Beautiful Man Update
The Japan Academy Awards (as it's frequently referred) took place March 8, 2013. It is quite similar to the Academy Awards (USA) as far as national prestige and award categories. This year, the ceremony was held at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, in Tokyo, and marks the 36th ceremony, which originally began in 1978. Below, you can click the movie posters for trailers.
Let's see who won one of these lovely things..
[Source for award categories/winners]
**Also the winner of the Most Popular Film Award**
Other Nominees:
-Dearest -Chronicle of My Mother
-A Chorus of Angels -The Floating Castle
Animation of the Year
Wolf Children
Other Nominees:
-Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo -Friends Naki on Monster Island
-A Letter to Momo -One Piece Film Z
Director of the Year
Daihachi Yoshida
(The Kirishima Thing)
Other Nominees:
-Shinji Higuchi, Isshin Inudo (The Floating Castle) -Masato Harada (Chronicle of My Mother)
-Junji Sakamoto (A Chorus of Angels) -Yasuo Furuhata (Dearest)
Best Screenplay
Kenji Uchida (Key of Life)
Other Nominees:
-Dearest (Takeshi Aoshima) -Chronicle of My Mother (Masato Harada)
-The Kirishima Thing (Kohei Kiyasu, Daihachi Yoshida) -A Chorus of Angels (Machiko Nasu)
Best Leading Actor
Other Nominees:
-Mansai Nomura (The Floating Castle) -Koji Yakusho (Admiral Yamamoto, Chronicle of my Mother)
-Mirai Moriyama (The Drudgery Train) -Masato Sakai (Key of Life)
Best Leading Actress
Other Nominees:
-Tamiyo Kusakari (A Terminal Trust) -Takako Matsu (Dreams for Sale)
-Erika Sawajiri (Helter Skelter) -Sayuri Yoshinaga (A Chorus of Angels)
Best Supporting Actor
Hideji Otaki
(Dearest)
**Tetsuya Yamamoto (pictured right) accepted the award for the late actor who died in October 2012)**
Other Nominees:
-Teruyuki Kagawa (Key of Life) -Mirai Moriyama (A Chorus of Angels)
-Kengo Kora (The Drudgery Train) -Koichi Sato (Dearest, The Floating Castle)
Best Supporting Actress
(Dearest)
Other Nominees:
-Shinobu Terajima (Helter Skelter) -Hikari Mitsushima (A Chorus of Angels)
-Ryoko Hirosue (Key of LIfe) -Aoi Miyazaki (Chronicle of My Mother)
Most Popular Actor
New Star Award
(The Kirishima Thing, HOME Itoshi no (Ougon wo Daite Tobe)
Zashakiki Warashi, Another)
(Rurouni Kenshin, Ai to Makoto, Kyou Koi (Tsunagu, Kirin no Tsubasa, Kyo Koi wa
wo Hahimemasu) Hajimemasu)
Masahiro Higashide Fumi Nikaido Shota Sometani
(The Kirishima Thing) (Himizu, Aku no Kyoten) (Himizu, Aku no Kyoten)
Outstanding Achievement Awards
Music Cinematography Film Editing
Ikuko Kawai Daisaku Kimura Mototaka Kusakabe
(A Chorus of Angels) (A Chorus of Angels) (The Kirishima Thing)
Art Direction Lighting Direction Sound Recording
Norihiro Isoda/Nariyuki Takashi Sugimoto Fumio Hashimoto
Kondo (A Chorus of Angels) (Admiral Yamamoto)
(The Floating Castle)
Best Foreign Film
The Intouchables
(France)
Other Nominees:
-The Dark Knight Rises (USA) -Argo (USA)
-The Girls with the Dragon Tattoo (USA) -Skyfall (UK)
