Award of the Japanese Academy

Best Film

NOMINEES

Dearest

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The Kirishima Thing

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Chronicle of My Mother

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The Floating Castle

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A Chorus of Angels

Best Actor

WINNER

Thermae Romae: Hiroshi Abe

NOMINEES

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet: Kôji Yakusho

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Key of Life: Masato Sakai

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The Floating Castle: Mansai Nomura

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Chronicle of My Mother: Kôji Yakusho

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The Drudgery Train: Mirai Moriyama

Best Actress

NOMINEES

Dreams for Sale: Takako Matsu

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A Chorus of Angels: Sayuri Yoshinaga

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Helter Skelter: Erika Sawajiri

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The Terminal Trust: Tamiyo Kusakari

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Chronicle of My Mother: Kirin Kiki

Best Supporting Actor

NOMINEES

A Chorus of Angels: Mirai Moriyama

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The Drudgery Train: Kengo Kôra

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Dearest: Kôichi Satô

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Key of Life: Teruyuki Kagawa

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The Floating Castle: Kôichi Satô

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Dearest: Hideji Ôtaki

Best Supporting Actress

NOMINEES

Key of Life: Ryôko Hirosue

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Helter Skelter: Shinobu Terajima

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Dearest: Kimiko Yo

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A Chorus of Angels: Hikari Mitsushima

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Chronicle of My Mother: Aoi Miyazaki

Best Director

NOMINEES

Dearest: Yasuo Furuhata

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The Floating Castle: Isshin Inudô, Shinji Higuchi

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A Chorus of Angels: Junji Sakamoto

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The Kirishima Thing: Daihachi Yoshida

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Chronicle of My Mother: Masato Harada

Best Screenplay

NOMINEES

The Kirishima Thing: Kohei Kiyasu, Daihachi Yoshida

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Dearest: Takeshi Aoshima

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Key of Life: Kenji Uchida

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A Chorus of Angels: Machiko Nasu

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Chronicle of My Mother: Masato Harada

Best Cinematography

NOMINEES

The Floating Castle: Motonobu Kiyoku, Shôji Ebara

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Chronicle of My Mother: Akiko Ashizawa

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A Chorus of Angels: Daisaku Kimura

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Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer: Takeshi Hamada

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Dearest: Jun'ichirô Hayashi

Best Art Direction

NOMINEES

The Floating Castle: Noriyuki Kondo, Norihiro Isoda

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A Chorus of Angels: Mitsuo Harada

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Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer: Kyôko Heya

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Dearest: Kyôko Yauchi

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Thermae Romae: Mitsuo Harada

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Chronicle of My Mother: Hidemitsu Yamazaki

Best Sound

NOMINEES

Dearest: Tsutomu Honda

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A Chorus of Angels: Junichi Shima

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Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet: Fumio Hashimoto

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Chronicle of My Mother: Showa Matsumoto, Masahito Yano

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Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer: Osamu Onodera

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The Floating Castle: Junichi Shima

Best Editing

NOMINEES

A Chorus of Angels: Shinichi Fushima

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Dearest: Jun'ichi Kikuchi

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Chronicle of My Mother: Eugene Harada

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The Kirishima Thing: Mototaka Kusakabe

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The Floating Castle: Soichi Ueno

Best Music Score

NOMINEES

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer: Joe Hisaishi

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Dearest: Yusuke Hayashi

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Chronicle of My Mother: Harumi Fuki

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A Chorus of Angels: Ikuko Kawai

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The Floating Castle: Koji Ueno

Best Foreign Film

NOMINEES

The Dark Knight Rises

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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The Intouchables

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Argo

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Skyfall

Best Lighting

NOMINEES

Chronicle of My Mother: Hidenori Nagata

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The Floating Castle: Takashi Sugimoto

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Dearest: Hiroki Nakamura

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A Chorus of Angels: Takashi Sugimoto

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Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer: Kiyohito Ando

Best Animation Film

NOMINEES

Friends: Naki on the Monster Island

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One Piece Film Z

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Wolf Children

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A Letter to Momo

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Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

Newcomer of Year

NOMINEES

The Wings of the Kirin, Tsunagu, Kyô, koi o hajimemasu: Tôri Matsuzaka

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For Love's Sake, Kyô, koi o hajimemasu, Rurouni Kenshin: Emi Takei

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Himizu, Lesson of the Evil: Fumi Nikaidô

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Home: Itoshi no Zashiki Warashi, Another, The Kirishima Thing: Ai Hashimoto

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Lesson of the Evil, Himizu: Shôta Sometani

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The Kirishima Thing: Masahiro Higashide

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Fly with the Gold: Chang-min Shim