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