Awards for 2009

Asian Film Award

Best Film

WINNER

Tokyo Sonata
NOMINEES

Forever Enthralled

The Good, the Bad, the Weird

Ponyo

Laskar pelangi

Red Cliff

Best Actor

WINNER

Departures: Masahiro Motoki
NOMINEES

If You Are the One: You Ge

The Chaser: Jung-woo Ha

Singh Is Kinng: Akshay Kumar

Detroit Metal City: Ken'ichi Matsuyama

The Good, the Bad, the Weird: Kang-ho Song

Best Actress

WINNER

The Equation of Love and Death: Xun Zhou
NOMINEES

The Magic Hour: Eri Fukatsu

And the Spring Comes: Wenli Jiang

Chandni Chowk to China: Deepika Padukone

Kabei: Our Mother: Sayuri Yoshinaga

Painted Skin: Wei Zhao

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER

The Good, the Bad, the Weird: Woo-sung Jung
NOMINEES

Ching yan: Nick Cheung

The Good, the Bad, the Weird: Byung-hun Lee

Forever Enthralled: Xueqi Wang

Suspect X: Shin'ichi Tsutsumi

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER

Service: Gina Pareño
NOMINEES

Service: Jaclyn Jose

Still Walking: Kirin Kiki

Don't Laugh at My Romance: Yû Aoi

Forever the Moment: Ji-yeong Kim

Best Director

WINNER

Still Walking: Hirokazu Koreeda
NOMINEES

If You Are the One: Xiaogang Feng

The Good, the Bad, the Weird: Kim Jee-Woon

Service: Brillante Mendoza

Ponyo: Hayao Miyazaki

Red Cliff: John Woo

Best Cinematographer

WINNER

Tulpan: Jolanta Dylewska
NOMINEES

Paco and the Magical Book: Shôichi Atô

Sparrow: Siu-keung Cheng

The Good, the Bad, the Weird: Mo-gae Lee

24 City: Yu Wang, Nelson Yu Lik-wai

Best Visual Effects

WINNER

Red Cliff: Craig Hayes
NOMINEES

The Good, the Bad, the Weird

Paco and the Magical Book: Masahide Yanagawase

Best Screenwriter

WINNER

Tokyo Sonata: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Max Mannix, Sachiko Tanaka
NOMINEES

And the Spring Comes: Qiang Li

The Chaser: Hong-jin Na

Winds of September: Tom Lin, Tsung-han Tsai

The Magic Hour: Kôki Mitani

Best Newcomer

WINNER

Forever Enthralled: Shaoqun Yu
NOMINEES

Boys Over Flowers: Final: Shôta Matsuda

Miao Miao: Sandrine Pinna

Rough Cut: Ji-seob So

CJ7: Jiao Xu

Chocolate: JeeJa Yanin

Best Composer

WINNER

Ponyo: Joe Hisaishi
NOMINEES

The Good, the Bad, the Weird: Dalparan, Yeong-gyu Jang

24 City: Yoshihiro Hanno, Giong Lim

Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon: Henry Lai

Jodhaa Akbar: A.R. Rahman

Best Production Designer

WINNER

Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon: Daniel Lee
NOMINEES

Jodhaa Akbar: Nitin Chandrakant Desai

Paco and the Magical Book: Towako Kuwashima

Painted Skin: Jing-Ping Liu

The Magic Hour: Yohei Taneda

Best Editor

WINNER

The Chaser: Sun-min Kim
NOMINEES

Ching yan: Ki-hop Chan

Miao Miao: William Chang

Native Dancer: Dasha Danilova

Laskar pelangi: Waluyo IchwandiarDono