中島哲也監督「告白」獲最優秀作品賞

Recently the NHK News reported the following:
映画関係者が選ぶ日本アカデミー賞のことしの最優秀作品賞は、中島哲也監督の「告白」が受賞しました。
授賞式は、１８日、東京都内のホテルで開かれ、各賞が発表されました。このうち最優秀作品賞には、中島哲也監督の「告白」が選ばれました。「告白」は、湊かなえさんのベストセラー小説が原作で、幼い娘を自分のクラスの生徒に殺害された中学校の女性教師の復しゅう劇を描いた作品です。このほかの部門では、殺人を犯した男と出会い系サイトで知り合った女性との逃避行を描いた李相日監督の「悪人」が、妻夫木聡さんが最優秀主演男優賞、深津絵里さんが最優秀主演女優賞を受賞するなど、俳優部門の賞を独占し、最も多い５部門で受賞しました。記者会見で、中島哲也監督は「こうした題材の映画を受け入れてもらい、日本映画のバリエーションを増やすことに役立てたと思う」と話していました。また、深津絵里さんは「最高の監督、スタッフ、共演者などみんなの力で頂けたと思う。この場にいない妻夫木さんとはあとで一緒に抱き合って喜びたいです」と話していました。
(試譯)
Film director Tetsuya Nakashima's "Confession" won this year's best film award of the Japanese Academy Award that chose people who were related to movies.
The ceremony was held at the hotel in Tokyo on the 18th, and each award was announced. Film director Tetsuya Nakashima's "Confession" was picked out among others and chosen for the best film award. "Confession" was created based on the original story in a best-selling novel of Soukanae-san , and the drama was about a female junior high school teacher who revenged for her infant daughter murdered by a student of her class. Besides, in other awards, film director Riaiasa's "Bad Man" that described a man who had committed homicide escaped with a woman acquainted through the online dating Web site, actor Tsumaottokisatoshi-san won the award for best actor, Fukatsueri-san won the Best Actress award, monopolised the awards for Film Acting, and as much as 5 awards were won. Film director Tetsuya Nakashima spoke in a press interview that "Movies with such themes are accepted, and it is thought that it is useful to increase the variation of Japanese movies". Moreover, Fukatsueri-san said "I think I was able to get every one's effort such as the top supervisor, the staff, and the costars. Later I want to embrace happily with Tsumaottoki-san together who is not here at the moment".

My congratulations go to film director Tetsuya Nakashima.