32nd Japan Academy Film Prize

The 32nd Japan Academy Film Prize (第32回日本アカデミー賞) ceremony was held by the Japan Academy Prize Association to honor its selection of the best films of 2008 on February 20, 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 18, 2008.

32nd Japan Academy Film Prize
Date	February 20, 2009
Site	Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan
Hosted by	Hiroshi Sekiguchi Kirin Kiki
Highlights
Most awards	Departures (10)
Most nominations	Departures (13)

Nominees

Awards

Picture of the Year	Animation of the Year
Departures Kabei: Our Mother Climber's High The Magic Hour Suspect X	Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend 2008 The Sky Crawlers Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear One Piece The Movie: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura
Director of the Year	Screenplay of the Year
Yōjirō Takita – Departures Tetsuya Nakashima – Paco and the Magical Book Masato Harada – Climber's High Kōki Mitani – The Magic Hour Yoji Yamada – Kabei: Our Mother	Kundō Koyama – Departures Kenji Uchida – After School Masato Katō, Izuru Narushima, Masato Harada – Climber's High Kōki Mitani – The Magic Hour Yoji Yamada and Emiko Hiramatsu – Kabei: Our Mother
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Masahiro Motoki – Departures Kōichi Satō – The Magic Hour Shinichi Tsutsumi – Climber's High Kenichi Matsuyama – Detroit Metal City Kōji Yakusho – Paco and the Magical Book	Tae Kimura – All Around Us Yukie Nakama – Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai Ryōko Hirosue – Departures Sayuri Yoshinaga – Kabei: Our Mother, Maboroshi no Yamataikoku
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Tsutomu Yamazaki – Departures Tadanobu Asano – Kabei: Our Mother Masato Sakai – Climber's High Shinichi Tsutsumi – Suspect X Yasufumi Terawaki – Aibō the Movie	Kimiko Yo – Departures Kirin Kiki – Still Walking Rei Dan – Kabei: Our Mother Yasuko Matsuyuki – Detroit Metal City, Suspect X
Popularity Award	Newcomer of the Year
Suspect X (Production Category) Kenichi Matsuyama – Detroit Metal City (Actor Category)	Teppei Koike – The Homeless Student Shota Matsuda – Ikigami Ayaka Wilson – Paco and the Magical Book Ayane Nagabuchi – Sanbongi Nōgyō Koukou, Bajutsubu: Mōmoku no Uma to Shōjo no Jitsuwa Saki Fukuda – Sakura no Sono Yuriko Yoshitaka – Snakes and Earrings
Outstanding Achievement in Music	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Joe Hisaishi – Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Kiyoko Ogino – The Magic Hour Gabriele Roberto – Paco and the Magical Book Isao Tomita – Kabei: Our Mother Joe Hisaishi – Departures	Takeshi Hamada – Departures Shōichi Atō and Atsushi Ozawa – Paco and the Magical Book Gen Kobayashi – Climber's High Mutsuo Naganuma – Kabei: Our Mother Kōsuke Matsushima – Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai
Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction	Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Hitoshi Takaya – Departures Susumu Takakura – Paco and the Magical Book Naoyuki Hori – Climber's High Takeshi Nakasu – Kabei: Our Mother Tarō Kimura – Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai	Towako Kuwajima – Paco and the Magical Book Fumio Ogawa – Departures Yōhei Taneda – The Magic Hour Mitsuo Degawa – Kabei: Our Mother Katsuhiro Fukuzawa – Climber's High
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording	Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing
Satoshi Ono and Osamu Onodera – Departures Kazumi Kishida – Kabei: Our Mother Tetsuo Segawa – The Magic Hour Shin Fukuda and Tadao Tasai – Paco and the Magical Book Masato Yano – Climber's High	Masaaki Kawashima – Departures Iwao Ishii – Kabei: Our Mother Sōichi Ueno – The Magic Hour Yoshiyuki Koike – Paco and the Magical Book Hiroshi Sunaga and Yūjin Harada – Climber's High
Outstanding Foreign Language Film	Special Award from the Chairman
The Dark Knight The Bucket List No Country for Old Men Lust, Caution Red Cliff Part I	Kon Ichikawa (Director) Ken Ogata (Actor)
Shigeru Okada Prize	Special Award from the Association
Studio Ghibli	Satoshi Narumi (Physical Effect) Hiroyuki Hatori (Physical Effect) Tadaomi Miya (Dog Trainer)

External links

• Japan Academy Film Prize official website - (in Japanese)
• The 32nd Japan Academy Prize - (in Japanese)