64th Mainichi Film Awards: "Shizumanu Taiyo" wins grand prize

Sources: Tokyograph.com & Japan-movie.net

The presentation ceremony for the 64th Mainichi Film Awards has been scheduled for February 8. The winners were already announced on Tuesday, revealing that the Grand Prize is being given to Setsuro Wakamatsu's "Shizumanu Taiyo." The movie, starring Ken Watanabe (50), is based on the struggles of a real-life JAL employee in the aftermath of the Flight 123 disaster.



The complete list of awards is as follows:
Grand Prize: Shizumanu Taiyo (directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu)
Best Film: Tsurugidake: Ten no Ki (directed by Daisaku Kimura)
Best Foreign Film: Gran Torino (directed by Clint Eastwood)
Best Actor: Kenichi Matsuyama (Ultra Miracle Love Story)
Best Actress: Manami Konishi (Nonchan Noriben)
Best Supporting Actor: Ittoku Kishibe (Osaka Hamlet)
Best Supporting Actress: Kaoru Yachigusa (Dear Doctor)
Sponichi Grand Prix Newcomer Award: Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima (both for Ai no Mukidashi)
Kinuyo Tanaka Award: Keiko Takahashi
Best Director: Sion Sono (Ai no Mukidashi)
Best Screenplay: Yozo Tanaka (Viyon no Tsuma)
Best Cinematography: Daisaku Kimura (Tsurugidake: Ten no Ki)
Best Art Direction: Yohei Taneda, Kyoko Yauchi (Viyon no Tsuma)
Best Music: Shigeomi Hasumi (Watashi wa Neko Stalker)
Best Sound: Kenichi Ishidera (Tsurugidake: Ten no Ki)
Best Animated Film: Summer Wars (Mamoru Hosoda)
Noburo Ofuji Award: Denshin-Bashira Elemi no Koi (Hideto Nakata)
Best Documentary: Annyeong Yumika (Tetsuaki Matsue)
Tsutaya Fan Award (Domestic Film): ROOKIES -Sotsugyo- (Yuichiro Hirakawa)
Tsutaya Fan Award (Foreign Film): Michael Jackson's This Is It (Kenny Ortega)
Special Awards: actor Hisaya Morishige, actress/producer Takiko Mizunoe