# 25th Japan Academy Film Prize

The 25th Japan Academy Film Prize (第25回日本アカデミー賞) is the 25th 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 2001 and it took place on March 8, 2002 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.

## Nominees
### Awards

| Picture of the Year | Director of the Year |
| Spirited Away Waterboys Go Sennen no Koi Story of Genji Hotaru | Isao Yukisada – Go Yōjirō Takita – Onmyōji Yasuo Furuhata – Hotaru Kōki Mitani – Minna no Ie Shinobu Yaguchi – Waterboys |
| Screenplay of the Year | Popularity Award |
| Kankurō Kudō – Go Yō Takeyama and Yasuo Furuhata – Hotaru Akira Hayasaka – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji Kōki Mitani – Minna no Ie Shinobu Yaguchi – Waterboys | Platonic Sex (Production Category) Naoki Tanaka – Minna no Ie (Actor Category) |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Yōsuke Kubozuka – Go Yutaka Takenouchi – Calmi Cuori Appassionati Satoshi Tsumabuki – Waterboys Mansai Nomura – Onmyōji Kōji Yakusho – Warm Water Under a Red Bridge | Keiko Kishi – Kāchan Kyōko Koizumi – Fūka Yūko Tanaka – Hotaru Narumi Yasuda – Taiga no Itteki Sayuri Yoshinaga – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Tsutomu Yamazaki – Go Nenji Kobayashi – Hotaru Kunie Tanaka – Minna no Ie Rentarō Mikuni – Taiga no Itteki Ken Watanabe – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji | Ko Shibasaki – Go Yūki Amami – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji Shinobu Otake – Go Kyōko Koizumi – Onmyōji Tomoko Naraoka – Hotaru |
| Outstanding Achievement in Music | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |
| Gakuji Matsuda and Hitomi Shimizu – Waterboys Shigeru Umebayashi – Onmyōji Ryōichi Kuniyoshi – Hotaru Isao Tomita – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji Meina Co. – Go | Katsumi Yanagishima – Go Naoki Kayano – Onmyōji Daisaku Kimura – Hotaru Tatsuo Suzuki – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji Toyoshi Tsuda – Calmi Cuori Appassionati |
| Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction |
| Hitoshi Takaya – Go Tatsuya Osada – Onmyōji Mitsuo Watanabe – Hotaru Kiyoto Andō – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji Minoru Kawai – Calmi Cuori Appassionati | Yoshinobu Nishioka and Toshiyuki Matsumiya – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji Yoshinobu Nishioka – Kāchan Katsuhiro Fukuzawa – Hotaru Kyōko Heya – Onmyōji Hiroshi Wada – Go |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording | Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing |
| Osamu Onodera and Kiyoshi Kakizawa – Onmyōji Hiromichi Koori – Waterboys Mike Samata and Tetsuo Segawa – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji Nobuhiro Shibayama – Go Tsutomu Honda – Hotaru | Tsuyoshi Imai – Go Kiyoaki Saitō – Hotaru Shinya Tadano – Sennen no Koi Story of Genji Isao Tomita and Nobuko Tomita – Onmyōji Ryūji Miyajima – Waterboys |
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Newcomer of the Year |
| Billy Elliot A.I. Artificial Intelligence Chocolat Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Postmen in the Mountains | Yōsuke Kubozuka – Go Naoki Tanaka – Minna no Ie Satoshi Tsumabuki – Waterboys Mansai Nomura – Onmyōji Saki Kagami – Platonic Sex Ko Shibasaki – Go Hitomi Manaka – Koko ni Iru Koto Akiko Yagi – Minna no Ie |
| Award for Distinguished Service from the Chairman | Special Award from the Chairman |
| Hayao Miyazaki | Kōji Shūndō (Producer) Shinji Sōmai (Director) Hiroshi Teshigahara (Director) |
| Special Award from the Association | |
| Ichirō Uno (Music Coordinator) Youmi Kimura (Thema Song for Spirited Away) Yoshiko Matsumoto (Hairdressing) Sumie Maruyama (Hairdressing) | |