The was held on 6 February 2000 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Awards
* Best Film: ''
39 keihō dai sanjūkyū jō''
* Best Actor:
Ken Takakura
, born , was a Japanese actor and singer who appeared in over 200 films. Affectionately referred to as "Ken-san" by audiences, he was best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brought to his roles. He won the Japan Academy Pri ...
– ''
Poppoya
is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. It was Japan's submission to the 72nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy ...
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* Best Actress:
Shinobu Otake
is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 2000 Best Actress award for '' Railroad Man'', and the 1979 awards for both Best Actress for '' The Incident'', and Best Supporting Actress for ''Seishoku no ishibumi''. She ...
– ''Kuroi ie''
* Best Supporting Actor:
Kazuki Kitamura
is a Japanese film and television actor who won the award for best supporting actor at the 21st Yokohama Film Festival for ''Minazuki (film), Minazuki'', ''Kyohansha'' and ''Kanzen-naru shiiku'' as well as the CUT ABOVE Award for Excellence in Fi ...
– ''Kyohansha'', ''Minazuki'', '
* Best Director:
Yoshimitsu Morita
was a Japanese film director. He was known for his versatility, having directed satires, melodramas, crime thrillers, and pinku films. His most acclaimed films include The Family Game (1983), Sorekara (1985), Haru (1996), and Lost Parad ...
– ''
39 keihō dai sanjūkyū jō''
* Best New Director:
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Kentarō Ōtani
is a Japanese film director.
Filmography
*''Avec mon mari'' (1999)
*''Travail (film), Travail'' (2002)
*''Nana (2005 film), Nana'' (2005)
*''Rough (manga), Rough'' (2006)
*''Nana 2'' (2006)
*''Runway Beat'' (2011)
*''Black Butler (film), Black ...
– ''
Avec mon mari
is a 1999 Japanese romantic comedy film directed by Kentarō Ōtani and starring Yuka Itaya, Hirofumi Kobayashi
Hirofumi (written: , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese ac ...
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Akihiko Shiota
(born 11 September 1961, Maizuru, Kyoto) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Career
Shiota attended Rikkyo University, where he was in a film club with other students such as Makoto Shinozaki and Shinji Aoyama and began making 8mm fi ...
– ''
Moonlight Whispers
is a 1999 Japan film directed by Akihiko Shiota and based on the manga ''Gekko no sasayaki'' by Masahiko Kikuni.
Plot
A boy (Takuya) meets a girl (Satsuki), both 17 years of age, and they fall in love. When she discovers his fetishes Satsuki ...
'', ''
Don't Look Back''
* Best Screenplay: Sumio Omori – ''
39 keihō dai sanjūkyū jō''
* Best Cinematography: Nobuyasu Kita – ''Kuroi ie''
* Best New Talent:
**Yuka Itaya – ''
Avec mon mari
is a 1999 Japanese romantic comedy film directed by Kentarō Ōtani and starring Yuka Itaya, Hirofumi Kobayashi
Hirofumi (written: , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese ac ...
''
**
Tsugumi – ''
Moonlight Whispers
is a 1999 Japan film directed by Akihiko Shiota and based on the manga ''Gekko no sasayaki'' by Masahiko Kikuni.
Plot
A boy (Takuya) meets a girl (Satsuki), both 17 years of age, and they fall in love. When she discovers his fetishes Satsuki ...
''
**Takami Yoshimoto – ''Minazuki''
**
Chizuru Ikewaki
is a Japanese actress.
Career
Ikewaki was given a Best New Talent award at the 2000 Yokohama Film Festival for her performance in ''Osaka Story''. She appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2012 television drama ''Penance
Penance is any act or a s ...
– ''
Osaka Story
is a 1999 Japanese drama film directed by Jun Ichikawa and starring Chizuru Ikewaki, Kōsuke Minamino, Kenji Sawada and Yūko Tanaka. It was released on 27 March 1999.
Cast
* Chizuru Ikewaki
* Kōsuke Minamino
* Kenji Sawada
*Yūko Tanaka
...
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* Special Prize:
Sumiko Fuji
, known professionally as , is a Japanese actress. She began acting in the 1960s under the name , becoming famous as the female lead in yakuza films opposite such stars as Kōji Tsuruta and Ken Takakura. She even starred in her own series as the ...
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The Geisha House
is a 1998 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
Plot
In 1958, the Anti-Prostitution Law is about to be implemented. A young maiko named Tokiko works at Fujinoya Geisha House under Madam Satoe with the geisha Terucho, Kimiryo, and Somemaru. Over the ...
'' (Career)
Best 10
# ''
39 keihō dai sanjūkyū jō''
# ''
Spellbound''
# ''
Nodo Jiman''
# ''
Moonlight Whispers
is a 1999 Japan film directed by Akihiko Shiota and based on the manga ''Gekko no sasayaki'' by Masahiko Kikuni.
Plot
A boy (Takuya) meets a girl (Satsuki), both 17 years of age, and they fall in love. When she discovers his fetishes Satsuki ...
''
# ''
Kikujiro
is a 1999 Japanese road drama film written, directed and co-edited by Takeshi Kitano, who also stars in the film with Yusuke Sekiguchi. Its score was composed by Joe Hisaishi. The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.
''Kikujiro' ...
''
# ''
Osaka Story
is a 1999 Japanese drama film directed by Jun Ichikawa and starring Chizuru Ikewaki, Kōsuke Minamino, Kenji Sawada and Yūko Tanaka. It was released on 27 March 1999.
Cast
* Chizuru Ikewaki
* Kōsuke Minamino
* Kenji Sawada
*Yūko Tanaka
...
''
# ''
Kuroi Ie''
# ''
Wait and See''
# ''
Avec mon mari
is a 1999 Japanese romantic comedy film directed by Kentarō Ōtani and starring Yuka Itaya, Hirofumi Kobayashi
Hirofumi (written: , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese ac ...
''
# ''
Adrenaline Drive''
:runner-up. ''
Himitsu
''Naoko'' is a novel by Keigo Higashino. The original title is . The novel won the 52nd Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel. The story centers on a man whose wife and daughter are in a terrible accident; the wife dies, but when the daug ...
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References
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