# 30th Japan Academy Film Prize

The 30th Japan Academy Film Prize (第30回日本アカデミー賞) is the 30th 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 2006 and it took place on February 16, 2007 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.
Due to agency's policy, Takuya Kimura declined to receive the prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.

## Nominees
### Awards

| Picture of the Year | Animation of the Year |
| Hula Girls Memories of Tomorrow Yamato The Uchōten Hotel Love and Honor | The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Arashi no Yoru ni Tales from Earthsea Brave Story Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem |
| Director of the Year | Screenplay of the Year |
| Lee Sang-il – Hula Girls Junya Sato – Yamato Tetsuya Nakashima – Memories of Matsuko Kōki Mitani – The Uchōten Hotel Yoji Yamada – Love and Honor | Lee Sang-il and Daisuke Habara – Hula Girls Hakaru Sunamoto and Yuiko Miura – Memories of Tomorrow Tetsuya Nakajima – Memories of Matsuko Kōki Mitani – The Uchōten Hotel Yoji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu, Ichirō Yamamoto – Love and Honor |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Ken Watanabe – Memories of Tomorrow Joe Odagiri – Sway Satoshi Tsumabuki – Nada Sōsō Akira Terao – The Housekeeper and the Professor Kōji Yakusho – The Uchōten Hotel | Miki Nakatani – Memories of Matsuko Rei Dan – Love and Honor Masami Nagasawa – Nada Sōsō Kanako Higuchi – Memories of Tomorrow Yasuko Matsuyuki – Hula Girls |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Takashi Sasano – Love and Honor Takao Osawa – Chikatetsu ni Notte Teruyuki Kagawa – Sway Kōichi Satō – The Uchōten Hotel Kenichi Matsuyama - Death Note | Yū Aoi – Hula Girls Yū Aoi – Yamato Sumiko Fuji – Hula Girls Masako Motai – Kamome Shokudo Kaori Momoi – Love and Honor |
| Outstanding Achievement in Music | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |
| Gabriele Roberto and Takeshi Shibuya – Memories of Matsuko Michiru Ōshima – Memories of Tomorrow Isao Tomita – Love and Honor Joe Hisaishi – Yamato Yūsuke Honma – The Uchōten Hotel | Mutsuo Naganuma – Love and Honor Shōichi Atō – Memories of Matsuko Yoshitaka Sakamoto – Yamato Hideo Yamamoto – The Uchōten Hotel Hideo Yamamoto – Hula Girls |
| Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction |
| Takeshi Nakasu – Love and Honor Tarō Kimura – Memories of Matsuko Takeshi Ōkubo – Yamato Akira Ono – Hula Girls Akira Ono – The Uchōten Hotel | Toshiyuki Matsumiya and Nariyuki Kondō – Yamato Towako Kuwajima – Memories of Matsuko Yōhei Taneda – The Uchōten Hotel Yōhei Taneda – Hula Girls Mitsuo Degawa – Love and Honor |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording | Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing |
| Nobuhiko Matsukage and Tetsuo Segawa – Yamato Kazumi Kishida – Love and Honor Junichi Shima and Tadao Tasai – Memories of Matsuko Mitsugu Shiratori – Hula Girls Tetsuo Segawa – The Uchōten Hotel | Yoshiyuki Koike – Memories of Matsuko Iwai Ishii – Love and Honor Tsuyoshi Imai – Hula Girls Sōichi Ueno – The Uchōten Hotel Takeo Yoneda – Yamato |
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Newcomer of the Year |
| Flags of Our Fathers Crash The Da Vinci Code Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Hotel Rwanda | Kenta Suga – Hanada Shōnen Shi Yūrei to Himitsu no Tunnel Muga Tsukaji – Mamiya kyodai Mokomichi Hayami – Rough Kenichi Matsuyama – Yamato Yū Aoi – Hula Girls Rei Dan – Love and Honor Shizuyo Yamasaki – Hula Girls Yui - Midnight Sun |
| Special Award from the Association | Special Award from the Chairman |
| Kazuyuki Suzuki (Cinema Art Special Craft) | Akira Ifukube (Music) Shohei Imamura (Director) Takahiro Tamura (Actor) Tetsurō Tamba (Actor) Takeomi Nagayama (The president of Shochiku) |
| Award for Distinguished Service from the Chairman | Popularity Award |
| Limit of Love: Umizaru Project Team | Hula Girls (Production Category) Muga Tsukaji – Mamiya kyodai (Actor Category) |
| Shigeru Okada Prize | |
| Robot Communications | |