41st Japan Academy Prizes

41st Japan Academy Prizes

Ceremony Date: March 2, 2018, Hosted By: Toshiyuki Nishida, Rie Miyazawa

Ceremony Date: March 2, 2018, Hosted By: Toshiyuki Nishida, Rie Miyazawa

Best Picture
  • The Third Murder
  • I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
  • Sekigahara
  • Miracles of the Namiya General Store
  • Flower and Sword
Best Animated Picture
  • The Night is Short, Walk On Girl
  • Fireworks
  • Napping Princess
  • Mary and the Witch's Flower
  • Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter
Best Director
  • Hirokazu Kore-eda | The Third Murder
  • Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Before We Vanish
  • Tetsuo Shinohara | Flower and Sword
  • Masato Harada | Sekigahara
  • Ryuichi Hiroki | Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Best Screenplay
  • Hirokazu Kore-eda | The Third Murder
  • Hiroshi Saito | Miracles of the Namiya General Store
  • Yoshiko Morishita | Flower and Sword
  • Yoji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu | What a Wonderful Family! 2
  • Tomoko Yoshida | I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
Best Leading Actor
  • Masaki Suda | Wilderness: Part One
  • Yo Oizumi | The Detective is in the Bar 3
  • Junichi Okada | Sekigahara
  • Ken Sato | The 8-Year Engagement
  • Tatsuya Fujiwara | Memoirs of a Murderer
Best Leading Actress
  • Yu Aoi | Birds Without Names
  • Yui Aragaki | Mixed Doubles
  • Tao Tsuchiya | The 8-Year Engagement
  • Masami Nagasawa | Before We Vanish
  • Yuriko Yoshitaka | Yurigokoro
Best Supporting Actor
  • Koji Yakusho | The Third Murder
  • Toshiyuki Nishida | Miracles of the Namiya General Store
  • Masahiko Nishimura | What a Wonderful Family! 2
  • Ryuhei Matsuda | The Detective is in the Bar 3
  • Nijiro Murakami | Mukoku
  • Koji Yakusho | Sekigahara
Best Supporting Actress
  • Suzu Hirose | The Third Murder
  • Machiko Ono | Miracles of the Namiya General Store
  • Keiko Kitagawa | The Detective is in the Bar 3
  • Yui Natsukawa | What a Wonderful Family! 2
  • Hiroko Yakushimaru | The 8-Year Engagement
Best Music
  • Keiichi Suzuki | Outrage Coda
  • Harumi Fuuki | Sekigahara
  • Takatsugu Muramatsu | The 8-Year Engagement
  • Ludovico Einaudi | The Third Murder
  • JIN | Kiseki: Anohi No Sobito
Best Photography
  • Takahide Shibanushi | Sekigahara
  • Tokusho Kikumura | Flower and Sword
  • Kozo Shibasaki | Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
  • Mikiya Takimoto | The Third Murder
  • Masashi Chikamori | What a Wonderful Family! 2
Best Lighting
  • Takaaki Miyanishi | Sekigahara
  • Tatsuya Osada | Flower and Sword
  • Nariyuki Ueda | Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
  • Norikiyo Fujii | The Third Murder
  • Koichi Watanabe | What a Wonderful Family! 2
Best Art
  • Tomoko Kurata | Flower and Sword
  • Tomoko Kurata, Hisayuki Kobayashi | What a Wonderful Family! 2
  • Anri Jojo | Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
  • Tetsuo Harada | Sekigahara
  • Tomoyuki Maruo, Rihito Nakagawa | Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Best Sound
  • Masato Yano | Sekigahara
  • Satoshi Ozaki | Flower and Sword
  • Kazumi Kishida | What a Wonderful Family! 2
  • Yoshifumi Kureishi | Outrage Coda
  • Kazuhiko Tomita | The Third Murder
Best Editing
  • Hirokazu Kore-eda | The Third Murder
  • Hirohide Abe | Flower and Sword
  • Iwao Ishii | What a Wonderful Family! 2
  • Takeshi Kitano, Yoshinori Oda | Outrage Coda
  • Eugene Harada | Sekigahara
Best Foreign Picture
  • La La Land
  • Dunkirk
  • Hidden Figures
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Miss Sloane
New Actor Awards
  • Ayami Nakajo | Let's Go, JETS! From Small Girls to U.S. Champions?!
  • Minami Hamabe | I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
  • Takumi Kitamura | I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
  • Ryoma Takeuchi | Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High
Special Award of the Association
  • Etsuko Egawa Special Makeup Artist, Special Modeling
  • Katsutoshi Osawa Art, Railway Equipment
  • Midori Onuma Hair and Makeup Artist
  • Hiroshi Koto Costume Designer
  • Takeshi Yoshikawa Casting Director
Chairman's Achievement Award
  • Kyogo Kagawa Actress
  • Takashi Kawamata Cinematographer
  • Masahiro Shinoda Director
  • Kenichi Benitani Sound Engineer
  • Toshio Masuda Director
  • Fujiko Yamamoto Actress
Chairman's Special Award
  • Hiroki Matsukata Actor, d. Jan 21, aged 74
  • Tsunehiko Watase Actor, d. Mar 14, aged 72
  • Iwao Otani Sound Engineer, d. Aug 3, aged 98
  • Akira Hayasaka Screenwriter, d. Dec 16, aged 88
Popularity Awards
  • I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
  • Masaki Suda
  • Masaharu Segawa | Director, Screenwriter, d. Jun 20 2016, aged 90
  • Shigeru Koyama | Actor, d. Jan 3, aged 87
  • Shuji Nakamura | Art Director, d. Jan 21, aged 89
  • Yoshio Tsuchiya | Actor, d. Feb 8, aged 89
  • Toshio Matsumoto | Director, d. Apr 12, aged 85
  • Yumeji Tsukioka | Actor, d. May 3, aged 94
  • Genkichi Hasegawa | Cinematographer, d. Jun 25, aged 77
  • Yoshinaga Yoko | Screenwriter, Director, d. Jul 18, aged 87
  • Shoichi Masuo | Special Effects Director, Animator, d. Jul 24, aged 57
  • Shogoro Nishimura | Director, d. Aug 1, aged 87
  • Haruo Nakajima | Suit Actor, d. Aug 7, aged 88
  • Chikara Hashimoto | Actor, d. Oct 11, aged 83
  • Seijun Suzuki | Director, d. Feb 13, aged 93