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which had not already won a major domestic film award were eligible. The ceremony took place on May 15, 2010 at Shin-Bungeiza in

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. In addition to the usual categories, five films were selected for best films of the "Zero era" (Released from 2000 to 2009).

Awards

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Kōji Shiraishi is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is primarily known for directing Japanese horror films, including ''Noroi: The Curse'' (2005), ''Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman'' (2007), ''Occult (film), Occult'', ''Teketeke ...

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Kankurō Kudō is a Japanese people, Japanese screenwriter, dramatist, Film director, director, actor and member of the theater company ''Otona Keikaku''. He won the 'Best Screenplay' award at the 2002 in film, 2002 Japanese Academy Awards for ''Go (2001 film), ...

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Shusuke Kaneko is a Japanese filmmaker. Life and career Shūsuke Kaneko was born in Tokyo on June 8, 1955. According to the biography on his official website Kaneko was interested in science fiction, particularly Godzilla and Gamera films, from a young age. H ...

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5 best films of the zero era

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Shinji Aoyama was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, composer, film critic, and novelist. He graduated from Rikkyo University. He won two awards at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his film '' Eureka''. Biography Shinji Aoyama was born in Kitakyushu, ...

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Kōji Wakamatsu was a Japanese film director who directed such pink films as and . He also produced Nagisa Ōshima's controversial film '' In the Realm of the Senses'' (1976). He has been called "the most important director to emerge in the pink film genre," an ...

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References

External links

* {{Japanese Professional Movie Awards

2010 in Japanese cinema Japan Film Professional Awards May 2010 in Japan