20th Japan Film Professional Awards explained

Number:	20
Award:	Japan Film Professional Awards
Date:	2011
Site:	Theatre Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Last:	19th
Next:	21st

The is the 20th edition of the Japan Film Professional Awards. It awarded the best of 2010 in film.^[1] The film preview was held on May 31, 2011 at Kadokawa Cinema Shinjuku instead of the ceremony.^[2]

Awards

• Best Film: Sawako Decides
• Best Director: Takahisa Zeze (Heaven's Story)
• Best Actress: Yuki Uchida (Bakamono)
• Best Actor: Sousuke Takaoka (Sankaku)
• Best New Director: Tetsuya Mariko (Yellow Kid)
• Best New Encouragement: Kengo Kora (Kenta to Jun to Kayochan no Kuni)
• Best New Encouragement: Kiko Mizuhara (Norwegian Wood)
• Special: Mitsuru Kurosawa (For his longtime work.)

10 best films

1. Sawako Decides (Yuya Ishii)
2. Heaven's Story (Takahisa Zeze)
3. Hero Show (Kazuyuki Izutsu)
4. GeGeGe no Nyōbō (Takuji Suzuki)
5. Haru to no Tabi (Masahiro Kobayashi)
6. Yellow Kid (Tetsuya Mariko)
7. Kenta to Jun to Kayochan no Kuni (Tatsushi Ōmori)
8. Sketches of Kaitan City (Kazuyoshi Kumakiri)
9. Outrage (Takeshi Kitano)
10. Colorful (Keiichi Hara)

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/awardmain.php?num_a=1563. ja:日本映画プロフェッショナル大賞2010年・第20回. The 20th Japan Film Professional Awards in 2010. 2015-05-01. allcinema. Japanese.
2. Web site: http://nichi-pro.filmcity.jp/20th.htm. ja:第20回日本映画プロフェッショナル大賞. 2015-05-01. nichi-pro.filmcity.jp. Japanese.