28th Japan Academy Film Prize
# 28th Japan Academy Film Prize

The 28th Japan Academy Film Prize (第28回日本アカデミー賞) is the 28th 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 2004 and it took place on February 18, 2005 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.

## Nominees

### Awards

| Picture of the Year | Director of the Year |
| - | - |
| Half a Confession The Hidden Blade Swing Girls Socrates in Love Blood and Bones | Yoichi Sai – Blood and Bones Kiyoshi Sasabe – Half a Confession Shinobu Yaguchi – Swing Girls Yoji Yamada – The Hidden Blade Isao Yukisada – Socrates in Love |
| Screenplay of the Year | Popularity Award |
| Shinobu Yaguchi – Swing Girls Yoichi Sai and Chong Wishing – Blood and Bones Toshiyuki Tabe and Kiyoshi Sasabe – Half a Confession Kōki Mitani – University of Laughs Yoji Yamada and Yoshitaka Asama – The Hidden Blade | Swing Girls (Production Category) Masami Nagasawa – Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (Actor Category) |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Akira Terao – Half a Confession Show Aikawa – Zebraman Takao Osawa – Gege Masatoshi Nagase – The Hidden Blade Kōji Yakusho – University of Laughs | Kyōka Suzuki – Blood and Bones Yūko Takeuchi – Be with You Takako Tokiwa – Akai Tsuki Kyoko Fukada – Kamikaze Girls Takako Matsu – The Hidden Blade |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Joe Odagiri – Blood and Bones Teruyuki Kagawa – Akai Tsuki Kyōhei Shibata – Half a Confession Mirai Moriyama – Crying Out Love in the Center of the World Hidetaka Yoshioka – The Hidden Blade | Masami Nagasawa – Crying Out Love in the Center of the World Kirin Kiki – Half a Confession Tomoko Tabata – Blood and Bones Anna Tsuchiya – Kamikaze Girls You – Nobody Knows |
| Outstanding Achievement in Music | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |
| Mickie Yoshino and Hiroshi Kishimoto – Swing Girls Taro Iwashiro – Blood and Bones Tamiya Terashima – Half a Confession Isao Tomita – The Hidden Blade Meina Co. – Crying Out Love in the Center of the World | Noboru Shinoda – Crying Out Love in the Center of the World Daisaku Kimura – Akai Tsuki Mutsuo Naganuma – The Hidden Blade Mutsuo Naganuma – Half a Confession Takeshi Hamada – Blood and Bones |
| Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction |
| Yūki Nakamura – Crying Out Love in the Center of the World Mitsuo Watanabe – Akai Tsuki Gengon Nakaoka – The Hidden Blade Sōsuke Yoshikado – Half a Confession Hitoshi Takaya – Blood and Bones | Mitsuo Degawa and Yoshinobu Nishioka – The Hidden Blade Toshihiro Isomi – Blood and Bones Katsuhiro Fukuzawa – Akai Tsuki Shū Yamaguchi – Crying Out Love in the Center of the World Hidemitsu Yamazaki – Half a Confession |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording | Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing |
| Hiromichi Koori – Swing Girls Hironori Itō – Crying Out Love in the Center of the World Kazumi Kishida – The Hidden Blade Yasuo Takano – Half a Confession Susumu Take and Osamu Onodera – Blood and Bones | Ryūji Miyajima – Swing Girls Iwao Ishii – The Hidden Blade Tsuyoshi Imai – Crying Out Love in the Center of the World Hideaki Oohata – Half a Confession Yoshiyuki Okuhara – Blood and Bones |
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Newcomer of the Year |
| The Last Samurai Seabiscuit Troy Mystic River The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Yūta Hiraoka – Swing Girls Mirai Moriyama – Crying Out Love in the Center of the World Misaki Ito – Umineko Juri Ueno – Swing Girls Anna Tsuchiya – Kamikaze Girls Yo Hitoto – Café Lumière |
| Special Award from the Association | Award for Distinguished Service from the Chairman |
| Kei Ijichi (Producer) Masatoshi Saitō and staff (Sound Effect) Godzilla | Crying Out Love in the Center of the World Production Team |
| Special Award from the Chairman | |
| Tatsuya Mihashi (Actor) | |
