33rd Japan Academy Film Prize

33rd Japan Academy Prize
Date	March 5, 2010
Site	Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan

The 33rd Annual Japan Academy Prize ceremony was held on March 5, 2010, by the Japan Academy Prize Association to honor its selection of the best films of 2009. NTV broadcast the event, which took place at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. The nominations for the Awards were announced on December 22, 2009.

Nominees

Awards

Picture of the Year	Animation of the Year
The Unbroken Dear Doctor Mt. Tsurugidake Villon's Wife Zero Focus	Summer Wars Doraemon: The New Record of Nobita: Spaceblazer Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Director of the Year	Screenplay of the Year
Daisaku Kimura – Mt. Tsurugidake Miwa Nishikawa – Dear Doctor Kichitaro Negishi – Villon's Wife Setsurō Wakamatsu – The Unbroken Isshin Inudo – Zero Focus	Miwa Nishikawa – Dear Doctor Takuya Nishioka – The Unbroken Yōzō Tanaka – Villon's Wife Isshin Inudo and Kenji Nakazono – Zero Focus Daisaku Kimura, Atsuo Kikuchi, Toshimasa Miyamura – Mt. Tsurugidake
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Ken Watanabe – The Unbroken Tadanobu Asano – Villon's Wife and Mt. Tsurugidake Nao Omori – Hagetaka Shōfukutei Tsurube – Dear Doctor	Takako Matsu – Villon's Wife Aoi Miyazaki – Shonen Merikensack Haruka Ayase – Oppai Volleyball Du Na Bae – Air Doll Ryoko Hirosue – Zero Focus
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Teruyuki Kagawa – Mt. Tsurugidake Masato Sakai – General Rouge no Gaisen Tetsuji Tamayama – Hagetaka Eita – Dear Doctor Tomokazu Miura – The Unbroken	Kimiko Yo – Dear Doctor Kyoka Suzuki – The Unbroken Miki Nakatani – Zero Focus Tae Kimura – Zero Focus Shigeru Muroi – Villon's Wife
Outstanding Achievement in Music	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Shin’ichirō Ikebe – Mt. Tsurugidake Kōji Ueno – Zero Focus Norihito Sumitomo – The Unbroken Shūto Mukai – Shonen Merikensack Takashi Yoshimatsu – Villon's Wife	Daisaku Kimura – Mt. Tsurugidake Takahide Shibanushi – Villon's Wife Takahiro Tsutai – Zero Focus Mutsuo Naganuma – The Unbroken Katsumi Yanagishima – Dear Doctor
Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction	Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Takayuki Kawabe – Mt. Tsurugidake Tatsuya Osada – Villon's Wife Yoshitake Hikita – Zero Focus Takeshi Nakasu – The Unbroken Eiji Onoshita – Dear Doctor	Yōhei Taneda and Kyōko Yauchi – Villon's Wife Fumio Ogawa – The Unbroken Yukiharu Seshimo – Zero Focus Yoshinobu Nishioka and Takashi Yoshida – Katen no Shiro Katsuhiro Fukuzawa and Takaichi Wakamatsu – Mt. Tsurugidake
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording	Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing
Kenichi Ishidera – Mt. Tsurugidake Kiyoshi Kakizawa – Villon's Wife Hiromichi Koori – The Unbroken Junichi Shima – Zero Focus Mitsugu Shiratori and Hirokazu Katō – Dear Doctor	Takao Arai – The Unbroken Keiichi Itagaki – Mt. Tsurugidake Sōichi Ueno – Zero Focus Akimasa Kawashima – Villon's Wife Ryūji Miyajima – Dear Doctor
Outstanding Foreign Language Film	Newcomer of the Year
Gran Torino Slumdog Millionaire Changeling The Wrestler Red Cliff	Masaki Okada – Honokaa Boy, I Give My First Love to You, Jūryoku Piero Hiro Mizushima – Drop Junpei Mizobata – Akai Ito Daichi Watanabe – Shikisoku Zenereishōn Nana Eikura – April Bride Mirai Shida – Dare mo Mamotte Kurenai Airi Taira – 20th Century Boys
Award for Distinguished Service from the Chairman	Special Award of Honour from the Association
Tsuribaka Nisshi series (Toshiyuki Nishida, Rentarō Mikuni)	Hisaya Morishige
Special Award from the Chairman	Special Award from the Association
Gengon Nakaoka (Lighting) Shūe Matsubayashi (Director) Yoshirō Muraki (Art Director)	Sumiko Haneda (Documentary Writer) Yukio Hokari (Sound Effect) Kiyoshi Matsushita Takashi Matsuda (Costume)
Popularity Award
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess (Production Category) Haruka Ayase – Oppai Volleyball (Actor Category)

External links

• Japan Academy Prize official website - (Japanese)
• The 33rd Japan Academy Prize