The Paper's reporter Cheng Xiaojun
On the evening of March 19, local time, the Japan Academy Awards, known as the "Oscars of Japan", held an award ceremony at the Shin-Takanawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Although the state of emergency will not be lifted until March 21 in Tokyo and the three neighboring prefectures, this year's 44th Academy Awards are still in compliance with epidemic prevention regulations, and all finalists are invited to the scene to witness the unveiling of each award.
Poster of "50 Dead Men of Fukushima".
As a result, "Fukushima 50 Dead Soldiers", which is based on the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident, won six awards, including "Best Director" and "Best Supporting Actor" (Ken Watanabe), which is the most awarded work. However, the biggest winner of the night was "Midnight Swan", directed by Eiji Uchida and starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, which won the Best Picture Award and the Best Actor Award. Masami Nagasawa won the Best Actress Award for "Mother".
Midnight Swan poster.
Masami Nagasawa has been nominated for the Academy Awards several times, and won the Best Supporting Actress Award in 2020 and 2005 for "The King of the World" and "Call for Love in the Center of the World", but she has been nominated for the Best Actress Award twice before, and she has returned home. This year, Masami Nagasawa once again challenged the award with two films, "JP: Princess" and "Mother". In the end, she defeated other finalists such as Hiromi Nagasaku ("The Morning Dawn Is Coming") by playing the role of her chaotic and incompetent mother.
Masami Nagasawa won the Best Actress Award for "Mother".
Perhaps because of the first time to win the award, Masami Nagasawa couldn't help but burst into tears when she came to the stage to accept the award. "Last year, I felt firsthand that without everyone's support, the film could not have taken shape. Last year, there must have been a lot of people who couldn't finish the work they wanted to make, and there must have been a lot of people whose works couldn't be released or had to be postponed. And I was really happy that my work had a chance to be screened and there were so many spectators coming to the show. In the future, I will continue to participate in film creation with sincerity and continue to work hard. ”
Similarly, Kusanagi, who won the Best Actor Award for the first time, was very excited when he first came to the stage to receive the award. "No, is this true? Sorry, my mind is blank now. His acceptance speech opened like this. In Midnight Swan, Kusanagi challenges transgender people to help a girl abandoned by her family complete her ballet dreams.
In Midnight Swan, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (left) challenges transgender people.
In his acceptance speech, Kusanagi also specifically mentioned former SMAP teammates Goro Inagaki and Shingo Katori. "So far, I can work with everyone and get help from my friends, Shen Wu Lang, these people around me have always supported me." He also said, "Today I am receiving this trophy as a representative, because I can't do it alone." In my opinion, the so-called film contains the respective ideas of the creators and actors behind the scenes, and I want to participate in the works that allow everyone to perform freely, and I hope that this is the case in interpersonal communication, and I will strive to improve my life in the future. "I am really grateful to all of you who have not met me, and to those of you who have supported me from afar."
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Masami Nagasawa
【The 44th Japan Academy Awards Winners】
Best Picture: Midnight Swan
Best Director: Tetsuro Wakamatsu, "50 Dead Men of Fukushima"
Best Actor: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, "Midnight Swan"
Best Actress: Masami Nagasawa, "Mother"
Best Supporting Actor: Ken Watanabe, "50 Dead Men of Fukushima"
Best Supporting Actress: Kuroki Kazuya, "Asada Family! 》
Best Screenplay: Akiko Nogi, "Voice of Sin"
Best Cinematography: Shoji Ehara, "50 Dead Men of Fukushima"
Best Lighting: Takashi Sugimoto, "50 Dead Men of Fukushima"
Best Art Direction: Yukiharu Setoshita, "50 Dead Men of Fukushima"
Best Recording: Kenji Shibasaki, Tsurumahito, "50 Dead Men of Fukushima"
Best Editing: Ishii Ishijima Kazuhide, "50 Dead Soldiers of Fukushima"
Best Music: Yuki Kajiura, "Devil's Blade, Infinite Train"
Best Foreign Film: "Parasite"
Best Animated Film: Devil's Blade: Infinity Train
Mochika Rookie: Hattori Kosaki Makita Ayahyu Mori Shichina Takeshi Okuda And Naga Ren
Editor-in-charge: Cheng Yu
Proofreader: Zhang Liangliang