Blue Ribbon Awards
Blue Ribbon Awards | |
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Awarded for | Excellence in film making |
Country | Japan |
First awarded | 1950 |
Website | cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp |
The Blue Ribbon Awards (ブルーリボン賞, Burū Ribon Shō) are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in
History
Film reporters from the Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, and Mainichi Shimbun took the lead in calling other reporters to "look back on the film industry over the past year, discuss the results, and summarize them".[2] The first award ceremony was held on March 22, 1951 at the Tokyo Theater in Chuo, Tokyo. Finances were scarce, and the only thing given to the winners was a handwritten certificate tied with a matching blue ribbon, hence the name "Blue Ribbon Award". The current award consists of a certificate in Japanese paper with the reason for the award and a Montblanc fountain pen engraved with the name of the winner, tied with a blue ribbon.[2] There are few documents left about the "Blue Ribbon Award" at the time, but there is a theory that the first award was called the "Japan Film Culture Award", but when it was announced in the newspaper in 1951, it was written as "The Association of Tokyo Film Journalists Award".[3]
From the 4th (1953) to the 7th editions (1956), the award ceremony took place in Namikiza, in Ginza, with the cooperation of Toho producer Sanezumi Fujimoto, its owner.[4] The award included a statuette designed by manga artist Taizo Yokoyama.[2][5] The Newcomer Award was first given in the 2nd edition.[2]
The Association had grown to 80 members, from 17 newspapers and agencies. Differences arose among the members in deciding the method to choose the winners. In March 1960, the six major Japanese newspapers (Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Sankei Shimbun, Tokyo Shimbun and
In 1966, the "Black Mist Incident," a political scandal centered on the Liberal Democratic Party, that eventually
Although the award is not acclaimed highly on an international level, the Blue Ribbon Awards have become one of the most prestigious national cinema awards in Japan, along with the
The public event ceremony is hosted by the Best Actor and Best Actress award winners of the previous year, and has been held every year since 1975 until 2020, when it was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It resumed in 2024 for the 66th edition, the hosts being Chieko Baisho and Arashi's Kazunari Ninomiya in this occasion.[9] [10] The Association of Tokyo Film Journalists opened on 23 January 2024 an official X (formerly Twitter) account for the Blue Ribbon Awards.[9]
Categories
There are following categories:
- Best Film
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Director
- Best Foreign Film
- Best Newcomer
- Best Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
- Special Award
References
- ^ a b "ブルーリボン賞の歴代受賞作一覧". Miho Cinema (in Japanese). 9 March 2019. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "ブルーリボン賞とは". Hochi Yomiuri (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "'50 今井正監督の「また逢う日まで」が2冠で初代王者に". Cinema Hochi Yomiuri (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "成瀬巳喜男のこの1本! 2005年成瀬巳喜男生誕百年記念ブログ(続行中) 銀座並木座". Livedoor (in Japanese). 1 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "'53 新設の大衆賞は昭和の大スター長谷川一夫に". Cinema Hochi Yomiuri (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ISBN 0521618592, p. 79.
- ^ "'66 ハナ肇が山田洋次監督2作品で初の主演男優賞". Cinema Hochi Yomiuri. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "'75 ハナ肇と吉永小百合の司会で9年ぶりに復活". Cinema Hochi (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ a b "ブルーリボン賞公式Xが開設 受賞者は近日発表、授賞式は2月上旬に4年ぶり開催". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). 23 January 2024. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "吉永小百合"息子"二宮和也から独立前報告あったと明かす「応援する」BR授賞式での再会心待ち". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 24 January 2024. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
External links
- Blue Ribbon Awards Official X
- Blue Ribbon Awards at imdb.com
- Blue Ribbon Awards Official Homepage (in Japanese)at web.archive.org
- "List of Blue Ribbon Awards" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2013-10-19.
- Blue Ribbon Awards (in Japanese) at allcinema.net