# 33rd Japan Academy Film Prize

The 33rd Japan Academy Film Prize (第33回日本アカデミー賞) ceremony was held on March 5, 2010, by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association to honor its selection of the best films of 2009. NTV broadcast the event, which took place at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. The nominations for the Awards were announced on December 22, 2009.

## Nominees
### Awards

| Picture of the Year | Animation of the Year |
| The Unbroken Dear Doctor Mt. Tsurugidake Villon's Wife Zero Focus | Summer Wars Doraemon: The New Record of Nobita: Spaceblazer Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance |
| Director of the Year | Screenplay of the Year |
| Daisaku Kimura – Mt. Tsurugidake Miwa Nishikawa – Dear Doctor Kichitaro Negishi – Villon's Wife Setsurō Wakamatsu – The Unbroken Isshin Inudo – Zero Focus | Miwa Nishikawa – Dear Doctor Takuya Nishioka – The Unbroken Yōzō Tanaka – Villon's Wife Isshin Inudo and Kenji Nakazono – Zero Focus Daisaku Kimura, Atsuo Kikuchi, Toshimasa Miyamura – Mt. Tsurugidake |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Ken Watanabe – The Unbroken Tadanobu Asano – Villon's Wife and Mt. Tsurugidake Nao Omori – Hagetaka Shōfukutei Tsurube – Dear Doctor | Takako Matsu – Villon's Wife Aoi Miyazaki – Shonen Merikensack Haruka Ayase – Oppai Volleyball Bae Doona – Air Doll Ryōko Hirosue – Zero Focus |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Teruyuki Kagawa – Mt. Tsurugidake Masato Sakai – General Rouge no Gaisen Tetsuji Tamayama – Hagetaka Eita – Dear Doctor Tomokazu Miura – The Unbroken | Kimiko Yo – Dear Doctor Kyōka Suzuki – The Unbroken Miki Nakatani – Zero Focus Tae Kimura – Zero Focus Shigeru Muroi – Villon's Wife |
| Outstanding Achievement in Music | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |
| Shin’ichirō Ikebe – Mt. Tsurugidake Kōji Ueno – Zero Focus Norihito Sumitomo – The Unbroken Shūto Mukai – Shonen Merikensack Takashi Yoshimatsu – Villon's Wife | Daisaku Kimura – Mt. Tsurugidake Takahide Shibanushi – Villon's Wife Takahiro Tsutai – Zero Focus Mutsuo Naganuma – The Unbroken Katsumi Yanagishima – Dear Doctor |
| Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction |
| Takayuki Kawabe – Mt. Tsurugidake Tatsuya Osada – Villon's Wife Yoshitake Hikita – Zero Focus Takeshi Nakasu – The Unbroken Eiji Onoshita – Dear Doctor | Yōhei Taneda and Kyōko Yauchi – Villon's Wife Fumio Ogawa – The Unbroken Yukiharu Seshimo – Zero Focus Yoshinobu Nishioka and Takashi Yoshida – Katen no Shiro Katsuhiro Fukuzawa and Takaichi Wakamatsu – Mt. Tsurugidake |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording | Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing |
| Kenichi Ishidera – Mt. Tsurugidake Kiyoshi Kakizawa – Villon's Wife Hiromichi Koori – The Unbroken Junichi Shima – Zero Focus Mitsugu Shiratori and Hirokazu Katō – Dear Doctor | Takao Arai – The Unbroken Keiichi Itagaki – Mt. Tsurugidake Sōichi Ueno – Zero Focus Akimasa Kawashima – Villon's Wife Ryūji Miyajima – Dear Doctor |
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Newcomer of the Year |
| Gran Torino Slumdog Millionaire Changeling The Wrestler Red Cliff | Masaki Okada – Honokaa Boy, I Give My First Love to You, Jūryoku Piero Hiro Mizushima – Drop Junpei Mizobata – Akai Ito Daichi Watanabe – Shikisoku Zenereishōn Nana Eikura – April Bride Mirai Shida – Dare mo Mamotte Kurenai Airi Taira – 20th Century Boys |
| Award for Distinguished Service from the Chairman | Special Award of Honour from the Association |
| Tsuribaka Nisshi series (Toshiyuki Nishida, Rentarō Mikuni) | Hisaya Morishige |
| Special Award from the Chairman | Special Award from the Association |
| Gengon Nakaoka (Lighting) Shūe Matsubayashi (Director) Yoshirō Muraki (Art Director) | Sumiko Haneda (Documentary Writer) Yukio Hokari (Sound Effect) Kiyoshi Matsushita Takashi Matsuda (Costume) |
| Popularity Award | |
| Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess (Production Category) Haruka Ayase – Oppai Volleyball (Actor Category) | |