The 67th edition of the Blue Ribbon Awards, presented by the Association of Tokyo Film Journalists, has announced its winners on January 28, 2025. The nominees and winners are selected from movies released in 2024 by members of the Association who are film reporters from seven sports newspapers in Tokyo. Indie movie “A Samurai in Time” was the surprise hit last year and has picked up a double win for Best Film and Best Actor. Likewise for Yu Irie‘s “A Girl Named Ann” bagging the Best Director and Best Actress awards.
Best Film
A Girl Named Ann
Abudeka Is Back
Let’s Go Karaoke!
52-Hertz Whales
A Samurai in Time
11 Rebels
Faceless
All the Long Nights
Last Mile
Look Back
Best Director
Yu Irie – A Girl Named Ann
Kazuya Shiraishi – 11 Rebels, Bushido
Ayuko Tsukahara – Last Mile, La Grande Maison Paris
Michihito Fujii – Faceless, 18×2 Beyond Youthful Days
Junichi Yasuda – A Samurai in Time
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 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 Season 5
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 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 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
