40th Yokohama Film Festival

The 40th Yokohama Film Festival (第４０回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 3 February 2019 at Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. The awards ceremony was held in the city's Kannai Hall, the results having been announced on 1 December 2018.

Awards

 * Best Film: - Asako I & II
 * Best Director:
 * Ryusuke Hamaguchi - Asako I & II
 * Takahisa Zeze - Kiku and Guillotine, My Friend "A", and The 8-Year Engagement
 * Yoshimitsu Morita Memorial Best New Director: Katsumi Nojiri - Lying to Mom
 * Best Screenplay: Shûichi Okita - Mori, the Artist's Habitat
 * Best Cinematographer: Yasuyuki Sasaki - Asako I & II and My Retirement, My Life
 * Best Actor:
 * Masahiro Higashide - Asako I & II, Kiku and Guillotine, and Over Drive
 * Kōji Yakusho - The Blood of Wolves
 * Best Actress: Sakura Ando - Shoplifters
 * Best Supporting Actor: Tori Matsuzaka - The Blood of Wolves
 * Best Supporting Actress:
 * Mayu Matsuoka - Shoplifters, Blank13, and Chihayafuru Part 3
 * Sairi Ito - Asako I & II and Enokida Trading Post
 * Best Newcomer:
 * Erika Karata - Asako I & II
 * Ryo Yoshizawa - River's Edge, Gintama 2: The Law is Surely There to be Broken, and Marmalade Boy''
 * Mai Kiryû - Kiku and Guillotine and Lying to Mom
 * Judges' Special Award: One Cut of the Dead
 * Special Grand Prize: Tsutomu Yamazaki - Mori, the Artist's Habitat

Top 10

 * 1) Asako I & II
 * 2) The Blood of Wolves
 * 3) Shoplifters
 * 4) Hanagatami
 * 5) One Cut of the Dead
 * 6) Kiku and Guillotine
 * 7) Dare to Stop Us
 * 8) Your Bird Can Sing
 * 9) Lying to Mom
 * 10) Mori, the Artist's Habitat
 * runner-up. Every Day A Good Day