2007 (30th) Japan Academy Prize

Profile

• Award Show: Japan Academy Prize (日本アカデミー賞)
• Edition: 30th
• Date: February 16, 2007
• Location: (Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa) Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
• Hosts: Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Sayuri Yoshinaga

Nominees & Winners

Picture of the Year

• Award Winner: "Hula Girls"
• Nominees:
  • "Hula Girls"
  • "Memories of Tomorrow"
  • "Yamato"
  • "The Uchoten Hotel"
  • "Love and Honor"

Animation of the Year

• Award Winner: "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time"
• Nominees:
  • "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time"
  • "Stormy Night"
  • "Tales from Earthsea"
  • "Brave Story"
  • "Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem"

Director of the Year

• Award Winner: Sang-il Lee ("Hula Girls")
• Nominees:
  • Sang-il Lee ("Hula Girls")
  • Junya Sato ("Yamato")
  • Tetsuya Nakashima ("Memories of Matsuko")
  • Koki Mitani ("The Uchoten Hotel")
  • Yoji Yamada ("Love and Honor")

Screenplay of the Year

• Award Winner: Sang-il Lee, Daisuke Habara ("Hula Girls")
• Nominees:
  • Sang-il Lee, Daisuke Habara ("Hula Girls")
  • Hakaru Sunamoto, Yuiko Miura ("Memories of Tomorrow")
  • Tetsuya Nakashima ("Memories of Matsuko")
  • Koki Mitani ("The Uchoten Hotel")
  • Yoji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu, Ichiro Yamamoto ("Love and Honor")

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Award Winner: Ken Watanabe ("Memories of Tomorrow")
• Nominees:
  • Ken Watanabe ("Memories of Tomorrow")
  • Joe Odagiri ("Sway")
  • Satoshi Tsumabuki ("Tears for You")
  • Akira Terao ("The Professor and His Beloved Equation")
  • Koji Yakusho ("The Uchoten Hotel")

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Award Winner: Miki Nakatani ("Memories of Matsuko")
• Nominees:
  • Miki Nakatani ("Memories of Matsuko")
  • Rei Dan ("Love and Honor")
  • Masami Nagasawa ("Tears for You")
  • Kanako Higuchi ("Memories of Tomorrow")
  • Yasuko Matsuyuki ("Hula Girls")

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Award Winner: Takashi Sasano ("Love and Honor")
• Nominees:
  • Takashi Sasano ("Love and Honor")
  • Takao Osawa ("Metro ni notte")
  • Teruyuki Kagawa ("Sway")
  • Koichi Sato ("The Uchoten Hotel")
  • Ken'ichi Matsuyama ("Death Note")

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Award Winner: Yu Aoi ("Hula Girls")
• Nominees:
  • Yu Aoi ("Hula Girls")
  • Yu Aoi ("Yamato")
  • Sumiko Fuji ("Hula Girls")
  • Masako Motai ("Kamome Diner")
  • Kaori Momoi ("Love and Honor")

Outstanding Achievement in Music

• Award Winner: Gabriele Roberto, Takeshi Shibuya ("Memories of Matsuko")
• Nominees:
  • Gabriele Roberto, Takeshi Shibuya ("Memories of Matsuko")
  • Michiru Oshima ("Memories of Tomorrow")
  • Isao Tomita ("Love and Honor")
  • Jo Hisaishi ("Yamato")
  • Yusuke Honma ("The Uchoten Hotel")

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

• Award Winner: Mutsuo Naganuma ("Love and Honor")
• Nominees:
  • Mutsuo Naganuma ("Love and Honor")
  • Shoichi Ato ("Memories of Matsuko")
  • Yoshitaka Sakamoto ("Yamato")
  • Hideo Yamamoto ("The Uchoten Hotel")
  • Hideo Yamamoto ("Hula Girls")

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction

• Award Winner: Takeshi Nakasu ("Love and Honor")
• Nominees:
  • Takeshi Nakasu ("Love and Honor")
  • Taro Kimura ("Memories of Matsuko")
  • Takeshi Okubo ("Yamato")
  • Akira Ono ("Hula Girls")
  • Akira Ono ("The Uchoten Hotel")

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

• Award Winner: Toshiyuki Matsumiya, Noriyuki Kondo ("Yamato")
• Nominees:
  • Toshiyuki Matsumiya, Noriyuki Kondo ("Yamato")
  • Towako Kuwashima ("Memories of Matsuko")
  • Yohei Taneda ("The Uchoten Hotel")
  • Yohei Taneda ("Hula Girls")
  • Mitsuo Degawa ("Love and Honor")

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording

• Award Winner: Nobuhiko Matsukage, Tetsuo Segawa ("Yamato")
• Nominees:
  • Nobuhiko Matsukage, Tetsuo Segawa ("Yamato")
  • Kazumi Kishida ("Love and Honor")
  • Junichi Shima, Tadao Tasai ("Memories of Matsuko")
  • Mitsugu Shiratori ("Hula Girls")
  • Tesuo Segawa ("The Uchoten Hotel")

Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing

• Award Winner: Yoshiyuki Koike ("Memories of Matsuko")
• Nominees:
  • Yoshiyuki Koike ("Memories of Matsuko")
  • Iwao Ishii ("Love and Honor")
  • Tsuyoshi Imai ("Hula Girls")
  • Soichi Ueno ("The Uchoten Hotel")
  • Takeo Yoneda ("Yamato")

Outstanding Foreign Language Film

• Award Winner: "Flags of Our Fathers"
• Nominees:
  • "Flags of Our Fathers"
  • "Crash"
  • "The Da Vinci Code"
  • "Pirates of The Carribean: Dead Man's Chest"
  • "Hotel Rwanda"

Rookie of the Year

• Kenta Suga
• Muga Tsukaji
• Mokomichi Hayami
• Kenichi Matsuyama
• Yu Aoi
• Rei Dan
• Shizuyo Yamazaki
• Yui

Outstanding Achievement Award from the Chairman

• Planning Team of "Limit of Love: Umizaru"

Most Popular Film

• "Hula Girls"

Most Popular Actor

• Muga Tsukaji ("The Mamiya Brothers")