8th Japan Film Professional Awards explained

Number:	8
Award:	Japan Film Professional Awards
Date:	April 17, 1999
Site:	Theatre Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Last:	7th
Next:	9th

The is the 8th edition of the Japan Film Professional Awards. It awarded the best of 1998 in film. The ceremony took place on April 17, 1999, at Theatre Shinjuku in Tokyo.^{[1] [2]}

Awards

• Best Film: Hebi no Michi
• Best Director: Itsumichi Isomura (Give It All)
• Best Actress: Rena Tanaka (Give It All)
• Best Actor: Show Aikawa (Hebi no Michi, Kumo no Hitomi)
• Best Supporting Actor: Kazuma Suzuki ()
• Best New Encouragement: Seiichi Tanabe (Blues Harp)
• Best New Encouragement: Hinano Yoshikawa (Tokyo Eyes)
• Best New Director: Yoshimasa Ishibashi (Kuruwasetaino)
• Special: Kameari Meigaza (The theatre used to play softcore pornographic films called Roman porno. It closed in 1999.)

10 best films

1. Hebi no Michi (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
2. Give It All (Itsumichi Isomura)
3. Love & Pop (Hideaki Anno)
4. A, Haru (Shinji Sōmai)
5. (Junji Sakamoto)
6. The Bird People in China (Takashi Miike)

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/awardmain.php?num_a=785. ja:日本映画プロフェッショナル大賞1998年・第8回. The 8th Japan Film Professional Awards in 1998. 2015-05-03. allcinema. ja.
2. Web site: http://nichi-pro.filmcity.jp/8th.htm. ja:第8回日本映画プロフェッショナル大賞. 2015-05-03. nichi-pro.filmcity.jp. ja.