Winners of the 93rd Kinema Junpo Best Ten Awards (2019)

Best Japanese Movie: Kakou no Futari

Best Foreign Movie: Joker

Best Japanese Movie - Readers' Choice: Hansekai

Best Foreign Movie - Readers' Choice: Joker

Best Director - Japanese Movie: Shiraishi Kazuya (Hitoyo / Nagimachi / Mahjong Hourouki 2020)

Best Scriptwriter: Sakamoto Junji (Hansekai)

Best Director - Foreign Movie: Todd Philips (Joker)

Best Leading Actor: Ikematsu Sousuke (Miyamoto kara kimi e)

Best Leading Actress: Takiuchi Kumi (Kakou no Futari)

Best Supporting Actor: Narita Ryo (Ai ga nanda / Sayonara kuchibiru)

Best Supporting Actress: Ikewaki Chizuru (Hansekai)

Best Male Newcomer: Suzuka Ouji (Mitsubachi to Enrai / Kessan! Chuushingura)

Best Female Newcomer: Sekimizu Nagisa (Machida-kun no sekai)

Best Director - Japanese Movie - Readers' Choice: Sakamoto Junji (Hansekai)

Best Director - Foreign Movie - Readers' Choice: Todd Philips (Joker)

Source: Natalie

Winners of the 41st Yokohama Film Festival (2019)

Best Movie: Kakou no Futari

Best Director: Ishikawa Kei (Mitsubachi to Enrai) / Imaizumi Rikiya (Ai ga nanda / Eine kleine Nachtmusik)

Best New Director: Katayama Shinzo (Misaki no Kyoudai)

Best Scriptwriter: Sakamoto Junji (Hansekai)

Best Cinematography: Shinomiya Hidetoshi (Miyamoto kara kimi e / Sayonara Kuchibiru)

Best Leading Actor: Ikematsu Sousuke (Miyamoto kara kimi e)

Best Leading Actress: Kadowaki Mugi (Sayonara Kuchibiru) / Komatsu Nana (Sayonara Kuchibiru)

Best Supporting Actor: Narita Ryo (Ai ga nanda / Sayonara Kuchibiru)

Best Supporting Actress: Ikewaki Chizuru (Hansekai)

Best Newcomer: Takiuchi Kumi (Kakou no Futari) / Suzuka Ouji (Mitsubachi to Enrai) / Sugita Rairu (Hansekai) / Yamada Anna (Chiisana koi no uta)

Best 10 Japanese Movies of 2019
1) Kakou no Futari
2) Mitsubachi to Enrai
3) Ai ga nanda
4) Miyamoto kara kimi e
5) Hansekai
6) Shinbun Kisha
7) Hitoyo
8) Misaki no Kyoudai
9) Yokogao
10) Sayonara Kuchibiru

Source: Yokohama Film Festival 1 / 2

Winners of the 74th Mainichi Movie Awards (2019)

Grand Prix Award - Japanese Movie:  Mitsubachi to Enrai

Excellence Award - Japanese Movie: Shinbun Kisha

Best Foreign Movie: Joker

Best Leading Actor: Narita Ryo (Katsuben!)

Best Leading Actress: Shim Eun-kyung (Shinbun Kisha)

Best Supporting Actor: Yoshizawa Ken (Nagimachi)

Best Supporting Actress: Ikewaki Chizuru (Hansekai)

Sponichi Grand Prix - Male Newcomer: Suzuka Oji (Mitsubachi to Enrai)

Sponichi Grand Prix - Female Newcomer: Sekimizu Nagisa (Machida-kun no Sekai)

Tanaka Kinuyo Award: Fubuki Jun

Best Director: Ishikawa Kei (Mitsubachi to Enrai)

Best Scriptwriter: Sakamoto Junji (Hansekai)

Best Cinematography: Christopher Doyle (Aru sendou no hanashi)

Best Art: Isoda Norihiro (Katsuben!)

Best Sound: Fujimoto Kenichi (Hansekai)

Best Music: RADWIMPS (Tenki no Ko)

TSUTAYA Premium Movie Fans Award - Japanese Movie: Nagimachi

TSUTAYA Premium Movie Fans Award - Foreign Movie: Joker

Source: Natalie

Inagaki Goro to star in new movie "Hansekai" along with Hasegawa Hiroki, Ikewaki Chizuru & Shibukawa Kiyohiko

Inagaki Goro will be starring in the new movie "Hansekai" (Half World) directed by Sakamoto Junji which is an original story about 3 men at the age of 39 who are faced with the dilemma of how to live the rest of their lives at this halfway point. Co-stars also include Hasegawa Hiroki, Ikewaki Chizuru and Shibukawa Kiyohiko. Filming began on 14 February.

Inagaki plays the lead character Hiroshi who makes a living by producing Bincho charcoal in a beautiful town located within the mountains. When his junior high school friend Eisuke (Hasegawa) who used to be a Self-Defense Forces officer comes back to their hometown, Hiroshi is struck by how he had never given a thought about inheriting the family business until the latter makes a remark about how he couldn't fathom why Hiroshi would do such a thing. His other ex-classmate Mitsuhiko (Shibukawa) also points out how Hiroshi doesn't care for his wife Hatsuno (Ikewaki) and son by leaving her to take care of the child alone. When Hiroshi comes to know about Eisuke's past, he makes up his mind to treat his work and family seriously.