# 35th Japan Academy Film Prize

The 35th Japan Academy Film Prize (第35回日本アカデミー賞) is the 35th 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 2011 and it took place on March 2, 2012, at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.

## Nominees
### Awards

| Picture of the Year | Animation of the Year |
| Rebirth Someday Saigo no Chūshingura A Ghost of a Chance The Detective Is in the Bar | From Up on Poppy Hill K-On! The Movie! Buddha Tōfu-kozō Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence |
| Director of the Year | Screenplay of the Year |
| Izuru Narushima – Rebirth Junji Sakamoto – Someday Kaneto Shindo – Postcard Shigemichi Sugita – Saigo no Chūshingura Kōki Mitani – A Ghost of a Chance | Satoko Okudera – Rebirth Haruhiko Arai and Junji Sakamoto – Someday Yōzō Tanaka – Saigo no Chūshingura Ryōta Kosawa and Yasushi Sutō – The Detective Is in the Bar Kōki Mitani – A Ghost of a Chance |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Yoshio Harada – Someday Yo Oizumi – The Detective Is in the Bar Masato Sakai – Bushi no Kakeibo Tomokazu Miura – Railways Ai o Tsutaerarenai Otonatachi e Kōji Yakusho – Saigo no Chūshingura | Mao Inoue – Rebirth Masami Nagasawa – Moteki Miki Nakatani – Hankyū Densha Eri Fukatsu – A Ghost of a Chance Aoi Miyazaki – Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Denden – Cold Fish Yūsuke Iseya – Ashita no Joe Ittoku Kishibe – Someday Kōichi Satō – Saigo no Chūshingura Ryuhei Matsuda – The Detective Is in the Bar | Hiromi Nagasaku – Rebirth Kumiko Asō – Moteki Eiko Koike – Rebirth Hikari Mitsushima – Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai Nobuko Miyamoto – Hankyū Densha |
| Popularity Award | Newcomer of the Year |
| Atsuko Maeda – Moshidora (Actor Category) Moteki (Production Category) | Sea Kumada – Saya Zamurai Nanami Sakuraba – Saigo no Chūshingura Konomi Watanabe – Rebirth Yusuke Kamiji – Manzai Gang Kengo Kora – Keibetsu Takaaki Nomi – Saya Zamurai Hiroki Hasegawa – Second Virgin |
| Outstanding Achievement in Music | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |
| Gorō Yasukawa – Rebirth Yoshihiro Ike – The Detective Is in the Bar Taisei Iwasaki – Moteki Kiyoko Ogino – A Ghost of a Chance Takashi Kako – Saigo no Chūshingura | Junichi Fujisawa – Rebirth Norimichi Kasamatsu – Someday Mutsuo Naganuma – Saigo no Chūshingura Osamu Fujiishi – Gaku: Minna no Yama Hideo Yamamoto – A Ghost of a Chance |
| Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction |
| Masao Kanazawa – Rebirth Kazuhiro Iwashita – Someday Takaaki Miyanishi – Saigo no Chūshingura Takayuki Kawabe – Gaku: Minna no Yama Akira Ono – A Ghost of a Chance | Yoshinobu Nishioka and Tetsuo Harada – Saigo no Chūshingura Nariyuki Kondō – Bushi no Kakeibo Yōhei Taneda – A Ghost of a Chance Yūji Hayashida – Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai Chie Matsumoto – Rebirth |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording | Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing |
| Kenichi Fujimoto – Rebirth Tetsuo Segawa – A Ghost of a Chance Tomoaki Tamura and Tsuyoshi Murozono – The Detective Is in the Bar Yasumasa Terui – Someday Toyotaka Nakaji and Tetsuo Segawa – Saigo no Chūshingura | Chise Sanjō – Rebirth Yūsuke Ishida – Moteki Sōichi Ueno – A Ghost of a Chance Chizuko Osada – Saigo no Chūshingura Shinya Tadano – The Detective Is in the Bar |
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Special Award from the Chairman |
| The King's Speech Rise of the Planet of the Apes The Social Network Black Swan Moneyball | Shigeru Okada (Producer) Takeji Sano (Lighting Technician) Hideko Takamine (Actress) Yoshio Harada (Actor) Yoshimitsu Morita (Director) |
| Special Award from the Association | |
| Hisatoshi Goshozono (Sceneshifter) | |