The 32nd Annual Japan Academy Prize ceremony was held by the Japan Academy Prize Association to honor its selection of the best films of 2008 on February 20, 2009. NTV

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 was broadcast the event, which will take place again at Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. The nominations for the Awards was announced on December 18, 2008.

Winners and Nominees

Best Picture	Best Director Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year The of the Japan Academy Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Nippon Academy-sho association .-List of winners:-External links:* - **...	Best Actor Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role The of the Japan Academy Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Nippon Academy-sho association .-List of winners:-External links:* - **...
Departures Departures (film) All compositions by Joe Hisaishi.#"Shine of Snow I" 1:12#"Nohkan" 3:10#"Kaisan" 0:53#"Good-Bye Cello" 2:16#"New Road" 1:15#"Model" 0:47#"First Contact" 1:51#"Washing" 0:34#"Kizuna I" 1:57#"Beautiful Dead I" 3:12#"Okuribito " 1:51... Kaabee Climber's High The Magic Hour The Magic Hour (film) is a 2008 Japanese film written and directed by Koki Mitani.In photography and cinematography, the magic hour is only a moment and the most beautiful time of the day, when afterglow of a sunset lights up around... Yōgisha X no Kenshin	Yōjirō Takita Yojiro Takita Yōjirō Takita , is a Japanese filmmaker.-Career:Yōjirō Takita entered the film industry throughMukai Productions, where he served as an assistant director... Tetsuya Nakashima Tetsuya Nakashima Tetsuya Nakashima is a Japanese film director. He was born in Fukuoka, attending high school in Chikushino. Nakashima was given the Best Director award at the 2005 Yokohama Film Festival for his film Kamikaze Girls.... Masato Harada Masato Harada Masato Harada is a Japanese film director, critic, and sometimes an actor; he is best known to Western audiences as Omura in The Last Samurai and as Mr Mita in Fearless... Kōki Mitani Koki Mitani is a Japanese playwright, screenwriter, actor and film director. He was previously married to Japanese actress Satomi Kobayashi. The name "Koki" is a combination of two Japanese characters - 幸 "Happy" and 喜 "Pleased". In an attempt to add his own character to his movies, as a director he takes... Yoji Yamada Yoji Yamada is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy ....	Masahiro Motoki Masahiro Motoki Masahiro Motoki is a Japanese actor. He portrayed protagonist Daigo Kobayashi in Departures, which won the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film... Kōichi Satō Koichi Sato is a Japanese actor.He is the son of veteran Japanese actor Rentarō Mikuni.-Films:*The Last Chushingura *Nobody to watch over me * Shonen Merikensack * The Magic Hour * Smile Seiya no Kiseki... Shinichi Tsutsumi Shinichi Tsutsumi is a Japanese stage and screen actor. He won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2005 for Always Sanchōme no Yūhi.-Profile:*Place of Birth: Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan*Talent Agency: Siscompany-Movies:* Suspect X... Kenichi Matsuyama Kōji Yakusho
Best Actress Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role The of the Japan Academy Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Nippon Academy-sho association .-List of winners:-External links:* - **...	Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Tae Kimura Yukie Nakama Yukie Nakama is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. She was born in Okinawa, Japan, in a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings.At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer , and appeared in bit roles until her career breakthrough playing Sadako in "Ring 0: Birthday ."In 2000,... Ryōko Hirosue Ryoko Hirosue is a Japanese actress and pop star, best known in the West for her roles in the Luc Besson-produced Wasabi and the Academy Award-winning Japanese film Departures. She also starred in a comedy series Yasuko to Kenji in 2008.- Early life :... Sayuri Yoshinaga	Tsutomu Yamazaki Tadanobu Asano Tadanobu Asano , born is a Japanese actor. He is known for his roles as Dragon Eye Morrison in Electric Dragon 80.000 V, Kakihara in Ichi the Killer, Mamoru Arita in Bright Future, Hattori Genosuke in Zatoichi, Kenji in Last Life in the Universe, Aman in Survive Style 5+, Ayano in The Taste of Tea, and Temudjin... Masato Sakai Masato Sakai is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for Kuhio taisa and Nankyoku ryourinin and the award for best supporting actor at the 2008 Nikkan Sports Film Award, at the 33rd Hochi Film Award and at the 51st Blue Ribbon Awards... Shinichi Tsutsumi Yasufumi Terawaki Yasufumi Terawaki is a Japanese actor. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize for Aibō The Movie.-Filmography:* Aibō * Aibō The Movie * Kinako -References:...	Kimiko Yo Kirin Kiki Rei Dan Rei Dan is a Japanese actress. She began her career as a member of the Takarazuka Revue. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize for Kabei: Our Mother.-Filmography:* Kabei: Our Mother * Snow Prince... Yasuko Matsuyuki Yasuko Matsuyuki is a Japanese actress and singer signed to Stardust Promotion.-Biography:Yasuko Matsuyuki was born in 1972 in Tosu, Saga. In 1989, while she was in high school, Matsuyuki won a Non-no fashion magazine contest...
Best Screenplay Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year The of the Japan Academy Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Nippon Academy-sho association .-List of winners:-External links:* - **...	Best Animation Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year The of the Japan Academy Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Nippon Academy-sho association .-History:...	Best Foreign Language Film Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film Every year since its inception, the Japanese Academy has recognized an outstanding foreign film. The year that any given film is nominated is not based on the film's domestic release date but rather on the date it is released in Japan. As delays of over four months are not uncommon, many films are...
Kundō Koyama Kenji Uchida Kenji Uchida is a Japanese anime producer. He is noted anime studio Sunrise's president.Debuting in 1980, with Muteki Robo Trider G7, among Sunrise's first works in the 1980s, Uchida has gone on to produce numerous of Sunrise's works, such as various iterations of the Gundam universe and other Sunrise anime... Masato Kato, Izuru Narushima, Masato Harada Kōki Mitani Yoji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu	Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea , initially titled in English as Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, is a 2008 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli. It is Miyazaki's eighth film for Ghibli, and his tenth overall... Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend 2008 The Sky Crawlers The Sky Crawlers is a Japanese novel series by Hiroshi Mori. First published by Chuōkōron-shinsha in June 2001 and spanning five books, it follows the journeys and tribulations of a group of young fighter pilots involved in dogfight warfare, and is set during an alternate historical period. The series is unlike... Case Closed: Full Score of Fear Case Closed: Full Score of Fear Case Closed: Full Score of Fear, known as in Japan, is the twelfth movie installment of the popular manga and anime series Detective Conan. The initial screening of the movie in Japan was scheduled on 1 April 2008. An OVA, which takes place three years earlier, was released specially for the movie... One Piece The Movie: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura One Piece is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 64th volume released as...	The Dark Knight The Dark Knight (film) The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, produced and co-written by Christopher Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is part of Nolan's Batman film series and a sequel to 2005's Batman Begins... The Bucket List The Bucket List The Bucket List is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Rob Reiner, written by Justin Zackham, and starring Academy Award-winners Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman... No Country for Old Men No Country for Old Men (film) No Country for Old Men is a 2007 American crime thriller directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin. The film was adapted from the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name... Lust, Caution Red Cliff Part I

External links

• Japan Academy Prize official website -
  • The 32nd Japan Academy Prize