Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist was named best film at the Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong on March 10.

While Hamaguchi was not at the ceremony, held in the Grand Theatre of the Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District, the top prize was accepted in-person by the fillm’s composer Eiko Ishibashi, cinematographer Yoshio Kitagawa and co-editor Azusa Yamzaki.

As previously announced, receiving two honours including a lifetime achievement award was Chinese director Zhang Yimou, the acclaimed filmmaker of recent box office smash Full River Red, for which he received AFAs 2023 Highest-Grossing Asian Film Award.

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