(L-R) Actresses Bae Doona, Haruka Ayase and Aoi Miyazaki

Actress Takako Matsu

Actress Haruka Ayase

(L-R) Actors Kimiko Yo, Ken Watanabe, director Daisaku Kimura, Takako Matsu and Teruyuki Kagawa

Actresses Kyoka Suzuki (L) and Miki Nakatani (R)

Actor Eita

Actresses Tae Kimura, Miki Nakatani and Ryoko Hirosue

Actress Tae Kimura (L) and comedian Tsutomu Sekine

Actress Takako Matsu

Actor Ken Watanabe

Actor Tadanobu Asano

Actor Hiro Mizushima

Actress Kimiko Yo

(photos: junko kimura/getty images asiapac)

Stars came out on March 5th to attend the 33rd Japan Academy Awards at Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. List of winners below.

• Best Picture: The Sun That Doesn’t Set (Setsuro Wakamatsu)

• Best Animated Feature: Summer Wars (Mamoru Hosoda)

• Best Director: Daisaku Kimura (Mt. Tsurugidake)

• Best Screenplay: Miwa Nishikawa (Dear Doctor)

• Best Actor: Ken Watanabe (The Sun That Doesn’t Set)

• Best Actress: Takako Matsu (Villon’s Wife)

• Best Supporting Actor: Teruyuki Kagawa (Mt. Tsurugidake)

• Best Supporting Actress: Kimiko Yo (Dear Doctor)

• Best Music: Shinichiro Ikebe (Mt. Tsurugidake)

• Best Cinematography: Daisaku Kimura (Mt. Tsurugidake)

• Best Lighting Direction: Kawabe Takayuki (Mt. Tsurugidake)

• Best Art Direction: Yohei Taneda & Kyoko Yauchi (Villon’s Wife)

• Best Sound Recording: Teiichi Saito (Mt. Tsurugidake)

• Best Film Editing: Takao Arai (The Sun That Doesn’t Set)

• Best Foreign Language Film: Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood)

(list source)