7th Japan Film Professional Awards explained

Number:	7
Award:	Japan Film Professional Awards
Date:	March 28, 1998
Site:	Theatre Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Last:	6th
Next:	8th

The is the 7th edition of the Japan Film Professional Awards. It awarded the best of 1997 in film. The ceremony took place on March 28, 1998, at Theatre Shinjuku in Tokyo.^{[1] [2]}

Awards

• Best Film: Cure
• Best Director: Takashi Miike (Gokudō Kuro Shakai Rainy Dog, )
• Best Actress: Naomi Nishida (My Secret Cache)
• Best Actor: Yoshio Harada (Onibi)
• Best Supporting Actor: Masato Hagiwara (Cure)
• Best New Encouragement: Sarina Suzuki ()
• Best New Encouragement: Maki Sakai (Gozonji! Fundoshi Zukin)
• Best New Encouragement: Yasue Sato (Bounce Ko Gals)
• Special: Kazuyoshi Okuyama (For his achievement as producer.)

10 best films

1. Cure (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
2. Koi Gokudō (Rokurō Mochizuki)
3. Postman Blues (Sabu)
4. Onibi (Rokurō Mochizuki)
5. (Takashi Miike)
6. Unagi (Shohei Imamura)
7. Tetsu to Namari (Kazuhiro Kiuchi)
8. 2/Duo (Nobuhiro Suwa)
9. Raigyo (Takahisa Zeze)
10. Tettō Musashino-sen (Naoki Nagao)

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/awardmain.php?num_a=784. ja:日本映画プロフェッショナル大賞1997年・第7回. The 7th Japan Film Professional Awards in 1997. 2015-05-03. allcinema. ja.
2. Web site: http://nichi-pro.filmcity.jp/7th.htm. ja:第7回日本映画プロフェッショナル大賞. 2015-05-03. nichi-pro.filmcity.jp. ja.