Toronto Japanese Film Festival 2018 Award Winners

Daihachi Yoshida‘s

The Scythian Lamb

 

Takumi Saitoh‘s

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Masato Harada for

Sekigahara

June 28th – at our closing night screening and reception – we announced the award winners for our 2018 edition.

We thank all the great filmmakers who screened films this year and to our enthusiastic audiences and volunteers who made the entire adventure so worthwhile.

Here are some of the highlights of the 2018 festival.

Director Daihachi Yoshida
A BEAUTIFUL STAR  美しい星
THE SCYTHIAN LAMB 羊の木

Director Daihachi Yoshida
accepts his Grand Prize Jury Award for
THE SCYTHIAN LAMB 羊の木

Director/Actor
Takumi Saitoh
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Director/Actor
Takumi Saitoh
with audience waiting in line

Director Masato Harada
accepts the Special Director’s Award for
SEKIGAHARA  関ケ原

Director Masato Harada
SEKIGAHARA 関ケ原

Actress Mayu Matsuoka
TREMBLE ALL YOU WANT  勝手にふるえてろ
CHIHAYAFURU 3 ちはやふる 結び

Setsuko Thurlow
giving speech at
HIROSHIMA 広島

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