44th Yokohama Film Festival explained

44th Yokohama Film Festival
Location:	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Founded:	1980
Date:	5 February 2023

The was held on 5 February 2023.^[1]

Awards

• Best Film: - Love Is Light^[2]
• Best Director: Keiichi Kobayashi - Love Is Light
• Yoshimitsu Morita Memorial Best New Director: Chie Hayakawa - Plan 75
• Best Screenplay: Kōsuke Mukai - A Man
• Best Cinematographer: Ryūto Kondō - A Man
• Best Actress:
  • Chieko Baisho - Plan 75
  • Riho Yoshioka - Anime Supremacy! and Shimamori
• Best Actor: Kōji Seto - Love Nonetheless
• Best Supporting Actress: Yuumi Kawai - A Man, Plan 75, Love Nonetheless, A Winter Rose and Just Remembering
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Hayato Isomura - The Fish Tale, Plan 75, Offbeat Cops and Prior Convictions
  • Tasuku Emoto - Anime Supremacy!, No Place to Go, and Riverside Mukolitta
• Best Newcomer:
  • Nanase Nishino - Love Is Light
  • Fūju Kamio - Love Is Light
  • Yuna Taira - Love Is Light
  • Fumika Baba - Love Is Light
• Examiner Special Award: the staff and cast of Anime Supremacy!

Top 10

No.	Title^[3]
1	Love Is Light
2	A Man
3	Anime Supremacy!
4	Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
5	The Fish Tale
6	Missing
7	Plan 75
8	The Lines That Define Me
9	Love Nonetheless
9	A Winter Rose
Runner-up: No Place to Go

Notes and References

1. Web site: 瀬戸康史、早くも"パパの顔"チラリ「一瞬一瞬を楽しみたい」 妻・山本美月が第1子妊娠中. February 5, 2023. Oricon.
2. Web site: 第44回ヨコハマ映画祭 2022年日本映画個人賞. February 5, 2023. Yokohama Film Festival.
3. Web site: 2022年日本映画ベストテン. February 5, 2023. Yokohama Film Festival.