17th Yokohama Film Festival explained

17th Yokohama Film Festival
Location:	Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Founded:	1980
Date:	4 February 1996

The 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 –
• Best Director:
  • Shūsuke Kaneko –
  • Shunji Iwai – Love Letter
• Best New Director: Atsushi Muroga – Score
• Best Screenplay: Kazunori Itō – , 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 – – 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]
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

Notes and References

1. News: ヨコハマ映画祭の歴史. History of Yokohama Film Festival. 2015-04-18. Yokohama Film Festival. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20041116151530/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/rekishi/rekishi_index.html. 2004-11-16. dead.
2. Web site: Yokohama Film Festival: 1996. 2009-04-16. Internet Movie Database.
3. Web site: 第１７回ヨコハマ映画祭: １９９５年日本映画個人賞 . Yokohama Film Festival homepage . 2005-10-30 . 2009-04-19 . Japanese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120928063508/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/17-1995/17_1995_shou.html . 2012-09-28 .
4. Web site: １９９５年度　日本映画ベストテン. 5 July 2014. homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052902/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/17-1995/17_1995_best10.html. 4 March 2016. dead.