Tôkyô tawâ: Okan to boku to, tokidoki, oton dominated the Japanese Academy Awards winning in five categories. Also, good news for animation fans, Tekkon Kinkreet, won for best animated feature continuing to win animation awards around the world. And in the 'It's so crazy they might just believe it to be true" category, Letters From Iwo Jima, a movie with a whole lot of Japanese in it to begin with, won the best foreign film award. Uncanny.
See all the winners after the jump.
Best Picture: Tokyo Tower
Best Animated Picture: Tekkon Kinkreet
Best Director: Joji Matsuoka (Tokyo Tower)
Best Screenplay: Suzuki Matsuo (Tokyo Tower)
Best Actor: Hidetaka Yoshioka (Always: Zoku Sanchome no Yuhi)
Best Actress: Kirin Kiki (Tokyo Tower)
Best Supporting Actor: Kaoru Kobayashi (Tokyo Tower)
Best Supporting Actress: Masako Motai (Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai)
Best Music: Michiru Oshima (Bizan)
Best Cinematography: Takahiro Tsutai (Bizan)
Best Lighting Direction: Yoshitake Hikita (Bizan)
Best Art Direction: Kyoko Heya (Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai)
Best Sound Recording: Hitoshi Tsurumaki (Always: Zoku Sanchome no Yuhi)
Best Film Editing: Junichi Kikuchi (Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai)
Best Foreign Language Film: Letters From Iwo Jima
I haven't seen most of these films, and the only winner I've seen was Tekkon Kinkreet. I found Paprika to be a much better film. That is all.
"Also, good news for animation fans, Tekkon Kinkreet, won for best animated feature continuing to win animation awards around the world"...
That's right, last week Tekkon Kinkreet also won the first prize at the Brussels Anima festival. Where I finally got to see it on the big screen ...
Last year's Anima winner was Paprika by the way ...