2012 (35th) Japan Academy Prize

Profile

• Award Show: Japan Academy Prize (日本アカデミー賞)
• Edition: 35th
• Date: March 2, 2012
• Location: (Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa) Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Nominees & Winners

Picture of the Year

• Award Winner: "Rebirth"
• Nominees:
  • "Someday"
  • "The Last Ronin"
  • "A Ghost of a Chance"
  • "Phone Call to the Bar"
  • "Rebirth"

Animation of the Year

• Award Winner: "From up on Poppy Hill"
• Nominees:
  • "K-ON! Movie"
  • "From up on Poppy Hill"
  • "Osamu Tezuka's Buddha"
  • "Little Ghostly Adventures Of The Tofu Boy"
  • "Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence"

Director of the Year

• Award Winner: Izuru Narushima ("Rebirth")
• Nominees:
  • Junji Sakamoto ("Someday")
  • Kaneto Shindo ("Post Card")
  • Shigemichi Sugita ("The Last Ronin")
  • Izuru Narushima ("Rebirth")
  • Koki Mitani ("A Ghost of a Chance")

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Award Winner: Yoshio Harada ("Someday")
• Nominees:
  • Yo Oizumi ("Phone Call to the Bar")
  • Masato Sakai ("Abacus and Sword")
  • Yoshio Harada ("Someday")
  • Tomokazu Miura ("Crossroads")
  • Koji Yakusho ("The Last Ronin")

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Award Winner: Mao Inoue ("Rebirth")
• Nominees:
  • Mao Inoue ("Rebirth")
  • Masami Nagasawa ("Love Strikes!")
  • Miki Nakatani ("Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle")
  • Eri Fukatsu ("A Ghost of a Chance")

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Award Winner: Denden ("Cold Fish")
• Nominees:
  • Yusuke Iseya ("Tomorrow's Joe")
  • Ittoku Kishibe ("Someday")
  • Koichi Sato ("The Last Ronin")
  • Denden ("Cold Fish")
  • Ryuhei Matsuda ("Phone Call to the Bar")

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Award Winner: Hiromi Nagasaku ("Rebirth")
• Nominees:
  • Kumiko Aso ("Love Strikes!")
  • Eiko Koike ("Rebirth")
  • Hiromi Nagasaku ("Rebirth")
  • Hikari Mitsushima ("Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai")
  • Nobuko Miyamoto ("Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle")

Screenplay of the Year

• Award Winner: Satoko Okudera ("Rebirth")
• Nominees:
  • Junji Sakamoto, Haruhiko Arai ("Someday")
  • Yozo Tanaka ("The Last Ronin")
  • Ryota Kosawa, Yasushi Suto ("Phone Call to the Bar")
  • Koki Mitani ("A Ghost of a Chance")
  • Satoko Okudera ("Rebirth")

Outstanding Achievement in Music

• Award Winner: Goro Yasukawa ("Rebirth")
• Nominees:
  • Yoshihiro Ike ("Phone Call to the Bar")
  • Taisei Iwasaki ("Love Strikes!")
  • Kiyoko Ogino ("A Ghost of a Chance")
  • Takashi Kako ("The Last Ronin")
  • Goro Yasukawa ("Rebirth")

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

• Award Winner: Junichi Fujisawa ("Rebirth")
• Nominees:
  • Norimichi Kasamatsu "Someday"
  • Mutsuo Naganuma ("The Last Ronin")
  • Osamu Fujiishi ("Peak: The Rescuers")
  • Junichi Fujisawa ("Rebirth")
  • Hideo Yamamoto ("A Ghost of a Chance")

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction

• Award Winner: Masao Kanazawa ("Rebirth")
• Nominees:
  • Kazuhiro Iwashita ("Someday")
  • Takaaki Miyanishi ("The Last Ronin")
  • Takayuki Kawabe ("Peak: The Rescuers")
  • Masao Kanazawa ("Rebirth")
  • Akira Ono ("A Ghost of a Chance")

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

• Award Winner: Yoshinobu Nishioka & Tetsuo Harada ("The Last Ronin")
• Nominees:
  • ("Abacus and Sword")
  • ("A Ghost of a Chance")
  • ("The Last Ronin")
  • ("Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai")
  • ("Rebirth")

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording

• Award Winner: Kenichi Fujimoto ("Rebirth")
• Nominees:
  • ("A Ghost of a Chance")
  • ("Phone Call to the Bar")
  • ("Someday")
  • ("The Last Ronin")
  • ("Rebirth")

Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing

• Award Winner: Chise Sanjo ("Rebirth")
• Nominees:
  • Yusuke Ishida ("Love Strikes!")
  • Soichi Ueno ("A Ghost of a Chance")
  • Chizuko Osada ("The Last Ronin")
  • Chise Sanjo ("Rebirth")
  • Shinya Tadano ("Phone Call to the Bar")

Rookie of the Year

• • Sea Kumada ("Scabbard Samurai")
  • Nanami Sakuraba ("The Last Ronin")
  • Konomi Watanabe ("Rebirth")
  • Yusuke Kamiji ("Slapstick Brothers")
  • Kengo Kora ("The Egoists")
  • Takaaki Nomi ("Scabbard Samurai")
  • Hiroki Hasegawa ("Second Virginity")

Outstanding Foreign Language Film

• Award Winner: "The King's Speech"
• Nominees:
  • "The King's Speech"
  • "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
  • "The Social Network"
  • "Black Swan"
  • "Moneyball"