# 27th Japan Academy Film Prize

The 27th Japan Academy Film Prize (第27回日本アカデミー賞) is the 27th 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 2003 and it took place on February 20, 2004, at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.

## Nominees
### Awards

| Picture of the Year | Director of the Year |
| When the Last Sword Is Drawn Like Asura Bayside Shakedown 2 Zatōichi Spy Sorge | Yoshimitsu Morita – Like Asura Akihiko Shiota – Yomigaeri Masahiro Shinoda – Spy Sorge Yōjirō Takita – When the Last Sword Is Drawn Katsuyuki Motohiro – Bayside Shakedown 2 |
| Screenplay of the Year | Popularity Award |
| Tomomi Tsutsui – Like Asura Isshin Inudo, Hiroshi Saitō, Akihiko Shiota – Yomigaeri Ryoichi Kimizuka – Bayside Shakedown 2 Masahiro Shinoda and Robert Mundi – Spy Sorge Tomoyuki Furumaya – Robot Contest | Bayside Shakedown 2 (Production Category) Aya Ueto – Azumi (Actor Category) |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Kiichi Nakai – When the Last Sword Is Drawn Yūji Oda – Bayside Shakedown 2 Toshiyuki Nishida – Get Up! Tatsuya Fujiwara – Battle Royale II: Requiem | Shinobu Terajima – Akame 48 Waterfalls Aya Ueto – Azumi Shinobu Otake – Like Asura Yūko Takeuchi – Yomigaeri Alisa Mizuki – My House |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Kōichi Satō – When the Last Sword Is Drawn Tadanobu Asano – Zatōichi Nakamura Shidō II – Like Asura Yūji Miyake – When the Last Sword Is Drawn Toshirō Yanagiba – Bayside Shakedown 2 | Eri Fukatsu – Like Asura Michiyo Okusu – Zatōichi Miki Nakatani – When the Last Sword Is Drawn Eri Fukatsu – Bayside Shakedown 2 Kaoru Yachigusa – Like Asura |
| Outstanding Achievement in Music | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |
| Keiichi Suzuki – Zatōichi Shin’ichirō Ikebe – Spy Sorge Michiru Ōshima – Like Asura Akira Senju – Yomigaeri Akihiko Matsumoto – Bayside Shakedown 2 | Katsumi Yanagishima – Zatōichi Nobuyasu Kita – Like Asura Tatsuo Suzuki – Spy Sorge Takeshi Hamada – When the Last Sword Is Drawn Osamu Fujiishi – Bayside Shakedown 2 |
| Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction |
| Hitoshi Takaya – Zatōichi Kōichi Watanabe – Like Asura Hideshi Mikami – Spy Sorge Tatsuya Osada – When the Last Sword Is Drawn Hiroyuki Kase – Bayside Shakedown 2 | Hajime Oikawa – Spy Sorge Norihiro Isoda – Zatōichi Kyōko Heya – Onmyoji Kyōko Heya – When the Last Sword Is Drawn Hidemitsu Yamazaki – Like Asura |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording | Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing |
| Senji Horiuchi – Zatōichi Kunio Ashihara – Bayside Shakedown 2 Osamu Onodera – When the Last Sword Is Drawn Tetsuo Segawa – Spy Sorge Fumio Hashimoto – Like Asura | Takeshi Kitano and Yoshinori Ōta – Zatōichi Hiroshi Okuda – Spy Sorge Takuya Taguchi – Bayside Shakedown 2 Shinji Tanaka – Like Asura Isao Tomita and Nobuko Tomita – When the Last Sword Is Drawn |
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Newcomer of the Year |
| The Pianist Chicago The Hours My Sassy Girl The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Hayato Ichihara – Gūzen ni mo Saiaku na Shōnen Joe Odagiri – Azumi Naohito Fujiki – Game Satomi Ishihara – Watashi no Grandpa Masami Nagasawa – Robot Contest |
| Special Award from the Chairman | |
| Shirō Sasaki (Producer) Hiroyuki Fukushima Seizō Fukumoto (Actor) | |