Actress Nana Mori appeared at the 50th Elan d'or Awards ceremony held in Tokyo on February 4th. She was dressed in black to celebrate the award winner, Amane Okayama.
Mori and Okayama co-starred in the drama "Hira Yasumi," which aired on NHK's night drama program last year. Mori congratulated his "Big Brother Hiro," saying, "It was really fun acting together. If there was a place where Okayama could receive his reward, I would definitely have rushed over, so I'm happy to be able to celebrate like this."
Okayama said, "I was once again reminded of the joy I felt to be able to work with Mori on such an important and wonderful production as Hirayasumi."
The Elan d'or Awards are an awards system that began in 1956. This year, the Newcomer Award was removed and the winners were Amane Okayama, Kaho, Jiro Sato, Akari Takaishi, Hokuto Matsumura and Kyoko Yoshine of the popular group SixTONES. The Producer's Award went to Chieko Murata of the film "National Treasure," and Ayaka Sugita and Izumi Maruyama of the TBS drama series "So, You Make It," while the Producer's Encouragement Award went to Shota Okada of the film "Bomb" and Rena Oda of the Nippon TV drama series "Hot Spot."
