2011 (34th) Japan Academy Prize

Profile

• Award Show: Japan Academy Prize (日本アカデミー賞)
• Edition: 34th
• Date: February 18, 2011
• Location: (Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa) Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
• Hosts: Tsutomu Sekine, Takako Matsu

Nominees & Winners

Picture of the Year

• Award Winner: "Confessions"
• Nominees:
• "Villain"
• "About Her Brother"
• "Confessions"
• "A Lone Scalpel"
• "13 Assassins"

Animation of the Year

• Award Winner: "The Borrower Arrietty"
• Nominees:
• "Colorful"
• "The Borrower Arrietty"
• "Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King"
• "Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky"
• "One Piece Film: Strong World"

Director of the Year

• Award Winner: Tetsuya Nakashima ("Confessions")
• Nominees:
• Tetsuya Nakashima ("Confessions")
• Izuru Narushima ("A Lone Scalpel")
• Takashi Miike ("13 Assassins")
• Yoji Yamada ("About Her Brother")
• Sang-il Lee ("Villain")

Screenplay of the Year

• Award Winner: Tetsuya Nakashima ("Confessions")
• Nominees:
• Masato Kato ("A Lone Scalpel")
• Daisuke Tengan ("13 Assassins")
• Tetsuya Nakashima ("Confessions")
• Yoji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu ("About Her Brother")
• Shuichi Yoshida, Sang-il Lee ("Villain")

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Award Winner: Satoshi Tsumabuki ("Villain")
• Nominees:
• Tsurube Shofukutei ("About Her Brother")
• Shinichi Tsutsumi" ("A Lone Scalpel")
• Satoshi Tsumabuki ("Villain")
• Etsushi Toyokawa ("Sword Of Desperation")
• Koji Yakusho ("13 Assassins")

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Award Winner: Eri Fukatsu ("Villain")
• Nominees:
• Shinobu Terajima ("Caterpillar")
• Eri Fukatsu ("Villain")
• Takako Matsu ("Confessions")
• Hiroko Yakushimaru ("A Good Husband")
• Sayuri Yoshinaga ("About Her Brother")

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Award Winner: Akira Emoto ("Villain")
• Nominees:
• Renji Ishibashi ("A Good Husband")
• Akira Emoto ("Villain")
• Masaki Okada ("Villain")
• Masaki Okada ("Confessions")
• Koji Kikkawa ("Sword Of Desperation")

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Award Winner: Kirin Kiki ("Villain")
• Nominees:
• Yu Aoi ("About Her Brother")
• Kirin Kiki ("Villain")
• Yoshino Kimura ("Confessions")
• Yui Natsukawa ("A Lone Scalpel")
• Hikari Mitsushima ("Villain")

Outstanding Achievement in Music

• Award Winner: Joe Hisaishi ("Villain")
• Nominees:
• Koji Endo ("13 Assassins")
• Joe Hisaishi ("Villain")
• Grand Funk ("Beck")
• Joe Hisaishi ("Villain")
• Meina Co. ("A Good Husband")

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

• Award Winner: Nobuyasu Kita ("13 Assassins")
• Nominees:
• Shoichi Ato, Atsushi Ozawa ("Confessions")
• Koichi Ishii ("Sword Of Desperation")
• Norimichi Kasamatsu ("Villain")
• Nobuyasu Kita ("13 Assassins")
• Shinji Chikamori ("About Her Brother")

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction

• Award Winner: Yoshiya Watanabe ("13 Assassins")
• Nominees:
• Susumu Takakura ("Confessions")
• Noritaka Chihara ("Sword Of Desperation")
• Kazuhiro Iwashita ("Villain")
• Yoshiya Watanabe ("13 Assassins")
• Koichi Watanabe ("About Her Brother")

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

• Award Winner: Yuji Hayashida ("13 Assassins")
• Nominees:
• Towako Kuwashima ("Confessions")
• Yohei Taneda, Ryo Sugimoto ("Villain")
• Hidefumi Hanatani ("The Lady Shogun and Her Men")
• Yuji Hayashida ("13 Assassins")
• Toshiyuki Matsumiya (Sakuradamongai No Hen)

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording

• Award Winner: Jun Nakamura ("13 Assassins")
• Nominees:
• Kazumi Kishida ("About Her Brother")
• Mitsugu Shiratori ("Villain")
• Yasushi Tanaka ("Sword Of Desperation")
• Jun Nakamura ("13 Assassins")
• Masato Yano ("Confessions")

Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing

• Award Winner: Yoshiyuki Koike ("Confessions")
• Nominees:
• Iwao Ishii ("About Her Brother")
• Tsuyoshi Imai ("Villain")
• Yoshiyuki Koike ("Confessions")
• Chieko Suzaki ("Sword Of Desperation")
• Kenji Yamashita ("13 Assassins")

Outstanding Foreign Language Film

• Award Winner: "Avatar"
• Nominees:
• "Avatar"
• "Inception"
• "Invictus"
• "Toy Story 3"
• "The Hurt Locker"

Rookie of the Year

• Mana Ashida ("Ghost")
• Momoka Ono ("Police Dog Dream")
• Riisa Naka ("Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City"), ("Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time")
• Kento Nagayama ("Softboys")
• Shohei Miura ("Umizaru 3: The Last Message")
• Takahiro Miura ("Railways")

Special Award from the Chairman

• Umetsugu Inoue
• Tanie Kitabayashi
• Takeo Kimura
• Keiju Kobayashi
• Katsumi Nishikawa

Special Award from the Association

• Ryuzo Ueno (sword fights)
• Hiroshi Kuze (sword fights)
• Ryoji Matsumoto (decoration)
• Nobuo Yajima (special effects)
• Teruyo Nogami (Kurosawa-gumi production manager)