2006 (29th) Japan Academy Prize

Profile

• Award Show: Japan Academy Prize (日本アカデミー賞)
• Edition: 30th
• Date: March 3, 2006
• Location: (Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa) Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
• Hosts: Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Kyoka Suzuki

Nominees & Winners

Picture of the Year

• Award Winner: "Always: Sunset on Third Street"
• Nominees:
  • "Always: Sunset on Third Street"
  • "Year One in the North"
  • "The Samurai I Loved"
  • "Break Through!"
  • "Aegis"

Director of the Year

• Award Winner: Takashi Yamazaki ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
• Nominees:
  • Takashi Yamazaki ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
  • Kazuyuki Izutsu ("Break Through!")
  • Mitsuo Kurotsuchi ("The Samurai I Loved")
  • Junji Sakamoto ("Aegis")
  • Isao Yukisada ("Year One in the North")

Screenplay of the Year

• Award Winner: Takashi Yamazaki, Ryota Kosawa ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
• Nominees:
  • Takashi Yamazaki, Ryota Kosawa ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
  • Mitsuo Kurotsuchi ("The Samurai I Loved")
  • Machiko Nasu ("Year One in the North")
  • Yasuo Hasegawa, Kenzaburo Iida ("Aegis")
  • Daisuke Habara, Kazuyuki Izutsu ("Break Through!")

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Award Winner: Hidetaka Yoshioka ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
• Nominees:
  • Hidetaka Yoshioka ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
  • Somegoro Ichikawa ("The Samurai I Loved")
  • Hiroyuki Sanada ("Aegis")
  • Satoshi Tsumabuki ("Snowy Love Fall in Spring")
  • Yusuke Santamaria ("Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi")

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Award Winner: Sayuri Yoshinaga ("Year One in the North")
• Nominees:
  • Sayuri Yoshinaga ("Year One in the North")
  • Yoshino Kimura ("The Samurai I Loved")
  • Koyuki ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
  • Yuko Takeuchi ("Snowy Love Fall in Spring")
  • Mika Nakashima ("Nana")

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Award Winner: Shin'ichi Tsutsumi ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
• Nominees:
  • Shin'ichi Tsutsumi ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
  • Teruyuki Kagawa ("Year One in the North")
  • Susumu Terajima ("Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi")
  • Etsushi Toyokawa ("[[Year One in the North]")
  • Kiichi Nakai ("Aegis")

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Award Winner: Hiroko Yakushimaru ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
• Nominees:
  • Hiroko Yakushimaru ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
  • Yuriko Ishida ("Year One in the North")
  • Satomi Ishihara ("Year One in the North")
  • Michiyo Ookusu ("Snowy Love Fall in Spring")
  • Shinobu Terajima ("Tokyo Tower")

Outstanding Achievement in Music

• Award Winner: Naoki Sato ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
• Nominees:
  • Naoki Sato ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
  • Taro Iwashiro ("The Samurai I Loved")
  • Taro Iwashiro ("Snowy Love Fall in Spring")
  • Michiru Ohshima ("Year One in the North")
  • Trevor Jones ("Aegis")

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

• Award Winner: Kozo Shibasaki ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
• Nominees:
  • Kozo Shibasaki ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
  • Norimichi Kasamatsu ("Aegis")
  • Nobuyasu Kita ("Year One in the North)
  • Shinji Kugimiya ("The Samurai I Loved")
  • Ping Bin Lee ("Snowy Love Fall in Spring")

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction

• Award Winner: Kenichi Mizuno ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
• Nominees:
  • Kenichi Mizuno ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
  • Kenji Ishida ("Aegis")
  • Yuki Nakamura ("Year One in the North)
  • Sosuke Yoshikado ("The Samurai I Loved")
  • Yuki Nakamura ("Snowy Love Fall in Spring")

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

• Award Winner: Anri Jojo ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
• Nominees:
  • Anri Jojo ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
  • Akira Sakuragi ("The Samurai I Loved")
  • Mitsuo Harada ("Aegis"))
  • Kyoko Heya ("Year One in the North)
  • Shu Yamaguchi ("Snowy Love Fall in Spring")

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording

• Award Winner: Hitoshi Tsurumaki ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
• Nominees:
  • Hitoshi Tsurumaki ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
  • Hironori Ito ("Year One in the North")
  • Hironori Ito ("Snowy Love Fall in Spring")
  • Yasuo Takano ("Aegis")
  • Yasuo Hashimoto ("The Samurai I Loved")

Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing

• Award Winner: Ryuji Miyajima ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
• Nominees:
  • Ryuji Miyajima ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")
  • Tsuyoshi Imai ("Year One in the North")
  • Tsuyoshi Imai ("Snowy Love Fall in Spring")
  • William M. Anderson ("Aegis")
  • Hiroshi Okuda ("The Samurai I Loved")

Outstanding Foreign Language Film

• Award Winner: "Million Dollar Baby"
• Nominees:
  • "Million Dollar Baby"
  • "The Phantom of the Opera"
  • "Cinderella Man"
  • "Star Wars III"
  • "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"

Rookie of the Year

• Ryo Katsuji ("Aegis")
• Ryunosuke Kamiki ("The Great Yokai War")
• Shun Shioya ("Break Through!")
• Erika Sawajiri ("Break Through!")
• Mika Nakashima ("Nana")
• Maki Horikita ("Always: Sunset on Third Street")

Most Popular Film

• ("Nana")

Most Popular Actor

• Erika Sawajiri ("Break Through!")