19th Japan Film Professional Awards explained

Number:	19
Award:	Japan Film Professional Awards
Date:	May 15, 2010
Site:	Shin-Bungeiza, Tokyo, Japan
Last:	18th
Next:	20th

The is the 19th edition of the Japan Film Professional Awards. Films of 2009 which had not already won a major domestic film award were eligible. The ceremony took place on May 15, 2010 at Shin-Bungeiza in Tokyo. In addition to the usual categories, five films were selected for best films of the "Zero era" (Released from 2000 to 2009).^{[1] [2]}

Awards

• Best Film:
• Best Director: Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars)
• Best Actress: Bae Doona (Air Doll)
• Best Actor: Shun Sugata ()
• Best New Director: ()
• Best New Encouragement: Hikari Mitsushima (Pride)
• Best New Encouragement: ()

10 best films

2. Summer Wars (Mamoru Hosoda)
3. Air Doll (Hirokazu Koreeda)
5. Annyeong Yumika
6. April Bride (Ryūichi Hiroki)
7. Occult (Kōji Shiraishi)
8. (Kankurō Kudō)
9. Pride (Shusuke Kaneko)

5 best films of the zero era

1. Eureka (Shinji Aoyama)
2. United Red Army (Kōji Wakamatsu)
3. Bright Future (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
4. Akame 48 Waterfalls (Genjiro Arato)
5. Ichi the Killer (Takashi Miike)

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/awardmain.php?num_a=1522. ja:日本映画プロフェッショナル大賞2009年・第19回. The 19th Japan Film Professional Awards in 2009. 2015-05-01. allcinema. Japanese.
2. Web site: http://nichi-pro.filmcity.jp/19th.htm. ja:第19回日本映画プロフェッショナル大賞. 2015-05-01. nichi-pro.filmcity.jp. Japanese.