Awards & Winners

2008 Japan Academy Prize

Check winners and nominations of 2008 Japan Academy Prize. Check awards winners of 31st Japan Academy Prize. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

31st Japan Academy Prize

Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year

J?ji Matsuoka

Honored for : Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

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Nominee Nominated Work
J?ji Matsuoka Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Takashi Yamazaki Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Isshin Inudo Bizan
Yuichi Sato Kisaragi
Masayuki Suo I Just Didn't Do It
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Honored for : Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

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Nominee Nominated Work
Hidetaka Yoshioka Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
K?ji Yakusho Walking My Life
Sadao Abe Maiko Haaaan!!!
Ryo Kase I Just Didn't Do It
Joe Odagiri Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Kirin Kiki

Honored for : Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kirin Kiki Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Shinobu Terajima Love Never to End
Miki Nakatani Happily Ever After
Rie Miyazawa The Invitation from Cinema Orion
Yukie Nakama Oh! Oku
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Kaoru Kobayashi

Honored for : Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kaoru Kobayashi Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Shinichi Tsutsumi Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Teruyuki Kagawa Kisaragi
Shinichi Tsutsumi Maiko Haaaan!!!
Akira Emoto Three for the Road
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Masako Motai

Honored for : I Just Didn't Do It

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Nominee Nominated Work
Masako Motai I Just Didn't Do It
Maki Horikita Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Hiroko Yakushimaru Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Nobuko Miyamoto Bizan
Takako Matsu Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year

J?ji Matsuoka

Honored for : Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

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Nominee Nominated Work
J?ji Matsuoka Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Takashi Yamazaki Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Isshin Inudo Bizan
Yuichi Sato Kisaragi
Masayuki Suo I Just Didn't Do It
Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year

Suzuki Matsuo

Honored for : Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

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Nominee Nominated Work
Suzuki Matsuo Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Takashi Yamazaki Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Ryota Furusawa Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Ryota Furusawa Kisaragi
Kankur? Kud? Maiko Haaaan!!!
Masayuki Suo I Just Didn't Do It
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

Takahiro Tsutai

Honored for : Bizan

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Nominee Nominated Work
Takahiro Tsutai Bizan
Kôzô Shibasaki Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Naoki Kayano I Just Didn't Do It
Daisaku Kimura The Haunted Samurai
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

Kyôko Heya

Honored for : I Just Didn't Do It

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Nominee Nominated Work
Anri Johjo Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Namiko Iwaki Sakuran
Takashi Yoshida Oh! Oku
Kyôko Heya I Just Didn't Do It
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording

Hitoshi Tsurumaki

Honored for : Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

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Nominee Nominated Work
Hitoshi Tsurumaki Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Junichi Shima Bizan
Shigeru Abe I Just Didn't Do It
Kiyoshi Yoneyama I Just Didn't Do It
Hiromichi Kori I Just Didn't Do It
Nobuhiko Matsukage The Haunted Samurai
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing

Junichi Kikuchi

Honored for : I Just Didn't Do It

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Nominee Nominated Work
Junichi Kikuchi I Just Didn't Do It
Ryuji Miyajima Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Soichi Ueno Bizan
Seigo Hirasawa Maiko Haaaan!!!
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Music

Michiru Oshima

Honored for : Bizan

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michiru Oshima Bizan
Naoki Sato Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Ringo Sheena Sakuran
Yoshikazu Suo I Just Didn't Do It
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film

Letters from Iwo Jima

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Nominee Nominated Work
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction

Yoshitake Hikita

Honored for : Bizan

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Nominee Nominated Work
Yoshitake Hikita Bizan
Ken'ichi Mizuno Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Tatsuya Nagata I Just Didn't Do It
Takashi Sugimoto The Haunted Samurai
Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year

Tekkonkinkreet

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tekkonkinkreet
Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone
The Perfect World of Kai
Summer Days with Coo
Japan Academy Prize for Popularity Award

Yuichi Sato

Honored for : Kisaragi
Japan Academy Prize for Popularity Award

Yui Aragaki

Honored for : Sky of Love
Japan Academy Prize for Rookie of the Year