One of the prestigious national cinema awards in Japan presented by the Association of Tokyo Film Journalists, the 65th edition of the Blue Ribbon Awards announced its winners on February 24, 2023. The nominees are selected from movies released in 2022 within the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. Leading with 6 nominations, A Man by Kei ISHIKAWA, wins Best Film while Plan 75 by Chie HAYAKAWA picks up Best Director and Best Actress for Chieko BAISHO. The full list of winners is described below.
Best Film
A Man
Kingdom 2: To Distant Lands
Small, Slow But Steady
Missing
Silent Parade
Dr Coto's Clinic
Plan 75
Motherhood
Fragments of the Last Will
Wandering
Best Director
Kei ISHIKAWA – A Man
Shinzo KATAYAMA – Missing
Takahisa ZEZE – Tombi: Father and Son; Fragments of the Last Will
Chie HAYAKAWA – Plan 75
Ryuichi HIROKI – 2 Women, Motherhood; Phases of the Moon
Best Actor
Sadao ABE – Lesson in Murder; I am Makimoto
Jiro SATO – Missing
Satoshi TSUMABUKI – A Man
Kazunari NINOMIYA – Tang; Fragments of the Last Will
Masaharu FUKUYAMA – Silent Parade
Best Actress
Kasumi ARIMURA – Prior Convictions
Yukino KISHII – One Day, You Will Reach the Sea; Small, Slow But Steady
Nana KOMATSU – The Last Ten Years
Erika TODA – Motherhood
Chieko BAISHO – Plan 75
Suzu HIROSE – Wandering
Best Supporting Actor
Kazuki IIO – Silent Parade
Hayato ISOMURA – Prior Convictions; Plan 75; Offbeat Cops; The Fish Tale
Masataka KUBOTA – My Broken Mariko; A Man
Ayumu NAKAJIMA – The Nighthawk's First Love; Fragments of the Last Will
Ryusei YOKOHAMA – Wandering
Best Supporting Actress
Sakura ANDO – A Man; Korosuna
Machiko ONO – Anime Supremacy!; Soul At Twenty; Sabakan; Thousand and One Nights
Nana SEINO – Kingdom 2: To Distant Lands; Offbeat Cops; A Man
Atsuko TAKAHATA – Motherhood
Ryoko HIROSUE – The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie; 2 Women
Best Newcomer
Lina Kahafizadeh (also known as Lina ARASHI) – My Small Land
Koki – Ox-Head Village
Haruto SHIRATORI – Tombi: Father and Son; It's All My Fault
Konosuke HARADA – Sabakan
Ichiro BANKA- Sabakan
Best Foreign Film
Avatar: The Way of Water
West Side Story
Cry Macho
Coda
Top Gun: Maverick
King Richard
Blue Bayou
Broker
Belfast
Lamb
