title: 12th Japan Film Professional Awards
text: # 12th Japan Film Professional Awards
  
  The 12th Japan Film Professional Awards (第12回日本映画プロフェッショナル大賞) is the 12th edition of the Japan Film Professional Awards. It awarded the best of 2002 in film. The ceremony did not take place in this year.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * Best Film: Harmful Insect
  * Best Director: Akihiko Shiota (Harmful Insect)
  * Best Director: Kunitoshi Manda (Unloved)
  * Best Actress: Yoko Moriguchi (Unloved)
  * Best Actor: Gorō Kishitani (Graveyard of Honor)
  * Best New Director: Nami Iguchi (Inuneko)
  
  ## 10 best films
  
  * Harmful Insect (Akihiko Shiota)
  * KT (Junji Sakamoto)
  * Blue Spring (Toshiaki Toyoda)
  * Sorry (Shin Togashi)
  * Graveyard of Honor (Takashi Miike)
  * Unloved (Kunitoshi Manda)
  * Doing Time (Yoichi Sai)
  * Aiki (Daisuke Tengan)
  * Yoru o Kakete (Su Jin-kim)
  * The Laughing Frog (Hideyuki Hirayama)
  * Suicide Club (Sion Sono)
  