26th Japan Academy Film Prize

26th Japan Academy Film Prize
26th Japan Academy Film Prize
Date	March 7, 2003
Site	Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan
Hosted by	Hiroshi Sekiguchi; Keiko Kishi
	← 25th; Japan Academy Film Prize; 27th →;

The 26th Japan Academy Film Prize (第26回日本アカデミー賞) 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.^[1]^[2]

Nominees[]

Awards[]

Picture of the Year	Director of the Year
The Twilight Samurai Ping Pong	Yoji Yamada – The Twilight Samurai Takashi Koizumi – Fumihiko Sori – Ping Pong Masato Harada – Hideyuki Hirayama – Out
Screenplay of the Year
Yoji Yamada and – The Twilight Samurai Kankurō Kudō – Ping Pong Takashi Koizumi – Masato Harada – Kōki Mitani –	(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 – Etsushi Toyokawa – Inochi Toshiyuki Nishida – Kōji Yakusho –	Rie Miyazawa – The Twilight Samurai Makiko Esumi – Inochi Kyōka Suzuki – Mieko Harada – Out Kanako Higuchi –
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Min Tanaka – The Twilight Samurai – Returner Nenji Kobayashi – The Twilight Samurai Tsutomu Yamazaki – Ken Watanabe –	Tanie Kitabayashi – Kirin Kiki – Returner Keiko Kishi – The Twilight Samurai Mari Natsuki – Ping Pong Mitsuko Baisho – Out

Isao Tomita – The Twilight Samurai Michiru Ōshima – Michiru Ōshima and Taku Takahashi – Takashi Kako – Joe Hisaishi – Dolls	– The Twilight Samurai Masaharu Ueda – – – Ping Pong Katsumi Yanagishima – Dolls

– The Twilight Samurai – – – Ping Pong – Dolls	and – The Twilight Samurai – Dolls – Yoshirō Muraki and – –
	Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing
– The Twilight Samurai – Inochi – – –	– The Twilight Samurai – – Sōichi Ueno – Ping Pong – Returner
Outstanding Foreign Language Film
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 – Nakamura Shidō II – Ping Pong Manami Konishi – Anne Suzuki – Returner Yūka –

Kaneto Shindo (Director)	Koreyoshi Kurahara (Director) Kinji Fukasaku (Director)

(Costume) Kouzu Shōkai Co.Ltd. and Takatsu Sousyokubijutu Co.Ltd. (Film Decoration Art)

References[]

^ 第26回日本アカデミー賞特集（2003）全受賞一覧 (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
^ 日本アカデミー賞 2002年(第26回). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2016-03-12.

External links[]

Japan Academy Film Prize official website - (in Japanese)
Complete list of awards and nominations for the 26th Japan Academy Prize - (in Japanese)

[1] 第26回日本アカデミー賞特集（2003）全受賞一覧 (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.

[2] 日本アカデミー賞 2002年(第26回). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2016-03-12.

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