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Akira Kurosawa, whose film "Ran" opened the 1st TIFF, died on September 6. A special memorial program was quickly prepared for "Nippon Cinema Classics" upon this news, showing all 30 films directed by Kurosawa. TIFF received messages from Theo Angelopoulos, George Lucas, Abbas Kiarostami, Martin Scorsese, Nikita Mikhalkov, and other prominent directors from around the world.
The film critic Nagaharu Yodogawa who was instrumental in supporting not only TIFF but also the Japanese cinema as a whole, and director Keisuke Kinoshita, passed away this year.
The renowned Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune passed away the previous year.
Tokyo Grand Prix - The Governor of Tokyo Award
Open Your Eyes (Alejandro Amenabar)
Special Jury Prize
Leaf on a Pillow (Garin Nugroho)
The Best Director Award
Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels)
The Best Actress Award
Maki Miyamoto (The Geisha House)
The Best Actor Award
Brad Renfro (Apt Pupil)
The Best Artistic Contribution Award
The Red Violin (François Girard)
Smoke Signals (Chris Eyre)
Tokyo Gold-The Governor of Tokyo Award
Spring in My Hometown (Lee Kwang-mo)
Tokyo Silver Prize
The Small Town (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
Asian Film Award
Dance of Dust (Abolfazl Jalili)
Special Mention
Qualified to Live (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
The Adopted Son (Aktan Abdikalikov)
