24th Japan Academy Film Prize

Date| March 9, 2001
Site| Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan
Hosted by| Hiroshi Sekiguchi
Shinobu Otake

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The 24th Japan Academy Film Prize (第24回日本アカデミー賞) is the 24th 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 2000 and it took place on March 9, 2001 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.[1][2]

## Nominees[edit]

### Awards[edit]

Picture of the Year | Director of the Year

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* After the Rain
* Face
* A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen
* Battle Royale
* Whiteout

* Junji Sakamoto \- Face
* Takashi Koizumi \- After the Rain
* Kinji Fukasaku \- Battle Royale
* Yoji Yamada \- A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen
* Setsurō Wakamatsu \- Whiteout

Screenplay of the Year | Popularity Award

* Akira Kurosawa \- After the Rain
* Shinichi Ichikawa - Nagasaki Burabura Bushi
* Junji Sakamoto and Isamu Uno - Face
* Kenta Fukasaku \- Battle Royale
* Yoji Yamada, Yoshitaka Asama, Emiko Hiramatsu - A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen

* Battle Royale (Production Category)
* Morning Musume \- Pinch Runner (Actor Category)

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

* Akira Terao \- After the Rain
* Yūji Oda \- Whiteout
* Naoto Takenaka \- By Player
* Tatsuya Fujiwara \- Battle Royale
* Kōji Yakusho \- Dora-heita

* Sayuri Yoshinaga \- Nagasaki Burabura Bushi
* Rena Tanaka \- First Love
* Nanako Matsushima \- Whiteout
* Yoshiko Miyazaki - After the Rain
* Mitsuko Mori \- Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

* Kōichi Satō \- Whiteout
* Hidekazu Akai - A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen
* Tsurutaro Kataoka \- Dora-heita
* Tetsurō Tamba \- A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen
* Shirō Mifune - After the Rain

* Mieko Harada \- After the Rain
* Rei Asami - A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen
* Michiyo Okusu \- Face
* Reiko Takashima \- Nagasaki Burabura Bushi
* Mieko Harada - First Love

Outstanding Achievement in Music  | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

* Masaru Sato \- After the Rain
* Masamichi Amano \- Battle Royale
* Michiru Ōshima \- Nagasaki Burabura Bushi
* Ken Ishii and Norihito Sumitomo - Whiteout
* coba \- Face

* Masaharu Ueda \- After the Rain
* Yukio Isohata - Dora-heita
* Tatsuo Suzuki \- Nagasaki Burabura Bushi
* Mutsuo Naganuma - A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen
* Hideo Yamamoto - Whiteout

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction  | Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

* Takeji Sano - After the Rain
* Kazuo Shimomura - Dora-heita
* Kiyoto Andō - Nagasaki Burabura Bushi
* Sōsuke Yoshikado - A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen
* Yoshikazu Motohashi - Whiteout

* Yoshirō Muraki \- After the Rain
* Fumio Ogawa - Whiteout
* Mitsuo Degawa - A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen
* Yoshinobu Nishioka - Dora-heita and Nagasaki Burabura Bushi

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording  | Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing

* Osamu Onodera - Whiteout
* Kunio Andō - Battle Royale
* Kazumi Kishida - A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen
* Mike Samata and Yōji Takemoto - Nagasaki Burabura Bushi
* Kenichi Benitani - After the Rain

* Hirohide Abe - Battle Royale
* Hideto Aga - After the Rain
* Chizuko Osada - Dora-heita
* Yoshifumi Fukazawa - Whiteout
* Hiroshi Miyake - Nagasaki Burabura Bushi

Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Newcomer of the Year

* Dancer in the Dark
* American Beauty
* Gladiator
* The Green Mile
* Shiri

* Yuta Kanai \- A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen
* Tatsuya Fujiwara \- Battle Royale
* Tomoyasu Hotei -New Battles Without Honor and Humanity
* Kyoko Fukada \- Shisha no Gakuensai
* Aki Maeda \- Battle Royale
* Morning Musume \- Pinch Runner

Special Award of Honour from the Association  | Award for Distinguished Service from the Chairman

* Isuzu Yamada (Actor)

* Yasuyoshi Tokuma

Special Award from the Chairman  | Special Award from the Association

* Yasuo Tanami (Screenwriter)
* So Yamamura (Actor)
* Kōzaburō Yoshimura (Director)

* Tomoko Asami (Hairdressing)
* Toshio Iwata (Development Timing)
* Makoto Negishi (Technical Coordinator)

## References[edit]

1. ^ 第24回 日本アカデミー賞特集（2001）全受賞一覧 (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
2. ^ 日本アカデミー賞 2000年(第24回). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2016-03-16.

## External links[edit]

* Japan Academy Film Prize official website \- (in Japanese)
* Complete list of awards and nominations for the 24th Japan Academy Prize \- (in Japanese)

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* Picture of the Year
* Animation of the Year
* Director of the Year
* Screenplay of the Year
* Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
* Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
* Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
* Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
* Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing
* Outstanding Foreign Language Film

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