22nd Japan Film Professional Awards explained

Number:	22
Award:	Japan Film Professional Awards
Date:	June 15, 2013
Site:	Theatre Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Last:	21st
Next:	23rd

The was the 22nd edition of the Japan Film Professional Awards. Films of 2012 which had not already won a major domestic film award were eligible. The ceremony took place on June 15, 2013, at Theatre Shinjuku in Tokyo.^{[1] [2]}

Awards

• Best Film:
• Best Director: Kōji Wakamatsu (, )
• Best Actress: Atsuko Maeda (Kueki Ressha)
• Best Actor: Arata Iura (, Our Homeland)
• Best New Director: ()
• Best New Producer: Kiki Sugino ()
• Special: (In recognition of the theatre's achievements, which closed in March 2013.^[3])
• Special: Naoko Otani (For Land of Hope and her longtime work.)

10 best films

1. (Yu Irie)
2. Beyond Outrage (Takeshi Kitano)
3. Ai to Makoto (Takashi Miike)
5. Like Someone in Love (Abbas Kiarostami)
6. Himizu (Sion Sono)
7. (Kazuyuki Izutsu)
8. (Kōji Wakamatsu)
9. (Nobuhiko Obayashi)
10. Wolf Children (Mamoru Hosoda)

External links

Japan Film Professional Awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/awardmain.php?num_a=1627. ja:日本映画プロフェッショナル大賞2012年・第22回. The 22nd Japan Film Professional Awards in 2012. 2015-05-01. allcinema. Japanese.
2. Web site: http://nichi-pro.filmcity.jp/22nd.htm. ja:第22回日本映画プロフェッショナル大賞. 2015-05-01. nichi-pro.filmcity.jp. Japanese.
3. Web site: http://www.cinema-st.com/road/r005.html. ja:銀座シネパトス. Ginza Cinepathos. 2015-05-01. Minatomachi Cinema Street. Japanese.