2003 (26th) Japan Academy Prize

Profile

Award Show: Japan Academy Prize (日本アカデミー賞)
Edition: 26th
Date: March 7, 2003
Location: (Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa) Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Hosts: Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Keiko Kishi

Nominees & Winners

Outstanding Achievement in Music

Award Winner: Isao Tomita ("The Twilight Samurai")
Nominees:
- Isao Tomita ("The Twilight Samurai")
- Michiru Ohshima ("Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS")
- Michiru Ohshima, Taku Takahashi ("Copycat Killer")
- Takashi Kako ("Letter from the Mountain")
- Jo Hisaishi ("Dolls")

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

Award Winner: Mutsuo Naganuma ("The Twilight Samurai")
Nominees:
- Mutsuo Naganuma ("The Twilight Samurai")
- Shoji Ueda ("Letter from the Mountain")
- Zensho Sakamoto ("The Choice of Hercules")
- Akira Sako ("Ping Pong")
- Katsumi Yanagijima ("Dolls")

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction

Award Winner: Genken Nakaoka ("The Twilight Samurai")
Nominees:
- Genken Nakaoka ("The Twilight Samurai")
- Hideaki Yamakawa ("Letter from the Mountain")
- Takeshi Okubo ("The Choice of Hercules")
- Koichi Watanabe ("Ping Pong")
- Hitoshi Takaya ("Dolls")

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

Award Winner: Yoshinobu Nishioka, Mitsuo Degawa ("The Twilight Samurai")
Nominees:
- Yoshinobu Nishioka, Mitsuo Degawa ("The Twilight Samurai")
- Norhiro Isoda ("Dolls")
- Kyoko Heya ("The Choice of Hercules")
- Yoshiro Muraki, Tadashi Sakai ("Letter from the Mountain")
- Shu Yamaguchi ("Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover")

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording

Award Winner: Kazumi Kishida ("The Twilight Samurai")
Nominees:
- Kazumi Kishida ("The Twilight Samurai")
- Osamu Onodera ("Inochi")
- Jun Nakamura ("The Choice of Hercules")
- Fumio Hashimoto ("Copycat Killer")
- Kenichi Benitani ("Letter from the Mountain")

Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing

Award Winner: Iwao Ishii ("The Twilight Samurai")
Nominees:
- Iwao Ishii ("The Twilight Samurai")
- Hideto Aga ("Letter from the Mountain")
- Soichi Ueno ("The Choice of Hercules")
- Soichi Ueno ("Ping Pong")
- Takuya Taguchi ("Returner")

Outstanding Foreign Language Film

Award Winner: "Monster's Ball"
Nominees:
- "Monster's Ball"
- "I am Sam"
- "Gang of New York"
- "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"
- "The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Rings"

Rookie of the Year

Min Tanaka ("The Twilight Samurai")
Kazushige Nagashima ("Mr. Rookie")
Shido Nakamura ("Ping Pong")
Manami Konishi ("Letter from the Mountain")
Anne Suzuki ("Returner")
Yuka ("Toast to Love")

Award from the Association

Kaneto Shindo

Award from the Chairman

Special Award from the Association

Takako Onuma
Kouzu Shokai / Takaysu Sousyokubijutsu

Most Popular Film

"Koinu Dan no monogatari"

Most Popular Actor

Anne Suzuki ("Returner")

2003 (26th) Japan Academy Prize

Contents

Profile

Nominees & Winners

Picture 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

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

Rookie of the Year

Award from the Association

Award from the Chairman

Special Award from the Association

Most Popular Film

Most Popular Actor