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Awards of the Japanese Academy

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    Award of the Japanese Academy

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    Best Actor

    • Ken Watanabe at an event for Inception (2010)
      Winner
      • Ken Watanabe
      • Memories of Tomorrow
    • Chôsuke Ikariya and Akira Terao in Dreams (1990)
      • Akira Terao
      • The Professor's Beloved Equation
    • Satoshi Tsumabuki in For Love's Sake (2012)
      • Satoshi Tsumabuki
      • Tears for You
    • Kôji Yakusho at an event for Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
      • Kôji Yakusho
      • Suite Dreams
    • Joe Odagiri in Mushi-Shi: The Movie (2006)
      • Joe Odagiri
      • Sway
    • Takuya Kimura
      • Takuya Kimura
      • Love and Honor
      Takuya Kimura declined his nomination.

    Best Actress

    • Miki Nakatani in The World of Kanako (2014)
      Winner
      • Miki Nakatani
      • Memories of Matsuko
    • Kanako Higuchi in Zatoichi (1989)
      • Kanako Higuchi
      • Memories of Tomorrow
    • Rei Dan
      • Rei Dan
      • Love and Honor
    • Yasuko Matsuyuki in Fullmetal Alchemist (2017)
      • Yasuko Matsuyuki
      • Hula Girls
    • Masami Nagasawa
      • Masami Nagasawa
      • Tears for You

    Best Animation Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

      7.6 (74K)
    • [object Object]

      Stormy Night

      6.9 (1.4K)
    • [object Object]

      Brave Story

      6.5 (1.6K)
    • [object Object]

      Tales from Earthsea

      6.3 (47K)
    • [object Object]

      Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem

      7.1 (2.4K)

    Best Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Yamato

      6.4 (2.5K)
      Toshiyuki Matsumiya
      Noriyuki Kondo
    • [object Object]

      Love and Honor

      7.7 (4.5K)
      Mitsuo Degawa
    • [object Object]

      Hula Girls

      7.0 (2.3K)
      Yôhei Taneda
    • [object Object]

      Memories of Matsuko

      7.8 (9.3K)
      Towako Kuwajima
    • [object Object]

      Suite Dreams

      7.0 (1.4K)
      Yôhei Taneda

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Love and Honor

      7.7 (4.5K)
      Mutsuo Naganuma
    • [object Object]

      Hula Girls

      7.0 (2.3K)
      Hideo Yamamoto
    • [object Object]

      Memories of Matsuko

      7.8 (9.3K)
      Shôichi Atô
    • [object Object]

      Yamato

      6.4 (2.5K)
      Yoshitaka Sakamoto
    • [object Object]

      Suite Dreams

      7.0 (1.4K)
      Hideo Yamamoto

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Sang-il Lee
      • Hula Girls
    • Yoji Yamada (Yamada Yoji, born September 13, 1931 in Toyonaka, Osaka) is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (The Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade and Love and Honor). Photographed by the professional filmmaker Ryota Nakanishi.
      • Yôji Yamada
      • Love and Honor
    • Tetsuya Nakashima
      • Tetsuya Nakashima
      • Memories of Matsuko
      • Jun'ya Satô
      • Yamato
    • Kôki Mitani
      • Kôki Mitani
      • Suite Dreams

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Memories of Matsuko

      7.8 (9.3K)
      Yoshiyuki Koike
    • [object Object]

      Love and Honor

      7.7 (4.5K)
      Iwao Ishii
    • [object Object]

      Hula Girls

      7.0 (2.3K)
      Tsuyoshi Imai
    • [object Object]

      Yamato

      6.4 (2.5K)
      Takeo Yoneda
    • [object Object]

      Suite Dreams

      7.0 (1.4K)
      Sôichi Ueno

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hula Girls

      7.0 (2.3K)
    • [object Object]

      Memories of Tomorrow

      7.5 (953)
    • [object Object]

      Love and Honor

      7.7 (4.5K)
    • [object Object]

      Yamato

      6.4 (2.5K)
    • [object Object]

      Suite Dreams

      7.0 (1.4K)

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Flags of Our Fathers

      7.1 (133K)
    • [object Object]

      Crash

      7.7 (457K)
    • [object Object]

      The Da Vinci Code

      6.6 (476K)
    • [object Object]

      Hotel Rwanda

      8.1 (386K)
    • [object Object]

      Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

      7.4 (805K)

    Best Lighting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Love and Honor

      7.7 (4.5K)
      Takeshi Nakasu
    • [object Object]

      Hula Girls

      7.0 (2.3K)
      Akira Ono
    • [object Object]

      Memories of Matsuko

      7.8 (9.3K)
      Tarô Kimura
    • [object Object]

      Yamato

      6.4 (2.5K)
      Takeshi Ohkubo
    • [object Object]

      Suite Dreams

      7.0 (1.4K)
      Akira Ono

    Best Music Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Memories of Matsuko

      7.8 (9.3K)
      Gabriele Roberto
      Takeshi Shibuya
    • [object Object]

      Memories of Tomorrow

      7.5 (953)
      Michiru Ôshima
    • [object Object]

      Love and Honor

      7.7 (4.5K)
      Isao Tomita
    • [object Object]

      Yamato

      6.4 (2.5K)
      Joe Hisaishi
    • [object Object]

      Suite Dreams

      7.0 (1.4K)
      Yûsuke Honma

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hula Girls

      7.0 (2.3K)
      Sang-il Lee
      Daisuke Habara
    • [object Object]

      Memories of Tomorrow

      7.5 (953)
      Uiko Miura
      Hakaru Sunamoto
    • [object Object]

      Love and Honor

      7.7 (4.5K)
      Yôji Yamada
      Emiko Hiramatsu
      Ichirô Yamamoto
    • [object Object]

      Memories of Matsuko

      7.8 (9.3K)
      Tetsuya Nakashima
    • [object Object]

      Suite Dreams

      7.0 (1.4K)
      Kôki Mitani

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Yamato

      6.4 (2.5K)
      Nobuhiko Matsukage
      Tetsuo Segawa
    • [object Object]

      Love and Honor

      7.7 (4.5K)
      Kazumi Kishida
    • [object Object]

      Hula Girls

      7.0 (2.3K)
      Mitsugu Shiratori
    • [object Object]

      Memories of Matsuko

      7.8 (9.3K)
      Tadao Tasai
      Junichi Shima
    • [object Object]

      Suite Dreams

      7.0 (1.4K)
      Tetsuo Segawa

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Winner
      • Takashi Sasano
      • Love and Honor
    • Ken'ichi Matsuyama in Norwegian Wood (2010)
      • Ken'ichi Matsuyama
      • Death Note
    • Takao Osawa in Kingdom (2019)
      • Takao Osawa
      • Metro ni notte
    • Kôichi Satô
      • Kôichi Satô
      • Suite Dreams
    • Teruyuki Kagawa in Tokyo Sonata (2008)
      • Teruyuki Kagawa
      • Sway

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Yû Aoi in Vampire (2011)
      Winner
      • Yû Aoi
      • Hula Girls
    • Kaori Momoi in Amaya (2010)
      • Kaori Momoi
      • Love and Honor
      • Sumiko Fuji
      • Hula Girls
    • Masako Motai
      • Masako Motai
      • Kamome Diner
    • Yû Aoi in Vampire (2011)
      • Yû Aoi
      • Yamato

    Popularity Award

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    Most Popular Actor

    • Winner
      • Muga Tsukaji
      • Mamiya kyodai

    Most Popular Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hula Girls

      7.0 (2.3K)

    Lifetime Achievement Award

    Edit
    • Shôhei Imamura
      Winner
      • Shôhei Imamura
    • Takahiro Tamura in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
      Winner
      • Takahiro Tamura
    • Winner
      • Akira Ifukube
    • Tetsurô Tanba in The 5-Man Army (1969)
      Winner
      • Tetsurô Tanba

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    Event date

    February 16, 2007

    Event location

    Japan

    Event links

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

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