2011 (66th) Mainichi Film Awards Profile Event: Mainichi Film Awards Japanese: 毎日映画コンクール Edition: 66th Date: January 18, 2012 Presented By: Mainichi Shinbun Established: 1946 Winners Grand Prize: "Post Card" Best Film: "Saudade" (Katsuya Tomita) Best Foreign Film: "The King’s Speech" (Tom Hooper) Best Director: Katsuya Tomita ("Saudade") Best Screenplay: Kaneto Shindo ("Post Card") Best Actor: Mirai Moriyama ("Love Strikes!") Best Actress: Kyoko Koizumi ("Kaasan Mom's Life") Best Supporting Actor: Denden ("Cold Fish") Best Supporting Actress: Hiromi Nagasaku ("Rebirth") Sponichi Grand Prix Newcomer Award: Shota Sometani ("A Liar and a Broken Girl") Sponichi Grand Prix Newcomer Award: Shiori Kutsuna ("My Back Page") Kinuyo Tanaka Award: Michiyo Okusu Best Cinematography: Nobuyasu Kita ("Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai") Best Art Direction: Koichi Kanekatsu ("Post Card") Best Music: Hikaru Hayashi ("Post Card") Best Sound: Satoshi Ozaki ("Post Card") Best Documentary: Yoko Ide ("Shoji and Takao") Best Animated Film: "Hotarubi no Mori e" (Takahiro Omori) Ofuji Noburo Award: "663114" (Hirabayashi Isamu) Tsutaya Fan Award (Japanese Film): "A Ghost of a Chance" (Koki Mitani) Tsutaya Fan Award (Foreign Film): "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" (David Yates) Special Award: Hikozo Akamatsu (title designer) Page Discussion View View source History