‘‘Akunin’’ (Villain) were chosen as the best films released in Japan in 2010, movie magazine publisher Kinema Junposha Co announced Wednesday. Yang Ik June, who directed ‘‘Breathless,’’ also wrote the script and starred in, edited and produced the film depicting the struggles of a man at the bottom of a social pyramid and a female...

Eri Fukatsu won the best actress award at the 2010 Montreal World Film Festival in Canada on Monday for her performance in the Japanese film ‘‘Akunin’’ (Villain), directed by Lee Sang Il, according to the movie’s distributor in Japan. At the award ceremony in Montreal on the closing day of the 34th edition of the...