Winners of the 58th Blue Ribbon Awards (2015)

Best Movie: Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi

Best Director: Hashiguchi Ryosuke (Koibitotachi)

Best Leading Actor: Ooizumi Yo (Kakekomi Onna to Kakedashi Otoko)

Best Leading Actress: Arimura Kasumi (Strobe Edge / Biri Gal)

Best Supporting Actor: Motoki Masahiro (Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi / Tenku no Hachi)

Best Supporting Actress: Yoshida Yo (Biri Gal / Nounai Poison Berry / Ai wo tsutsumu hito)

Best Newcomer: Ishii Anna (Girls Step / Solomon no Gishou)

Best Foreign Movie: Mad Max Fury Road

Source: Cinema Today

First-day-screening event of new movie "Nounai Poison Berry"

The first-day-screening event of new movie "Nounai Poison Berry" was held at TOHO Cinemas Nichigeki 2 on 9 May which was attended by the cast members Maki Yoko, Nishijima Hidetoshi, Furukawa Yuki, Songha, Yoshida Yo, Sakurada Hiyori, Kamiki Ryunosuke, Asano Kazuyuki and the director Sato Yuichi. The movie which is based on the comic by Mizushiro Setona, features Maki as a woman in her 20s having meetings with five emotions namely rational, positive, negative, impulsive and memory within her brain in order to decide on how to make her relationship with a younger boyfriend succeed. During the event, the cast were asked if they had any sad happenings in the past and Maki revealed that she had wanted to get the second button from her senior who was 2 years older in junior high but he was so popular that his buttons were gone before she even got to him. (In Japan, girls ask guys for the second button on their uniforms on the day of the graduation ceremony. If the guy agrees to give it to her, that means that the girl is the one he likes.)

Nishijima revealed during the event that he was a bit affected when Kamiki kept peeking at him when he was in the midst of filming. Even though the two of them do have a pretty wide age gap, they actually have worked about the same number of years in showbiz (Kamiki started as a child actor). In response, Kamiki said that he wanted to observe Nishijima's cool performance so that's why he was always peeking at the sidelines.

Source: Eiga.com

Maki Yoko & Nishijima Hidetoshi team up again in new movie "Nounai Poison Berry"

Maki Yoko and Nishijima Hidetoshi will be working together again in the new movie "Nounai Poison Berry" (The Poison Berry in My Brain) whihc will be shown in cinemas next year. The original manga is by Mizushiro Setona whose most recent work adapted into a drama was "Shitsuren Chocolatier" earlier this year.

Maki plays the role of Ichiko who is in her 30s and gets involved in a love triangle with a man younger than her and another man older than her. However, being unable to make decisions for herself on how to handle this situation, 5 different personalities residing inside her brain have meetings to decide on the course of action whenever it's needed. The five characters are played by Nishijima who's somewhat like the chairman of the meetings but disliked by Ichiko, Kamiki Ryunosuke who plays a positive character and always looks on the bright side of things, Yoshida Yo who plays the negative thinking personality, child actor Sakurada Hiyori who take charge of impulse feelings (last seen in "Ashita, Mama ga inai" and Asano Kazuyuki who is responsible for bringing up past memories.

Maki who is mostly known for her cool image roles, commented that the character of Ichiko is too far from her own but she sees it as a challenge and is raring to go.

Source: Sanspo