The 22nd Mainichi Film Contest selected "Uei Uchiuchi, Haiyaku Tsumasa Hajime" for the Japanese Film Award, and the award ceremony for each category was held at the Mainichi Shimbun's Tokyo headquarters on February 10, 1968. The awards ceremony was held on February 10, 1968, at the Tokyo headquarters of the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper. From left to right in the front row: Tsuneyuki Amamiya (Japan Film Award = Toho), Sei Tomita (Best Director Award, on behalf of Shohei Imamura), Hisashi Yamauchi (Best Screenplay Award), Kunie Tanaka (Best Actor Award), Shima Iwashita (Best Actress Award), Kanae Tanaka (Mainichi Newspapers Chairman), Kei Yamamoto (Best Actor Supporting Role), Kimiko Nukamura (Best Actress Supporting Role, on behalf of Sachiko Sa), Chiyoo Umeda (Art Direction Award), Seiichiro Uno (Art Direction Award), and Seijiro Uno (Art Director Award). (Best Art Direction Award), Seiichiro Uno (Best Music Award), Hiroshi Takemura (Best Cinematography Award), back row from left: Toshio Tanaka (Best Sound Recording Award), Junichi Shizunaga (Best Educational Culture Film Award), Kazuhiko Watanabe (same), Hidehiko Kami (same), Takeji Takamura (same), Masanori Takegishi (same), Kyo Sumida (News Film Award), Hiroshi Shimomura (Special Award, proxy for the late Kenji Shimomura), Kazue Sasaki (Nobuo Ohto Award, proxy for Yoji Kuri) (Special Award, on behalf of the late Kanefumi Shimomura), and Kazue Sasaki (Noburo Oto Award, on behalf of Yoji Kuri) at the Mainichi Shimbun in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Cut from page 133 of the March 3 issue