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    Award of the Japanese Academy

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    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    • Tomoko Ôtakara and Hidetaka Yoshioka in Rhapsody in August (1991)
      Winner
      • Hidetaka Yoshioka
      • Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
    • Kôji Yakusho at an event for Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
      • Kôji Yakusho
      • Zô no senaka
      • Sadao Abe
      • Maiko haaaan!!!
    • Ryô Kase at an event for Like Someone in Love (2012)
      • Ryô Kase
      • I Just Didn't Do It
    • Joe Odagiri in Mushi-Shi: The Movie (2006)
      • Joe Odagiri
      • Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
    • Kôji Yakusho at an event for Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
      • Kôji Yakusho
      • Zô no senaka

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Kaoru Kobayashi in Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (2004)
      Winner
      • Kaoru Kobayashi
      • Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
    • Shin'ichi Tsutsumi in Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
      • Shin'ichi Tsutsumi
      • Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
    • Teruyuki Kagawa in Tokyo Sonata (2008)
      • Teruyuki Kagawa
      • Kisaragi
    • Shin'ichi Tsutsumi in Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
      • Shin'ichi Tsutsumi
      • Maiko haaaan!!!
      • Akira Emoto
      • Yajikita dôchû Teresuko

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

    • Kirin Kiki
      Winner
      • Kirin Kiki
      • Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
    • Shinobu Terajima
      • Shinobu Terajima
      • Ai no rukeichi
    • Miki Nakatani in The World of Kanako (2014)
      • Miki Nakatani
      • Jigyaku no uta
    • Rie Miyazawa in Peony Pavilion (2001)
      • Rie Miyazawa
      • Orion-za kara no shôtaijô
    • Yukie Nakama in Ring 0: Birthday (2000)
      • Yukie Nakama
      • Oh-Oku: The Women of the Inner Palace

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    • Masako Motai
      Winner
      • Masako Motai
      • I Just Didn't Do It
    • Maki Horikita
      • Maki Horikita
      • Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
      • Hiroko Yakushimaru
      • Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
    • Nobuko Miyamoto in Tampopo (1985)
      • Nobuko Miyamoto
      • Bizan
    • Takako Matsu in Confessions (2010)
      • Takako Matsu
      • Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

    Best Animation Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tekkonkinkreet

      7.5 (15K)
    • [object Object]

      Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure

      6.3 (2.1K)
      Yasuichirô Yamamoto
    • [object Object]

      Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

      7.5 (30K)
    • [object Object]

      The Piano Forest

      7.1 (1.8K)
    • [object Object]

      Summer Days with Coo

      7.4 (2.3K)

    Best Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I Just Didn't Do It

      7.6 (2K)
      Kyôko Heya
    • [object Object]

      Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

      7.5 (1.2K)
      Anri Jôjô
    • [object Object]

      Sakuran

      6.7 (2.3K)
      Namiko Iwaki
    • [object Object]

      Oh-Oku: The Women of the Inner Palace

      6.3 (218)
      Takashi Yoshida

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bizan

      6.3 (136)
      Takahiro Tsutai
    • [object Object]

      Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

      7.5 (1.2K)
      Kôzô Shibasaki
    • [object Object]

      I Just Didn't Do It

      7.6 (2K)
      Naoki Kayano
    • [object Object]

      The Haunted Samurai

      6.0 (151)
      Daisaku Kimura

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Joji Matsuoka
      • Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
    • Takashi Yamazaki
      • Takashi Yamazaki
      • Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
      • Isshin Inudô
      • Bizan
      • Yûichi Satô
      • Kisaragi
    • Masayuki Suô
      • Masayuki Suô
      • I Just Didn't Do It

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I Just Didn't Do It

      7.6 (2K)
      Jun'ichi Kikuchi
    • [object Object]

      Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

      7.5 (1.2K)
      Ryûji Miyajima
    • [object Object]

      Bizan

      6.3 (136)
      Sôichi Ueno
    • [object Object]

      Maiko haaaan!!!

      6.2 (614)
      Seigo Hirasawa

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

      7.3 (1.1K)
    • [object Object]

      Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

      7.5 (1.2K)
    • [object Object]

      Bizan

      6.3 (136)
    • [object Object]

      Kisaragi

      7.2 (1.4K)
    • [object Object]

      I Just Didn't Do It

      7.6 (2K)

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Letters from Iwo Jima

      7.8 (175K)
    • [object Object]

      Babel

      7.5 (325K)

    Best Lighting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bizan

      6.3 (136)
      Yoshitake Hikita
    • [object Object]

      Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

      7.5 (1.2K)
      Ken'ichi Mizuno
    • [object Object]

      I Just Didn't Do It

      7.6 (2K)
      Tatsuya Nagata
    • [object Object]

      The Haunted Samurai

      6.0 (151)
      Takashi Sugimoto

    Best Music Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bizan

      6.3 (136)
      Michiru Ôshima
    • [object Object]

      Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

      7.5 (1.2K)
      Naoki Satô
    • [object Object]

      Sakuran

      6.7 (2.3K)
      Ringo Shiina
    • [object Object]

      I Just Didn't Do It

      7.6 (2K)
      Yoshikazu Suo

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

      7.3 (1.1K)
      Suzuki Matsuo
    • [object Object]

      Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

      7.5 (1.2K)
      Takashi Yamazaki
      Ryôta Kosawa
    • [object Object]

      Kisaragi

      7.2 (1.4K)
      Ryôta Kosawa
    • [object Object]

      Maiko haaaan!!!

      6.2 (614)
      Kankurô Kudô
    • [object Object]

      I Just Didn't Do It

      7.6 (2K)
      Masayuki Suô

    Best Sound Recording

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

      7.5 (1.2K)
      Hitoshi Tsurumaki
    • [object Object]

      Bizan

      6.3 (136)
      Junichi Shima
    • [object Object]

      I Just Didn't Do It

      7.6 (2K)
      Shigeru Abe
      Kiyoshi Yoneyama
      Hiromichi Kôri
    • [object Object]

      The Haunted Samurai

      6.0 (151)
      Nobuhiko Matsukage

    Newcomer of the Year

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    • [object Object]

      Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

      7.3 (1.1K)
      Yayako Uchida

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    Event date

    February 15, 2008

    Event location

    Japan

    Event links

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

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