22nd Japan Film Professional Awards

22nd Japan Film Professional Awards
Date	June 15, 2013
Site	Theatre Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

The 22nd Japan Film Professional Awards (第22回日本映画プロフェッショナル大賞) was the 22nd edition of the Japan Film Professional Awards. Films of 2012 which had not already won a major domestic film award were eligible. The ceremony took place on June 15, 2013, at Theatre Shinjuku in Tokyo.^[1][2]

Awards

• Best Film: SR Saitama no Rappā Road Side no Tōbōsha [ja]
• Best Director: Kōji Wakamatsu (11:25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate, Kaien Hotel Blue [ja])
• Best Actress: Atsuko Maeda (Kueki Ressha)
• Best Actor: Arata Iura (11:25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate, Our Homeland)
• Best New Director: Shō Miyake [ja] (Playback [ja])
• Best New Producer: Kiki Sugino (Odayakana Nichijō [ja])
• Special: Ginza Cinepathos [ja] (In recognition of the theatre's achievements, which closed in March 2013.^[3])
• Special: Naoko Otani (For Land of Hope and her longtime work.)

10 best films

1. SR Saitama no Rappā Road Side no Tōbōsha [ja] (Yu Irie)
2. Beyond Outrage (Takeshi Kitano)
3. Ai to Makoto (Takashi Miike)
4. Odayakana Nichijō [ja] (Nobuteru Uchida [ja])
5. Like Someone in Love (Abbas Kiarostami)
6. Himizu (Sion Sono)
7. Ōgon o Daite Tobe [ja] (Kazuyuki Izutsu)
8. 11:25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate (Kōji Wakamatsu)
9. Kono Sora no Hana Nagaoka Hanabi Monogatari [ja] (Nobuhiko Obayashi)
10. Wolf Children (Mamoru Hosoda)

References

1. 日本映画プロフェッショナル大賞2012年・第22回 [The 22nd Japan Film Professional Awards in 2012]. allcinema (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-05-01.
2. 第22回日本映画プロフェッショナル大賞. nichi-pro.filmcity.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-05-01.
3. 銀座シネパトス [Ginza Cinepathos]. Minatomachi Cinema Street (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-05-01.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)

Japan Film Professional Awards