Blue Ribbon Awards
| Blue Ribbon Awards | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in film making |
| Country | Japan |
| First awarded | 1950 |
| Official website | cinemahochi |
The Blue Ribbon Awards (ブルーリボン賞 Burū Ribon Shō?) are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan.
The awards were established in 1950 by The Association of Tokyo Film Journalists (東京映画記者会 Tōkyō Eiga Kishakai?) which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers. In 1961, the six major Japanese newspapers (Yomiuri Shinbun, Asahi Shinbun, Mainichi Shinbun, Sankei Shimbun, Tokyo Shimbun and Nihon Keizai Shinbun) as well as the Japanese Associated Press withdrew their support for the Blue Ribbon Awards and established the Association of Japanese Film Journalists Awards (日本映画記者会賞 Nihon Eiga Kishakai Shō?), (which were held a mere six times). In 1967, the awards were cancelled as a result of the Black Mist Scandal. In 1975, the awards were revived, and have continued until the present day. The annual award ceremony is held in a variety of places in Tokyo every February.
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