2005 (28th) Japan Academy Prize

Profile

• Award Show: Japan Academy Prize (日本アカデミー賞)
• Edition: 28th
• Date: February 18, 2005
• Location: (Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa) Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
• Hosts: Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Shinobu Terajima

Nominees & Winners

Picture of the Year

• Award Winner: "Half a Confession"
• Nominees:
  • "Half a Confession"
  • "The Hidden Blade"
  • "Swing Girls"
  • "Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World"
  • "Blood and Bones"

Director of the Year

• Award Winner: Yoichi Sai ("Blood and Bones")
• Nominees:
  • Yoichi Sai ("Blood and Bones")
  • Kiyoshi Sasabe ("Half a Confession")
  • Shinobu Yaguchi ("Swing Girls")
  • Yoji Yamada ("The Hidden Blade")
  • Isao Yukisada ("Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World")

Screenplay of the Year

• Award Winner: Shinobu Yaguchi ("Swing Girls")
• Nominees:
  • Shinobu Yaguchi ("Swing Girls")
  • Yoichi Sai, Wui Sin Chong ("Blood and Bones")
  • Kiyoshi Sasabe, Toshiyuki Tabe ("Half a Confession")
  • Koki Mitani ("University of Laughs")
  • Yoji Yamada, Yoshitaka Asama ("The Hidden Blade")

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Award Winner: Akira Terao ("Half a Confession")
• Nominees:
  • Akira Terao ("Half a Confession")
  • Sho Aikawa ("Zebraman")
  • Takao Osawa ("Gege")
  • Masatoshi Nagase ("The Hidden Blade")
  • Koji Yakusho ("University of Laughs")

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Award Winner: Kyoka Suzuki ("Blood and Bones")
• Nominees:
  • Kyoka Suzuki ("Blood and Bones")
  • Yuko Takeuchi ("Be with You")
  • Takako Tokiwa ("Red Moon")
  • Kyoko Fukada ("Kamikaze Girls")
  • Takako Matsu ("The Hidden Blade")

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Award Winner: Joe Odagiri ("Blood and Bones")
• Nominees:
  • Joe Odagiri ("Blood and Bones")
  • Teruyuki Kagawa ("Red Moon")
  • Kyohei Shibata ("Half a Confession")
  • Mirai Moriyama ("Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World")
  • Hidetaka Yoshioka ("The Hidden Blade")

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Award Winner: Masami Nagasawa ("Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World")
• Nominees:
  • Masami Nagasawa ("Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World")
  • Kirin Kiki ("Half a Confession")
  • Tomoko Tabata ("Blood and Bones")
  • Anna Tsuchiya ("Kamikaze Girls")
  • You ("Nobody Knows")

Outstanding Achievement in Music

• Award Winner: Mikki Yoshino, Hiroshi Kishimoto ("Swing Girls")
• Nominees:
  • Mikki Yoshino, Hiroshi Kishimoto ("Swing Girls")
  • Taro Iwashiro ("Blood and Bones")
  • Tamiya Terashima ("Half a Confession")
  • Isao Tomita ("The Hidden Blade")
  • Meyna Co. ("Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World")

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

• Award Winner: Noboru Shinoda ("Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World")
• Nominees:
  • Noboru Shinoda ("Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World")
  • Daisaku Kimura ("Red Moon")
  • Mutsuo Naganuma ("The Hidden Blade")
  • Mutsuo Naganuma ("Half a Confession")
  • Takeshi Hamada ("Blood and Bones")

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction

• Award Winner: Yuki Nakamura ("Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World")
• Nominees:
  • Yuki Nakamura ("Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World")
  • MIitsuo Watanabe ("Red Moon")
  • Genken Nakaoka ("The Hidden Blade")
  • Sosuke Yoshikado ("Half a Confession")
  • Hitoshi Takaya ("Blood and Bones")

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

• Award Winner: Mitsuo Degawa, Yoshinobu Nishioka ("The Hidden Blade")
• Nominees:
  • Mitsuo Degawa, Yoshinobu Nishioka ("The Hidden Blade")
  • Toshihiro Isomi ("Blood and Bones")
  • Katsuhiro Fukuzawa ("Red Moon"))
  • Shu Yamaguchi ("Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World")
  • Hidemitsu Yamasaki ("Half a Confession")

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording

• Award Winner: Hiromichi Kori ("Swing Girls")
• Nominees:
  • Hiromichi Kori ("Swing Girls")
  • Hironori Ito ("Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World")
  • Kazumi Kishida ("The Hidden Blade")
  • Yasuo Takano ("Half a Confession")
  • Susumu Take, Osamu Onodera ("Blood and Bones")

Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing

• Award Winner: Ryuji Miyajima ("Swing Girls")
• Nominees:
  • Ryuji Miyajima ("Swing Girls")
  • Iwao Ishii ("The Hidden Blade")
  • Tsuyoshi Imai ("Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World")
  • Hideaki Ohata ("Half a Confession")
  • Yoshiyuki Okuhara ("Blood and Bones")

Outstanding Foreign Language Film

• Award Winner: "The Last Samurai"
• Nominees:
  • "The Last Samurai"
  • "Seabiscuit"
  • "Troy"
  • "Mystic River"
  • "The Lord of the Rings Return of the King"

Rookie of the Year

• Yuta Hiraoka ("Swing Girls")
• Mirai Moriyama ("Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World")
• Misaki Ito ("Sea Cat")
• Juri Ueno ("Swing Girls")
• Anna Tsuchiya ("Kamikaze Girls")
• Yo Hitoto ("Cafe Lumiere")

Award from the Chairman

• Planning Team ("Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World")

Special Award from the Chairman

• Tatsuya Mihashi

Special Award from the Association

• Kei Ijichi
• Masatoshi Saito & his staff
• Godzilla

Most Popular Film

• "Swing Girls"

Most Popular Actor

• Masami Nagasawa ("Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World")