TBS-Japan has been honoured with three awards at the recent 51st Monte Carlo Television Festival for its drama A School Behind Bars.
Winning three awards simultaneously is extremely rare. A School Behind Bars won the Best TV Film Award, Best Actor Award, and the Monaco Red Cross Award. The latter honours programmes that demonstrate at least one of the ideals of the Red Cross: humanity, impartiality, independence, neutrality, charity, unity, universality. This is the first time that the award has been given to a Japanese broadcaster.
A School Behind Bars is about the life of the teachers and the students at the only public junior high school in Japan, that is situated inside a prison. The drama explores the meaning of life and the importance of receiving an education.
In accepting the award, Producer Masakazu Kitagawa said: "I wanted to convey the importance of life and learning. I believe that it is my responsibility as a producer, to continue producing dramas that reflect the importance of life, education, and family".
Acclaimed actor Ken Watanabe, who played a teacher, won the Best Actor Award. It is the second time that TBS has won the Best Actor Award in the TV Film category.
Japan was a big winner at Monte Carlo, with its haul of five awards. NHK-Japan's drama Threads of Our Hearts, won the AMADE Prize while a Japanese production Laugh it Away and Say Goodbye won an award for Best News Documentary.
(Source : Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union)
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