The awards ceremony of the Yokohama Film Festival were held on Sunday. "Yureru" won four awards: Best Film, Best Actor (Teruyuki Kagawa), and Best Director and Best Screenplay (both for Miwa Nishikawa).

Best Actress was awarded to Yu Aoi for "Hula Girl" and "Honey and Clover." Takashi Sasano won Best Supporting Actor, while Kazue Fukiishi and Yuko Nakamura were co-winners of the Best Supporting Actress award. Best Newcomers were Kenichi Matsuyama and Yuriko Yoshitaka.

Isao Ishii won Best Cinematography for "Strawberry Shortcakes." Takayuki Nakamura earned Best New Director, and his film "Yokohama Mary" also was given the special Judges' Prize.

Fuji TV has announced its new "Getsu 9" drama (Monday 9:00pm) for the spring. The romantic comedy series is tentatively titled "Proposal Daisakusen," and stars Tomohisa Yamashita of NEWS and popular actress Masami Nagasawa. The two have appeared together once before, in the 2005 drama "Dragon Zakura."

The two play a young man and woman who have been friends for seven years. Yamashita's character is obstinate and unskilled in love, but he has fallen for the lively and cheerful woman played by Nagasawa, who is about to get married. While attending the wedding ceremony, a sudden time slip sends the man back in time, giving him a second chance to make her his girlfriend.

Naohito Fujiki will also appear in the series.

Kadokawa Holdings has announced its plans to start selling its films in the U.S. over BitTorrent. Kadokawa Herald Pictures, the film production and distribution arm of the company, will supply the digital content, while the business will be managed by subsidiary Kadokawa Pictures U.S.

Kadokawa is the first Japanese company to offer content through BitTorrent in the United States. Films will be sold starting this month, with about 30 movies initially available, including the horror hit "Ringu."