2 Japanese films awarded Oscars

LOS ANGELES, United States - Japanese actress Ryoko Hirosue speaks at a news conference after the Japanese film ''Okuribito'' (Departures), in which she played the wife of the leading man, won an Oscar as the best foreign language film at the 81st Annual Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood, California, on Feb. 22.

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