{"id":22381,"date":"2024-03-08T14:20:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T19:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=22381"},"modified":"2024-03-08T14:20:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T19:20:10","slug":"japanese-academy-awards-godzilla-minus-one-won-top-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=22381","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Godzilla Minus One\u2019 Won the Best Picture at Japanese Academy Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The 47th Japanese Academy Awards ceremony, a gathering of the Japanese film industry, was held at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.princehotels.com\/takanawa\/\">Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa<\/a> in Tokyo l on March 8th, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s=godzilla+minus+one\"><strong>Godzilla Minus One<\/strong><\/a>\u201d was nominated in twelve categories at the Japanese Academy Awards, and it just took most of them home including the Best Picture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>The following awards were handed to Godzilla Minus One this week.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Picture<\/strong> : &#8220;Godzilla Minus One&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Best Animated Film<\/strong>: &#8220;The Boy and Heron&#8221; (Director: Hayao Miyazaki)<br \/>\n<strong>Best Director<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s=wim+Wenders\">Wim Wenders<\/a> (&#8220;Perfect Days&#8221;)<br \/>\n<strong>Best Screenplay<\/strong>: Takashi Yamazaki (&#8220;Godzilla Minus One&#8221;)<br \/>\n<strong>Best Actor<\/strong> :<a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s=Koji+Yakusho\"> Koji Yakusho<\/a> (&#8220;PERFECT DAYS&#8221;)<br \/>\n<strong>Best Actress<\/strong> : <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s=Sakura+Ando\">Sakura Ando<\/a> (&#8220;Monster&#8221;)<br \/>\n<strong>Best Supporting Actor<\/strong> : Yuto Isomura (Moon)<br \/>\n<strong>Best Supporting Actress<\/strong>: Sakura Ando (&#8220;Godzilla Minus One&#8221;)<br \/>\n<strong>Best Cinematography<\/strong>: Kozo Shibasaki (&#8220;Godzilla Minus One&#8221;)<br \/>\n<strong>Best Lighting<\/strong>: Nariyuki Ueda (&#8220;Godzilla Minus One&#8221;)<br \/>\n<strong>Best Music<\/strong>: Hiromi Uehara (&#8220;BLUE GIANT&#8221;)<br \/>\n<strong>Best Art Direction<\/strong>: Yasusato Kamijo (&#8220;Godzilla Minus One&#8221;)<br \/>\n<strong>Best Sound Recording<\/strong> : Hisashi Takeuchi (&#8220;Godzilla Minus One&#8221;)<br \/>\n<strong>Best Editing<\/strong>: Ryuji Miyajima (&#8220;Godzilla Minus One&#8221;)<br \/>\n<strong>Best Foreign Film<\/strong> : &#8220;Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The rave review continues among U.S Critics, the film scored 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, Oliver Jones of \u201cObserver\u201d said, \u201cDirector Takashi Yamazaki, a seasoned special effects supervisor, brings the story back to its original post-war roots\u2014and brings back a sense of spectacle.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The film stars\u00a0Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, and\u00a0Kuranosuke Sasaki, with music by\u00a0Naoki Sato.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Hamabe, who played Noriko Oishi in &#8220;<strong>Godzilla Minus One<\/strong>,&#8221; appeared as a candidate for the Best Leading Actress Award. She and Kamiki, who co-starred in the same movie, have appeared in many of the same films, including the NHK TV series &#8220;<strong>Ranman<\/strong>,&#8221; in which they played a married couple, and she expressed her gratitude, saying &#8220;I am really happy to be able to work with you every time because your heart helps me to relax when I am nervous too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In contrast to Hamabe, who expressed her honest feelings, Kamiki said, &#8220;I took great care not to offend her as much as possible, and I tried my best to read her mind and her feelings.\u201d Hamabe responded, &#8220;No, that&#8217;s not the right way to put it. I was prepared for the possibility that he might hate me and say, &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to shoot with you,&#8221; so I was very happy that he greeted me with a smile today as well.\u201d(lol)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The late composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and <i><strong>Godzilla Minus One<\/strong>\u2019s late <\/i>producer Shuji Abe received the Chairman&#8217;s Special Award. Actor Yuki Yamada (Man Goku in live-action <strong><i>Kingdom<\/i><\/strong>, Ken &#8220;Doraken&#8221; Ry\u016bg\u016bji in live-action <strong>Tokyo Revengers<\/strong>, Shir\u014d Mizushima in <strong><i>Godzilla Minus One<\/i><\/strong>) won the Popularity Award in the actor division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Tokyo Laboratory which shut down on November 30 after 68 years of operation, won a Special Award. The company had worked on video editing, film development, and archiving on numerous anime.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/nobuhosokigmail-com\/\">Check out more Nobuhiro&#8217;s articles.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 47th Japanese Academy Awards ceremony, a gathering of the Japanese film industry, was held at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo l on March 8th, \u201cGodzilla Minus One\u201d was nominated in twelve categories at the Japanese Academy Awards, and it just took most of them home including the Best Picture. 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