Friday, December 17, 2010

34th Japan Academy Prize - nominations announced


Today, the Nippon Academy-shō Association for Excellence in Japanese Film announced 34th Japan Academy Prize nominees at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Each of the five nominees in each category is in fact prize-winner and receives an award of "excellence." Winners of the "best" awards in each category will be revealed at a ceremony on February 18. Sang-il Lee’s Akunin (Villain) received the most awards, with 15 awards in 13 categories.

Two films tied with 11 awards - Tetsuya Nakashima's Kokuhaku (Confessions) and Yoji Yamada'a Otôto (Younger Brother). Nakashima's Kokuhaku is Japan’s submission to AMPAS for the Best Foreign Language Oscar. Next with nine nominations was Takashi Miike's samurai film Jûsan-nin no Shikaku (13 Assassins) followed by Izuru Narushima's Kokô no Mesu (A Lone Scalpel) which received five. Each of these five films was nominated for both Picture of the Year and Director of the Year.

All films that had their Japanese premiere between December 5, 2009 and November 27, 2010 were eligible for an award. This made for a small field this year as 198 Japanese (9 less than the year before) and 207 foreign films (32 less than before) met the eligibility requirement.

The 34th Japan Academy Prize ceremony will take place on Friday, February 18, 2011 at New Takanawa Prince Hotel.
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Complete list of 34th Japan Academy Prize nominees

Picture of the Year
Akunin (Villain)
Otôto (Younger Brother)
Kokuhaku (Confessions)
Kokô no Mesu (A Lone Scalpel)
Jûsan-nin no Shikaku (13 Assassins)

Animation of the Year

Karafuru (Colorful)
Kari-gurashi no Arietti (The Borrowers)
Eiga Doraemon: Nobita no Ningyo Daikaisen (Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Mermaid Legend )
Meitantei Conan: Tenkuu no rosuto shippu (Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky)
One Piece Film: Strong World

Director of the Year
Tetsuya Nakashima, Kokuhaku (Confessions)
Izuru Narushima, Kokô no Mesu (A Lone Scalpel)
Takashi Miike, Jûsan-nin no Shikaku (13 Assassins)
Yoji Yamada, Otôto (Younger Brother)
Sang-il Lee, Akunin (Villain)

Screenplay of the Year
Masato Kato, Kokô no mesu (A Lone Scalpel)
Daisuke Tengan, Jûsan-nin no Shikaku (13 Assassins)
Tetsuya Nakashima, Kokuhaku (Confessions)
Yoji Yamada / Emiko Hiramatsu, Otôto (Younger Brother)
Shuichi Yoshida / Sang-il Lee, Akunin (Villain)

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Tsurube Shofukutei, Otôto (Younger Brother)
Shinichi Tsutsumi, Kokô no Mesu (A Lone Scalpel)
Satoshi Tsumabuki, Akunin (Villain)
Etsushi Toyokawa, Hisshiken Torisashi (Sword of Desperation)
Koji Yakusho, Jûsan-nin no Shikaku (13 Assassins)

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Shinobu Terajima, Kyatapirâ (Caterpillar)
Eri Fukatsu, Akunin (Villain)
Takako Matsu, Kokuhaku (Confessions)
Hiroko Yakushimaru, Kondo wa Aisaika (A Good Husband)
Sayuri Yoshinaga, Otôto (Younger Brother)

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Renji Ishibashi, Kondo wa Aisaika (A Good Husband)
Akira Emoto, Akunin (Villain)
Masaki Okada, Akunin (Villain)
Masaki Okada, Kokuhaku (Confessions)
Koji Kikkawa, Hisshiken Torisashi (Sword of Desperation)

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Yu Aoi, Otôto (Younger Brother)
Kirin Kiki, Akunin (Villain)
Yoshino Kimura, Kokuhaku (Confessions)
Yui Natsukawa, Kokô no Mesu (A Lone Scalpel)
Hikari Mitsushima, Akunin (Villain)

Outstanding Achievement in Music
Koji Endo, Jûsan-nin no Shikaku (13 Assassins)
Grand Funk, Beck
Isao Tomita, Otôto (Younger Brother)
Joe Hisaishi, Akunin (Villain)
Meina Co., Kondo wa Aisaika (A Good Husband)

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Shoichi Ato / Atsushi Ozawa, Kokuhaku (Confessions)
Koichi Ishii, Hisshiken Torisashi (Sword of Desperation)
Norimichi Kasamatsu, Akunin (Villain)
Nobuyasu Kita, Jûsan-nin no Shikaku (13 Assassins)
Shinji Chikamori, Otôto (Younger Brother)

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction
Susumu Takakura, Kokuhaku (Confessions)
Noritaka Chihara, Hisshiken Torisashi (Sword of Desperation)
Kazuhiro Iwashita, Akunin (Villain)
Yoshiya Watanabe, Jûsan-nin no Shikaku (13 Assassins)
Koichi Watanabe, Otôto (Younger Brother)

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Towako Kuwashima, Kokuhaku (Confessions)
Yohei Taneda / Ryo Sugimoto, Akunin (Villain)
Hidefumi Hanatani, Ôoku (The Lady Shogun and Her Men)
Yuji Hayashida, Jûsan-nin no Shikaku (13 Assassins)
Toshiyuki Matsumiya, Sakuradamongai no Hen

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording
Kazumi Kishida, Otôto (Younger Brother)
Mitsugu Shiratori, Akunin (Villain)
Yasushi Tanaka, Hisshiken Torisashi (Sword of Desperation)
Jun Nakamura, Jûsan-nin no Shikaku (13 Assassins)
Masato Yano, Kokuhaku (Confessions)

Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing
Iwao Ishii, Otôto (Younger Brother)
Tsuyoshi Imai, Akunin (Villain)
Yoshiyuki Koike, Kokuhaku (Confessions)
Chieko Suzaki, Hisshiken Torisashi (Sword of Desperation)
Kenji Yamashita, Jûsan-nin no Shikaku (13 Assassins)

Outstanding Foreign Language Film
Avatar
Inception
Invictus
Toy Story 3
The Hurt Locker

Rookie of the Year
Mana Ashida, Ghost: Mou Ichido Dakishimetai
Momoka Ono, Kinako: Minarai Keisatsuken no Monogatari (Police Dog Dream)
Riisa Naka, Zeburâman: Zebura Shiti no Gyakushû (Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City), Toki o kakeru shôjo (Time Traveller)
Kento Nagayama, Sofutoboi (Softball Boys)
Shohei Miura, Za Rasuto Messêji: Umizaru (Umizaru 3: The Last Message)
Takahiro Miura, Railways

Special Award from the Chairman
Umetsugu Inoue (director, died February 11 at the age of 86)
Tanie Kitabayashi (actress, died April 27 at the age of 98)
Takeo Kimura (art director, died March 21 at the age of 91)
Keiju Kobayashi (actor, died September 16 at the age of 86)
Katsumi Nishikawa (director, died April 6 at the age of 91)

Special Award from the Association
Ryuzo Ueno (sword fights)
Hiroshi Kuze (sword fights)
Ryoji Matsumoto (decoration)
Nobuo Yajima (special effects)
Teruyo Nogami (Kurosawa-gumi production manager)

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