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    Award of the Japanese Academy

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    Best Actor

    • Tomoko Ôtakara and Hidetaka Yoshioka in Rhapsody in August (1991)
      Winner
      • Hidetaka Yoshioka
      • Always: Sunset on Third Street
    • Hiroyuki Sanada
      • Hiroyuki Sanada
      • Aegis
    • Satoshi Tsumabuki in For Love's Sake (2012)
      • Satoshi Tsumabuki
      • Haru no yuki
    • Yûsuke Santamaria
      • Yûsuke Santamaria
      • Kôshônin: Mashita Masayoshi
      • Somegorô Ichikawa
      • Semishigure

    Best Actress

    • Winner
      • Sayuri Yoshinaga
      • Kita no zeronen
    • Koyuki at an event for The Last Samurai (2003)
      • Koyuki
      • Always: Sunset on Third Street
    • Yûko Takeuchi in Flashforward (2009)
      • Yûko Takeuchi
      • Haru no yuki
    • Mika Nakashima at an event for Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
      • Mika Nakashima
      • Nana
    • Yoshino Kimura and Anna Tsuchiya in Sakuran (2006)
      • Yoshino Kimura
      • Semishigure

    Best Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Always: Sunset on Third Street

      7.7 (2.6K)
      Anri Jôjô
    • [object Object]

      Aegis

      5.5 (311)
      Mitsuo Harada
    • [object Object]

      Haru no yuki

      6.6 (363)
      Osamu Yamaguchi
    • [object Object]

      Kita no zeronen

      6.6 (184)
    • [object Object]

      Semishigure

      7.1 (316)
      Akira Sakuragi

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Always: Sunset on Third Street

      7.7 (2.6K)
      Kôzô Shibasaki
    • [object Object]

      Aegis

      5.5 (311)
      Norimichi Kasamatsu
    • [object Object]

      Haru no yuki

      6.6 (363)
      Ping Bin Lee
    • [object Object]

      Kita no zeronen

      6.6 (184)
      Nobuyasu Kita
    • [object Object]

      Semishigure

      7.1 (316)
      Shinji Kugimiya

    Best Director

    • Takashi Yamazaki
      Winner
      • Takashi Yamazaki
      • Always: Sunset on Third Street
      • Junji Sakamoto
      • Aegis
      • Isao Yukisada
      • Kita no zeronen
      • Kazuyuki Izutsu
      • Pacchigi!
      • Mitsuo Kurotsuchi
      • Semishigure

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Always: Sunset on Third Street

      7.7 (2.6K)
      Ryûji Miyajima
    • [object Object]

      Aegis

      5.5 (311)
      William M. Anderson
    • [object Object]

      Haru no yuki

      6.6 (363)
      Takeshi Imai
    • [object Object]

      Kita no zeronen

      6.6 (184)
      Takeshi Imai
    • [object Object]

      Semishigure

      7.1 (316)
      Hiroshi Okuda

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Always: Sunset on Third Street

      7.7 (2.6K)
    • [object Object]

      Aegis

      5.5 (311)
    • [object Object]

      Kita no zeronen

      6.6 (184)
    • [object Object]

      Pacchigi!

      6.7 (458)
    • [object Object]

      Semishigure

      7.1 (316)

    Best Foreign Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Million Dollar Baby

      8.1 (752K)
    • [object Object]

      Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

      6.7 (556K)
    • [object Object]

      Cinderella Man

      8.0 (206K)
    • [object Object]

      The Phantom of the Opera

      7.2 (136K)
    • [object Object]

      Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

      7.6 (896K)

    Best Lighting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Always: Sunset on Third Street

      7.7 (2.6K)
      Ken'ichi Mizuno
    • [object Object]

      Aegis

      5.5 (311)
      Kenji Ishida
    • [object Object]

      Haru no yuki

      6.6 (363)
      Yûki Nakamura
    • [object Object]

      Kita no zeronen

      6.6 (184)
      Yûki Nakamura
    • [object Object]

      Semishigure

      7.1 (316)
      Sôsuke Yoshikado

    Best Music Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Always: Sunset on Third Street

      7.7 (2.6K)
      Naoki Satô
    • [object Object]

      Aegis

      5.5 (311)
      Trevor Jones
      Ryô Katsuji
    • [object Object]

      Haru no yuki

      6.6 (363)
      Tarô Iwashiro
    • [object Object]

      Kita no zeronen

      6.6 (184)
      Michiru Ôshima
    • [object Object]

      Semishigure

      7.1 (316)
      Tarô Iwashiro

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Always: Sunset on Third Street

      7.7 (2.6K)
      Takashi Yamazaki
      Ryôta Kosawa
    • [object Object]

      Aegis

      5.5 (311)
      Yasuo Hasegawa
      Kenzaburô Iida
    • [object Object]

      Kita no zeronen

      6.6 (184)
      Machiko Nasu
    • [object Object]

      Pacchigi!

      6.7 (458)
      Kazuyuki Izutsu
      Daisuke Habara
    • [object Object]

      Semishigure

      7.1 (316)
      Mitsuo Kurotsuchi

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Always: Sunset on Third Street

      7.7 (2.6K)
      Hitoshi Tsurumaki
    • [object Object]

      Aegis

      5.5 (311)
      Fumio Hashimoto
    • [object Object]

      Haru no yuki

      6.6 (363)
      Hiroki Ito
    • [object Object]

      Kita no zeronen

      6.6 (184)
      Hiroki Ito
    • [object Object]

      Semishigure

      7.1 (316)
      Yasuo Hashimoto

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Shin'ichi Tsutsumi in Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
      Winner
      • Shin'ichi Tsutsumi
      • Always: Sunset on Third Street
    • Kiichi Nakai in Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2003)
      • Kiichi Nakai
      • Aegis
    • Teruyuki Kagawa in Tokyo Sonata (2008)
      • Teruyuki Kagawa
      • Kita no zeronen
    • Etsushi Toyokawa
      • Etsushi Toyokawa
      • Kita no zeronen
    • Susumu Terajima in Fireworks (1997)
      • Susumu Terajima
      • Kôshônin: Mashita Masayoshi

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Winner
      • Hiroko Yakushimaru
      • Always: Sunset on Third Street
    • Michiyo Yasuda in Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966)
      • Michiyo Yasuda
      • Haru no yuki
    • Yuriko Ishida
      • Yuriko Ishida
      • Kita no zeronen
    • Satomi Ishihara in Attack on Titan Part 1 (2015)
      • Satomi Ishihara
      • Kita no zeronen
    • Shinobu Terajima
      • Shinobu Terajima
      • Tokyo Tower

    Newcomer of the Year

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Great Yokai War

      6.3 (2.8K)
      Ryûnosuke Kamiki
    • [object Object]

      Always: Sunset on Third Street

      7.7 (2.6K)
      Maki Horikita
    • [object Object]

      Nana

      7.0 (4.2K)
      Mika Nakashima
    • [object Object]

      Pacchigi!

      6.7 (458)
      Erika Sawajiri
    • [object Object]

      Pacchigi!

      6.7 (458)
      Shun Shioya

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    Event date

    March 3, 2006

    Event location

    Japan

    Event links

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

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