40th Yokohama Film Festival

The 40th Yokohama Film Festival (第４０回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 3 February 2019 at Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. The awards ceremony was held in the city's Kannai Hall [ja], the results having been announced on 1 December 2018.^[2][3]

40th Yokohama Film Festival

Location	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Festival date	3 February 2019[1]

Awards

• Best Film: - Asako I & II ^[4]
• Best Director:
  • Ryusuke Hamaguchi - Asako I & II
  • Takahisa Zeze - Kiku and Guillotine [ja], My Friend "A" [ja], and The 8-Year Engagement
• Yoshimitsu Morita Memorial Best New Director: Katsumi Nojiri [ja] - Lying to Mom [ja]
• Best Screenplay: Shûichi Okita [ja] - Mori, the Artist's Habitat [ja]
• Best Cinematographer: Yasuyuki Sasaki [ja] - Asako I & II and My Retirement, My Life [ja]
• Best Actor:
  • Masahiro Higashide - Asako I & II, Kiku and Guillotine [ja], and Over Drive
  • Kōji Yakusho - The Blood of Wolves
• Best Actress: Sakura Ando - Shoplifters
• Best Supporting Actor: Tori Matsuzaka - The Blood of Wolves
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Mayu Matsuoka - Shoplifters, Blank13 [ja], and Chihayafuru Part 3
  • Sairi Ito - Asako I & II and Enokida Trading Post
• Best Newcomer:
  • Erika Karata - Asako I & II
  • Ryo Yoshizawa - River's Edge, Gintama 2: The Law is Surely There to be Broken, and Marmalade Boy
  • Mai Kiryû [ja] - Kiku and Guillotine [ja] and Lying to Mom [ja]
• Judges' Special Award: One Cut of the Dead
• Special Grand Prize: Tsutomu Yamazaki - Mori, the Artist's Habitat [ja]^[5]

Top 10

1. Asako I & II^[6]
2. The Blood of Wolves
3. Shoplifters
4. Hanagatami
5. One Cut of the Dead
6. Kiku and Guillotine [ja]
7. Dare to Stop Us [ja]
8. Your Bird Can Sing [ja]
9. Lying to Mom [ja]
10. Mori, the Artist's Habitat [ja]

runner-up. Every Day A Good Day [ja]

References

1. "＜写真特集・第40回ヨコハマ映画祭＞東出昌大・役所広司ら豪華集結　松岡茉優＆伊藤沙莉の"親友W受賞"も実現　松坂桃李に異例のファン殺到". ModelPress (in Japanese). February 3, 2019. Archived from the original on October 13, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
2. "第４０回ヨコハマ映画祭". Yokohama Film Festival (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
3. "「第40回ヨコハマ映画祭」日本映画ベスト10が決定　「寝ても覚めても」が6冠" (in Japanese). Hamakei.com. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
4. "第４０回ヨコハマ映画祭 2018年日本映画個人賞". Yokohama Film Festival (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
5. "東出昌大ら豪華ゲストが第40回ヨコハマ映画祭に登場。山崎努は亡き樹木希林との秘話を語る" (in Japanese). moviewalker.jp. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
6. "2018年日本映画ベストテン". Yokohama Film Festival (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 April 2021.