DEPARTURES DOMINATES JAPAN ACADEMY AWARDS
Japanese drama DEPARTURES dominated the 2009 Japan Academy Awards, taking home 10 prizes - a day before the movie became a surprise Oscar winner.
The film, about a young man who gets a job in a mortuary, also scooped a Best Actor honour for Masahiro Motoki and Best Actress trophy for Kimiko Yo at the 32nd annual ceremony in Tokyo, Japan.
Immediately after the prizegiving, filmmaker Yojiro Takita and stars Motoki and Ryoko Hirosue flew to Los Angeles to compete at Sunday’s Oscars (22Feb09), where Departures beat hotly-tipped Israeli movie Waltz With Bashir to land the Best Foreign Language Film title.
The movie has scooped more than 60 statuettes during Japan’s current award season and taken more than $33 million (£22.6 million) at the domestic box office.
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