# 31st Japan Academy Film Prize

The 31st Japan Academy Film Prize (第31回日本アカデミー賞) is the 31st 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 2007 and it took place on February 15, 2008 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.

## Nominees
### Awards

| Picture of the Year | Animation of the Year |
| Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi Kisaragi I Just Didn't Do It Bizan | Tekkonkinkreet Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone Summer Days with Coo Piano no Mori Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure |
| Director of the Year | Screenplay of the Year |
| Joji Matsuoka – Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Isshin Inudo – Bizan Yūichi Satō – Kisaragi Masayuki Suo – I Just Didn't Do It Takashi Yamazaki – Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi | Suzuki Matsuo – Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Kankurō Kudō – Maiko Haaaan!!! Masayuki Suo – I Just Didn't Do It Takashi Yamazaki and Ryōta Kosawa – Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Hidetaka Yoshioka – Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi Sadao Abe – Maiko Haaaan!!! Joe Odagiri – Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Ryo Kase – I Just Didn't Do It Kōji Yakusho – Zou no Senaka | Kirin Kiki – Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Shinobu Terajima – Ai no Rukeichi Miki Nakatani – Jigyaku no Uta Yukie Nakama – Oh! Oku Rie Miyazawa – Orion-za Kara no Shōkaijō |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Kaoru Kobayashi – Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Akira Emoto – Three for the Road Teruyuki Kagawa – Kisaragi Shinichi Tsutsumi – Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi and Maiko Haaaan!!! | Masako Motai – I Just Didn't Do It Maki Horikita – Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi Takako Matsu – Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Nobuko Miyamoto – Bizan Hiroko Yakushimaru – Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi |
| [Outstanding Achievement in Music | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |
| Michiru Ōshima – Bizan Tadashi Ueda – Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Naoki Satō – Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi Ringo Sheena – Sakuran Yoshikazu Suo – I Just Didn't Do It | Takahiro Tsutai – Bizan Norimichi Kasamatsu – Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Naoki Kayano – I Just Didn't Do It Daisaku Kimura – Tsukigami Kōzō Shibasaki – Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi |
| Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction |
| Yoshitake Hikita – Bizan Kenichi Mizuno – Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Tatsuya Osada – I Just Didn't Do It Takashi Sugimito – Tsukigami Kenichi Mizuno – Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi | Kyōko Heya – I Just Didn't Do It Namiko Iwaki – Sakuran Anri Joujou – Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi Mitsuo Harada – Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Takashi Yoshida – Oh! Oku |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording | Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing |
| Hitoshi Tsurumaki – Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi Shigeru Abe, Hiromichi Kōri, Kiyoshi Yoneyama – I Just Didn't Do It Kiyoshi Kakizawa – Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Junichi Shima – Bizan Nobuhiko Matsukage – Tsukigami | Junichi Kikuchi – I Just Didn't Do It Sōichi Ueno – Bizan Seigo Hirasawa – Maiko Haaaan!!! Shinichi Fushima – Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Ryūji Miyajima – Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi |
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Newcomer of the Year |
| Letters from Iwo Jima Dreamgirls Babel Hairspray The Bourne Ultimatum | Eiji Wentz – GeGeGe no Kitarō Kento Hayashi – Battery Haruma Miura – Koizora Yui Aragaki – Koizora Yayako Uchida – Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Kaho – A Gentle Breeze in the Village Kie Kitano – Kōfuku na Shokutaku |
| Special Award from the Association | Special Award from the Chairman |
| Kenji Shibasaki (Sound Effect) | Hitoshi Ueki (Actor) Kei Kumai (Director) |
| Popularity Award | |
| Kisaragi (Production Category) Yui Aragaki – Koizora (Actor Category) | |