Blue Ribbon Awards Announces Winners for 67th Edition

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The Blue Ribbon Awards, presented by film critics and writers in Tokyo, has announced the winners for the 67th edition which honours films released in 2024. Unexpected indie hit A Samurai in Time picked up both Best Film and Best Actor while Yu Irie’s A Girl Named Ann took Director and Actress.

Best Film 

Best Director

Best Actor

  • Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (Bushido)
  • Taiga Nakano (11 Rebels)
  • Makiya Yamaguchi (A Samurai in Time)
  • Kento Yamazaki (Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General, Golden Kamuy, The Yin Yang Master Zero)
  • Ryusei Yokohama (Faceless, MIRRORLIAR FILMS Season5)

Best Actress

  • Satomi Ishihara (Missing)
  • Yuumi Kawai (A Girl Named Ann, Desert of Namibia)
  • Hana Sugisaki (52-Hertz Whales, Sakura)
  • Masami Nagasawa (All About Suomi)
  • Hikari Mitsushima (Last Mile)

Best Supporting Actor

  • Sosuke Ikematsu (My Sunshine, Baby Assassins: Nice Days)
  • Takao Osawa (Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General)
  • Eiji Okuda (Stay Mum)
  • Jiro Sato (A Girl Named Ann, Arata Natsume’s Marriage, Saint☆Oniisan THE MOVIE ~Holy Men VS Akuma Gundan)
  • Ken Yasuda (Sakura, The War of Announcers)

Best Supporting Actress

  • Akiko Oshidari (Living in Two Worlds)
  • Maki Carrousel (Voice)
  • Kyoko Koizumi (Silence of the Sea, Bushido, i ai, Belonging, Muroi Shinji: Ikitsuzukeru Mono)
  • Yuri Nakamura (Amalock, Samurai Detective Onihei: Blood For Blood)
  • Ayaka Miyoshi (Sensei’s Pious Lie, The Real You)
  • Anna Yamada (Golden Kamuy, Faceless)
  • Riho Yoshioka (Faceless, Maru, At the Bench)

Best Newcomer

  • Keitatsu Koshiyama (My Sunshine, Arata Natsume’s Marriage)
  • Jun Saito (Let’s Go Karaoke!, Confetti, Teasing Master Takagi-san Movie, Muroi Shinji: Yaburezaru Mono, Muroi Shinji: Ikitsuzukeru Mono)
  • Akira Nakanishi (My Sunshine)
  • Jinsei Hamura (Golden Boy)
  • Ikoi Hayase (Worlds Apart, Sana: Let Me Hear)

Best Foreign Film

  • Poor Things
  • Inside Out 2
  • Oppenheimer
  • The Colour Purple
  • The Zone of Interest
  • Civil War
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Beau Is Afraid
  • YOLO
  • Mufasa: The Lion King
  • Anatomy of a Fall

Source: Sponichi