35th Japan Academy Prizes

35th Japan Academy Prizes

Ceremony Date: March 2, 2012, Hosted By: Tsutomu Sekine, Eri Fukatsu

Ceremony Date: March 2, 2012, Hosted By: Tsutomu Sekine, Eri Fukatsu

Best Picture
  • The Eighth Day
  • Some Day
  • The Last Ronin
  • A Ghost of a Chance
  • The Detective is in the Bar
Best Animated Picture
  • From Up on Poppy Hill
  • K-On! The Movie
  • Buddha: The Great Departure
  • Little Ghostly Adventures of Tofu Boy
  • Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence
Best Director
  • Izuru Narishima | The Eighth Day
  • Junji Sakamoto | Some Day
  • Kaneto Shindo | Postcard
  • Shigemichi Sugita | The Last Ronin
  • Koki Mitani | A Ghost of a Chance
Best Screenplay
  • Satoko Okudera | The Eighth Day
  • Haruhiko Arai, Junji Sakamoto | Some Day
  • Ryota Kosawa, Yasushi Suto | The Detective is in the Bar
  • Yozo Tanaka | The Last Ronin
  • Koki Mitani | A Ghost of a Chance
Best Leading Actor
  • Yoshio Harada | Some Day
  • Yo Oizumi | The Detective is in the Bar
  • Masato Sakai | Abacus and Sword
  • Tomokazu Miura | Railways: For Adults Who Can't Convey Love
  • Koji Yakusho | The Last Ronin
Best Leading Actress
  • Mao Inoue | The Eighth Day
  • Masami Nagasawa | Moteki
  • Miki Nakatani | Hankyu Railways: A 15-Minute Miracle
  • Eri Fukatsu | A Ghost of a Chance
  • Aoi Miyazaki | Tsure Ga Utsu Ni Narimashite
Best Supporting Actor
  • Denden | Cold Fish
  • Yusuke Iseya | Tomorrow's Joe
  • Ittoku Kishibe | Some Day
  • Koichi Sato | The Last Ronin
  • Ryuhei Matsuda | The Detective is in the Bar
Best Supporting Actress
  • Hiromi Nagasaku | The Eighth Day
  • Kumiko Aso | Moteki
  • Eiko Koike | The Eighth Day
  • Hikari Matsushima | Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
  • Nobuko Miyamoto | Hankyu Railways: A 15-Minute Miracle
Best Music
  • Goro Yasukawa | The Eighth Day
  • Yoshihiro Ike | The Detective is in the Bar
  • Taisei Iwasaki | Moteki
  • Kiyoko Ogino | A Ghost of a Chance
  • Takashi Kako | The Last Ronin
Best Photography
  • Junichi Fujisawa | The Eighth Day
  • Norimichi Kasamatsu | Some Day
  • Mutsuo Naganuma | The Last Ronin
  • Osamu Fujiishi | Gaku
  • Hideo Yamamoto | A Ghost of a Chance
Best Lighting
  • Masao Kanazawa | The Eighth Day
  • Kazuhiro Iwashita | Some Day
  • Takaaki Miyanishi | The Last Ronin
  • Takayuki Kawabe | Gaku
  • Akira Ono | A Ghost of a Chance
Best Art
  • Yoshinobu Nishioka, Tetsuo Harada | The Last Ronin
  • Noriyuki Kondo | Abacus and Sword
  • Yohei Taneda | A Ghost of a Chance
  • Yuji Hayashida | Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
  • Tomoe Matsumoto | The Eighth Day
Best Sound
  • Kenichi Fujimoto | The Eighth Day
  • Tetsuo Segawa | A Ghost of a Chance
  • Tomoaki Tamura, Tsuyoshi Murozono | The Detective is in the Bar
  • Yasumasa Terui | Some Day
  • Toyotaka Nakaji, Tetsuo Segawa | The Last Ronin
Best Editing
  • Chise Sanjo | The Eighth Day
  • Yusuke Ishida | Moteki
  • Soichi Ueno | A Ghost of a Chance
  • Chizuko Osada | The Last Ronin
  • Shinya Tadano | The Detective is in the Bar
Best Foreign Picture
  • The King's Speech
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  • The Social Network
  • Black Swan
  • Moneyball
New Actor Awards
  • Sea Kumada | Scabbard Samurai
  • Nanami Sakuraba | The Last Ronin
  • Konomi Watanabe | The Eighth Day
  • Yusuke Kamiji | Slapstick Brothers
  • Kengo Kora | The Egoists
  • Takaaki Nomi | Scabbard Samurai
  • Hiroki Hasegawa | Second Virgin
Special Award of the Association
  • Kuri Goshoen Propmaster
Chairman's Special Award
  • Shigeru Okada Producer, d. May 9, aged 87
  • Takeji Sano Lighting Technician, d. Mar 4, aged 80
  • Hideko Takamine Actress, d. Dec 28, 2010, aged 86
  • Yoshio Harada Actor, d. Jul 9, aged 71
  • Yoshimitsu Morita Director, d. Dec 20, aged 61
Popularity Awards
  • Moteki
  • Atsuko Maeda | Moshidora
  • Yasuko Ono | Screenwriter, d. Jan 6, aged 82
  • Toshiyuki Hosokawa | Actor, d. Jan 14, aged 70
  • Jiro Sakagami | Comedian, Actor, d. Mar 10, aged 76
  • Hideko Okiyama | Actress, d. Mar 21, aged 65
  • Osamu Dezaki | Animation Director, d. Apr 17, aged 67
  • Yoshiko Tanaka | Actress, d. Apr 21, aged 55
  • Kiyoshi Kodama | Actor, d. May 16, aged 77
  • Shohei Ando | Cinematographer, d. May 20, aged 77
  • Hiroyuki Nagato | Actor, d. May 21, aged 77
  • Suketsugu Noda | Association Officer, Producer, d. Jun 1, aged 65
  • Masaru Baba | Screenwriter, d. Jun 29, aged 84
  • Atsushi Takeda | Director, Screenwriter, Producer, d. Jul 12, aged 84
  • Masahisa Sadanaga | Director, d. Jul 14, aged 79
  • Muga Takewaki | Actor, d. Jul 21, aged 67
  • Naoki Sugiura | Actor, d. Sep 21, aged 79
  • Ken Yamauchi | Actor, d. Sep 24, aged 67
  • Toshiro Ishido | Screenwriter, d. Nov 1, aged 79
  • Shinichi Ichikawa | Screenwriter, d. Dec 10, aged 70
  • Tetsuro Yoshida | Screenwriter, d. Dec 20, aged 82