The winners of the 36rd Japan Academy Prize have been announced. The 2013 日本アカデミー賞 winners are from what is “often called the Japan Academy Awards or the Japanese Academy Awards, [and] is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Nippon Academy-sho Association for Excellence in Japanese Film.”
The winners of the 2013 Japan Academy Prize:
Picture of the Year
Award Winner: “The Kirishima Thing”
Animation of the Year
Award Winner: “Wolf Children (Mamoru Hosoda)
Director of the Year
Award Winner: Daihachi Yoshida (“The Kirishima Thing”)
Screenplay of the Year
Award Winner: Kenji Uchida (“Key Of Life”)
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Award Winner: Hiroshi Abe (“Thermae Romae”)
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Award Winner: Kirin Kiki (“Chronicle Of My Mother”)
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Award Winner: Hideji Otaki (“Dearest”)
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Award Winner: Kimiko Yo (“Dearest”)
Outstanding Achievement in Music
Award Winner: Ikuko Kawai (“A Chorus of Angels”)
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Award Winner: Daisaku Kimura (“A Chorus of Angels”)
Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction
Award Winner: Takashi Sugimoto (“A Chorus of Angels”)
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Award Winner: Norihiro Isoda/Nariyuki Kondo (“The Floating Castle”)
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording
Award Winner: Fumio Hashimoto (“Admiral Yamamoto”)
Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing
Award Winner: Mototaka Kusakabe (“The Kirishima Thing”)
Outstanding Foreign Language Film
Award Winner: “The Intouchables” (France)
Rookie of the Year
Emi Takei
Fumi Nikaido
Ai Hashimoto
Shota Sometani
Shim Chang-Min
Masahiro Higashide
Tori MatsuzakaMost Popular Film
“The Kirishima Thing”
Most Popular Actor
“Yuko Oshima”
Source: Movie Website
