17th Yokohama Film Festival

17th Yokohama Film Festival
Location	Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Founded	1980
Festival date	4 February 1996

The 17th Yokohama Film Festival (第17回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 4 February 1996 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.^[1]^[2]

Awards

Best Film: Love Letter^[3]
Best Actor: Etsushi Toyokawa – Love Letter
Best Actress: Miho Nakayama – Love Letter
Best Supporting Actor: Kazuhiko Kanayama – Burai Heiya, Shin Kanashiki Hittoman
Best Supporting Actress: Shinobu Nakayama – Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
Best Director:
- Shūsuke Kaneko – Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
- Shunji Iwai – Love Letter
Best New Director: Atsushi Muroga – Score
Best Screenplay: Kazunori Itō – Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, Ghost in the Shell / Kōkaku Kidōtai
Best Cinematography: Noboru Shinoda – Love Letter
Best New Talent:
- Reiko Kataoka – Ai no Shinsekai, Kamikaze Taxi
- Sawa Suzuki – Gokudo no Onna-tachi: Akai Kizuna, Ai no Shinsekai, Nihon Ichi Mijikai 'Haha' e no Tegami, Teito Monogatari Gaiden
- Miki Sakai – Love Letter
Best Technical: Shinji Higuchi – Gamera: Guardian of the Universe – For his special effects.
Special Jury Prize: Score – For the actors who played the "Score Gangs".
Special Prize: Ikuo Sekimoto – Gokudo no Onna-tachi: Akai Kizuna – For his work.

runner-up. Endless Waltz

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