25th Japan Academy Film Prize

Date| March 8, 2002
Site| Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan
Hosted by| Hiroshi Sekiguchi
Sayuri Yoshinaga

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The 25th Japan Academy Film Prize (第25回日本アカデミー賞) is the 25th 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 2001 and it took place on March 8, 2002 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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* Spirited Away
* Waterboys
* Go
* Sennen no Koi Story of Genji
* Hotaru

* Isao Yukisada – Go
* Yōjirō Takita – Onmyōji
* Yasuo Furuhata – Hotaru
* Kōki Mitani – Minna no Ie
* Shinobu Yaguchi – Waterboys

Screenplay of the Year | Popularity Award

* Kankurō Kudō – Go
* Yō Takeyama and Yasuo Furuhata – Hotaru
* Akira Hayasaka – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji
* Kōki Mitani – Minna no Ie
* Shinobu Yaguchi – Waterboys

* Platonic Sex (Production Category)
* Naoki Tanaka – Minna no Ie (Actor Category)

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

* Yōsuke Kubozuka – Go
* Yutaka Takenouchi – Calmi Cuori Appassionati
* Satoshi Tsumabuki – Waterboys
* Mansai Nomura – Onmyōji
* Kōji Yakusho – Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

* Keiko Kishi – Kāchan
* Kyōko Koizumi – Fūka
* Yūko Tanaka – Hotaru
* Narumi Yasuda – Taiga no Itteki
* Sayuri Yoshinaga – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji

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

* Tsutomu Yamazaki – Go
* Nenji Kobayashi – Hotaru
* Kunie Tanaka – Minna no Ie
* Rentarō Mikuni – Taiga no Itteki
* Ken Watanabe – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji

* Ko Shibasaki – Go
* Yūki Amami – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji
* Shinobu Otake – Go
* Kyōko Koizumi – Onmyōji
* Tomoko Naraoka – Hotaru

Outstanding Achievement in Music  | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

* Gakuji Matsuda and Hitomi Shimizu – Waterboys
* Shigeru Umebayashi – Onmyōji
* Ryōichi Kuniyoshi – Hotaru
* Isao Tomita – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji
* Meina Co. – Go

* Katsumi Yanagishima – Go
* Naoki Kayano – Onmyōji
* Daisaku Kimura – Hotaru
* Tatsuo Suzuki – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji
* Toyoshi Tsuda – Calmi Cuori Appassionati

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction  | Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

* Hitoshi Takaya – Go
* Tatsuya Osada – Onmyōji
* Mitsuo Watanabe – Hotaru
* Kiyoto Andō – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji
* Minoru Kawai – Calmi Cuori Appassionati

* Yoshinobu Nishioka and Toshiyuki Matsumiya – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji
* Yoshinobu Nishioka – Kāchan
* Katsuhiro Fukuzawa – Hotaru
* Kyōko Heya – Onmyōji
* Hiroshi Wada – Go

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording  | Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing

* Osamu Onodera and Kiyoshi Kakizawa – Onmyōji
* Hiromichi Koori – Waterboys
* Mike Samata and Tetsuo Segawa – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji
* Nobuhiro Shibayama – Go
* Tsutomu Honda – Hotaru

* Tsuyoshi Imai – Go
* Kiyoaki Saitō – Hotaru
* Shinya Tadano – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji
* Isao Tomita and Nobuko Tomita – Onmyōji
* Ryūji Miyajima – Waterboys

Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Newcomer of the Year

* Billy Elliot
* A.I. Artificial Intelligence
* Chocolat
* Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
* Postmen in the Mountains

* Yōsuke Kubozuka – Go
* Naoki Tanaka – Minna no Ie
* Satoshi Tsumabuki – Waterboys
* Mansai Nomura – Onmyōji
* Saki Kagami – Platonic Sex
* Ko Shibasaki – Go
* Hitomi Manaka – Koko ni Iru Koto
* Akiko Yagi – Minna no Ie

Award for Distinguished Service from the Chairman  | Special Award from the Chairman

* Hayao Miyazaki

* Kōji Shūndō (Producer)
* Shinji Sōmai (Director)
* Hiroshi Teshigahara (Director)

Special Award from the Association  |

* Ichirō Uno (Music Coordinator)
* Youmi Kimura (Thema Song for Spirited Away)
* Yoshiko Matsumoto (Hairdressing)
* Sumie Maruyama (Hairdressing)

## References[edit]

1. ^ 第25回 日本アカデミー賞特集（2002）全受賞一覧 (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
2. ^ 日本アカデミー賞 2001年(第25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 25th 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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