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awards, sponsored by ''

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'' (毎日新聞), one of the largest newspaper companies in

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, since 1946. It is the first film festival in Japan.

History

The origins of the contest date back to 1935, when the ''Mainichi Shinbun'' organized a festival then called ''Zen Nihon eiga konkūru'' (全日本映画コンクール^? ). It was interrupted during World War 2. The current form of the Mainichi Film Awards officially came into being in 1946.

Awards

References

External links

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IMDb: Mainichi Film ConcoursTable of awardsPellas page on Ōfuji Noburō Award
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