30th Yokohama Film Festival
The 30th Yokohama Film Festival was held on 1 February 2009 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.Awards
- Best Film: Yōjirō Takita – Departures
- Best Actor: Kaoru Kobayashi – Kyūka and Kanki no Uta
- Best Actress: Eiko Koike – The Kiss
- Best Supporting Actor: Hidetoshi Nishijima – Kyūka, Tōnan Kadobeya Nikai no Onna, Oka o Koete
- Best Supporting Actress:
- *Ryōko Hirosue – Departures
- *Kimiko Yo – Departures, Maboroshi no Yamataikoku, Oka o Koete
- Best Director: Yōjirō Takita – Departures
- Best New Director: Yoshitaka Mori – Hyaku Hachi
- Best Screenplay: Kunitoshi Manda and Tamami Manda – The Kiss
- Best Cinematographer: Akiko Ashizawa – Tokyo Sonata, Kimi no Tomodachi, Shiawase no Kaori
- Best New Talent:
- *Riisa Naka – Cafe Isobe
- *Anna Ishibashi – Kimi no Tomodachi
- *Sarara Tsukifune – Sekai de Ichiban Utsukushii Yoru
- Special Jury Prize: Yoshitaka Mori – Hatsuratsu to Shite Suteki na Yokohama Eiga no Tanjō ni
Best 10
- Departures
- Gururi no koto
- Still Walking
- Children of the Dark
- United Red Army
- The Kiss
- Tokyo Sonata
- Climber's High
- Kimi no Tomodachi
- Kyūka