is a 1991

1991 in film

The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York* Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.*November...

 Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese film directed by Yōji Yamada

Yoji Yamada

is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy ....

. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.

Synopsis

The children of old-fashioned patriarch of a family in Iwate Province gather to observe the first anniversary of their mother's death. Tetsuya, working as a bartender in Tokyo, quarrels with his father over the way he is leading his life. Eventually Tetsuya changes his ways and gains the approval of his father.

Cast

• Rentaro Mikuni: Akio Asano
• Masatoshi Nagase
  Masatoshi Nagase
  Masatoshi Nagase is a Japanese actor. He is best known in the West for his roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's Cold Fever and Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train, in Japan for his role as TV's Mike Hama .He has won two Japanese Academy Awards, for Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer in 1992...
  
  : Tetsuo
• Emi Wakui: Seiko Kawashima
• Miyoko Asada
  Miyoko Asada
  is a Japanese actress. She is a former pop idol.-Singles:-Filmography:*Ai no Rukeichi *Red Whale, White Snake *Otoshimono *Tsuribaka Nisshi 17 *Saga no Gabai-baachan *Tsuribaka Nisshi 16 *Gin no enzeru...
  
  : Toshiko
• Kazuyo Asari: Ayako
• Mieko Harada: Reiko
• Chosuke Ikariya
  Chosuke Ikariya
  was a Japanese comedian and film actor, and leader of the Owarai comedy group The Drifters. His nickname was .-1931–1962: Early career:Chōsuke Ikariya was born with the name of on November 1, 1931 in Tokyo, Japan. During the war his family moved from their home in Sumida, Tokyo to the countryside...
  
  
• Leonard Kuma
• Tatsuo Matsumura
• Ken Nakamoto
• Meiko Nakamura
• Tomoko Naraoka
  Tomoko Naraoka
  is a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Hongō , in what was then the city of Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design....
  
  
• Ichirō Ogura
• Mikiko Otonashi
• B-saku Satoh
• Casey Takamine
• Kunie Tanaka
  Kunie Tanaka
  is a Japanese actor who has appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro and The Bad Sleep Well and Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan.He has been nominated for five Japanese Academy Awards, winning the Best Supporting Actor statuette for Gakko in 1993.-Selected filmography:*Minna no Ie aka...
  
  
• Ryuzo Tanaka: Tadashi

Awards and nominations

15th Japan Academy Prize

• Won: Best Picture
• Won: Best Actor
  Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
  The of the Japan Academy Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Nippon Academy-sho association .-List of winners:-External links:* - **...
  
   - Rentaro Mikuni
• Won: Best Supporting Actor - Masatoshi Nagase
  Masatoshi Nagase
  Masatoshi Nagase is a Japanese actor. He is best known in the West for his roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's Cold Fever and Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train, in Japan for his role as TV's Mike Hama .He has won two Japanese Academy Awards, for Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer in 1992...
  
  
• Won: Best Supporting Actress - Emi Wakui
• Won: Rookie of the Year - Masatoshi Nagase
  Masatoshi Nagase
  Masatoshi Nagase is a Japanese actor. He is best known in the West for his roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's Cold Fever and Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train, in Japan for his role as TV's Mike Hama .He has won two Japanese Academy Awards, for Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer in 1992...
  
   and Emi Wakui
• Nominated: Best Director
  Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year
  The of the Japan Academy Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Nippon Academy-sho association .-List of winners:-External links:* - **...
  
   - Yoji Yamada
  Yoji Yamada
  is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy ....
  
  
• Nominated: Best Screenplay
  Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year
  The of the Japan Academy Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Nippon Academy-sho association .-List of winners:-External links:* - **...
  
   - Yoji Yamada
  Yoji Yamada
  is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy ....
  
   and Yoshitaka Asama
• Nominated: Best Music - Teizo Matsumura
  Teizo Matsumura
  Teizo Matsumura was a Japanese composer and poet.Orphaned and suffering from tuberculosis, during his recovery in the early 1950s he began to write both haiku and music. He studied with Tomojiro Ikenouchi. He was influenced by Ravel and Stravinsky, but also Asian traditions...
  
  
• Nominated: Best Cinematography - Tetsuo Takaba
• Nominated: Best Lighting Direction - Yoshifumi Aoki
• Nominated: Best Art Direction - Mitsuo Degawa
• Nominated: Best Sound Recording - Isao Suzuki and Ryuji Matsumoto
• Nominated: Best Film Editing - Iwao Ishii

16th Hochi Film Award

Hochi Film Award

The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by the Hochi Shimbun.- Categories :*Best Picture*Best International Picture*Best Actor*Best Actress*Best Supporting Actor*Best Supporting Actress*Best New Artist*Special Award*Best Director- Winner :...

• Won: Best Film
• Won: Best Actor - Masatoshi Nagase
  Masatoshi Nagase
  Masatoshi Nagase is a Japanese actor. He is best known in the West for his roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's Cold Fever and Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train, in Japan for his role as TV's Mike Hama .He has won two Japanese Academy Awards, for Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer in 1992...
  
  

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