is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Lee Sang-il

Lee Sang-Il

Lee Sang-Il is a South Korean football Midfielder, who last played for Changsha Ginde in Chinese Super League. His previous club was Beveren, Germinal Beerschot in Belgium and Daegu FC, Chunnam Dragons at South Korean K-League.- Club career statistics :...

, based on Shuichi Yoshida

Shuichi Yoshida

, born 14 September 1968, is a Japanese novelist.-Biography:Shūichi Yoshida was born in Nagasaki, and studied Business Administration at Hosei University. He won the Bungakukai Prize for New Writers in 1997 for his story "Saigo no Musuko", and the Akutagawa Prize in 2002 for "Park Life"...

's crime noir novel of the same name. It was nominated for numerous awards at the 2011 Japan Academy Prize, including Best Film and Best Director

Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year

The of the Japan Academy Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Nippon Academy-sho association .-List of winners:-External links:* - **...

 (which was director Lee's second nomination, after his 2006 win for Hula Girls

Hula Girls

is an award-winning Japanese film, directed by Sang-il Lee and co-written by Lee and Daisuke Habara, and first released across Japanese theaters on September 23, 2006...

), and won five, which included all four acting awards and for the score by Joe Hisaishi

Joe Hisaishi

, known professionally as , is a composer and director known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981.While possessing a stylistically distinct sound, Hisaishi's music has been known to explore and incorporate different genres, including minimalist, experimental electronic,...

.

Awards

34th Japan Academy Prize

• Winners
• Best Actor
  Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
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   - Satoshi Tsumabuki
  Satoshi Tsumabuki
  is a Japanese actor. His breakthrough film was Waterboys for which he was nominated for the 'Best Actor' award at the Japanese Academy Awards, and won the 'Newcomer of the Year' prize...
  
  
• Best Actress
  Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
  The of the Japan Academy Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Nippon Academy-sho association .-List of winners:-External links:* - **...
  
   - Eri Fukatsu
  Eri Fukatsu
  Eri Fukatsu , nicknamed , is a Japanese actress.Eri Fukatsu was born in Ōita, Ōita, Japan. Among other things, she has appeared in the TV series and the subsequent spin-off movies of the series. She is managed by Amuse Inc...
  
  
• Best Supporting Actor - Akira Emoto
• Best Supporting Actress - Kirin Kiki
• Best Music - Joe Hisashi
• Nominations
• Best Film
• Best Director
  Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year
  The of the Japan Academy Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Nippon Academy-sho association .-List of winners:-External links:* - **...
  
   - Lee Sang-il
  Lee Sang-Il
  Lee Sang-Il is a South Korean football Midfielder, who last played for Changsha Ginde in Chinese Super League. His previous club was Beveren, Germinal Beerschot in Belgium and Daegu FC, Chunnam Dragons at South Korean K-League.- Club career statistics :...
  
  
• Best Supporting Actor - Masaki Okada
  Masaki Okada
  is a Japanese actor, best known for his roles as Sekime Kyogo in the drama Hanazakari no Kimitachi e and as Takuma Kakinouchi in the 2009 film Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu.-Films:* Ahiru to Kamo no Coinlocker * Tennen Kokekkō...
  
  
• Best Supporting Actress - Hikari Mitsushima
  Hikari Mitsushima
  is a Japanese film actress, born on 30 November 1985, in Okinawa, Japan. She began her career in 1997 as a teenage idol singer in the J-pop groups Folder and Folder 5. She made her acting debut in Rebirth of Mothra II in 1997, but did not start acting regularly until 2005...
  
   (etc.)

2010 Kinema Junpo

Kinema Junpo

, commonly called , is a Japanese film magazine which began publication in July 1919. The magazine was founded by a group of four students, including Saburō Tanaka, at the Tokyo Institute of Technology . In that first month, it was published three times on days with a "1" in them. These first three...

 Awards

• Won: Best Film
• Won: Best Director - Lee Sang-il
  Lee Sang-Il
  Lee Sang-Il is a South Korean football Midfielder, who last played for Changsha Ginde in Chinese Super League. His previous club was Beveren, Germinal Beerschot in Belgium and Daegu FC, Chunnam Dragons at South Korean K-League.- Club career statistics :...
  
  
• Won: Best Supporting Actor - Akira Emoto

65th Mainichi Film Awards

• Won: Best Film

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