Popular actor-singer Masaharu Fukuyama won the award for best actor in a leading role for his performance in "Chinmoku no Parade" ("Silent Parade") at the Hochi Eigasho film award ceremony held at a Tokyo hotel on Thursday.
The Hochi awards herald the beginning of the major film award race this season.
"I was 18 when I came to Tokyo with determination to become somebody. I feel as if I've achieved the goal once here," Fukuyama, 53, said, expressing his joy.
