42nd Yokohama Film Festival

The 42nd Yokohama Film Festival (第４２回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 5 February 2021. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the physical awards ceremony was cancelled and an official pamphlet was released on 5 February 2021. The winners had been notified on 5 December 2020, and given their prizes individually.^[1]

• Best Film: - Labyrinth of Cinema ^[2]
• Best Director: Hideo Jojo - On the Edge of Their Seats [ja] and Dangerous Drugs of Sex
• Yoshimitsu Morita Memorial Best New Director: Takuya Uchiyama - Sasaki In My Mind [ja]
• Best Screenplay: Shin Adachi [ja] - A Beloved Wife and Underdog Parts 1 and 2
• Best Cinematographer: Hidetoshi Shinomiya [ja] - Sasaki In My Mind [ja] and Town Of Headcounts [ja]
• Best Actor: Kazunari Ninomiya - The Asadas
• Best Actress: Asami Mizukawa - A Beloved Wife and Runway
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Shohei Uno [ja] - The Voice of Sin and The Real Thing
  • Naoto Ogata - Momi's House [ja]
• Best Supporting Actress: Aju Makita - True Mothers and Child of the Stars [ja]
• Best Newcomer:
  • Nana Mori - Last Letter, 461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son, and Blue, Painful and Brittle [ja]
  • Kisetsu Fujiwara [ja] - Sasaki In My Mind [ja] and His
  • Hio Miyazawa - His
  • Sakurako Konishi - First Love, Fancy [ja], and Sasaki In My Mind [ja]
• Examiner Special Award:: Gaku Hosokawa [ja] - Sasaki In My Mind [ja]
• Special Grand Prize: Nobuhiko Obayashi and Kyoko Obayashi - Labyrinth of Cinema^[3][4]

1. Labyrinth of Cinema^[5]
2. A Beloved Wife
3. The Asadas
4. True Mothers
5. Wife of a Spy
6. On the Edge of Their Seats [ja]
7. The Voice of Sin
8. The Real Thing
9. I Never Shot Anyone [ja]
10. Sasaki In My Mind [ja]

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