
Japan Academy Award 2008 

The nominees are 

Best Picture 
Okuribito 
Kaabee 
Climber's High 
The Magic Hour 
Yougisha x no Kenshin 

Best Animation 
Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend 2008 
Gake no Ue no Ponyo 
The Sky Crawlers 
Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear 
One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus 

Best Director 
Yojiro Takita (Okuribito) 
Tetsuya Nakashima (Paco and the Magical Picture Book) 
Masato Harada (Climber's High) 
Koki Mitani (The Magic Hour) 
Yoji Yamada (Kaabee) 

Best Screenplay 
Kenji Uchida (After School) 
Masato Kato / Izuru Narushima / Masato Harada (Climber's High) 
Kundo Koyama (Okuribito) 
Koki Mitani (The Magic Hour) 
Yoji Yamada / Emiko Hiramatsu (Kaabee) 

Best Actor 
Koichi Sato (The Magic Hour) 
Shinichi Tsutsumi (Climber's High) 
Kenichi Matsuyama (Detroit Metal City) 
Masahiro Motoki (Okuribito) 
Koji Yakusho (Paco and the Magical Picture Book) 

Best Actress 
Tae Kimura (Gururi no Koto) 
Yukie Nakama (Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai) 
Ryoko Hirosue (Okuribito) 
Sayuri Yoshinaga (Kaabee) 
Sayuri Yoshinaga (Maboroshi no Yamataikoku) 

Best Supporting Actor 
Tadanobu Asano (Kaabee) 
Masato Sakai (Climber's High) 
Shinichi Tsutsumi (Yougisha x no Kenshin) 
Yasufumi Terawaki (Aibou) 
Tsutomu Yamazaki (Okuribito) 

Best Supporting Actress 
Kirin Kiki (Aruitemo Aruitemo) 
Rei Dan (Kaabee) 
Yasuko Matsuyuki (Detroit Metal City) 
Yasuko Matsuyuki (Yougisha x no Kenshin) 
Kimiko Yo (Okuribito) 

Best Music 
Kiyoko Ogino (The Magic Hour) 
Gabriele Roberto (Paco and the Magical Picture Book) 
Isao Tomita (Kaabee) 
Joe Hisaishi (Okuribito) 
Joe Hisaishi (Gake no Ue no Ponyo) 

Best Cinematography 
Shoichi Ato / Atsushi Ozawa (Paco and the Magical Picture Book) 
Gen Kobayashi (Climber's High) 
Mutsuo Naganuma (Kaabee) 
Takeshi Hamada (Okuribito) 
Kosuke Matsushima (Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai) 

Best Lighting 
Susumu Takakura (Paco and the Magical Picture Book) 
Naoyuki Hori (Climber's High) 
Takeshi Nakasu (Kaabee) 
Hitoshi Takaya (Okuribito) 
Taro Kimura (Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai) 

Best Art Direction 
Fumio Ogawa (Okuribito) 
Towako Kuwajima (Paco and the Magical Picture Book) 
Yohei Taneda (The Magic Hour) 
Mitsuo Degawa (Kaabee) 
Katsuhiro Fukuzawa (Climber's High) 

Best Sound 
Satoshi Ozaki / Osamu Onodera (Okuribito) 
Kazumi Kishida (Kaabee) 
Tetsuo Segawa (The Magic Hour) 
Shin Fukuda / Tadao Tasai (Paco and the Magical Picture Book) 
Masato Yano (Climber's High) 

Best Editing 
Iwao Ishii (Kaabee) 
Soichi Ueno (The Magic Hour) 
Akimasa Kawashima (Okuribito) 
Yoshiyuki Koike (Paco and the Magical Picture Book) 
Hiroshi Sunaga / Yujin Harada (Climber's High) 

Best Foreign Film 
The Bucket List 
The Dark Knight 
No Country For Old Men 
Lust, Caution 
Red Cliff, Part I 

Best Newcomer 
Teppei Koike (Homeless Chugakusei) 
Shota Matsuda (Ikigami) 
Ayaka Wilson (Paco and the Magical Picture Book) 
Ayane Nagabuchi (Sanbongi Nougyou Koukou, Bajutsubu) 
Saki Fukuda (Sakura no Sono) 
Yuriko Yoshitaka (Hebi ni Piasu)