19th Yokohama Film Festival explained

19th Yokohama Film Festival
Location:	Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Founded:	1980
Date:	8 February 1998

The was held on 8 February 1998 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.^[1]

Awards

• Best Film: Onibi^[2]
• Best Actor: Yoshio Harada – Onibi
• Best Actress: Kyōka Suzuki – Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Masahiko Nishimura – Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald, Marutai no Onna
  • Isao Bitoh – Sharan Q no enka no hanamichi
• Best Supporting Actress: Reiko Kataoka – Onibi
• Best Director: Rokurō Mochizuki – Onibi, Koi Gokudō
• Best New Director: Kōki Mitani – Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
• Best Screenplay: Masato Harada – Bounce Ko Gals
• Best Cinematography: Yoshitaka Sakamoto – Bounce Ko Gals
• Best New Talent:
  • Ryōko Hirosue – 20-seiki Nostalgia
  • Yukiko Okamoto – Bounce Ko Gals
  • Hitomi Satō – Bounce Ko Gals
  • Yasue Sato – Bounce Ko Gals
• Special Jury Prize: Sharan Q no enka no hanamichi

Best 10

1. Onibi^[3]
2. Bounce Ko Gals
3. Kizu darake no Tenshi
4. Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
5. Postman Blues
6. Yūkai
7. Sharan Q no enka no hanamichi
8. Tōkyō Biyori
9. My Secret Cache
10. Princess Mononoke

runner-up. Watashitachi ga Sukidatta Koto

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yokohama Film Festival: 1998. 2009-04-16. Internet Movie Database. 2013-01-03. https://archive.today/20130103065408/http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Yokohama_Film_Festival/1998. dead.
2. Web site: 第１９回ヨコハマ映画祭: １９９７年日本映画個人賞 . Yokohama Film Festival homepage . 2005-10-30 . 2009-04-19 . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20120928063533/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/19-1997/19_1997_shou.html . 2012-09-28 . dead .
3. Web site: １９９７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/20160304053409/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/19-1997/19_1997_best10.html. 2016-03-04. dead.