18th Yokohama Film Festival

18th Yokohama Film Festival

Location	Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Founded	1980
Festival date	2 February 1997

The 18th Yokohama Film Festival (第18回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 2 February 1997 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.^[1]

Awards

• Best Film: Kids Return^[1][2]
• Best Actor:
  • Tadanobu Asano – Picnic, Focus, Helpless, Acri
  • Kōji Yakusho – Shall We Dance?, Nemuru Otoko, Shabu Gokudō
• Best Actress: Eri Fukatsu – Haru
• Best Supporting Actor: Ryo Ishibashi – Kids Return
• Best Supporting Actress: Reiko Kusamura – Shall We Dance?
• Best Director: Masayuki Suo – Shall We Dance?
• Best New Director: Sabu – Dangan Runner
• Best Screenplay: Yoshimitsu Morita – Haru
• Best Cinematography: Katsumi Yanagishima – Kids Return
• Best New Talent:
  • Masanobu Ando – Kids Return
  • Chara – Picnic, Swallowtail
  • Tamiyo Kusakari – Shall We Dance?
• Special Jury Prize: Kaizo Hayashi – Waga Jinsei Saiaku no Toki, Harukana Jidai no Kaidan o, and Wana
• Special Prize: Tetsuya Watari Waga Kokoro no Ginga Tetsudō: Miyazawa Kenji Monogatari (Career)

Best 10

1. Kids Return^[3]
2. Shall We Dance?
3. Boys Be Ambitious
4. Haru
5. Biriken
6. Tokiwasō no Seishun
7. Ohigara mo Yoku Goshūshōsama
8. Shabu Gokudō
9. Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
10. Okaeri

runner-up. Swallowtail

References

1. "Yokohama Film Festival: 1997". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
2. "第１８回ヨコハマ映画祭: １９９６年日本映画個人賞" (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival homepage. 2005-10-30. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
3. "１９９６年度　日本映画ベストテン". homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 July 2014.