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Hotarubi no Mori e, 663114 Win at 66th Mainichi Film Awards
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The 66th Annual Mainichi Film Awards were announced on Tuesday, and the anime film Mainichi Kaa-san were among the winners.
Hotarubi no Mori e won the Animation Film Award. The film opened in Japan on September 17.
screen at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival this month. That film festival described the short as follows: "I am a 66-year-old cicada. There was a big earthquake. There was a big tsunami. There also was a big accident."
opened in Japan on September 23.
won the Best Film for Asian New Talent Award at the 14th Annual Shanghai International Film Festival in June.
Beck, Gota Keshi: Jidan Kōshōnin Shirai Torajirō) shared the award with Sometani for her performance in My Back Page.
Michiyo Ookusu, who played Shiranui in the 1973 Vampire) won the Art Award and Music Award respectively for their work on Postcard (Ichimai no Hagaki).
The awards ceremony will be held on February 13 in Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Sources: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web, Oricon
Image © 2011 Mainichi Kaa-san Film Production Committee © Rieko Saibara
