"Naoki-san, do you have time to come to the company now? Shohei Imamura is here and wants to communicate with the award winners of the main competition unit of the film festival."

"Communicate with me?" Nagayama Naoki was surprised, "Isn't this all given to him? This was agreed upon when I invited him over~"

"Haha, it's not a bad thing." Itou Shuichi said, "Anyway, if you have nothing to do, come to the building. It's better to talk in person!"

Nagayama Naoki looked around and saw that nothing happened:

"Okay~"

........

It took less than half an hour to get to Ikebukuro with the convertible open, which is shorter than most people's commute.

This is the advantage of buying a house in the core area of ​​the main city~

Walking into the main entrance of Shuyou Building, Naoki Nagayama greeted Yukika Suzuki directly at the front desk:

"Xingxia-chan, good morning~"

"Ah, Naoki-san, you're here!"

"Um...where are Shuichi-san and the others?"

"Shuichi-san is entertaining guests in his office..." Suzuki Yukari replied immediately.

"It's in his office~" Nagayama Naoki nodded, "Then I'll go there first... By the way, make me a pot of good tea and use the tea leaves in my office~"

"Hi!"

Itou Shuichi's office is on the same floor as Nagayama Naoki Yoshimura Otomo, but Nagayama Naoki has rarely been there... Usually they gather in Otomo-san's office~

After Naoki Nagayama knocked on the door, he saw Itou Shuichi and Imamura Shohei sitting on the sofa chatting.

"Shuichi-san, Changping-san!"

"Naoki-san is here~" Itou Shuichi smiled and asked Nagayama Naoki to sit down, and went straight to the topic without any secret, "I met Shohei-san at the venue, and I happened to talk about the final award ceremony.

..."

Imamura Shohei continued: "Naoki-san... the winner of the main competition unit has been decided!"

"Haha, it's a lot ahead of schedule!"

The deadline is one hour before the awards ceremony, but it's obviously settled now.

Sure enough, all the awards were decided before they were announced!

"Because there are no surprises..." Imamura Shohei said, "I haven't participated in many movies this time..."

Because it is the first time, no company has done public relations long in advance, and it is a movie directed by a young director, without the influence of an old director, so the judges on the jury do not have so many trade-offs in making the selection, and it is very smooth~

"So, who will win the Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix (the grand prize at the film festival)?"

The tone of Nagayama Naoki's question was a bit frivolous, but Imamura Shohei was not too serious.

"The winner of the first Tokyo Sakura Award is "Typhoon Club"!" Imamura Shohei said, "The arrival of the typhoon allows teenagers to let go of their inner restraints and show their madness... The exploration of teenagers' psychology is very important.

Novel...gives people a very special feeling..."

"Well..."

Nagayama Naoki was noncommittal, he hadn't seen it... Speaking of which, as the organizer of the film festival, he didn't even watch all the participating films. It was really inappropriate!

"What about the other awards?" Itou Shuichi was also a little excited.

"For the Grand Jury Prize, we chose "Kiss of the Spider Woman". This film's multi-layered narrative also touches on homosexuality, politics, etc... It criticizes reality and shows humanitarianism..."

"Well..." I haven't seen it again...

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Imamura Shohei did not pause and continued to talk about other awards:

"The Best Director Award goes to Bittel Goffel - "Time Stands Still"..."

"The best actor is..."

"The best actress is..."

"Best Screenplay Award..." Shohei Imamura glanced at Naoki Nagayama, "The one we chose is Naoki Nagayama - "Don't Stop the Camera"!"

"This narrative structure is very novel, a play within a play... very bold and very novel..."

"Eh?!" Nagayama Naoki was surprised, "Me? Did I participate too?!"

Itou Shuichi explained from the side: "Of course, as a tree friend of the organizer, how can we not participate? Of course we signed up!"

"Naoki-san, according to your age, you are also a young director!" Imamura Shohei said with a smile, "Speaking of which, if this year were not limited, Naoki-san's "The Summer of Kikujiro" would win many awards!!"

"...Hahaha~"

Naoki Nagayama scratched his head. He really didn’t think he would win the prize, nor was he prepared.

"But as the organizer, if I win the award, will people think I have some shady secrets?!"

Imamura Shohei's face turned serious:

"This selection result can be said to be the fairest among the film selections I have ever participated in! If anyone has any objections to the selection results, let him come to me!!!"

Because Naoki Nagayama gave full power of judging to Imamura Shohei, the jury was completely unaffected by the parties involved in the film. This selection was entirely made by the judges based on their own judgment of the film itself...

..More fair and impartial than other film award selections!

Itou Shuichi comforted Imamura Shohei:

"Changping-san, no one will have any objections! We all believe in you!"

Then he glanced at Naoki Nagayama: "Naoki-san, didn't you just win the best screenplay? You even won the Palme d'Or, so what are you worried about!"

"Haha, that's right!"

Naoki Nagayama laughed,

"However, I have to give my acceptance speech again...it's really a headache!"

Imamura Shohei rolled his eyes!

"This is a trouble that many people dream of!"

There is less than a week left before the end of the Tokyo International Film Festival. With the full support of all parties in the committee, the entire film festival is progressing very smoothly.

There are many films that have premiered at the film festival and have become famous, attracting film companies to purchase, and the transaction volume reached can almost catch up with the performance of some film studios for a whole year!

The final awards ceremony is an important ending of the film festival~

Nagayama Naoki also has to pay a little attention!
Chapter completed!