Mainichi Film Awards


The Mainichi Film Awards
are a series of annual film awards, sponsored by Mainichi Shimbun, one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan, since 1946. It is the first film festival in Japan.

History

The origins of the contest date back to 1935, when the Mainichi Shinbun organized a festival then called Zen Nihon eiga konkūru. It was interrupted during World War 2. The current form of the Mainichi Film Awards officially came into being in 1946.

Awards