2012 (7th) Osaka Cinema Festival

Profile

• Film Festival: Osaka Cinema Festival
• Japanese: おおさかシネマフェスティバル
• Edition: 7th
• Period: March 4, 2012
• Location: Osaka, Japan

Awards

• Best Director - Junji Sakamoto ("Someday")
• Best Actress - Ruriko Asaoka ("Dendera")
• Best Actor - Etsushi Toyokawa ("Post Card")
• Best Supporting Actress - Megumi Kagurazaka ("Cold Fish"/"Guilty of Romance")
• Best Supporting Actor - Ainosuke Kataoka ("Ogawa no Hotori")
• Best New Actress - Kiki Sugino ("Hospitalite")
• Best New Actor - Koki Maeda / Oshiro Maeda ("I Wish")
• Best Cinematography - Nobuyasu Kita ("Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai")
• Best Music - Goro Yasukawa ("Rebirth"/"Someday')
• Best New Director' - Yoshishige Miyake ("Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle")
• Special Award - Yoshio Harada, Yoshimitsu Morita

Ten Best Films

1. "Someday" - Junji Sakamoto (Japan)
2. "Rebirth" - Izuru Narushima (Japan)
3. "Post Card" - Kaneto Shindo (Japan)
4. "Cold Fish" - Sion Sono (Japan)
5. "I Wish" - Hirokazu Koreeda (Japan)
6. "Dendera" - Daisuke Tengan (Japan)
7. "Ogawa no Hotori" - Tetsuo Shinohara (Japan)
8. "Crossroads" - Masatoshi Kurakata (Japan)
9. "Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle" - Yoshishige Miyake (Japan)
10. "Sketches of Kaitan City" - Kazuyoshi Kumakiri (Japan)

Screenings

• "Take the 'A' Train" - Yoshimitsu Morita (Japan) *World Premiere
• "Someday" - Junji Sakamoto (Japan)