# 34th Japan Academy Film Prize

The 34th Japan Academy Film Prize (第34回日本アカデミー賞) is the 34th 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 2010 and it took place on February 18, 2011 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.

## Nominees
### Awards

| Picture of the Year | Animation of the Year |
| Confessions Villain Otōto The Lone Scalpel 13 Assassins | The Secret World of Arrietty Colorful Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky One Piece Film: Strong World |
| Director of the Year | Screenplay of the Year |
| Tetsuya Nakashima – Confessions Izuru Narushima – The Lone Scalpel Takashi Miike – 13 Assassins Yoji Yamada – Otōto Lee Sang-il – Villain | Tetsuya Nakashima – The Lone Scalpel Masato Katō – The Lone Scalpel Daisuke Tengan – 13 Assassins Yoji Yamada and Emiko Hiramatsu – Otōto Shuichi Yoshida and Lee Sang-il – Villain |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Satoshi Tsumabuki – Villain Shōfukutei Tsurube – Otōto Shinichi Tsutsumi – The Lone Scalpel Etsushi Toyokawa – Sword of Desperation Kōji Yakusho – 13 Assassins | Eri Fukatsu – Villain Shinobu Terajima – Caterpillar Takako Matsu – Confessions Hiroko Yakushimaru – Kondo wa Aisaika Sayuri Yoshinaga – Otōto |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Akira Emoto – Villain Renji Ishibashi – Kondo wa Aisaika Masaki Okada – Villain Masaki Okada – Confessions Kōji Kikkawa – Sword of Desperation | Kirin Kiki – Villain Yū Aoi – Otōto Yoshino Kimura – Confessions Yui Natsukawa – The Lone Scalpel Hikari Mitsushima – Villain |
| Popularity Award | Newcomer of the Year |
| Takashi Okamura Tidakankan: Umi to Sango to Chiisana Kiseki (Actor Category) SP The Motion Picture Yabō-hen (Production Category) | Mana Ashida – Ghost: Mouichido Dakishimetai Momoka Ōno – Kinako Riisa Naka – Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City and Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Kento Nagayama – Soft Boy Shohei Miura – Umizaru 3: The Last Message Takahiro Miura – Railways |
| Outstanding Achievement in Music | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |
| Joe Hisaishi – Villain Kōji Endō – 13 Assassins Grand Funk Ink. – Beck Isao Tomita – Otōto Meina Co. – Kondo wa Aisaika | Nobuyasu Kita – 13 Assassins Shōichi Atō and Atsushi Ozawa – Confessions Kōichi Ishii – Sword of Desperation Norimichi Kasamatsu – Villain Masashi Chikamori – Otōto |
| Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction |
| Yoshi Watabe – 13 Assassins Susumu Takakura – Confessions Atsuki Shiihara – Sword of Desperation Kazuhiro Iwashita – Villain Kōichi Watanabe – Otōto | Yūji Hayashida – 13 Assassins Towako Kuwajima – Confessions Yōhei Taneda and Ryō Sugimoto – Villain Hidefumi Hanatani – Ōoku Toshiyuki Matsumiya – Sakurada Mongai no Hen |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording | Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing |
| Jun Nakamura – 13 Assassins Kazumi Kishida – Otōto Mitsugu Shiratori – Villain Yasushi Tanaka – Sword of Desperation Masato Yano – Confessions | Yoshiyuki Koike – Confessions Iwao Ishii – Otōto Tsuyoshi Imai – Villain Chieko Suzaki – Sword of Desperation Kenji Yamashita – 13 Assassins |
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Special Award from the Chairman |
| Avatar Inception Invictus Toy Story 3 The Hurt Locker | Umetsugu Inoue (Director) Tanie Kitabayashi (Actress) Takeo Kimura (Art Director) Keiju Kobayashi (Actor) Katsumi Nishikawa (Director) |
| Shigeru Okada Prize | Special Award from the Association |
| Eizō Kyōto | Ryūzō Ueno (Fight Director) Hiroshi Kuze (Fight Director) Ryōji Matsumoto (Set Decorator) Nobuo Yajima (Special Effects Director) Teruyo Nogami (Recording and Kurosawa-gumi Production Manager) |