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Awards of the Japanese Academy

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    Award of the Japanese Academy

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    Best Actor

    • Masahiro Motoki in Departures (2008)
      Winner
      • Masahiro Motoki
      • Departures
    • Ken'ichi Matsuyama in Norwegian Wood (2010)
      • Ken'ichi Matsuyama
      • Detoroito Metaru Shiti
    • Shin'ichi Tsutsumi in Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
      • Shin'ichi Tsutsumi
      • Climbers High
    • Kôji Yakusho at an event for Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
      • Kôji Yakusho
      • Paco and the Magical Book
    • Kôichi Satô
      • Kôichi Satô
      • The Magic Hour

    Best Actress

    • Winner
      • Tae Kimura
      • Gururi no koto
      • Sayuri Yoshinaga
      • Kabei: Our Mother
      • Sayuri Yoshinaga
      • Maboroshi no Yamataikoku
    • Ryôko Hirosue in Key of Life (2012)
      • Ryôko Hirosue
      • Departures
    • Yukie Nakama in Ring 0: Birthday (2000)
      • Yukie Nakama
      • Watashi wa kai ni naritai

    Best Animation Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ponyo

      7.6 (178K)
    • [object Object]

      Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend

      6.6 (1.3K)
    • [object Object]

      Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear

      6.7 (2.3K)
    • [object Object]

      One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus - Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura

      6.9 (2K)
    • [object Object]

      The Sky Crawlers

      6.7 (6.1K)

    Best Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Paco and the Magical Book

      6.9 (531)
      Towako Kuwajima
    • [object Object]

      Kabei: Our Mother

      7.6 (1.6K)
      Mitsuo Degawa
    • [object Object]

      Climbers High

      6.6 (274)
      Katsuhiro Fukuzawa
    • [object Object]

      Departures

      8.0 (57K)
      Fumio Ogawa
    • [object Object]

      The Magic Hour

      7.1 (1.8K)
      Yôhei Taneda

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Departures

      8.0 (57K)
      Takeshi Hamada
    • [object Object]

      Kabei: Our Mother

      7.6 (1.6K)
      Mutsuo Naganuma
    • [object Object]

      Climbers High

      6.6 (274)
      Gen Kobayashi
    • [object Object]

      Paco and the Magical Book

      6.9 (531)
      Shôichi Atô
      Atsushi Ozawa
    • [object Object]

      Watashi wa kai ni naritai

      6.3 (120)
      Kosuke Matsushima

    Best Director

    • Oscar® winner Yojiro Takita backstage during the live ABC Telecast of the 81st Annual Academy Awards® from the Kodak Theatre, in Hollywood, CA Sunday, February 22, 2009.
      Winner
      • Yôjirô Takita
      • Departures
    • 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
      • Kabei: Our Mother
    • Masato Harada at an event for The Last Samurai (2003)
      • Masato Harada
      • Climbers High
    • Tetsuya Nakashima
      • Tetsuya Nakashima
      • Paco and the Magical Book
    • Kôki Mitani
      • Kôki Mitani
      • The Magic Hour

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Departures

      8.0 (57K)
      Akimasa Kawashima
    • [object Object]

      Kabei: Our Mother

      7.6 (1.6K)
      Iwao Ishii
    • [object Object]

      Climbers High

      6.6 (274)
      Hiroshi Sunaga
      Eugene Harada
    • [object Object]

      Paco and the Magical Book

      6.9 (531)
      Yoshiyuki Koike
    • [object Object]

      The Magic Hour

      7.1 (1.8K)
      Sôichi Ueno

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Departures

      8.0 (57K)
    • [object Object]

      Kabei: Our Mother

      7.6 (1.6K)
    • [object Object]

      Climbers High

      6.6 (274)
    • [object Object]

      Suspect X

      7.4 (4.3K)
    • [object Object]

      The Magic Hour

      7.1 (1.8K)

    Best Film Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ponyo

      7.6 (178K)
      Joe Hisaishi
    • [object Object]

      Kabei: Our Mother

      7.6 (1.6K)
      Isao Tomita
    • [object Object]

      Departures

      8.0 (57K)
      Joe Hisaishi
    • [object Object]

      Paco and the Magical Book

      6.9 (531)
      Gabriele Roberto
    • [object Object]

      The Magic Hour

      7.1 (1.8K)
      Kiyoko Ogino

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Dark Knight

      9.1 (3.1M)
    • [object Object]

      The Bucket List

      7.3 (267K)
    • [object Object]

      Red Cliff

      7.3 (50K)
    • [object Object]

      No Country for Old Men

      8.2 (1.1M)
    • [object Object]

      Lust, Caution

      7.5 (47K)

    Best Lighting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Departures

      8.0 (57K)
      Hitoshi Takaya
    • [object Object]

      Kabei: Our Mother

      7.6 (1.6K)
      Takeshi Nakasu
    • [object Object]

      Climbers High

      6.6 (274)
      Naoyuki Hori
    • [object Object]

      Paco and the Magical Book

      6.9 (531)
      Susumu Takakura
    • [object Object]

      Watashi wa kai ni naritai

      6.3 (120)
      Tarô Kimura

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Climbers High

      6.6 (274)
      Masato Katô
      Masato Harada
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Departures

      8.0 (57K)
      Kundô Koyama
    • [object Object]

      Afutâ sukûru

      6.6 (412)
      Kenji Uchida
    • [object Object]

      Kabei: Our Mother

      7.6 (1.6K)
      Emiko Hiramatsu
      Yôji Yamada
    • [object Object]

      The Magic Hour

      7.1 (1.8K)
      Kôki Mitani

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Departures

      8.0 (57K)
      Satoshi Ozaki
      Osamu Onodera
    • [object Object]

      Kabei: Our Mother

      7.6 (1.6K)
      Kazumi Kishida
    • [object Object]

      Climbers High

      6.6 (274)
      Masato Yano
    • [object Object]

      Paco and the Magical Book

      6.9 (531)
      Shin Fukuda
      Tadao Tasai
    • [object Object]

      The Magic Hour

      7.1 (1.8K)
      Tetsuo Segawa

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Tsutomu Yamazaki in Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
      Winner
      • Tsutomu Yamazaki
      • Departures
      • Yasufumi Terawaki
      • AIBOU: The Movie
    • Tadanobu Asano, Tom Hiddleston, and Chris Hemsworth at an event for Thor: The Dark World (2013)
      • Tadanobu Asano
      • Kabei: Our Mother
      • Masato Sakai
      • Climbers High
    • Shin'ichi Tsutsumi in Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
      • Shin'ichi Tsutsumi
      • Suspect X

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Kimiko Yo
      Winner
      • Kimiko Yo
      • Departures
    • Kirin Kiki
      • Kirin Kiki
      • Still Walking
    • Yasuko Matsuyuki in Fullmetal Alchemist (2017)
      • Yasuko Matsuyuki
      • Detoroito Metaru Shiti
    • Rei Dan
      • Rei Dan
      • Kabei: Our Mother
    • Yasuko Matsuyuki in Fullmetal Alchemist (2017)
      • Yasuko Matsuyuki
      • Suspect X

    Newcomer of the Year

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Homeless Student

      6.3 (139)
      Teppei Koike
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ikigami

      7.0 (1.1K)
      Shôta Matsuda
    • Winner

      Sanbongi nôgyô kôkô, bajutsubu: Mokume no uma to shôjo no jitsuwa

      Ayane Nagabuchi
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Paco and the Magical Book

      6.9 (531)
      Ayaka Wilson
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sakura no sono

      6.3 (102)
      Saki Fukuda

    Popularity Award

    Edit

    Most Popular Actor

    • Ken'ichi Matsuyama in Norwegian Wood (2010)
      Winner
      • Ken'ichi Matsuyama
      • Detoroito Metaru Shiti

    Most Popular Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Suspect X

      7.4 (4.3K)

    Lifetime Achievement Award

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    • Kon Ichikawa
      Winner
      • Kon Ichikawa
    • Ken Ogata in Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
      Winner
      • Ken Ogata

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    Event date

    February 20, 2009

    Event location

    Japan

    Event links

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

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