42nd Yokohama Film Festival

The was held on 5 February 2021. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the physical awards ceremony was cancelled and an official pamphlet was released on 5 February 2021. The winners had been notified on 5 December 2020, and given their prizes individually.

Awards

• Best Film: - Labyrinth of Cinema
• Best Director: Hideo Jojo - ' and Dangerous Drugs of Sex
• Yoshimitsu Morita Memorial Best New Director: Takuya Uchiyama - '
• Best Screenplay: - A Beloved Wife and Underdog Parts 1 and 2
• Best Cinematographer: - ' and '
• Best Actor: Kazunari Ninomiya - The Asadas
• Best Actress: Asami Mizukawa - A Beloved Wife and Runway
• Best Supporting Actor:
• - The Voice of Sin and The Real Thing
• Naoto Ogata - '
• Best Supporting Actress: Aju Makita - True Mothers and '
• Best Newcomer:
• Nana Mori - Last Letter, 461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son, and '
• - ' and His
• Hio Miyazawa - His
• Sakurako Konishi - First Love, , and '
• Examiner Special Award:: - '
• Special Grand Prize: Nobuhiko Obayashi and Kyoko Obayashi - Labyrinth of Cinema

Top 10

1. Labyrinth of Cinema
2. A Beloved Wife
3. The Asadas
4. True Mothers
5. Wife of a Spy
6. '
7. The Voice of Sin
8. The Real Thing
9. '
10. '