Nandu News Reporter Liu Yifan On March 10, the 17th Asian Film Awards was held at the Hong Kong Opera Center. At this year's Asian Film Awards, Japanese filmmakers performed outstandingly. "Best Film" and "Best Director" were given to Hamaguchi Ryusuke's "Evil Does Not Exist" and Kore-eda Hirokazu who directed " monster " respectively; they previously won Cannes Koji Yakusho, the "Best Actor" at the International Film Festival, won again that night, defeating two powerful actors, Tony Leung and Wu Kangren; the "Godzilla-1.0" team won the "Best Visual Effects" and "Best Visual Effects" respectively. "Best Sound"; Eiko Ishibashi won "Best Original Music" for "Evil Does Not Exist"; Ryohei Suzuki won the "Outstanding Asian Filmmaker Award".
Hirokazu Kore-eda won "Best Director".
Mainland Chinese filmmakers also made some achievements at this year's Asian Film Awards. Jiang Qinqin won the "Best Actress" for "The World of Grass and Trees". She gave an acceptance speech and said: "Thank you to the movie for letting me know the world and understand it." At the same time, she also thanked actor Wu Lei, who played her son in the film, : "Thank you to my rival actor Wu Lei, thank you for being willing to enter this hell with me, which is also our paradise." "After the news of Jiang Qinqin winning the award came out, Wu Lei posted on Weibo to express his excitement: "My voice has become hoarse. Congratulations to Sister Qinqin! You deserve it!"
Jiang Qinqin won the "Best Actress".
Zhao Liying won the "AFA New Generation Award".
The "afa New Generation Award" of this year's Asian Film Awards was awarded to another mainland Chinese actor Zhao Liying. After winning the award, she said, "This honor is an incentive. It encourages me to film well, perform well, and work harder to participate in In good movies... I love movies, dramas, and acting even more. I am the actor Zhao Liying."
Zhang Yimou received two awards that night, one for "The Highest Box Office Asian Movie in 2023" and one for Was awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Award".
Zhang Yimou received the award twice.
It is worth mentioning that this year's "Best Screenplay" was awarded to the late Tibetan director Wanma Tseden. Wanma Tseden died in May 2023 due to a sudden altitude sickness, and the award-winning film "Snow Leopard " is his legacy.
List of winners of the 17th Asian Film Awards
Best Film: Ryusuke Hamaguchi, "Evil Does Not Exist"
Best Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda, "Monster"
Best Actor: Koji Yakusho, "Perfect Days"
Best Actress: Jiang Qinqin "The World of Grass and Trees"
Best Supporting Actor: Park Hoon "Seoul Spring"
Best Supporting Actress: Liang Yongting "Under the Sun"
Best Screenplay: Wanma Caidan "Snow Leopard"
Best New Director: Zhuo Yiqian "Diary of a Young Man"
Best New Actor: Teregler Bolerdeni "City of Winds"
Best Editing: Kim Sang-beom "Seoul Spring"
Best Cinematography: Marty Yas Delph's "Snow Leopard"
Best Art Direction: Lin Ziqiao " Goldfinger "
Best Style Design: Wen Nianzhong "Goldfinger"
Best Visual Effects: Yamazaki Takashi, Shibuya Kieko, Gao Masaki Hashi and Tatsuji Nojima "Godzilla-1.0"
Best Sound: Natsuko Inoue "Godzilla-1.0"
Best Original Music: Eiko Ishibashi "Evil Does Not Exist"
Lifetime Achievement Award: Zhang Yimou
2023 The highest-grossing Asian film of the year: Zhang Yimou's "Manjiang Hong "
Outstanding Asian Filmmaker Award: Lee Young-ae, Ryohei Suzuki
Asian Leap Actor Award: Win Metawin (Metavin Opacian Kajun)
afa New Generation Award: Zhao Liying