# 29th Japan Academy Film Prize

The 29th Japan Academy Film Prize (第29回日本アカデミー賞) is the 29th 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 2005 and it took place on March 3, 2006 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.

## Nominees
### Awards

| Picture of the Year | Director of the Year |
| Always Sanchōme no Yūhi Year One in the North The Samurai I Loved Break Through! Bōkoku no Aegis | Takashi Yamazaki – Always Sanchōme no Yūhi Kazuyuki Izutsu – Break Through! Mitsuo Kurotsuchi – The Samurai I Loved Junji Sakamoto – Bōkoku no Aegis Isao Yukisada – Year One in the North |
| Screenplay of the Year | Popularity Award |
| Takashi Yamazaki and Ryōta Kosawa – Always Sanchōme no Yūhi Mitsuo Kurotsuchi – The Samurai I Loved Machiko Nasu – Year One in the North Yasuo Hasegawa and Kenzaburō Īda – Bōkoku no Aegis Daisuke Habara and Kazuyuki Izutsu – Break Through! | Nana (Production Category) Erika Sawajiri – Break Through! (Actor Category) |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Hidetaka Yoshioka – Always Sanchōme no Yūhi Somegorō Ichikawa – The Samurai I Loved Hiroyuki Sanada – Bōkoku no Aegis Satoshi Tsumabuki – Spring Snow Yūsuke Santamaria – Negotiator | Sayuri Yoshinaga – Year One in the North Yoshino Kimura – The Samurai I Loved Koyuki – Always Sanchōme no Yūhi Yūko Takeuchi – Spring Snow Mika Nakashima – Nana |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Shinichi Tsutsumi – Always Sanchōme no Yūhi Teruyuki Kagawa – Year One in the North Susumu Terajima – Negotiator Etsushi Toyokawa – Year One in the North Kiichi Nakai – Bōkoku no Aegis | Hiroko Yakushimaru – Always Sanchōme no Yūhi Yuriko Ishida – Year One in the North Satomi Ishihara – Year One in the North Michiyo Okusu – Spring Snow Shinobu Terajima – Tokyo Tower |
| Outstanding Achievement in Music | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |
| Naoki Satō – Always Sanchōme no Yūhi Taro Iwashiro – The Samurai I Loved Taro Iwashiro – Spring Snow Michiru Ōshima – Year One in the North Trevor Jones – Bōkoku no Aegis | Kōzō Shibazaki – Always Sanchōme no Yūhi Norimichi Kasamatsu – Bōkoku no Aegis Nobuyasu Kita – Year One in the North Shinji Kugimiya – The Samurai I Loved Mark Lee Ping Bin – Spring Snow |
| Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction |
| Kenichi Mizuno – Always Sanchōme no Yūhi Kenji Ishida – Bōkoku no Aegis Yūki Nakamura – Year One in the North Sōsuke Yoshikado – The Samurai I Loved Yūki Nakamura – Spring Snow | Anri Joujou – Always Sanchōme no Yūhi Akira Sakuragi – The Samurai I Loved Mitsuo Harada – Bōkoku no Aegis Kyōko Heya – Year One in the North Shū Yamaguchi – Spring Snow |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording | Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing |
| Hitoshi Tsurumaki – Always Sanchōme no Yūhi Hironori Itō – Year One in the North Hironori Itō – Spring Snow Fumio Hashimoto – Bōkoku no Aegis Yasuo Hashimoto – The Samurai I Loved | Ryūji Miyajima – Always Sanchōme no Yūhi Tsuyoshi Imai – Year One in the North Tsuyoshi Imai – Spring Snow William M. Anderson – Bōkoku no Aegis Hiroshi Okuda – The Samurai I Loved |
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Newcomer of the Year |
| Million Dollar Baby The Phantom of the Opera Cinderella Man Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Ryo Katsuji – Bōkoku no Aegis Ryunosuke Kamiki – The Great Yokai War Shun Shioya – Break Through! Erika Sawajiri – Break Through! Mika Nakashima – Nana Maki Horikita – Always Sanchōme no Yūhi |
| Special Award from the Association | Special Award of Honour from the Association |
| Tsuburaya Productions Toei Company Noboru Nishio (Optical Recording) Lee Bong-Ou (Producer) | Mitsuko Mori (Actress) |
| Special Award from the Chairman | |
| Teruo Ishii (Director) Kihachi Okamoto (Director) Kuratarō Takamura (Cinematographer) Yoshitarō Nomura (Director) Tatsuo Matsumura (Actor) | |