2012 (35th) Japan Academy Prize Contents 1 Profile 2 Nominees & Winners 2.1 Picture of the Year 2.2 Animation of the Year 2.3 Director of the Year 2.4 Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 2.5 Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 2.6 Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role 2.7 Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role 2.8 Screenplay of the Year 2.9 Outstanding Achievement in Music 2.10 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography 2.11 Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction 2.12 Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction 2.13 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording 2.14 Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing 2.15 Rookie of the Year 2.16 Outstanding Foreign Language Film 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" Page Discussion View View source History