The is the 23rd edition of the ''

Japan Academy Film Prize The , often called the Japan Academy Prize, the Japan Academy Awards, and the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association (日本アカデミー賞協会, ''Nippon Akademii- ...

'', an award presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association to award excellence in

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. It awarded the best films of 1999 and it took place on March 10, 2000 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in

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. The ceremony was hosted by actor and television presenter

Hiroshi Sekiguchi is a Japanese actor, ''tarento'', television presenter, newscaster, businessman and manager. He is a representative of the talent agency Sankei. He lives in Setagaya, Tokyo. He is the eldest of two brothers. Sekiguchi's father is Shuji Sano, wh ...

and actress

Mieko Harada is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She has played various roles in many motion pictures, television shows and television dramas since her debut in 1974. Career Harada most notably portrayed Lady Kaede in Akira Kurosawa's 1985 film ''Ran'', and ...

. ''

Poppoya is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. It was Japan's submission to the 72nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy P ...

'' won nine awards, including Picture of the Year. Other winners included ''Dreammaker'' and ''

Kikujiro ''Kikujiro'' () is a 1999 Japanese road drama film starring, written, and directed by Takeshi Kitano. Its score was composed by Joe Hisaishi. The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. ''Kikujiro'' tells the story of a young boy sea ...

'' with two, and ''

Gohatto , also known as ''Taboo'', is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. It is about homosexuality in the Shinsengumi during the ''bakumatsu'' period, the end of the samurai era in the mid-19th century. Plot At the start of the movie, the y ...

'', ''I Love You'', ''Messengers'', ''Moumantai'', ''

Osaka Story is a 1999 Japanese drama film directed by Jun Ichikawa and starring Chizuru Ikewaki, Kōsuke Minamino, Kenji Sawada and Yūko Tanaka. It was released on 27 March 1999. Cast *Chizuru Ikewaki *Kōsuke Minamino *Kenji Sawada *Yūko Tanaka Recept ...

'', ''

Owls' Castle is a 1999 Japanese ninja-themed jidaigeki film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It was co-written by Shinoda and Katsuo Naruse, and stars Kiichi Nakai It is the second adaptation of Ryōtarō Shiba's 1959 novel '' Fukurō no Shiro'', the first being ...

'', ''

Salaryman Kintarō is a Japanese manga series by Hiroshi Motomiya. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from 1994 to 2002, with many periods of inactivity during its run. Salary Man Kintaro had sold over 30 millio ...

'', '' Spellbound'', ''

The Geisha House is a 1998 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Plot In 1958, the Anti-Prostitution Law is about to be implemented. A young maiko named Tokiko works at Fujinoya Geisha House under Madam Satoe with the geisha Terucho, Kimiryo, and Somemaru. Over ...

'', and ''

The Sixth Sense ''The Sixth Sense'' is a 1999 American psychological thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Bruce Willis as a child psychologist whose patient (Haley Joel Osment) claims he can see and talk to the dead. Released by ...

'' with one.

Winners and nominees

Awards

Films with multiple nominations and awards

References

External links

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Complete list of awards and nominations for the 23rd Japan Academy Prize
- {{Japan Academy Film Prize

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