Winners of the 37th Nippon Academy Awards 2014

Best Movie: Fune wo Amu
Best Animation Movie: Kaze Tachinu
Best Director: Ishii Yuya (Fune wo Amu)
Best Scriptwriter: Watanabe Kensaku (Fune wo Amu)
Best Leading Actor: Matsuda Ryuhei (Fune wo Amu)
Best Leading Actress: Maki Youko (Sayonara Keikoku)
Best Supporting Actor: Lily Frankie (Soshite Chichi ni naru)
Best Supporting Actress: Maki Youko (Soshite Chichi ni naru)
Best Music: Hisaishi Joe (Kaze Tachinu)
Best Photography: Kasamatsu Norimichi (Yurusarezaru Mono)
Best Lighting: Watanabe Koichi (Yurusarezaru Mono)
Best Artistic Work: Yoshida Takashi (Rikyuu ni Tazuneyo)
Best Sound: Kato Hirokazu (Fune wo Amu)
Best Editing: Fushima Shinichi (Fune wo Amu)
Best Foreign Movie: Les Miserables

Newcomer Award
Kutsuna Shiori (Yuruzarezaru Mono / Tsuya no Yoru / Onnatachi no Monogatari)
Kuroki Haru (Fune wo Amu / Sougen no Isu)
Dan Mitsu (Amai Muchi)
Hamada Kokone (Oshin)
Ayano Go (Yokomichi Yonosuke / Natsu no Owari)
Suda Masaki (Tomogui)
Hoshino Gen (Hakoiri Musuko no Koi / Jigoku de naze warui)
Yoshioka Tatsuki (Shounen H)

Chairman's Special Award
Oshima Nagisa (director)
Takano Etsuko (cinema manager)
Kumagai Hideo (lighting specialist)
Mikuni Rentaro (actor)
Natsuyagi Isao (actor)

Association's Honour Award: Takakura Ken

Popularity Award
Movie: Manatsu no Houteishiki
Actor: Wakabayashi Masayasu (Himawari to Koinu no Nanokakan)

Source: Nippon Academy

The 87th Kinema Junpo Best Ten Movie Awards (2013)

Top 10 Japanese movies
1) Pecoross no Haha ni ai ni iku

2) Fune wo Amu

3) Kyoaku

4) Kaguyahime no Monogatari

5) Tomogui

6) Soshite Chichi ni naru

7) Kaze tachinu

8) Sayonara Keikoku

9) Moratoriamu Tamako

10) Flashback Memories 3D

Top 10 Foreign movies
1) Amour

2) Zero Gravity

3) Hannah Arendt

4) Warriors of the Rainbow I: Sun Flag / Warriors of the Rainbow 2: Rainbow Bridge

5) Three sisters

6) Holy Motors

7) Life of Pi

8) The Master

9) Tabu

10) Le fils de l'autre

Individual Awards
Best Leading Actor: Matsuda Ryuhei (Fune wo Amu)

Best Leading Actress: Maki Youko (Sayonara Keikoku / Soshite Chichi ni naru / Suu-chan, Mai-chan Sawako-san)

Best Supporting Actor: Lily Frankie (Soshite Chichi ni naru / Kyoaku)

Best Supporting Actress: Tanaka Yuko (Hajimari no michi / Tomogui)

Best Male Newcomer: Yoshioka Tatsuki (Shonen H)

Best Female Newcomer: Kuroki Haru (Fune wo Amu / Shanidar no Hana / Sougen no Isu / Mahoro Ekimae Bangaichi / Kujikenaide)

Best Japanese Director: Ishii Yuya (Fune wo Amu)

Best Scriptwriter: Arai Haruhiko (Tomogui)

Best Foreign Director: Alfonso Cuaraon (Zero Gravity)

Source: Kinema Junpo

Premiere screening of movie "Tomogui"

The premiere screening of movie "Tomogui" was held on 26 August which was attended by the cast members Suda Masaki, Shinohara Yukiko, Mitsuishi Ken, the director Aoyama Shinji and the original novel's author Tanaka Shinya. The novel had won the 146th Akutagawa Award and the movie will be screened in cinemas from 7 September.

The film features Suda as the teenager Toma who lived in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture during the 63rd year of Showa (1988) and describes the desire and violent traits people possess in their nature. It also talks about Toma's relationship during that year's summer between him, his father  (Mitsuishi) who has a liking for violent sexual acts and the latter's mistress (Shinohara). The ending of the movie will be different from the novel.

Even before the movie is screened in Japan, it had already won the best movie and best director award in the 66th Locarno International Film Festival. When Suda recounted his experience of attending the film festival, he said that he was touched to be welcomed by the locals and those who had been at the screening and glad to know that the movie was well-received by critics and students. Mitsuishi revealed that there was one day when Tanaka came to visit the filming set and even took pictures with the cast which was surprising for them since they thought that Tanaka is such a serious person and rarely smiles.

Meanwhile, Tanaka revealed that he is happy to see his book being made into a movie and said that he was envious of the fact that many people came together just to finish one scene because he was always alone while writing his books. He also joked that he had been a AKB48 concert at Tokyo Dome recently and said that if that was considered the peak of joy, he hoped that there would be people who would enjoy this film as the peak of darkness on a moody Monday night.

Source: Eiga.com