2001 (24th) Japan Academy Prize

Profile

• Award Show: Japan Academy Prize
• Japanese: 日本アカデミー賞
• Edition: 24th
• Period: March 9, 2001
• Location: Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa) Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
• Hosts: Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Shinobu Otake

Nominees & Winners

Picture of the Year

• Award Winner: "When the Rain Lifts"
• Nominees:
• "When the Rain Lifts"
• "Face"
• "Fifteen"
• "Battle Royale"
• "Whiteout"

Director of the Year

• Award Winner: Junji Sakamoto ("Face")
• Nominees:
• Junji Sakamoto ("Face")
• Takashi Koizumi ("When the Rain Lifts")
• Kinji Fukasaku ("Battle Royale")
• Yoji Yamada ("A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen")
• Setsurou Wakamatsu - ("Whiteout")

Screenplay of the Year

• Award Winner: Akira Kurosawa ("When the Rain Lifts")
• Nominees:
• Akira Kurosawa ("When the Rain Lifts")
• Shinichi Ichikawa ("Nagasaki burabura bushi")
• Junji Sakamoto, Isamu Uno ("Face")
• Kenta Fukasaku ("Battle Royale")
• Yoshitaka Asama, Emiko Hiramatsu, Yoji Yamada ("A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen")

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Award Winner: Akira Terao ("When the Rain Lifts")
• Nominees:
• Akira Terao ("When the Rain Lifts")
• Yuji Oda ("Whiteout")
• Naoto Takenaka ("By Player")
• Tatsuya Fujiwara ("Battle Royale")
• Koji Yakusho ("Alley Cat")

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Award Winner: Sayuri Yoshinaga ("Nagasaki burabura bushi")
• Nominees:
• Sayuri Yoshinaga ("Nagasaki burabura bushi")
• Rena Tanaka ("First Love")
• Nanako Matsushima ("Whiteout")
• Yoshiko Miyazaki ("When the Rain Lifts")
• Mitsuko Mori ("Kawa no nagare no you ni")

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Award Winner: Koichi Sato ("Whiteout")
• Nominees:
• Koichi Sato ("Whiteout")
• Hidekazu Akai ("A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen")
• Tsurutaro Kataoka　("Alley Cat")
• Tetsuro Tamba ("A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen")
• Shiro Mifune ("When the Rain Lifts")

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Award Winner: Mieko Harada ("When the Rain Lifts")
• Nominees:
• Mieko Harada ("When the Rain Lifts")
• Rei Asami ("A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen")
• Michiyo Ookusu ("Face")
• Reiko Takashima　("Nagasaki burabura bushi")
• Mieko Harada ("First Love")

Outstanding Achievement in Music

• Award Winner: Masaru Sato ("When the Rain Lifts")
• Nominees:
• Masaru Sato ("When the Rain Lifts")
• Masamichi Amano ("Battle Royale")
• Michiru Ohshima ("Nagasaki burabura bushi")
• Ken Ishii, Norihito Sumiomo ("Whiteout")
• coba ("Face")

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

• Award Winner: Shoji Ueda ("When the Rain Lifts")
• Nominees:
• Shoji Ueda ("When the Rain Lifts")
• Yukio Isohata ("Alley Cat")
• Tatsuo Suzuki ("Nagasaki burabura bushi")
• Mutsuo Naganuma ("A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen")
• Hideo Yamamoto ("Whiteout")

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction

• Award Winner: Takeji Sano ("When the Rain Lifts")
• Nominees:
• Takeji Sano ("When the Rain Lifts")
• Kazuo Shimomura ("Alley Cat")
• Kiyoto Ando ("Nagasaki burabura bushi")
• Sosuke Yoshikado ("A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen")
• Yoshikazu Motohashi ("Whiteout")

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

• Award Winner: Yoshiro Muraki ("When the Rain Lifts")
• Nominees:
• Yoshiro Muraki ("When the Rain Lifts")
• Fumio Ogawa ("Whiteout")
• Mitsuo Degawa ("A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen")
• Yoshinobu Nishioka ("Alley Cat")
• Yoshinobu Nishioka ("Nagasaki burabura bushi")

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording

• Award Winner: Osamu Onodera ("Whiteout")
• Nominees:
• Osamu Onodera ("Whiteout")
• Kunio Ando ("Battle Royale")
• Kazumi Kishida ("A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen")
• Mike Samata, Yoji Takemoto ("Nagasaki burabura bushi")
• Kenichi Benitani ("When the Rain Lifts")

Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing

• Award Winner: Hirohide Abe ("Battle Royale")
• Nominees:
• Hirohide Abe ("Battle Royale")
• Hideto Aga ("When the Rain Lifts")
• Chizuko Osada ("Alley Cat")
• Yoshifumi Fukazawa ("Whiteout")
• Hiroshi Miyake ("Nagasaki burabura bushi")

Outstanding Foreign Language Film

• Award Winner: "Dancer in the Dark"
• Nominees:
• "Dancer in the Dark"
• "American Beauty"
• "Gladiator"
• "The Green Mile"
• "Shiri"

Rookie of the Year

• Yuta Kanaia ("A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen")
• Tatsuya Fujiwara ("Battle Royale")
• Tomoyasu Hotei ("Another Battle")
• Kyoko Fukada ("School Day of the Dead")
• Aki Maeda ("Battle Royale")
• MORNING MUSUME. ( "Pinch Runner")

Popularity Award (film)

• "Battle Royale"

Popularity Award (actor)

• Morning Musume - "Pinch Runner"