2012 (67th) Mainichi Film Awards Profile Event: Mainichi Film Awards Japanese: 毎日映画コンクール Edition: 67th Date: February 7, 2013 Presented By: Mainichi Shinbun Established: 1946 Winners Grand Prize: "A Terminal Trust" (Masayuki Suo) Best Film: "The Kirishima Thing" (Daihachi Yoshida) Best Foreign Film: "Hugo" (Martin Scorsese) Best Director: Daihachi Yoshida ("The Kirishima Thing") Best Screenplay: Yang Yong-Hi ("Our Homeland") Best Actor: Isao Natsuyagi ("The Land Of Hope") Best Actress: Tomoko Tabata ("The Cowards Who Looked To The Sky") Best Supporting Actor: Ryo Kase ("Outrage Beyond") Best Supporting Actress: Sakura Ando ("For Love's Sake") Sponichi Grand Prix Newcomer Award: Masahiro Higashide ("The Kirishima Thing") Sponichi Grand Prix Newcomer Award: Ayaka Miyoshi ("G'mor evian!") Kinuyo Tanaka Award: Yuko Tanaka Best Cinematography: Akiko Ashizawa ("Chronicle Of My Mother") Best Art Direction: Kyoko Heya ("Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer") Best Music: Michiru Ohshima ("Train Brain Express") Best Sound: Junichi Shima ("A Chorus of Angels") Best Documentary: Saburo Hasegawa ("Nippon no Uso: Hodo Shashinka Fukushima Kikujiro 90 Sai ") Best Animated Film: "Wolf Children" (Mamoru Hosoda) Ofuji Noburo Award: "Combustible" (Katsuhiro Otomo) Tsutaya Fan Award (Japanese Film): "Thermae Romae" (Hideki Takeuchi) Tsutaya Fan Award (Foreign Film): director Joss Whedon / The Walt Disney Studios Special Award: Mitsuru Kurosawa (producer) Page Discussion View View source History