Satomi Ishihara, Best Actress at Hochi Film Awards & Riho Yoshioka, Best Supporting Actress at Hochi Film Awards – Two of the most glamorous figures in the film industry in 2024

Satomi Ishihara in front of her parents

On December 16, the 49th Hochi Film Awards ceremony was held in Tokyo, and actress Satomi Ishihara (37), who won the Best Actress Award for her role in the film “Missing,” took the stage in a glamorous white dress.

She said, “I made my debut at the age of 15 in a movie and received my first award at the age of 16, the Hochi Film Award for Best Newcomer. I vividly remember my parents joining me with tears in their eyes. It has been 21 years since then. This is my first Best Actress Award, and I am so happy.”

Ishihara expressed her joy in front of her parents who were in attendance.

In “Missing,” she passionately played a mother who desperately searches for her missing daughter but is gradually broken by the temperature difference with her husband and the public’s slander.” At the completion preview of the film held in April 2012, Ishihara shared an episode in which she directly asked director Keisuke Yoshida seven years ago to ‘let me play myself (in the film). Although she was turned down once, the director contacted her three years later and decided to let her appear in the film. He went into the shoot with the feeling of ‘I want you to destroy my past self,’ and his performance was uncanny. His performance was uncanny.

After the greeting on stage, Ishihara returned to her seat and high-fived with her husband, Takataka Aoki (44). She had a big smile on her face.

There was another actress who shined at the awards ceremony. Riho Yoshioka, 31, won the Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in the film “Shintai. The eyes of the audience were glued to Yoshioka’s appearance in a jet-black dress that exposed much of her chest and back, but even before she took the stage, Yoshioka herself looked quite nervous.

Riho Yoshioka shed tears.

In the film, she plays a freelance writer who lives with a wanted man who commits a heinous crime, but she is attracted to him even though she is vaguely aware of his “true identity. She plays the role of a freelance writer who is attracted to and lives with a wanted man who committed a heinous crime. She gives a wonderful performance as a woman who is torn between her beliefs as a writer and her desire to trust the man she loves,” said a reporter.

On stage, Yoshioka revealed her feelings, saying, “I’m so full of feelings. …… And,

I felt like I was given a push to keep that stance and do my best,” she said.

I shed tears. The film also won the Best Picture Award. The lead actor, Ryusei Yokohama (28), won the Best Actor Award. The three-day box-office total exceeded 200 million yen. It became a blockbuster hit.

The success of Ishihara and Yoshioka brought a great light to the Japanese film industry in the future.