2014 (37th) Japan Academy Prize

Profile

Award Show: Japan Academy Prize (日本アカデミー賞)
Edition: 37th
Date: March 7, 2014
Location: Tokyo, Japan

Nominees & Winners

Rookie of the Year

Popularity Award

Masayasu Wakabayashi ("7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies")
"Midsummer Formula" (production category)

Outstanding Achievement in Music

Award Winner: Joe Hisaishi ("The Wind Rises")
Nominees:
- Joe Hisaishi ("The Tale of The Princess Kaguya"/"Tokyo Family")
- Joe Hisaishi ("The Wind Rises")
- Taro Iwashiro ("Ask This of Rikyu")
- Junichi Matsumoto, Takashi Mori, Takeshi Matsubara ("Like Father, Like Son")
- Kiyoko Ogino ("The Kiyosu Conference")
- Takashi Watanabe ("The Great Passage")

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

Award Winner: Norimichi Kasamatsu ("Unforgiven")
Nominees:
- Masashi Chikamori ("Tokyo Family")
- Junichi Fujisawa ("The Great Passage")
- Takeshi Hamada ("Ask This of Rikyu")
- Norimichi Kasamatsu ("Unforgiven")
- Mikiya Takimoto ("Like Father, Like Son")

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction

Award Winner: Koichi Watanabe ("Unforgiven")
Nominees:
- Kiyoto Ando ("Ask This of Rikyu")
- Norikiyo Fujii ("Like Father, Like Son")
- Tatsuya Osada ("The Great Passage")
- Koichi Watanabe ("Tokyo Family")
- Koichi Watanabe ("Unforgiven")

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

Award Winner: Takashi Yoshida ("Ask This of Rikyu")
Nominees:
- Mitsuo Harada ("The Great Passage")
- Mitsuo Harada, Ryo Sugimoto ("Unforgiven")
- Katsumi Nakazawa ("A Boy Called H")
- Yohei Taneda, Kimie Kurotaki ("The Kiyosu Conference")
- Takashi Yoshida ("Ask This of Rikyu")

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording

Award Winner: Hirokazu Kato ("The Great Passage")
Nominees:
- Hirokazu Kato ("The Great Passage")
- Kazumi Kishida ("Tokyo Family")
- Nobuhiko Matsukage ("Ask This of Rikyu")
- Tetsuo Segawa ("The Kiyosu Conference")
- Yutaka Tsurumaki ("Like Father, Like Son")

Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing

Award Winner: Shinichi Fushima ("The Great Passage")
Nominees:
- Kazunobu Fujita ("Ask This of Rikyu")
- Shinichi Fushima ("The Great Passage")
- Iwao Ishii ("Tokyo Family")
- Hirokazu Koreeda ("Like Father, Like Son")
- Soichi Ueno ("The Kiyosu Conference")

Outstanding Foreign Language Film

Award Winner: "Les Miserables" (UK)
Nominees:
- "3 Idiots" (India)
- "Captain Phillips" (USA)
- "Django Unchained" (USA)
- "Gravity" (USA)

Special Award from the Chairman

Kumagai Hideo (lighting technician)
Rentaro Mikuni (actor)
Isao Natsuyagi (actor)
Nagisa Oshima (director)
Etsuko Takano (Iwanami Hall Manager, President of Equipe de Cinema)

Special Award from the Association

Akira Fukuda (costume designer)
Akane Shiratori (screenwriter)
Harumi Yoshida (sceneshifter)

Special Award of Honour from the Association

Ken Takakura (actor)

2014 (37th) Japan Academy Prize

Contents

Profile

Nominees & Winners

Picture of the Year

Animation of the Year

Director of the Year

Screenplay of the Year

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Rookie of the Year

Popularity Award

Outstanding Achievement in Music

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording

Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing

Outstanding Foreign Language Film

Special Award from the Chairman

Special Award from the Association

Special Award of Honour from the Association