:17th Yokohama Film Festival
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| location = Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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| date = 4 February 1996
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The {{Nihongo|17th Yokohama Film Festival|第17回ヨコハマ映画祭}} was held on 4 February 1996 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.{{cite news|url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/rekishi/rekishi_index.html|title=ヨコハマ映画祭の歴史|trans-title=History of Yokohama Film Festival|accessdate=2015-04-18|publisher=Yokohama Film Festival|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041116151530/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/rekishi/rekishi_index.html|archive-date=2004-11-16|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Yokohama_Film_Festival/1996|accessdate=2009-04-16|publisher=Internet Movie Database|title=Yokohama Film Festival: 1996}}{{Dead link|date=July 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Awards
- Best Film: Love Letter{{cite web|url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/17-1995/17_1995_shou.html |title=第１７回ヨコハマ映画祭: １９９５年日本映画個人賞 |publisher=Yokohama Film Festival homepage |date=2005-10-30 |accessdate=2009-04-19 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928063508/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/17-1995/17_1995_shou.html |archivedate=2012-09-28 }}
- Best Actor: Etsushi Toyokawa – Love Letter
- Best Actress: Miho Nakayama – Love Letter
- Best Supporting Actor: Kazuhiko Kanayama – Burai Heiya, Shin Kanashiki Hittoman
- Best Supporting Actress: Shinobu Nakayama – Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
- Best Director:
- Shūsuke Kaneko – Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
- Shunji Iwai – Love Letter
- Best New Director: Atsushi Muroga – Score
- Best Screenplay: Kazunori Itō – Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, Ghost in the Shell / Kōkaku Kidōtai
- Best Cinematography: Noboru Shinoda – Love Letter
- Best New Talent:
- Reiko Kataoka – Ai no Shinsekai, Kamikaze Taxi
- Sawa Suzuki – Gokudo no Onna-tachi: Akai Kizuna, Ai no Shinsekai, Nihon Ichi Mijikai 'Haha' e no Tegami, Teito Monogatari Gaiden
- Miki Sakai – Love Letter
- Best Technical: Shinji Higuchi – Gamera: Guardian of the Universe – For his special effects.
- Special Jury Prize: Score – For the actors who played the "Score Gangs".
- Special Prize: Ikuo Sekimoto – Gokudo no Onna-tachi: Akai Kizuna – For his work.
Best 10
- Love Letter{{cite web|url= http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/17-1995/17_1995_best10.html|title= １９９５年度 日本映画ベストテン|accessdate= 5 July 2014|work= homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai|language= Japanese|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052902/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/17-1995/17_1995_best10.html|archive-date= 4 March 2016|url-status= dead}}
- Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
- Ai no Shinsekai
- Kamikaze Taxi
- Gonin
- Burai Heiya
- Boxer Joe
- Tōkyō Kyōdai
- Ashita
- Score
:runner-up. Endless Waltz