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    Award of the Japanese Academy

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    Best Actor

    • Ken Takakura in Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)
      Winner
      • Ken Takakura
      • The Railroad Man
    • Kiichi Nakai in Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2003)
      • Kiichi Nakai
      • Owls' Castle
    • Kaoru Kobayashi in Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (2004)
      • Kaoru Kobayashi
      • Himitsu
    • Kôji Yakusho at an event for Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
      • Kôji Yakusho
      • Jubaku: Spellbound
    • Masahiro Motoki in Departures (2008)
      • Masahiro Motoki
      • Gemini

    Best Actress

    • Winner
      • Shinobu Ôtake
      • The Railroad Man
    • [object Object]

      Keiho

      6.8 (230)
    • Ryôko Hirosue in Key of Life (2012)
      • Ryôko Hirosue
      • Himitsu
      • Shinobu Ôtake
      • The Black House
      • Shigeru Muroi
      • Nodo jiman

    Best Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Owls' Castle

      6.1 (564)
      Yoshinobu Nishioka
    • [object Object]

      Jubaku: Spellbound

      6.6 (200)
      Kyôko Heya
    • The Geisha House (1998)
      Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Ryûhei Matsuda, and Shinji Takeda in Taboo (1999)
      • The Geisha House
      • Taboo
      Yoshinobu Nishioka
    • [object Object]

      The Railroad Man

      7.1 (1.5K)
      Katsuhiro Fukuzawa

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Railroad Man

      7.1 (1.5K)
      Daisaku Kimura
    • [object Object]

      Owls' Castle

      6.1 (564)
      Tatsuo Suzuki
    • [object Object]

      Taboo

      6.8 (8.3K)
      Toyomichi Kurita
    • [object Object]

      Jubaku: Spellbound

      6.6 (200)
      Yoshitaka Sakamoto
    • [object Object]

      The Geisha House

      7.0 (262)
      Daisaku Kimura

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Yasuo Furuhata
      • The Railroad Man
    • Masahiro Shinoda
      • Masahiro Shinoda
      • Owls' Castle
    • Nagisa Ôshima
      • Nagisa Ôshima
      • Taboo
    • Masato Harada at an event for The Last Samurai (2003)
      • Masato Harada
      • Jubaku: Spellbound
    • Kinji Fukasaku
      • Kinji Fukasaku
      • The Geisha House

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jubaku: Spellbound

      6.6 (200)
      Akimasa Kawashima
    • [object Object]

      Owls' Castle

      6.1 (564)
      Hiroshi Yoshida
    • [object Object]

      Taboo

      6.8 (8.3K)
      Tomoyo Ôshima
    • [object Object]

      The Geisha House

      7.0 (262)
      Kôichi Sonoi
    • [object Object]

      The Railroad Man

      7.1 (1.5K)
      Kiyoaki Saitô

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Railroad Man

      7.1 (1.5K)
    • [object Object]

      Owls' Castle

      6.1 (564)
    • [object Object]

      Taboo

      6.8 (8.3K)
    • [object Object]

      Kikujiro

      7.7 (23K)
    • [object Object]

      Jubaku: Spellbound

      6.6 (200)

    Best Foreign Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Sixth Sense

      8.2 (1.1M)
      USA.
    • [object Object]

      Elizabeth

      7.4 (109K)
    • [object Object]

      The Matrix

      8.7 (2.2M)
    • [object Object]

      Shakespeare in Love

      7.1 (240K)
    • [object Object]

      Life Is Beautiful

      8.6 (786K)

    Best Lighting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Railroad Man

      7.1 (1.5K)
      Mitsuo Watanabe
    • [object Object]

      Owls' Castle

      6.1 (564)
      Yoshio Unno
    • [object Object]

      Taboo

      6.8 (8.3K)
    • [object Object]

      Jubaku: Spellbound

      6.6 (200)
      Takeshi Ohkubo
    • [object Object]

      The Geisha House

      7.0 (262)
      Kiyoto Andô

    Best Music Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kikujiro

      7.7 (23K)
      Joe Hisaishi
    • [object Object]

      Owls' Castle

      6.1 (564)
      Jôji Yuasa
    • [object Object]

      Jubaku: Spellbound

      6.6 (200)
      Masahiro Kawasaki
    • [object Object]

      The Geisha House

      7.0 (262)
      Masamichi Amano
    • [object Object]

      The Railroad Man

      7.1 (1.5K)
      Ryouichi Kuniyoshi

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Railroad Man

      7.1 (1.5K)
      Yoshiki Iwama
      Yasuo Furuhata
    • [object Object]

      Keiho

      6.8 (230)
      Sumio Ohmori
    • [object Object]

      Taboo

      6.8 (8.3K)
      Nagisa Ôshima
    • [object Object]

      Jubaku: Spellbound

      6.6 (200)
      Ryo Takasugi
      Satoshi Suzuki
      Mugita Kinoshita
    • [object Object]

      The Geisha House

      7.0 (262)
      Kaneto Shindô

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Railroad Man

      7.1 (1.5K)
      Kenichi Benitani
    • [object Object]

      Keiho

      6.8 (230)
      Fumio Hashimoto
    • [object Object]

      Owls' Castle

      6.1 (564)
      Tetsuo Segawa
    • [object Object]

      Taboo

      6.8 (8.3K)
      Kunio Andô
    • [object Object]

      Jubaku: Spellbound

      6.6 (200)
      Hitoshi Tsurumaki
      Jun Nakamura

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Winner
      • Nenji Kobayashi
      • The Railroad Man
      • Takaya Kamikawa
      • Owls' Castle
      • Shinji Takeda
      • Taboo
    • Takeshi Kitano and Kippei Shîna in Outrage (2010)
      • Kippei Shîna
      • Jubaku: Spellbound
    • Masahiko Nishimura
      • Masahiko Nishimura
      • The Black House

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Kayoko Kishimoto in Fireworks (1997)
      Winner
      • Kayoko Kishimoto
      • Kikujiro
    • Kayoko Kishimoto in Fireworks (1997)
      • Kayoko Kishimoto
      • Himitsu
      • Mayumi Wakamura
      • Jubaku: Spellbound
      • Sumiko Fuji
      • The Geisha House
    • Ryôko Hirosue in Key of Life (2012)
      • Ryôko Hirosue
      • The Railroad Man

    Newcomer of the Year

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Andromedia

      4.7 (530)
      Takako Uehara
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Andromedia

      4.7 (530)
      Issa Hentona
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Salaryman Kintaro

      5.6 (370)
      Katsunori Takahashi
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Taboo

      6.8 (8.3K)
      Ryûhei Matsuda
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ôsaka monogatari

      6.2 (103)
      Chizuru Ikewaki
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Geisha House

      7.0 (262)
      Maki Miyamoto

    Popularity Award

    Edit

    Most Popular Performer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Messengers

      7.0 (264)
      Hiroyuki Yabe

    Special Award

    Edit
    • Winner
      • Masaru Satô
      For his work.
    • Kazuo Miyagawa
      Winner
      • Kazuo Miyagawa
      For his work.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I Love You

      7.1 (35)
      To the people and companies who made the film.
    • Winner
      • Sunao Sakagami
      For his work as a producer.
    • Winner
      • Utaemon Ichikawa
      For his career.

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    Event date

    March 10, 2000

    Event location

    Japan

    Event links

    • http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/

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