| Picture of the Year | Director of the Year |
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- The Twilight Samurai
- Amidadō Dayori
- The Choice of Hercules
- Hi wa Mata Noboru
- Ping Pong
| - Yoji Yamada – The Twilight Samurai
- Takashi Koizumi – Amidadō Dayori
- Fumihiko Sori – Ping Pong
- Masato Harada – The Choice of Hercules
- Hideyuki Hirayama – Out
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| Screenplay of the Year | Popularity Award |
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- Yoji Yamada and Yoshitaka Asama – The Twilight Samurai
- Kankurō Kudō – Ping Pong
- Takashi Koizumi – Amidadō Dayori
- Masato Harada – The Choice of Hercules
- Kōki Mitani – Ryōma no Tsuma to Sono Aijin
| - Little Dog Dan's Story (Production Category)
- Anne Suzuki – Returner (Actor Category)
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| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
|---|
- Hiroyuki Sanada – The Twilight Samurai
- Akira Terao – Amidadō Dayori
- Etsushi Toyokawa – Inochi
- Toshiyuki Nishida – Hi wa Mata Noboru
- Kōji Yakusho – The Choice of Hercules
| - Rie Miyazawa – The Twilight Samurai
- Makiko Esumi – Inochi
- Kyōka Suzuki – Ryōma no Tsuma to Sono Aijin
- Mieko Harada – Out
- Kanako Higuchi – Amidadō Dayori
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| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
|---|
- Min Tanaka – The Twilight Samurai
- Gorō Kishitani – Returner
- Nenji Kobayashi – The Twilight Samurai
- Tsutomu Yamazaki – Mohōhan
- Ken Watanabe – Hi wa Mata Noboru
| - Tanie Kitabayashi – Amidadō Dayori
- Kirin Kiki – Returner
- Keiko Kishi – The Twilight Samurai
- Mari Natsuki – Ping Pong
- Mitsuko Baisho – Out
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| Outstanding Achievement in Music | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |
|---|
- Isao Tomita – The Twilight Samurai
- Michiru Ōshima – Hi wa Mata Noboru
- Michiru Ōshima and Taku Takahashi – Mohōhan
- Takashi Kako – Amidadō Dayori
- Joe Hisaishi – Dolls
| - Mutsuo Naganuma – The Twilight Samurai
- Masaharu Ueda – Amidadō Dayori
- Yoshitaka Sakamoto – The Choice of Hercules
- Akira Sakō – Ping Pong
- Katsumi Yanagishima – Dolls
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| Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction |
|---|
- Gengon Nakaoka – The Twilight Samurai
- Hideaki Yamakawa – Amidadō Dayori
- Takeshi Ōkubo – The Choice of Hercules
- Kōichi Watanabe – Ping Pong
- Hitoshi Takaya – Dolls
| - Yoshinobu Nishioka and Mitsuo Degawa – The Twilight Samurai
- Norihiro Isoda – Dolls
- Kyōko Heya – The Choice of Hercules
- Yoshirō Muraki and Tadashi Sakai – Amidadō Dayori
- Shū Yamaguchi – Ryōma no Tsuma to Sono Aijin
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| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording | Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing |
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- Kazumi Kishida – The Twilight Samurai
- Osamu Onodera – Inochi
- Jun Nakamura – The Choice of Hercules
- Fumio Hashimoto – Mohōhan
- Kenichi Benitani – Amidadō Dayori
| - Iwao Ishii – The Twilight Samurai
- Hideto Aga – Amidadō Dayori
- Sōichi Ueno – The Choice of Hercules
- Sōichi Ueno – Ping Pong
- Takuya Taguchi – Returner
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| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Newcomer of the Year |
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- Monster's Ball
- I Am Sam
- Gangs of New York
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- The Fellowship of the Ring
| - Min Tanaka – The Twilight Samurai
- Kazushige Nagashima – Mr.Rookie
- Nakamura Shidō II – Ping Pong
- Manami Konishi – Amidadō Dayori
- Anne Suzuki – Returner
- Yūka – Koi ni Utaeba
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| Special Award of Honour from the Association | Special Award from the Chairman |
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| - Koreyoshi Kurahara (Director)
- Kinji Fukasaku (Director)
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| Special Award from the Association | |
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- Takashi Ōnuma (Costume)
- Kouzu Shōkai Co.Ltd. and Takatsu Sousyokubijutu Co.Ltd. (Film Decoration Art)
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