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Mainichi Film Concours

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    Mainichi Film Concours

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    Best Actor

    • Masahiro Motoki in Departures (2008)
      Winner
      • Masahiro Motoki
      • Chûgoku no chôjin

    Best Actress

    • Mieko Harada in Ran (1985)
      Winner
      • Mieko Harada
      • Begging for Love

    Best Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Begging for Love

      7.6 (168)
      Katsumi Nakazawa
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cure

      7.5 (32K)
      Tomoyuki Maruo

    Best Cinematography

    • Takeshi Kitano in Fireworks (1997)
      Chûgoku no chôjin (1998)
      Winners
      • Fireworks
      • Chûgoku no chôjin
      Hideo Yamamoto

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Hideyuki Hirayama
      • Begging for Love

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Begging for Love

      7.6 (168)
      Hideyuki Hirayama

    Best Film Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dr. Akagi

      7.2 (1.7K)
      Yosuke Yamashita

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      L.A. Confidential

      8.2 (646K)
      Curtis Hanson

    Best Screenplay

    • Rabu retâ (1998)
      Ah haru (1998)
      Winners
      • Rabu retâ
      • Ah haru
      Takehiro Nakajima

    Best Sound Recording

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ganbatte ikimasshoi

      7.0 (305)
      Hiromichi Kôri

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Ren Ôsugi and Yûdai Chiba in Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light (2017)
      Winner
      • Ren Ôsugi
      • Inu hashiru
      • Fireworks

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Kimiko Yo
      Winner
      • Kimiko Yo
      • A Class to Remember 3: The New Voyage
      • Ah haru

    Sponichi Grand Prize New Talent Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Samurai Fiction

      7.2 (2.8K)
      Hiroyuki Nakano
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ganbatte ikimasshoi

      7.0 (305)
      Rena Tanaka
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      French Dressing

      5.8 (16)
      Miako Tadano

    Readers' Choice Award

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    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bayside Shakedown

      6.4 (1K)
      Katsuyuki Motohiro

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
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      Titanic

      7.9 (1.4M)
      James Cameron

    Special Award

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    • Akira Kurosawa
      Winner
      • Akira Kurosawa
      For his work.
    • Winner
      • Yoshio Miyajima
      For his work.
    • Winner
      • Michio Midorikawa
      For his work.
    • Keisuke Kinoshita
      Winner
      • Keisuke Kinoshita
      For his work.

    Tanaka Kinuyo Award

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    • Shiho Fujimura in Zatoichi on the Road (1963)
      Winner
      • Shiho Fujimura

    Also known as

    • Mainichi Eiga Concours
    • Mainichi Film Awards

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    Event date

    February 8, 1999

    Event location

    Tokyo, Japan

    Event links

    • http://www.japan-movie.net/index.html

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