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

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and actress

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. ''

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

Kikujiro is a 1999 Japanese road drama film written, directed and co-edited by Takeshi Kitano, who also stars in the film with Yusuke Sekiguchi. Its score was composed by Joe Hisaishi. The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. ''Kikujiro' ...

'' with two, and ''

Gohatto , also known as ''Taboo'', is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. Its subject is homosexuality in the Shinsengumi during the ''bakumatsu'' period, the end of the samurai era in the mid-19th century. The production was Õshima's final ...

'', ''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 ...

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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 bein ...

'', ''

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'', '' 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 the ...

'', and ''

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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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