** 2021 Smoke-free film awards and reasons for their endorsement **<Award for best picture> "The inattentive and inconsiderate fool" director Kotaro Wajima<Award for best leading actor> Seiyo Uchino, Theatre version: "What did you eat yesterday?"director Kazuhito Nakae<Special award> "Testing the taste of pancakes" director Taketo Uchiyama<Anime award> "Belle (princess and the dragon)" director Mamoru Hosoda<Stop smoking award> "A morning of farewell (Life’s terminal station)” director IzuruNarushima<Foreign language film award> "American utopia" director Spike Lee
Reason for endorsement<Award for best picture> " The inattentive and inconsiderate fool" director Kotaro Wajima
This depicts scenes of an elderly mother (Mariko Kaga) and her son (Tsukaji Muga) withintellectual disabilities living day by day in an old house while developing awkward relations
with a family who moves in next door.
This performance depicts and makes one think about the troubles caused by misunderstandings
and the strict rules in a society with imperfect people.
<Award for best leading actor> Seiyo Uchino, Theatre version: "What did you eat yesterday?"This is the theatre version of the familiar TV drama. Mr. Uchino, who has a strong image fromroles like "Kansuke Yamamoto," plays the role of a lively gay character. Despite various
problems of gay couples, one foundation of living is to cherish the time eating a delicious dinner
together.
<Special award> ""Testing the taste of pancakes" director Taketo Uchiyama
This documentary production introduces the career of the 99th Prime Minister Yoshihide Sugaand then reveals a hidden truth in a poker face. The content of political movies tends to bedifficult to understand, but this production uses easy to understand anime as politicalentertainment.
<Anime film award> “Belle (princess and the dragon)" director Mamoru Hosoda
A girl who could not sing because of the shock from her mother's death becomes able to singusing avatars in a virtual community, creating a big hit. It is depicted beautifully as the charactersearches for a “dragon” who is seeking rescue nearby, while implying despair from life inmodern society.
<Stop smoking award> "A morning of farewell (Life’s terminal station)” director Izuru
Narushima
Sayuri Yoshinaga, a who plays the role of a female doctor, says “do not smoke” when a terminal
cancer patient (Eiko Koike) tries to smoke and stops her from smoking. Tobacco appears on
screen, but I would like to acknowledge the line that stops smoking.

<Foreign language film award> "American utopia" director Spike Lee
Director Spike Lee has reconstructed David Byrne's Broadway show as a movie. This is a
performance in which artists of various backgrounds come together to play musical instruments
on stage while also asking questions about social issues through singing and dancing. Although
this is a show that would be difficult to organize in Japan, the movie creates memories for alifetime.
* Dirty ashtray award:
Movies in which tobacco, tobacco smoke, and product placement are shown more thannecessary.
・ "Drive my car" PG12 (Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Bitters end)・ "Character" PG12 (Director Akira Nagai, Toho)
・ "All of us could not become adults" PG12 (Director Yoshihiro Mori, Bitters End)