Winners of the Osaka Cinema Festival 2019

Top 10 Japanese movies
1) Korou no Chi
2) Manbiki Kazoku
3) Netemo Sametemo
4) Nichinichi kore koujitsu
5) Yakiniku Dragon
6) Kiku to Guillotine
7) Camera wo tomeruna!
8) Mori no iru basho
9) Itoshi no Irene / Kimi no tori wa utaeru

Best Leading Actor: Yakusho Koji (Korou no Chi)

Best Leading Actress: Shuri (Ikiterudakede, Ai)

Best Supporting Actor: Matsuzaka Toori (Korou no Chi)

Best Supporting Actress: Abe Junko (Korou no Chi)

Best Male Newcomer: Ootani Ryohei (Yakiniku Dragon)

Best Female Newcomer: Kiryu Mai (Kiku to Guillotine / Suzukike no Uso) & Hirao Nanaka (Gokko)

Best Director: Shiraishi Kazuya (Korou no Chi)

Best Script: Zeze Takahisa (Kiku to Guillotine / Yuuzai)

Best Cinematography: Tsukinaga Yuta (Mori no iru basho)

Best Music: tofubeats (Netemo sametemo)

Best New Director: Nojiri Katsumi (Suzukike no Uso)

Wild Bunch Award: Camera wo tomeruna!

Source: Osaka Cinema Festival

Winners of the 61st Blue Ribbon Award (2018)

Best Movie: Camera wo tomeru na!

Best Leading Actor: Tachi Hiroshi (Owatta Hito)

Best Leading Actress: Kadowaki Mugi (Tomerareruka, oretachi wo)

Best Supporting Actor: Matsuzaka Toori (Korou no Chi)

Best Supporting Actress: Matsuoka Mayu (Manbiki Kazoku / Chihayafuru - Musubi -)

Best Newcomer: Minami Sara (Shino-chan wa jibun no namae ga ienai)

Best Director: Shiraishi Kazuya (Korou no Chi / Tomerareruka, oretachi wo / Sunny 32)

Best Foreign Movie: Bohemian Rhapsody

Top 10 Japanese movies (in alphabetical order):
Camera wo tomeruna!
Kiku to Guillotine
Korou no Chi
SUNNY Tsuyoi kimochi tsuyoi ai
Soratobu Taiya
Tomerareruka, oretachi wo
Nichinichi kore koujitsu
Netemo Sametemo
Manbiki Kazoku
Yakiniku Dragon

Source: Natalie

Nominees for the 73rd Mainichi Film Awards (2018)

Here are the nominees for the 73rd Mainichi Film Awards (2018) - note that I have only included the best movie and individual acting categories' nominees here:

Best Japanese Movie
Kiku to Guillotine
Kimi no tori wa utaeru
Korou no Chi
Netemo Sametemo
Manbiki Kazoku

Best Foreign Movie
Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Phantom Thread
The Post
1987: When the Day Comes

Best Leading Actor
Emoto Tasuku - Kimi no tori wa utaeru
Okada Junichi - Chiri Tsubaki
Higashide Masahiro - Netemo Sametemo
Yakusho Koji - Korou no Chi
Yamazaki Tsutomu - Mori no iru basho
Lily Franky - Manbiki Kazoku

Best Leading Actress
Ando Sakura - Manbiki Kazoku
Kadowaki Mugi - Tomerareuka, oretachi wo
Kuroki Haru - Nichinichi kore koujitsu
Shuri - Ikiterudakede, Ai
Matsuoka Mayu - Katte ni Furuetero

Best Supporting Actor
Arai Hirofumi - Kenen
Eita - Yuuzai
Sakou Yoshi - Kensatsugawa no Zainin
Sometani Shota - Kimi no tori wa utaeru
Tsukamoto Shinya - Zan
Ninomiya Kazunari - Kensatsugawa no Zainin
Matsuzaka Toori - Korou no Chi

Best Supporting Actress
Ishibashi Shizuka - Kimi no tori wa utaeru
Kan Hanae - Kiku to Guillotine
Kiki Kirin - Nichinichi kore koujitsu / Manbiki Kazoku
Kino Hana - Itoshi no Irene
Hara Hideko - Suzukike no Uso
Matsuoka Mayu - Manbiki Kazoku

Sponichi Grand Prix Male Newcomer
Kanichiro - Kiku to Guillotine
Jou Kairi - Manbiki Kazoku
Tamaoki Reo - Kyoukaishi
Narita Ryo - Niwatori Star
Maeda Ryusei - Zan
Yoshizawa Ryo - River's Edge

Sponichi Grand Prix Female Newcomer
Karata Erika - Netemo Sametemo
Kiryuu Mai - Kiku to Guillotine / Suzukike no uso
Sasaki Miyu - Manbiki Kazoku
Hirate Yurina - HIBIKI
Makita Aju - Shino-chan wa jibun no namae ga ienai
Minami Sara - Shino-chan wa jibun no namae ga ienai

Tanaka Kinuyo Award
Ando Sakura
Shirakawa Kazuko
Terajima Shinobu
Hara Hideko
Fubuki Jun

Source: Natalie

Winners of the 31st Nikkansports Movie Awards & Ishihara Yujiro Award (2018)

Best Movie: Manbiki Kazoku

Best Director: Shiraishi Kazuya (Sunny 32 / Korou no Chi / Tomerareruka, oretachi wo)

Best Leading Actor: Matsuzaka Toori (Funouhan / Shounen)

Best Leading Actress: Ando Sakura (Manbiki Kazoku)

Best Supporting Actor: Takahashi Issei (Uso wo aisuru onna / Soratobu Taiya / Oku Otoko)

Best Supporting Actress: Kiki Kirin (Manbiki Kazoku / Mori no iru basho / Nichinichi kore koujitsu)

Best Newcomer: Hirate Yurina (HIBIKI)

Best Foreign Movie: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Ishihara Yujiro Award: Camera wo tomeru na!

Ishihara Yujiro Newcomer Award: Iwata Takanori (Kyounen no fuyu, kimi to wakare / Vision / Perfect World Kimi to iru kiseki)

Source: Natalie

Winners of the 40th Yokohama Film Festival (2018)

Best Ten Movies
1) Netemo Sametemo
2) Korou no Chi
3) Manbiki Kazoku
4) HANAGATAMI
5) Camera wo tomeruna!
6) Kiku to Guillotine
7) Tomerareruka, oretachi wo
8) Suzukike no Uso
10) Mori no iru basho / Nichinichi kore koujitsu

Best Movie: Netemo Sametemo

Best Director: Hamaguchi Ryusuke (Netemo Sametemo) / Zeze Takahisa (Kiku to Guillotine / Yuuzai / Hachinengoshi no Hanayome Kiseki no Jitsuwa)

Morita Yoshimitsu Memorial New Director: Nojiri Katsumi (Suzukike no Uso)

Best Scriptwriter: Okita Shuichi (Mori no iru basho)

Best Cinematography: Sasaki Yasuyuki (Netemo Sametemo / Taisou shiyouyo)

Best Leading Actor: Higashide Masahiro (Netemo Sametemo) / Yakusho Koji (Korou no Chi)

Best Leading Actress: Ando Sakura (Manbiki Kazoku)

Best Supporting Actor: Matsuzaka Toori (Korou no Chi)

Best Supporting Actress: Matsuoka Mayu (Manbiki Kazoku / blank13 / Chihayafuru - Musubi -) / Ito Sairi (Netemo Sametemo / Enokida Bouekidou)

Best Newcomer: Karata Erika (Netemo Sametemo) / Yoshizawa Ryo (River's Edge, Gintama 2 Okite wa yaburutame ni koso aru / Marmalade Boy) / Kiryuu Mai (Kiku to Guillotine / Suzukike no Uso)

Judges' Special Award: Camera wo tomeruna!

Special Award: Yamazaki Tsutomu

Source: Natalie

Winners of the 43rd Hochi Movie Awards (2018)

Best Japanese Movie: Korou no Chi

Best Director: Omori Tatsushi - Nichinichi Kore Koujitsu

Best Leading Actor: Yakusho Koji - Korou no Chi

Best Leading Actress: Shinohara Ryoko - Ningyo no nemuru ie / SUNNY Tsuyoi kimochi tsuyoi ai

Best Supporting Actor: Ninomiya Kazunari - Kensatsugawa no Zainin

Best Supporting Actress: Kiki Kirin - Mori no iru basho / Manbiki Kazoku / Nichinichi Kore Koujitsu

Best Newcomer:
Minami Sara - Shino-chan wa jibun no namae ga ienai
Makita Aju - Shino-chan wa jibun no namae ga ienai

Best Foreign Movie: Wonder

Best Animation Movie: Meitantei Conan Zero no Shikkounin

Special Award: Camera wo tomeruna!

Source: Natalie

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 24th & 25th Nov 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (358)

2) Bohemian Rhapsody (368)

3) Sumaho wo otoshitadake nanoni (314)

4) Ningyo no nemuru ie (327)

5) Venom (352)

6) Uirabu (215)

7) Eiga Hugtto! Precure Futari wa Precure All Stars Memories (229)

8) Burn the Stage the Movie (95)

9) Nichinichi Kore Koujitsu (160)

10) souvenir the movie Mariya Takeuchi Theater Live (34)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 3rd & 4th Nov 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Venom (352)

2) Sumaho wo otoshitadake nanoni (314)

3) Eiga Hugtto! Precure Futari wa Precure All Stars Memories (229)

4) Uchuu no Hou Reimeihen (206)

5) Tabineko Report (321)

6) Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou (253)

7) Oku Otoko (298)

8) Nichinichi Kore Koujitsu (153)

9) Hashire! T Kou Basukebu (252)

10) Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2202 Ai no senshitachi Dairokusho [Kaiseihen] (35)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 27th & 28th October 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Eiga Hugtto! Precure Futari wa Precure All Stars Memories (229)

2) Tabineko Report (321)

3) Uchuu no Hou Reimeihen (206)

4) Oku Otoko (298)

5) Nichinichi Kore Koujitsu (153)

6) Christopher Robin (362)

7) The House with a Clock in Its Walls (230)


8) A Quiet Place (194)

9) Ozuland Eigao no Mahou Oshiemasu (239)

10) search (60)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 20th & 21st October 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Uchuu no Hou Reimeihen (206)

2) Oku Otoko (298)

3) Nichinichi Kore Koujitsu (153)

4) The House with a Clock in Its Walls (230)

5) Christopher Robin (362)

6) Mahou Shoujo Ririkaru nanowa Detonation (90)

7) A Quiet Place (194)

8) Gekijouban Natsume Yuujincho Utsusemi ni musubu (136)

9) Meitantei Conan Zero no Shikkounin (360)

10) Perfect World Kimi to iru kiseki (323)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 13th & 14th October 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Uchuu no Hou Reimeihen (206)

2) Nichinichi Kore Koujitsu (153)

3) The House with a Clock in Its Walls (230)

4) Christopher Robin (362)

5) Gekijouban Natsume Yuujincho Utsusemi ni musubu (136)

6)  A Quiet Place (194)

7) Koohii ga samenai uchi ni (305)

8) Perfect World Kimi to iru kiseki (323)

9) Monster Strike THE MOVIE Sora no Kanata (336)

10) Camera wo tomeruna! (2)

Source: Eiga.com