20th Yokohama Film Festival

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.

Awards

 * Best Film: Cure
 * 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
 * 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