23rd Japan Film Professional Awards explained

Number:	23
Award:	Japan Film Professional Awards
Date:	June 28, 2014
Site:	Theatre Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Last:	22nd
Next:	24th

The was the 23rd edition of the Japan Film Professional Awards. Films of 2013 which had not already won a major domestic film award were eligible. The ceremony took place on June 28, 2014 at Theatre Shinjuku in Tokyo.^{[1] [2]}

Awards

• Best Film: Bozo
• Best Director: (A Story of Yonosuke)
• Best Actress: Atsuko Maeda (Tamako in Moratorium)
• Best Actor: Kengo Kora (A Story of Yonosuke)
• Best New Director: ()
• Best New Encouragement: Cast of
• Best New Actress: Mayuko Iwasa (Cult, Passion)
• Best New Male Actor: (Bozo)
• Special: (Flashback Memories 3D)

10 best films

1. Bozo (Tatsushi Ōmori)
3. A Story of Yonosuke
4. The Backwater (Shinji Aoyama)
5. Flashback Memories 3D
6. Tamako in Moratorium (Nobuhiro Yamashita)
7. See You Tomorrow, Everyone (Yoshihiro Nakamura)
8. Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend (Takashi Ishii)
9. A Band Rabbit and a Boy
10. Real (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bozo tops Japan Film Professional Awards. Kevin Ma. 21 April 2014. 9 May 2014. Film Business Asia. https://web.archive.org/web/20140511174705/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/bozo-tops-japan-film-professional-awards. 2014-05-11. dead.
2. Web site: http://nichi-pro.filmcity.jp/. ja:第23回日本映画プロフェッショナル大賞. 9 May 2014. nichi-pro.filmcity.jp. Japanese.