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Fukatsu best actress at Montreal

Eri Fukatsu has won the best actress award at the 2010 Montreal World Film Festival in Canada for her performance in Akunin (Villain), directed by Lee Sang Il, according to distributor Toho Co.

At the award ceremony Sept. 6 on the closing day of the 34th edition of the festival, Fukatsu expressed her thanks in French and said, "I think this is an award given to the (film's) entire staff. I am very happy."

Fukatsu, also known for her role as the mistress of a gang boss in the 2008 movie The Magic Hour, became the second Japanese actress to take home the best actress trophy, after Yuko Tanaka, who won the prize in 1983 for Amagi Goe. (Kyodo News)

Shukan ST: September 17, 2010

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