# 24th Japan Academy Film Prize

The 24th Japan Academy Film Prize (第24回日本アカデミー賞) is the 24th 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 2000 and it took place on March 9, 2001 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.

## Nominees
### Awards

| Picture of the Year | Director of the Year |
| After the Rain Face A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen Battle Royale Whiteout | Junji Sakamoto - Face Takashi Koizumi - After the Rain Kinji Fukasaku - Battle Royale Yoji Yamada - A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen Setsurō Wakamatsu - Whiteout |
| Screenplay of the Year | Popularity Award |
| Akira Kurosawa - After the Rain Shinichi Ichikawa - Nagasaki Burabura Bushi Junji Sakamoto and Isamu Uno - Face Kenta Fukasaku - Battle Royale Yoji Yamada, Yoshitaka Asama, Emiko Hiramatsu - A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen | Battle Royale (Production Category) Morning Musume - Pinch Runner (Actor Category) |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Akira Terao - After the Rain Yūji Oda - Whiteout Naoto Takenaka - By Player Tatsuya Fujiwara - Battle Royale Kōji Yakusho - Dora-heita | Sayuri Yoshinaga - Nagasaki Burabura Bushi Rena Tanaka - First Love Nanako Matsushima - Whiteout Yoshiko Miyazaki - After the Rain Mitsuko Mori - Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Kōichi Satō - Whiteout Hidekazu Akai - A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen Tsurutaro Kataoka - Dora-heita Tetsurō Tamba - A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen Shirō Mifune - After the Rain | Mieko Harada - After the Rain Rei Asami - A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen Michiyo Okusu - Face Reiko Takashima - Nagasaki Burabura Bushi Mieko Harada - First Love |
| Outstanding Achievement in Music | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |
| Masaru Sato - After the Rain Masamichi Amano - Battle Royale Michiru Ōshima - Nagasaki Burabura Bushi Ken Ishii and Norihito Sumitomo - Whiteout coba - Face | Masaharu Ueda - After the Rain Yukio Isohata - Dora-heita Tatsuo Suzuki - Nagasaki Burabura Bushi Mutsuo Naganuma - A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen Hideo Yamamoto - Whiteout |
| Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction |
| Takeji Sano - After the Rain Kazuo Shimomura - Dora-heita Kiyoto Andō - Nagasaki Burabura Bushi Sōsuke Yoshikado - A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen Yoshikazu Motohashi - Whiteout | Yoshirō Muraki - After the Rain Fumio Ogawa - Whiteout Mitsuo Degawa - A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen Yoshinobu Nishioka - Dora-heita and Nagasaki Burabura Bushi |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording | Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing |
| Osamu Onodera - Whiteout Kunio Andō - Battle Royale Kazumi Kishida - A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen Mike Samata and Yōji Takemoto - Nagasaki Burabura Bushi Kenichi Benitani - After the Rain | Hirohide Abe - Battle Royale Hideto Aga - After the Rain Chizuko Osada - Dora-heita Yoshifumi Fukazawa - Whiteout Hiroshi Miyake - Nagasaki Burabura Bushi |
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Newcomer of the Year |
| Dancer in the Dark American Beauty Gladiator The Green Mile Shiri | Yuta Kanai - A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen Tatsuya Fujiwara - Battle Royale Tomoyasu Hotei -New Battles Without Honor and Humanity Kyoko Fukada - Shisha no Gakuensai Aki Maeda - Battle Royale Morning Musume - Pinch Runner |
| Special Award of Honour from the Association | Award for Distinguished Service from the Chairman |
| Isuzu Yamada (Actor) | Yasuyoshi Tokuma |
| Special Award from the Chairman | Special Award from the Association |
| Yasuo Tanami (Screenwriter) So Yamamura (Actor) Kōzaburō Yoshimura (Director) | Tomoko Asami (Hairdressing) Toshio Iwata (Development Timing) Makoto Negishi (Technical Coordinator) |