34th Japan Academy Film Prize

The 34th Japan Academy Film Prize (第34回日本アカデミー賞) is the 34th edition of the Japan Academy Film Prize, an award presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association to award excellence in filmmaking. It awarded the best films of 2010 and it took place on February 18, 2011 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.[1][2]

34th Japan Academy Film Prize
Date	February 18, 2011
Site	Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan
Hosted by	Tsutomu Sekine Takako Matsu
Highlights
Most nominations	Villain Confessions 13 Assassins

Nominees

Awards

Picture of the Year	Animation of the Year
Confessions Villain Otōto The Lone Scalpel 13 Assassins	The Secret World of Arrietty Colorful Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky One Piece Film: Strong World
Director of the Year	Screenplay of the Year
Tetsuya Nakashima – Confessions Izuru Narushima – The Lone Scalpel Takashi Miike – 13 Assassins Yoji Yamada – Otōto Lee Sang-il – Villain	Tetsuya Nakashima – The Lone Scalpel Masato Katō – The Lone Scalpel Daisuke Tengan – 13 Assassins Yoji Yamada and Emiko Hiramatsu – Otōto Shuichi Yoshida and Lee Sang-il – Villain
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Satoshi Tsumabuki – Villain Shōfukutei Tsurube – Otōto Shinichi Tsutsumi – The Lone Scalpel Etsushi Toyokawa – Sword of Desperation Kōji Yakusho – 13 Assassins	Eri Fukatsu – Villain Shinobu Terajima – Caterpillar Takako Matsu – Confessions Hiroko Yakushimaru – Kondo wa Aisaika Sayuri Yoshinaga – Otōto
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Akira Emoto – Villain Renji Ishibashi – Kondo wa Aisaika Masaki Okada – Villain Masaki Okada – Confessions Kōji Kikkawa – Sword of Desperation	Kirin Kiki – Villain Yū Aoi – Otōto Yoshino Kimura – Confessions Yui Natsukawa – The Lone Scalpel Hikari Mitsushima – Villain
Popularity Award	Newcomer of the Year
Takashi Okamura Tidakankan: Umi to Sango to Chiisana Kiseki (Actor Category) SP The Motion Picture Yabō-hen (Production Category)	Mana Ashida – Ghost: Mouichido Dakishimetai Momoka Ōno – Kinako Riisa Naka – Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City and Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Kento Nagayama – Soft Boy Shohei Miura – Umizaru 3: The Last Message Takahiro Miura – Railways
Outstanding Achievement in Music	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Joe Hisaishi – Villain Kōji Endō – 13 Assassins Grand Funk Ink. – Beck Isao Tomita – Otōto Meina Co. – Kondo wa Aisaika	Nobuyasu Kita – 13 Assassins Shōichi Atō and Atsushi Ozawa – Confessions Kōichi Ishii – Sword of Desperation Norimichi Kasamatsu – Villain Masashi Chikamori – Otōto
Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction	Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Yoshi Watabe – 13 Assassins Susumu Takakura – Confessions Atsuki Shiihara – Sword of Desperation Kazuhiro Iwashita – Villain Kōichi Watanabe – Otōto	Yūji Hayashida – 13 Assassins Towako Kuwajima – Confessions Yōhei Taneda and Ryō Sugimoto – Villain Hidefumi Hanatani – Ōoku Toshiyuki Matsumiya – Sakurada Mongai no Hen
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording	Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing
Jun Nakamura – 13 Assassins Kazumi Kishida – Otōto Mitsugu Shiratori – Villain Yasushi Tanaka – Sword of Desperation Masato Yano – Confessions	Yoshiyuki Koike – Confessions Iwao Ishii – Otōto Tsuyoshi Imai – Villain Chieko Suzaki – Sword of Desperation Kenji Yamashita – 13 Assassins
Outstanding Foreign Language Film	Special Award from the Chairman
Avatar Inception Invictus Toy Story 3 The Hurt Locker	Umetsugu Inoue (Director) Tanie Kitabayashi (Actress) Takeo Kimura (Art Director) Keiju Kobayashi (Actor) Katsumi Nishikawa (Director)
Shigeru Okada Prize	Special Award from the Association
Eizō Kyōto	Ryūzō Ueno (Fight Director) Hiroshi Kuze (Fight Director) Ryōji Matsumoto (Set Decorator) Nobuo Yajima (Special Effects Director) Teruyo Nogami (Recording and Kurosawa-gumi Production Manager)

References

1. ""Kokuhaku" and "Akunin" dominate the 34th Japan Academy Awards". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. 2011-02-19. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
2. 【日本アカデミー賞】作品賞は『告白』…主演の松たか子「生きててよかった」 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2015-04-17.

External links

• Official website(in Japanese)