# 23rd Japan Academy Film Prize

The 23rd Japan Academy Film Prize (第23回日本アカデミー賞) is the 23rd 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 1999 and it took place on March 10, 2000 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. The ceremony was hosted by actor and television presenter Hiroshi Sekiguchi and actress Mieko Harada.
Poppoya won nine awards, including Picture of the Year. Other winners included Dreammaker and Kikujiro with two, and Gohatto, I Love You, Messengers, Moumantai, Osaka Story, Owls' Castle, Salaryman Kintarō, Spellbound, The Geisha House, and The Sixth Sense with one.

## Winners and nominees
### Awards

| Picture of the Year | Director of the Year |
| Poppoya Gohatto Kikujiro Owls' Castle Spellbound | Yasuo Furuhata – Poppoya Nagisa Oshima – Gohatto Masahiro Shinoda – Owls' Castle Masato Harada – Spellbound Kinji Fukasaku – The Geisha House |
| Screenplay of the Year | Popularity Award |
| Yoshiki Iwama – Poppoya Nagisa Oshima – Gohatto Sumio Oomori – Keiho Ryo Takasugi and Satoshi Suzuki – Spellbound Kaneto Shindo – The Geisha House | Hiroyuki Yabe – Messengers (Actor Category) Moumantai (Production Category) |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Ken Takakura – Poppoya Kaoru Kobayashi – Himitsu Kiichi Nakai – Keiho Masahiro Motoki – Gemini Kōji Yakusho – Spellbound | Shinobu Otake – Poppoya Shinobu Otake – The Black House Kyōka Suzuki – Keiho Ryōko Hirosue – Himitsu Shigeru Muroi – Amateur Singing Contest |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Nenji Kobayashi – Poppoya Takaya Kamikawa – Owls' Castle Kippei Shiina – Spellbound Shinji Takeda – Gohatto Masahiko Nishimura – The Black House | Kayoko Kishimoto – Kikujiro Kayoko Kishimoto – Himitsu Ryōko Hirosue – Poppoya Sumiko Fuji – The Geisha House Mayumi Wakamura – Spellbound |
| Outstanding Achievement in Music | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |
| Joe Hisaishi – Kikujiro Joji Yuasa – Owls' Castle Ryoichi Kuniyoshi – Poppoya Masamichi Amano – Spellbound | Daisaku Kimura – Poppoya Toyomichi Kurita – Gohatto Tatsuo Suzuki – Owls' Castle Yoshitaka Sakamoto – Spellbound Daisaku Kimura – The Geisha House |
| Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction |
| Mitsuo Watanabe – Poppoya Toyomichi Kurita and Hiroshi Takehisa – Gohatto Yoshio Unno – Owls' Castle Takeshi Okubo – Spellbound Kiyoto Ando – The Geisha House | Yoshinobu Nishioka – Owls' Castle Yoshinobu Nishioka – Gohatto Katsuhiro Fukuzawa – Poppoya Kyoko Heya – Spellbound Yoshinobu Nishioka – The Geisha House |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording | Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing |
| Kenichi Benitani – Poppoya Kunio Andō – Gohatto Fumio Hashimoto – Keiho Tetsuo Segawa – Owls' Castle Hitoshi Tsurumaki and Jun Nakamura – Spellbound | Akimasa Kawashima – Spellbound Tomoyo Oshima – Gohatto Hiroshi Yoshida – Owls' Castle Kiyoaki Saito – Poppoya Koichi Sonoi – The Geisha House |
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | |Newcomer of the Year |
| The Sixth Sense Elizabeth Life Is Beautiful Shakespeare in Love The Matrix | Issa Hentona – Dreammaker Takako Uehara – Dreammaker Ryuhei Matsuda – Gohatto Chizuru Ikewaki – Osaka Story Katsunori Takahashi – Salaryman Kintarō Maki Miyamoto – The Geisha House |
| Special Award from the Chairman | Special Award from the Association |
| Utaemon Ichikawa (Actor) Masaru Sato (Composer) Kazuo Miyagawa (Cinematographer) | I Love You (Film) Shinichi Ito and team (Sound Effects) Sunao Sakagami (Producer) |

### Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 13 | Poppoya |
| 12 | Spellbound |
| 10 | Gohatto |
| 8 | The Geisha House |
| 4 | Keiho |
| 3 | Himitsu |
| 3 | Kikujiro |
| 2 | Dreammaker |
| 2 | The Black House |
Films that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 9 | Poppoya |
| 2 | Dreammaker |
| 2 | Kikujiro |