Awards of the Japanese Academy: 2003

Award of the Japanese Academy

Date:	7 March
Host:	Hiroshi Sekiguchi; Keiko Kishi
Location:	Shin Takanawa Prince Hotel, Tokyo, Japan

Best Film


Winner:
	Tasogare Seibei (2002)
Other Nominees:
	Amida-do dayori (2002) Hi wa mata noboru (2002) Ping Pong (2002) Totsunyûseyo! Asama sansô jiken (2002)

Best Actor


Winner:
	Tasogare Seibei (2002) - Hiroyuki Sanada (I)
Other Nominees:
	Amida-do dayori (2002) - Akira Terao Hi wa mata noboru (2002) - Toshiyuki Nishida Inochi (2002) - Etsushi Toyokawa Totsunyûseyo! Asama sansô jiken (2002) - Kôji Yakusho

Best Actress


Winner:
	Tasogare Seibei (2002) - Rie Miyazawa
Other Nominees:
	Amida-do dayori (2002) - Kanako Higuchi Inochi (2002) - Makiko Esumi Out (2002) - Mieko Harada Ryôma no tsuma to sono otto to aijin (2002) - Kyoka Suzuki

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Tasogare Seibei (2002) - Min Tanaka
Other Nominees:
	Hi wa mata noboru (2002) - Ken Watanabe (I) Mohou-han (2002) - Tsutomu Yamazaki Ritana (2002) - Goro Kishitani Tasogare Seibei (2002) - Nenji Kobayashi

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	Amida-do dayori (2002) - Tanie Kitabayashi
Other Nominees:
	Out (2002) - Mitsuko Baisho Ping Pong (2002) - Mari Natsuki Ritana (2002) - Kirin Kiki Tasogare Seibei (2002) - Keiko Kishi

Best Director


Winner:
	Tasogare Seibei (2002) - Yôji Yamada
Other Nominees:
	Amida-do dayori (2002) - Takashi Koizumi (I) Out (2002) - Hideyuki Hirayama Ping Pong (2002) - Fumihiko Sori Totsunyûseyo! Asama sansô jiken (2002) - Masato Harada

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Tasogare Seibei (2002) - Yoshitaka Asama; Yôji Yamada
Other Nominees:
	Amida-do dayori (2002) - Takashi Koizumi (I) Ping Pong (2002) - Kankurô Kudô Ryôma no tsuma to sono otto to aijin (2002) - Koki Mitani Totsunyûseyo! Asama sansô jiken (2002) - Masato Harada

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Tasogare Seibei (2002) - Mutsuo Naganuma
Other Nominees:
	Amida-do dayori (2002) - Masaharu Ueda Dolls (2002) - Katsumi Yanagijima Ping Pong (2002) - Akira Sakoh Totsunyûseyo! Asama sansô jiken (2002) - Yoshitaka Sakamoto (I)

Best Art Direction


Winner:
	Tasogare Seibei (2002) - Yoshinobu Nishioka; Mitsuo Degawa
Other Nominees:
	Amida-do dayori (2002) - Yoshirô Muraki; Ken Sakai Dolls (2002) - Norihiro Isoda Ryôma no tsuma to sono otto to aijin (2002) - Osamu Yamaguchi Totsunyûseyo! Asama sansô jiken (2002) - Kyôko Heya

Best Sound


Winner:
	Tasogare Seibei (2002) - Kazumi Kishida
Other Nominees:
	Amida-do dayori (2002) - Kenichi Benitani Inochi (2002) - Osamu Onodera Mohou-han (2002) - Fumio Hashimoto Totsunyûseyo! Asama sansô jiken (2002) - Jun Nakamura (I)

Best Editing


Winner:
	Tasogare Seibei (2002) - Iwao Ishii
Other Nominees:
	Amida-do dayori (2002) - Hideto Aga Ping Pong (2002) - Soichi Ueno Ritana (2002) - Takuya Taguchi Totsunyûseyo! Asama sansô jiken (2002) - Soichi Ueno

Best Music Score


Winner:
	Tasogare Seibei (2002) - Isao Tomita (I)
Other Nominees:
	Amida-do dayori (2002) - Takashi Kako Dolls (2002) - Joe Hisaishi Hi wa mata noboru (2002) - Michiru Ôshima Mohou-han (2002) - Michiru Ôshima; Taku Takahashi (I)

Best Foreign Film


Winner:
	Monster's Ball (2001)
Other Nominees:
	Gangs of New York (2002) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) I Am Sam (2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Newcomer of the Year


Winners:
	Amida-do dayori (2002) - Manami Konishi Koi ni utaeba (2002) - Yuhka Mr. Rookie (2002) - Kazushige Nagashima Ping Pong (2002) - Shido Nakamura Ritana (2002) - Anne Suzuki Tasogare Seibei (2002) - Min Tanaka

Best Lighting


Winner:
	Tasogare Seibei (2002) - Genken Nakaoka
Other Nominees:
	Amida-do dayori (2002) - Hideaki Yamakawa Dolls (2002) - Hitoshi Takaya Ping Pong (2002) - Kôichi Watanabe Totsunyûseyo! Asama sansô jiken (2002) - Takeshi Okubo (I)

Most Popular Performer

Most Popular Film


Winners:
	Kinji Fukasaku - For his work. Koreyoshi Kurahara - For his work.