2002 (25th) Japan Academy Prize

Profile

• Award Show: Japan Academy Prize
• Japanese: 日本アカデミー賞
• Edition: 25th
• Period: March 8, 2002
• Location: Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa) Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
• Hosts: Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Sayuri Yoshinaga

Nominees & Winners

Picture of the Year

• Award Winner: "Spirited Away"
• Nominees:
• "Genji: A Thousand-Year Love"
• "Go"
• "The Firefly"
• "Spirited Away"
• "Waterboys"

Director of the Year

• Award Winner: Isao Yukisada - "Go"
• Nominees:
• Yasuo Furuhata - "The Firefly"
• Koki Mitani - "All About Our House"
• Yojiro Takita - "The Yin Yang Master"
• Shinobu Yaguchi - "Waterboys"
• Isao Yukisada - "Go"

Screenplay of the Year

• Award Winner: Kankuro Kudo - "Go"
• Nominees:
• Yasuo Furuhata, Hiroshi Takeyama　- "The Firefly"
• Kankuro Kudo - "Go"
• Akira Hayasaka - "Genji: A Thousand-Year Love"
• Koki Mitani - "All About Our House"
• Shinobu Yaguchi - "Waterboys"

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Award Winner: Yosuke Kubozuka - "Go"
• Nominees:
• Yosuke Kubozuka　- "Go"
• Mansai Nomura - "The Yin Yang Master"
• Yutaka Takenouchi - "Between Calmness and Passion"
• Satoshi Tsumabuki - "Waterboys"
• Koji Yakusho - "Warm Water Under a Red Bridge"

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Award Winner: Keiko Kishi - "Big Mama"
• Nominees:
• Keiko Kishi - "Big Mama"
• Kyoko Koizumi　- "Kaza-Hana"
• Yuko Tanaka　- "The Firefly"
• Narumi Yasuda - "Taiga no itteki"
• Sayuri Yoshinaga - "Genji: A Thousand-Year Love"

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Award Winner: Tsutomu Yamazaki - "Go"
• Nominees:
• Nenji Kobayashi - "The Firefly"
• Rentaro Mikuni -　"Taiga no itteki"
• Kunie Tanaka　- "All About Our House"
• Ken Watanabe　- "Genji: A Thousand-Year Love"
• Tsutomu Yamazaki - "Go"

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Award Winner: Kou Shibasaki - "Go"
• Nominees:
• Yuki Amami　- "Genji: A Thousand-Year Love"
• Kyoko Koizumi - "The Yin Yang Master"
• Tomoko Naraoka - "The Firefly"
• Shinobu Ootake　- "Go"
• Kou Shibasaki - "Go"

Outstanding Achievement in Music

• Award Winner: Gakuji Matsuda, Hitomi Shimizu - "Waterboys"
• Nominees:
• Ryoichi Kuniyoshi　- "The Firefly"
• Gakuji Matsuda, Hitomi Shimizu - "Waterboys"
• Meina Co. - "Go"
• Isao Tomita　- "Genji: A Thousand-Year Love"
• Shigeru Umebayashi　- "The Yin Yang Master"

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

• Award Winner: Katsumi Yanagijima - "Go"
• Nominees:
• Naoki Kayano　- "The Yin Yang Master"
• Daisaku Kimura - "The Firefly"
• Tatsuo Suzuki　- "Genji: A Thousand-Year Love"
• Toyoshi Tsuda　- "Between Calmness and Passion"
• Katsumi Yanagijima - "Go"

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction

• Award Winner: Hitoshi Takaya - "Go"
• Nominees:
• Kiyoto Ando - "Genji: A Thousand-Year Love"
• Minoru Kawai - "Between Calmness and Passion"
• Tatsuya Osada - "The Yin Yang Master"
• Hitoshi Takaya - "Go"
• Mitsuo Watanabe - "The Firefly"

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

• Award Winner: Yoshinobu Nishioka, Toshiyuki Matsumiya - "Genji: A Thousand-Year Love"
• Nominees:
• Katsuhiro Fukuzawa - "The Firefly"
• Kyoko Heya - "The Yin Yang Master"
• Yoshinobu Nishioka, Toshiyuki Matsumiya - "Genji: A Thousand-Year Love"
• Yoshinobu Nishioka　- "Big Mama"
• Hiroshi Wada - "Go"

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording

• Award Winner: Osamu Onodera, Kiyoshi Kakizawa - "The Yin Yang Master"
• Nominees:
• Tsutomu Honda - "The Firefly"
• Osamu Onodera, Kiyoshi Kakizawa - "The Yin Yang Master"
• Mike Samata, Tetsuo Segawa - "Genji: A Thousand-Year Love"
• Nobuhiro Shibayama　- "Go"

Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing

• Award Winner: Tsuyoshi Imai - "Go"
• Nominees:
• Tsuyoshi Imai - "Go"
• Kiyoaki Saito　- "The Firefly"
• Shinya Tadano - "Genji: A Thousand-Year Love"
• Isao Tomita, Nobuko Tomita - "The Yin Yang Master"
• Ryuji Miyajima - "Waterboys"

Outstanding Foreign Language Film

• Award Winner: Billy Elliot
• Nominees:
• Billy Elliot
• A.I.
• Chocolat
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• Postmen in the Mountains

Rookie of the Year

• Yosuke Kubozuka - "Go"
• Naoki Tanaka - "All About Our House"
• Satoshi Tsumabuki - "Waterboys"
• Mansai Nomura - "The Yin Yang Master"
• Saki Kagami - "Platonic Sex"
• Kou Shibasaki - "Go"
• Hitomi Manaka - "Koko ni irukoto"
• Akiko Yagi - "All About Our House"

Special Award from the Chairman

• Koji Shundo
• Shinji Somai
• Hiroshi Teshigawara

Outstanding Achievement Award from the Chairman

• Hayao Miyazaki

Special Award from the Association

• Ichiro Uno (Music Coordinator)
• Yumi Kimura (Theme Music for "Sprited Away")
• Yoshiko Matsumoto (Hairstylist)
• Sumie Maruyama (Hairstylist)

Popularity Award (film)

• "Platonic Sex"

Popularity Award (actor)

• Naoki Tanaka - "All About Our House"