42nd Japan Academy Prizes

42nd Japan Academy Prizes

Ceremony Date: March 1, 2019, Hosted By: Toshiyuki Nishida, Yu Aoi

Ceremony Date: March 1, 2019, Hosted By: Toshiyuki Nishida, Yu Aoi

Best Picture
  • Shoplifters
  • One Cut of the Dead
  • Sakura Guardian in the North
  • The Blood of Wolves
  • Recall
Best Animated Picture
  • Mirai
  • Dragon Ball Super: Broly
  • Penguin Highway
  • Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer
  • Waka Okami wa Shogakusei!
Best Director
  • Hirokazu Kore-eda | Shoplifters
  • Shinichiro Ueda | One Cut of the Dead
  • Kazuya Shiraishi | The Blood of Wolves
  • Yojiro Takita | Sakura Guardian in the North
  • Katsuhide Motoki | Recall
Best Screenplay
  • Hirokazu Kore-eda | Shoplifters
  • Junya Ikegami | The Blood of Wolves
  • Shinichiro Ueda | One Cut of the Dead
  • Machiko Nasu | Sakura Guardian in the North
  • Tamiyo Hayashi | Recall
Best Leading Actor
  • Koji Yakusho | The Blood of Wolves
  • Junichi Okada | Samurai's Promise
  • Hiroshi Tachi | Life in Overtime
  • Takayuki Hamatsu | One Cut of the Dead
  • Lily Franky | Shoplifters
Best Leading Actress
  • Sakura Ando | Shoplifters
  • Haru Kuroki | Every Day A Good Day
  • Ryoko Shinohara | The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps
  • Mayu Matsuoka | Tremble All You Want
  • Sayuri Yoshinaga | Sakura Guardian in the North
Best Supporting Actor
  • Tori Matsuzaka | The Blood of Wolves
  • Ittoku Kishibe | Sakura Guardian in the North
  • Dean Fujioka | Recall
  • Hidetoshi Nishijima | Samurai's Promise
  • Kazunari Ninomiya | Killing for the Prosecution
Best Supporting Actress
  • Kirin Kiki | Shoplifters
  • Kirin Kiki | Every Day A Good Day
  • Ryoko Shinohara | Sakura Guardian in the North
  • Kyoko Fukada | Recall
  • Yoko Maki | The Blood of Wolves
  • Mayu Matsuoka | Shoplifters
Best Music
  • Haruomi Hosono | Shoplifters
  • Kei Ogura, Katsu Hoshi, Shogo Kaida | Sakura Guardian in the North
  • Takashi Kato | Samurai's Promise
  • Nobuhiro Suzuki, Shoma Ito, Kyle Nagai | One Cut of the Dead
  • Goro Yasukawa | The Blood of Wolves
  • Goro Yasukawa | Recall
Best Photography
  • Ryuto Kondo | Shoplifters
  • Daisaku Kimura | Samurai's Promise
  • Takeshi Sone | One Cut of the Dead
  • Takahiro Haibara | The Blood of Wolves
  • Takeshi Hamada | Sakura Guardian in the North
Best Lighting
  • Isamu Fujii | Shoplifters
  • Kenjiro So | Samurai's Promise
  • Minoru Kawai | The Blood of Wolves
  • Sai Takaya | Sakura Guardian in the North
Best Art
  • Tsutomu Imamura | The Blood of Wolves
  • Takashi Nishimura | Recall
  • Mitsuo Harada | Samurai's Promise
  • Kyoko Heya | Sakura Guardian in the North
  • Keiko Mitsumatsu | Shoplifters
Best Sound
  • Tomoharu Urata | The Blood of Wolves
  • Osamu Onodera | Sakura Guardian in the North
  • Kazuhiro Kurihara | Recall
  • Kokichi Kokita | One Cut of the Dead
  • Kazuhiko Tomita | Shoplifters
Best Editing
  • Shinichiro Ueda | One Cut of the Dead
  • Hitomi Kato | The Blood of Wolves
  • Isao Kawase | Recall
  • Hirokazu Kore-eda | Shoplifters
  • Yeong-mi Lee | Sakura Guardian in the North
Best Foreign Picture
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • The Greatest Showman
  • The Shape of Water
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • Mission: Impossible - Fallout
New Actor Awards
  • Moka Kamishiraishi | A Forest of Wool and Steel
  • Shuri | Love At Least
  • Yurina Hirate | Hibiki
  • Kyoko Yoshine | Kasane: Beauty and Fate, Samurai's Promise
  • Kentaro Ito | Cafe Funiculi Funicula
  • Taishi Nakagawa | Kids on the Slope, Lock-On Love
  • Ryo Narita | Stolen Identity, Biblia Used Bookstore Casebook
  • Ryo Yoshizawa | River's Edge
Special Award of the Association
  • Yasuo Otsuka Animator
  • Tadashi Kaneda Film Steel Man
  • Tsutomu Sakurai Producer
  • Keisuke Chiyoda Costume Designer
Chairman's Achievement Award
  • Mariko Okada Actress, Producer
  • Keiko Kishi Actress
  • Junya Sato Director, Screenwriter
  • Yoshishige Yoshida Director, Screenwriter
Special Memorial
  • Tadashi Sawashima Director, d. Jan 27, aged 91
  • Chuji Kinoshita Composer, d. Apr 30, aged 102
  • Shinobu Hashimoto Screenwriter, Producer, Director, d. Jul 19, aged 100
Chairman's Special Award
  • Isao Takahata Animation Director, d. Apr 5, aged 82
  • Yuriko Hoshi Actress, d. May 16, aged 74
  • Masahiko Tsugawa Director, Actor, d. Aug 4, aged 78
  • Kirin Kiki Actress, d. Sep 15, aged 75
  • Sadaji Yoshida Cinematographer, d. Oct 28, aged 100
  • Mitsuru Kurosawa Producer, d. Nov 30, aged 85
Popularity Awards
  • One Cut of the Dead
  • Kentaro Ito
  • Sansho Shinsui | Actor, d. Dec 30, aged 70
  • Yosuke Natsuki | Actor, d. Jan 14, aged 81
  • Tamio Kawachi | Actor, d. Feb 10, aged 79
  • Ren Osugi | Actor, d. Feb 21, aged 66
  • Tonpei Hidari | Actor, d. Feb. 24, aged 80
  • Yukiji Asaoka | Actor, d. Apr 27, aged 82
  • Takayuki Inoue | Composer, d. May 2, aged 77
  • Masaki Tamura | Cinematographer, d. May 23, aged 79
  • Jiro Terao | Subtitle Translator, d. Jun 6, aged 62
  • Go Kato | Actor, d. Jun 18, aged 80
  • Tomoko Fujiwara | Director, d. Jun 19, aged 86
  • Hiroshi Nawa | Actor, d. Jun 26, aged 85
  • Shinichiro Mikami | Actor, d. Jul 14, aged 77
  • Etsuko Ikuta | Actress, d. Jul 15, aged 71
  • Fujio Tokita | Actor, d. Jul 18, aged 81
  • Kin Sugai | Actress, d. Aug 10, aged 92
  • Ryunosuke Ono | Screenwriter, d. Sep 27, aged 84
  • Hideo Osabe | Author, d. Oct 18, aged 84
  • Kyoko Enami | Actress, d. Oct 27, aged 76
  • Kazue Tsunogae | Actor, d. Oct 27, aged 64
  • Harue Akagi | Actor, d. Nov 29, aged 94