The 20th Yokohama Film Festival (第20回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 7 February 1999 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.^[1]

Awards

• Best Film: Cure^[2]
• Best Actor:
  • Claude Maki – Orokamono: Kizu Darake no Tenshi
  • Kiichi Nakai – Love Letter, Begging for Love
• Best Actress: Mieko Harada – Begging for Love
• Best Supporting Actor: Ren Osugi – Cure, Hana-bi, Give It All, Orokamono: Kizu Darake no Tenshi, Inu Hashiru
• Best Supporting Actress: Yumi Yoshiyuki – Murder on D Street, Daikaijū Tōkyō ni arawaru
• Best Director:
  • Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Cure
  • Itsumichi Isomura – Give It All
• Best New Director: Hideaki Anno – Love & Pop
• Best Screenplay: Ryoichi Kimizuka – Bayside Shakedown: The Movie
• Best Cinematography: Yuichi Nagata – Give It All
• Best New Talent:
  • Rena Tanaka – Give It All
  • Kumiko Asō – Dr. Akagi
  • Asumi Miwa – Love & Pop
• Special Jury Prize:
  • Yoichi Maeda – For focusing on entertainment rather than "serious" movies.
  • Odoru Daisosasen production team

Best 10

1. Cure^[3]
2. Give It All
3. Hana-bi
4. Orokamono: Kizu Darake no Tenshi
5. Begging for Love
6. Inu Hashiru
7. Love & Pop
8. Ring
9. Bayside Shakedown: The Movie
10. The Bird People in China

runner-up. Love Letter

runner-up. Kiriko no Fūkei

References