Okinawa 2014: ONE THIRD Wins The Golden SHISA

The jury, headed by veteran director, screenwriter and producer Nakajima Sadao along with Gary Tang, Narahashi Yoko, Higa Etsuko and LiLiCo, awarded the Special Jury Prize: Golden SHISA Award to Shinagawa Hiroshi's One Third (Check out James Marsh's review here).

The main competition section of the festival is split into two separate categories, 'Laugh' and 'Peace' representing the main concept of the festival. Taking home the prize in the Laugh Category was Katsuhide Motoki for Ultrafast! Sankinkotai, the story of a feudal lord in ancient Japan who must make his way to Edo in just four days to visit the shogun. South Korea's Miss Granny won in the Peace category and director Hwang Dong-hyuk and actress Shim Eun-kyung were present to accept the award for their wonderful fantasy comedy.

The Creator's Factor Grand Prix went to Fukada Koji for his film Inabe. Fukada's previous work Au revoir l' été debuted at last years Tokyo International Film Festival and made it's way to Rotterdam earlier this year.

For the newest category in the competition, TV Director's Movie, Love Session won Best Film with Shidou Nakamura and Manami Konishi winning Best Actor and Best Actress respectively.