26th Japan Academy Film Prize

26th Japan Academy Prize
Date	March 7, 2003
Site	Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan

The 26th Japan Academy Prize (第26回日本アカデミー賞) is the 26th edition of the Japan Academy Prize, an award presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association to award excellence in filmmaking. It awarded the best films of 2002 and it took place on March 7, 2003 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.

Nominees

Awards

Picture of the Year	Director of the Year
The Twilight Samurai Amidadō Dayori The Choice of Hercules Hi wa Mata Noboru Ping Pong	Yoji Yamada – The Twilight Samurai Takashi Koizumi – Amidadō Dayori Fumihiko Sori – Ping Pong Masato Harada – The Choice of Hercules Hideyuki Hirayama – Out
Screenplay of the Year	Popularity Award
Yoji Yamada and Yoshitaka Asama – The Twilight Samurai Kankurō Kudō – Ping Pong Takashi Koizumi – Amidadō Dayori Masato Harada – The Choice of Hercules Kōki Mitani – Ryōma no Tsuma to Sono Aijin	Little Dog Dan's Story (Production Category) Anne Suzuki – Returner (Actor Category)
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Hiroyuki Sanada – The Twilight Samurai Akira Terao – Amidadō Dayori Etsushi Toyokawa – Inochi Toshiyuki Nishida – Hi wa Mata Noboru Kōji Yakusho – The Choice of Hercules	Rie Miyazawa – The Twilight Samurai Makiko Esumi – Inochi Kyōka Suzuki – Ryōma no Tsuma to Sono Aijin Mieko Harada – Out Kanako Higuchi – Amidadō Dayori
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Min Tanaka – The Twilight Samurai Gorō Kishitani – Returner Nenji Kobayashi – The Twilight Samurai Tsutomu Yamazaki – Mohōhan Ken Watanabe – Hi wa Mata Noboru	Tanie Kitabayashi – Amidadō Dayori Kirin Kiki – Returner Keiko Kishi – The Twilight Samurai Mari Natsuki – Ping Pong Mitsuko Baisho – Out
Outstanding Achievement in Music	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Isao Tomita – The Twilight Samurai Michiru Ōshima – Hi wa Mata Noboru Michiru Ōshima and Taku Takahashi – Mohōhan Takashi Kako – Amidadō Dayori Joe Hisaishi – Dolls	Mutsuo Naganuma – The Twilight Samurai Masaharu Ueda – Amidadō Dayori Yoshitaka Sakamoto – The Choice of Hercules Akira Sakō – Ping Pong Katsumi Yanagishima – Dolls
Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction	Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Gengon Nakaoka – The Twilight Samurai Hideaki Yamakawa – Amidadō Dayori Takeshi Ōkubo – The Choice of Hercules Kōichi Watanabe – Ping Pong Hitoshi Takaya – Dolls	Yoshinobu Nishioka and Mitsuo Degawa – The Twilight Samurai Norihiro Isoda – Dolls Kyōko Heya – The Choice of Hercules Yoshirō Muraki and Tadashi Sakai – Amidadō Dayori Shū Yamaguchi – Ryōma no Tsuma to Sono Aijin
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording	Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing
Kazumi Kishida – The Twilight Samurai Osamu Onodera – Inochi Jun Nakamura – The Choice of Hercules Fumio Hashimoto – Mohōhan Kenichi Benitani – Amidadō Dayori	Iwao Ishii – The Twilight Samurai Hideto Aga – Amidadō Dayori Sōichi Ueno – The Choice of Hercules Sōichi Ueno – Ping Pong Takuya Taguchi – Returner
Outstanding Foreign Language Film	Newcomer of the Year
Monster's Ball I Am Sam Gangs of New York Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Min Tanaka – The Twilight Samurai Kazushige Nagashima – Mr.Rookie Nakamura Shidō II – Ping Pong Manami Konishi – Amidadō Dayori Anne Suzuki – Returner Yūka – Koi ni Utaeba
Special Award of Honour from the Association	Special Award from the Chairman
Kaneto Shindo (Director)	Koreyoshi Kurahara (Director) Kinji Fukasaku (Director)
Special Award from the Association
Takashi Ōnuma (Costume) Kouzu Shōkai Co.Ltd. and Takatsu Sousyokubijutu Co.Ltd. (Film Decoration Art)

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Complete list of awards and nominations for the 26th Japan Academy Prize (Japanese)