuki)

Best Supporting Actor

Iio Kazuki (Chinmoku no Parade)

Isomura Hayato (Zenkamono / PLAN 75 / Idoujirei wa ongakutai! / Sakana no ko)

Kubota Masataka (My Broken Mariko / Aru Otoko)

Nakajima Ayumu (Yodaka no kataomoi / Laageri ai wo komete)

Yokohama Ryuusei (Rurou no tsuki)

Best Supporting Actress

Ando Sakura (Aru Otoko / Korosuna)

Ono Machiko (Haken Anime! 20-sai no Soul / SABAKAN / Senya, Ichiya)

Seino Nana (Kingdom 2 Harukanaru daichi e / Idoujirei wa ongakutai! / Aru Otoko)

Takahata Atsuko (Bosei)

Hirosue Ryoko (Baskerville ke no inu / Achira ni iru oni)

Best Director

Ishikawa Kei (Aru Otoko)

Katayama Shinzo (Sagasu)

Zeze Takahisa (Tonbi / Laageri yori ai wo komete)

Hayakawa Chie (PLAN 75)

Hiroki Ryuichi (Achira ni iru oni / Bosei / Tsuki no michikake)

Best Newcomer

Arashi Lina (My Small Land)

Koki (Ushikubimura)

Shiratori Haruto (Tonbi / Zenbu, boku no sei)

Harada Kounosuke (SABAKAN)

Banka Ichiro (SABAKAN)