# 36th Japan Academy Film Prize

The 36th Japan Academy Film Prize (第36回日本アカデミー賞) is the 36th 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 2012 and it took place on March 8, 2013 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.

## Nominees
### Awards

| Picture of the Year | Animation of the Year |
| The Kirishima Thing Anata e Kita no Kanaria Tachi The Floating Castle Chronicle of My Mother | Wolf Children Ame and Yuki Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo A Letter to Momo Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki One Piece Film: Z |
| Director of the Year | Screenplay of the Year |
| Daihachi Yoshida – The Kirishima Thing Isshin Inudo and Shinji Higuchi – The Floating Castle Junji Sakamoto – Kita no Kanaria Tachi Masato Harada – Chronicle of My Mother Yasuo Furuhata – Anata e | Kenji Uchida – Kagi Dorobō no Method Takeshi Aoshima – Anata e Kōhei Kiyasu and Daihachi Yoshida – The Kirishima Thing Machiko Nasu – Kita no Kanaria Tachi Masato Harada – Chronicle of My Mother |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Hiroshi Abe – Thermae Romae Masato Sakai – Kagi Dorobō no Method Mansai Nomura – The Floating Castle Mirai Moriyama – Kueki Ressha Kōji Yakusho – Rengō Kantai Shirei Chōkan: Yamamoto Isoroku Kōji Yakusho – Chronicle of My Mother | Kirin Kiki – Chronicle of My Mother Tamiyo Kusakari – A Terminal Trust Erika Sawajiri – Helter Skelter Takako Matsu – Yume Uru Futari Sayuri Yoshinaga – Kita no Kanaria Tachi |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Hideji Ōtaki – Anata e Teruyuki Kagawa – Kagi Dorobō no Method Kengo Kora – Kueki Ressha Kōichi Satō – Anata e Kōichi Satō – The Floating Castle Mirai Moriyama – Kita no Kanaria Tachi | Kimiko Yo – Anata e Shinobu Terajima – Helter Skelter Ryōko Hirosue – Kagi Dorobō no Method Hikari Mitsushima – Kita no Kanaria Tachi Aoi Miyazaki – Chronicle of My Mother |
| Popularity Award | Newcomer of the Year |
| Yuko Oshima – Yamikin Ushijima-kun (Actor Category) The Kirishima Thing (Production Category) | Emi Takei – Rurouni Kenshin, Ai to Makoto, Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu Fumi Nikaidō – Himizu and Lesson of the Evil Ai Hashimoto – The Kirishima Thing, [Home Itoshi no Zashikiwarashi, Another Shōta Sometani – Himizu and Lesson of the Evil Changmin (TVXQ) – Ōgon o Idaite Tobe Masahiro Higashide – The Kirishima Thing Tori Matsuzaka – Tsunagu, The Wings of the Kirin, Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu |
| Outstanding Achievement in Music | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |
| Ikuko Kawai – Kita no Kanaria Tachi Kōji Ueno – The Floating Castle Joe Hisaishi – Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer Harumi Fūki – Chronicle of My Mother | Daisaku Kimura – Kita no Kanaria Tachi Akiko Ashizawa – Chronicle of My Mother Motonobu Kiyoku and Shōji Ehara – The Floating Castle Takeshi Hamada – Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer Junichirō Hayashi – Anata e |
| Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction |
| Takashi Sugimoto – Kita no Kanaria Tachi Hidenori Nagata – Chronicle of My Mother Takashi Sugimoto – The Floating Castle Kiyoto Andō – Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer Yūki Nakamura – Anata e | Norihiro Isoda and Nariyuki Kondō – The Floating Castle Mitsuo Harada – Thermae Romae Kyōko Heya – Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer Kyōko Yauchi – Anata e Hidemitsu Yamazaki – Chronicle of My Mother |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording | Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing |
| Fumio Hashimoto – Rengō Kantai Shireichōkan Yamamoto Isoroku: Taiheiyō Sensō 70-nenme no Shinjitsu Osamu Onodera – Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer Junichi Shima – Kita no Kanaria Tachi Junichi Shima – The Floating Castle Tsutomu Honda – Anata e Shōwa Matsumoto and Masato Yano – Chronicle of My Mother | Mototaka Kusakabe – The Kirishima Thing Sōichi Ueno – The Floating Castle Junichi Kikuchi – Anata e Yūjin Harada – Chronicle of My Mother Shinichi Fushima – Kita no Kanaria Tachi |
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Special Award from the Chairman |
| The Intouchables Argo The Dark Knight Rises The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Skyfall | Kaneto Shindo (Director and Scriptwriter) Fumio Hashimoto (Recording Technician) Mitsuko Mori (Actress) Isuzu Yamada (Actress) Kōji Wakamatsu (Director) |
| Special Award from the Association | Award for Distinguished Service from the Chairman |
| Okayasu Promotion (Negative Film Editing) Sanyō Henshūshitsu (Negative Film Editing) Toshio Sugawara (Fight Director) Masao Baba (Art Management) Masae Miyamoto (Costume) | Work for Bayside Shakedown series |
| Shigeru Okada Prize | Special Award of Honour from the Association |
| Central Arts | Yoji Yamada (Director) |