Nippon Cinema Award

For the eleventh time, the festival will bestow the NIPPON CINEMA AWARD upon a winner. Once more, the prize money of 2,000 € is donated by Bankhaus Metzler from Frankfurt. All films in the NIPPON CINEMA section that were produced in Japan or by Japanese directors in 2014 or 2015 and that have at least their German premiere are eligible for the competition. Out of 18 films, the audience can choose their favorite. The award ceremony will take place at Mousonturm Saal on Sunday, June 7, 2015, at 7:45 p.m, preceding the screening of KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER.

 

Competition films

100 YEN LOVE von Masaharu TAKE
A COURTESAN WITH FLOWERED SKIN von Keisuke TOYOSHIMA
FIRES ON THE PLAIN von Shinya TSUKAMOTO
HER GRANDDAUGHTER von Ryuichi HIROKI
KABUKICHO LOVE HOTEL von Ryuichi HIROKI
LA LA LA AT ROCK BOTTOM von Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
MY MAN von Kazuyoshi KUMAKIRI
OUR FAMILY von Yuya ISHII
OVER YOUR DEAD BODY von Takashi MIIKE
PALE MOON von Daihachi YOSHIDA
PARASYTE: PART 1 von Takashi YAMAZAKI
PARASYTE: PART 2 von Takashi YAMAZAKI
THE ROUND TABLE von Isao YUKISADA
SEVEN WEEKS von Nobuhiko OBAYASHI
SOLOMON’S PERJURY 1: SUSPICION von Izuru NARUSHIMA
SOLOMON’S PERJURY 2: JUDGMENT von Izuru NARUSHIMA
UZUMASA LIMELIGHT von Ken OCHIAI
THE WORLD OF KANAKO von Tetsuya NAKASHIMA

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