17th Yokohama Film Festival

The 17th Yokohama Film Festival (第17回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 4 February 1996 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.^[1][2]

Awards

• Best Film: Love Letter^[3]
• Best Actor: Etsushi Toyokawa – Love Letter
• Best Actress: Miho Nakayama – Love Letter
• Best Supporting Actor: Kazuhiko Kanayama – Burai Heiya, Shin Kanashiki Hittoman
• Best Supporting Actress: Shinobu Nakayama – Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
• Best Director:
  • Shūsuke Kaneko – Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
  • Shunji Iwai – Love Letter
• Best New Director: Atsushi Muroga – Score
• Best Screenplay: Kazunori Itō – Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, Ghost in the Shell ⁄ Kōkaku Kidōtai
• Best Cinematography: Noboru Shinoda – Love Letter
• Best New Talent:
  • Reiko Kataoka – Ai no Shinsekai, Kamikaze Taxi
  • Sawa Suzuki – Gokudo no Onna-tachi: Akai Kizuna, Ai no Shinsekai, Nihon Ichi Mijikai 'Haha' e no Tegami, Teito Monogatari Gaiden
  • Miki Sakai – Love Letter
• Best Technical: Shinji Higuchi – Gamera: Guardian of the Universe – For his special effects.
• Special Jury Prize: Score – For the actors who played the "Score Gangs".
• Special Prize: Ikuo Sekimoto – Gokudo no Onna-tachi: Akai Kizuna – For his work.

Best 10

1. Love Letter^[4]
2. Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
3. Ai no Shinsekai
4. Kamikaze Taxi
5. Gonin
6. Burai Heiya
7. Boxer Joe
8. Tōkyō Kyōdai
9. Ashita
10. Score

runner-up. Endless Waltz

References