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You can view and copy the source of this page: ==Profile== * '''Event:''' Blue Ribbon Awards (ブルーリボン賞 ) * '''Date:''' Annually February * '''Presented By:''' The Association of Tokyo Film Journalists (film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers) * '''Began:''' 1950 * '''Website:''' [http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/ http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/] ==Winners== ===2012 (55th) Blue Ribbon Awards=== Ceremony held January 30, 2013. * '''Best Picture:''' "[[Our Homeland]]" ([[Yang Yong-Hi]]) * '''Best Director:''' [[Kenji Uchida]] ("[[Key Of Life]]") * '''Best Actor:''' [[Hiroshi Abe]] ("[[Thermae Romae]]") * '''Best Actress:''' [[Sakura Ando]] ("[[Our Homeland]]") * '''Best Supporting Actor:''' [[Arata Iura]] ("[[Our Homeland]]") * '''Best Supporting Actress:''' [[Ryoko Hirosue]] ("[[Key Of Life]]") * '''Best Newcomer:''' [[Makita Sports]] ("[[The Drudgery Train]]") * '''Best Foreign Language Film:''' "Les Misérables" (Tom Hooper) * '''Special Award:''' [[Koji Wakamatsu]] ===2011 (54th) Blue Ribbon Awards=== Announcement of winners January 24, 2012/Ceremony held February 14, 2012. * '''Best Picture:''' "[[Cold Fish]]" ([[Sion Sono]]) * '''Best Director:''' [[Kaneto Shindo]] ("[[Post Card (Japanese Movie)|Post Card]]") * '''Best Actor:''' [[Yutaka Takenouchi]] ("[[Oba: The Last Samurai]]") * '''Best Actress:''' [[Hiromi Nagasaku]] ("[[Rebirth (Youkame no Semi)|Rebirth]]") * '''Best Supporting Actor:''' [[Yusuke Iseya]] ("[[Tomorrow's Joe]]"/"[[Kaiji 2]]") * '''Best Supporting Actress:''' [[Masami Nagasawa]] ("[[Love Strikes!]]") * '''Best Newcomer:''' [[Mana Ashida]] ("[[Bunny Drop]]"/"[[Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle]]") * '''Best Foreign Language Film:''' "Black Swan" (Darren Aronofsky) * '''Special Award:''' [[Yoshio Harada]] ===2010 (53rd) Blue Ribbon Awards=== Award ceremony held February 15, 2011. * '''Best Picture:''' "[[Confessions - Japanese Movie |Confessions]]" ([[Tetsuya Nakashima]]) * '''Best Director:''' [[Yuya Ishii]] ("[[Sawako Decides]]") * '''Best Actor:''' [[Satoshi Tsumabuki]] ("[[Villain (Akunin)|Villain]]") * '''Best Actress:''' [[Shinobu Terajima]] ("[[Caterpillar (2010-Japan)|Caterpillar]]") * '''Best Supporting Actor:''' [[Renji Ishibashi]] ("[[Outrage (Takeshi Kitano)|Outrage]]"/"[[A Good Husband]]") * '''Best Supporting Actress:''' [[Yoshino Kimura]] ("[[Confessions - Japanese Movie |Confessions]]") * '''Best Newcomer:''' [[Toma Ikuta]] ("[[The Fallen Angel]]"/"[[Hanamizuki -May your love bloom a hundred years-]]") * '''Best Newcomer:''' [[Nanami Sakuraba]] ("[[Shodo Girls!! Watashitachi no koshien]]") * '''Best Foreign Language Film:''' ===2009 (52nd) Blue Ribbon Awards=== Award ceremony held February 16, 2010. * '''Best Picture:''' "[[The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity]]" ([[Daisaku Kimura]]) * '''Best Director:''' [[Miwa Nishikawa]] ("[[Dear Doctor]]") * '''Best Actor:''' [[Tsurube Shofukutei]] ("[[Dear Doctor]]") * '''Best Actress:''' [[Haruka Ayase]] ("[[Oppai Volleyball]]") * '''Best Supporting Actor:''' [[Eita]] ("[[Dear Doctor]]") * '''Best Supporting Actress:''' [[Kyoko Fukada]] ("[[Yatterman]]") * '''Best Newcomer:''' [[Daisaku Kimura]] ("[[The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity]]"), [[Masaki Okada]] ("[[Gravity's Clowns]]"/"[[The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity]]"/"[[Honokaa Boy]]") * '''Best Foreign Film:''' "Gran Torino" * '''Special Award:''' [[Toshiyuki Nishida]] ("Free and Easy" series) ===2008 (51st) Blue Ribbon Awards=== Award ceremony held February 3, 2009. * '''Best Picture:''' "[[The Climber's High]]" ([[Masato Harada]]) * '''Best Director:''' [[Hirokazu Koreeda]] ("[[Still Walking]]") * '''Best Actor:''' [[Masahiro Motoki]] ("[[Departures]]") * '''Best Actress:''' [[Tae Kimura]] ("[[All Around Us]]") * '''Best Supporting Actor:''' [[Masato Sakai]] ("[[The Climbers High]]") * '''Best Supporting Actress:''' [[Kirin Kiki]] ("[[Still Walking]]") * '''Best Newcomer:''' [[Yuriko Yoshitaka]] ([[Snakes and Earrings]]), [[Lily Franky]] ("[[All Around Us]]") * '''Best Foreign Film:''' "The Dark Knight" ===2007 (50th) Blue Ribbon Awards=== Award ceremony held February 12, 2008. * '''Best Picture:''' "[[Kisaragi]]" ([[Yuichi Sato]]) * '''Best Director:''' [[Masayuki Suo]] ("[[I Just Didn't Do It]]") * '''Best Actor:''' [[Ryo Kase]] ("[[I Just Didn't Do It]]") * '''Best Actress:''' [[Kumiko Aso]] ("[[Yunagi City, Sakura Country]]") * '''Best Supporting Actor:''' [[Tomokazu Miura]] ("[[The Matsugane Potshot Affair]]"/"[[Adrift in Tokyo]]") * '''Best Supporting Actress:''' [[Hiromi Nagasaku]] ("[[Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!]]") * '''Best Newcomer:''' [[Yui Aragaki]] ("[[Waruboro]]"/"[[Sky of Love (2007-Japan)|Sky of Love]]"/"[[Tokyo Serendipity]]") * '''Best Foreign Film:''' "Dreamgirls" ===2006 (49th) Blue Ribbon Awards=== Award ceremony held February 13, 2007. * '''Best Picture:''' "[[Hula Girls]]" ([[Sang-il Lee]]) * '''Best Director:''' [[Miwa Nishikawa]] ("[[Sway]]") * '''Best Actor:''' [[Ken Watanabe]] ("[[Memories of Tomorrow]]") * '''Best Actress:''' [[Yu Aoi]] ("[[Hula Girls]]"/"[[Honey & Clover]]") * '''Best Supporting Actor:''' [[Teruyuki Kagawa]] ("[[Sway]]" / "[[Sea Without Exit]]" / "[[Memories of Tomorrow]]") * '''Best Supporting Actress:''' [[Sumiko Fuji]] ("[[The Inugamis]]"/ "[[Hula Girls]]") * '''Best Newcomer:''' [[Muga Tsukaji]] ("[[The Mamiya Brothers]]") / [[Rei Dan]] ("[[Love and Honor]]") * '''Best Foreign Film:''' "Flags of Our Fathers" * '''Special Award:''' [[Shohei Imamura]] ===2005 (48th) Blue Ribbon Awards=== Award ceremony held February 7, 2006. * '''Best Picture:''' "[[Break Through!]]" ([[Kazuyuki Izutsu]]) * '''Best Director:''' [[Junya Sato]] ("[[Yamato]]") * '''Best Actor:''' [[Hiroyuki Sanada]] ("[[Aegis]]") * '''Best Actress:''' [[Kyoko Koizumi]] ("[[Hanging Garden]]") * '''Best Supporting Actor:''' [[Shin'ichi Tsutsumi]] ("[[Always: Sunset on Third Street]]" / "[[Fly, Daddy, Fly (2005-Japan)|Fly, Daddy, Fly]]") * '''Best Supporting Actress:''' [[Hiroko Yakushimaru]] ("[[Always: Sunset on Third Street]]"/ "[[Princess Raccoon]]") * '''Best Newcomer:''' [[Mikako Tabe]] ("[[Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love]]" / "[[Way of Blue Sky]]") * '''Best Foreign Film:''' "Million Dollar Baby" * '''Special Award:''' [[Kihachi Okamoto]] ===2004 (47th) Blue Ribbon Awards=== Award ceremony held February 14, 2005. * '''Best Picture:''' "[[Nobody Knows (Japanese Movie)|Nobody Knows]]" ([[Hirokazu Koreeda]]) * '''Best Director:''' [[Hirokazu Koreeda]] ("[[Nobody Knows (Japanese Movie)|Nobody Knows]]") * '''Best Actor:''' [[Akira Terao]] ("[[Half a Confession]]") * '''Best Actress:''' [[Rie Miyazawa]] ("[[The Face of Jizo]]") * '''Best Supporting Actor:''' [[Joe Odagiri]] ("[[Blood and Bones]]"/"[[Out of This World]]") * '''Best Supporting Actress:''' [[Masami Nagasawa]] ("[[Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World]]"/ "[[Breathe In, Breathe Out]]") * '''Best Newcomer:''' [[Anna Tsuchiya]] ("[[Kamikaze Girls]]")/"[[The Taste of Tea]]") / [[Mirai Moriyama]] ("[[Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World]]") * '''Best Foreign Film:''' "Mystic River" ===2003 (46th) Blue Ribbon Awards=== Award ceremony held February 6, 2004. * '''Best Picture:''' "[[Akame 48 Waterfalls]]" ([[Genjiro Arato]]) * '''Best Director:''' [[Yoshimitsu Morita]] ("[[Like Asura]]") * '''Best Actor:''' [[Toshiyuki Nishida]] ("[[Free and Easy 14]]"/"[[Get Up!]]") * '''Best Actress:''' [[Shinobu Terajima]] ("[[Akame 48 Waterfalls]]"/"[[Vibrator]]") * '''Best Supporting Actor:''' [[Taro Yamamoto]] ("[[Moon Child]]"/"[[Get Up!]]"/"[[The Boat to Heaven]]") * '''Best Supporting Actress:''' [[Michiyo Ookusu]] ("[[Zatoichi]]"/ "[[Akame 48 Waterfalls]]") * '''Best Newcomer:''' [[Satomi Ishihara]] ("[[My Grandpa]]") * '''Best Foreign Film:''' "[[Infernal Affairs]]" * '''Special Award:''' [[Ken Watanabe]] ("[[The Last Samurai]]") ===2002 (45th) Blue Ribbon Awards=== Award ceremony held February 18, 2003. * '''Best Picture:''' "[[The Twilight Samurai]]" ([[Yoji Yamada]]) * '''Best Director:''' [[Yoichi Sai]] ("[[Doing Time]]") * '''Best Actor:''' [[Koichi Sato]] ("[[KT]]"/"[[Utsutsu]]") * '''Best Actress:''' [[Reiko Kataoka]] ("[[Hush!]]") * '''Best Supporting Actor:''' [[Kanji Tsuda]] ("[[Copycat Killer]]") * '''Best Supporting Actress:''' [[Rie Miyazawa]] ("[[The Twilight Samurai]]"/"[[Utsutsu]]") * '''Best Newcomer:''' [[Manami Konishi]] ("[[Letter from the Mountain]]" / [[Shido Nakamura]] ("[[Ping Pong]]") * '''Best Foreign Film:''' "[[Shaolin Soccer]]" * '''Special Award:''' [[Kinji Fukasaku]] ===2001 (44th) Blue Ribbon Awards=== Award ceremony held February 8, 2002. * '''Best Picture:''' "[[Spirited Away]]" ([[Kinji Fukasaku]]) * '''Best Director:''' [[Isao Yukisada]] ("[[Go]]") * '''Best Actor:''' [[Mansai Nomura]] ("[[The Yin Yang Master]]") * '''Best Actress:''' [[Yuki Amami]] ("[[Inugami]]"/"[[Quartet for Two]]"/"[[Genji: A Thousand-Year Love]]") * '''Best Supporting Actor:''' [[Tsutomu Yamazaki]] ("[[Go]]") * '''Best Supporting Actress:''' [[Tomoko Naraoka]] ("[[The Firefly (2001-Japan)|The Firefly]]") * '''Best Newcomer:''' [[Kou Shibasaki]] ("[[Go]]") * '''Best Foreign Film:''' "[[Joint Security Area]]" ===2000 (43rd) Blue Ribbon Awards=== Award ceremony held February 9, 2001. * '''Best Picture:''' "[[Battle Royale]]" ([[Kinji Fukasaku]]) * '''Best Director:''' [[Junji Sakamoto]] ("[[Face (2000-Japan)|Face]]") * '''Best Actor:''' [[Yuji Oda]] ("[[Whiteout]]") * '''Best Actress:''' [[Sayuri Yoshinaga]] ("[[Nagasaki burabura bushi]]") * '''Best Supporting Actor:''' [[Teruyuki Kagawa]] ("[[Pickpocket]]"/"[[Boy's Choir]]") * '''Best Supporting Actress:''' [[Yoshiko Miyazaki]] ("[[After the Rain (2000)|After the Rain]]") * '''Best Newcomer:''' [[Tatsuya Fujiwara]] ("[[Battle Royale]]"/"[[Persona (2000-Japan)|Persona]]") * '''Best Foreign Film:''' "Dancer in the Dark" ===1999 (42nd) Blue Ribbon Awards=== Award ceremony held February 12, 2000. * '''Best Picture:''' "[[Taboo]]" ([[Nagisa Oshima]]) * '''Best Director:''' [[Nagisa Oshima]] ([[Taboo]]") * '''Best Actor:''' [[Ken Takakura]] ("[[Railroad Man]]") * '''Best Actress:''' [[Kyoka Suzuki]] ("[[Keiho]]") * '''Best Supporting Actor:''' [[Shinji Takeda]] ("[[Taboo]]") * '''Best Supporting Actress:''' [[Sumiko Fuji]] ("[[The Geisha House]]"/"[[Dream Maker]]") * '''Best Newcomer:''' [[Ryuhei Matsuda]] ("[[Taboo]]") * '''Best Foreign Film:''' "Life Is Beautiful" (Roberto Benigni) Return to Blue Ribbon Awards. 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