23rd Japan Film Professional Awards

The was the 23rd edition of the Japan Film Professional Awards. Films of 2013 which had not already won a major domestic film award were eligible. The ceremony took place on June 28, 2014, at Theatre Shinjuku in Tokyo.

Awards

• Best Film: Bozo
• Best Director: (A Story of Yonosuke)
• Best Actress: Atsuko Maeda (Tamako in Moratorium)
• Best Actor: Kengo Kora (A Story of Yonosuke)
• Best New Director: (')
• Best New Encouragement: Cast of '
• Best New Actress: Mayuko Iwasa (Cult, Passion)
• Best New Male Actor: (Bozo)
• Special: (Flashback Memories 3D)

10 best films

1. Bozo (Tatsushi Ōmori)
2. ' ()
3. A Story of Yonosuke ()
4. The Backwater (Shinji Aoyama)
5. Flashback Memories 3D ()
6. Tamako in Moratorium (Nobuhiro Yamashita)
7. See You Tomorrow, Everyone (Yoshihiro Nakamura)
8. Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend (Takashi Ishii)
9. A Band Rabbit and a Boy ()
10. Real (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)