The is the 26th 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 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 Letters from the Mountains The Choice of Hercules Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS Ping Pong Yoji Yamada – The Twilight Samurai Takashi Koizumi – Letters from the Mountains 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 – Letters from the Mountains Masato Harada – The Choice of Hercules Kōki Mitani – Ryōma no Tsuma to Sono Aijin The Story of Dan the Puppy (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 – Letters from the Mountains Etsushi Toyokawa – Inochi Toshiyuki Nishida – Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS 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 – Letters from the Mountains 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 – Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS Tanie Kitabayashi – Letters from the Mountains 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 – Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS Michiru Ōshima and Taku Takahashi – Mohōhan Takashi Kako – Letters from the Mountains Joe Hisaishi – Dolls Mutsuo Naganuma – The Twilight Samurai Masaharu Ueda – Letters from the Mountains 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 – Letters from the Mountains 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 – Letters from the Mountains 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 – Letters from the Mountains Iwao Ishii – The Twilight Samurai Hideto Aga – Letters from the Mountains 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 – Letters from the Mountains 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)
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Complete list of awards and nominations for the 26th Japan Academy Prize -