43rd Japan Academy Film Prize

43rd Japan Academy Film Prize
Date	March 6, 2020
Site	Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan
Hosted by	Shinichi Hatori Sakura Ando
Highlights
Most awards	Kingdom (5)
Most nominations	Fly Me to the Saitama (12)

The 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize (第43回日本アカデミー賞) is the 43rd edition of the Japan Academy Film Prize, an award presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association to award excellence in filmmaking.

Winners & Nominees

Awards

Picture of the Year	Animation of the Year
The Journalist Kingdom Fly Me to the Saitama Family of Strangers Listen to the Universe	Weathering with You Her Blue Sky Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire Lupin III: The First One Piece: Stampede
Director of the Year	Screenplay of the Year
Hideki Takeuchi – Fly Me to the Saitama Shinsuke Sato – Kingdom Masayuki Suo – Talking the Pictures Hideyuki Hirayama – Family of Strangers Michihito Fujii – The Journalist	Yūichi Tokunaga – Fly Me to the Saitama Shōzō Katashima – Talking the Pictures Roba Shimori, Akihiko Takaishi and Michihito Fujii – The Journalist Hideyuki Hirayama – Family of Strangers Kōki Mitani – Hit Me Anyone One More Time
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Tori Matsuzaka – The Journalist Shōfukutei Tsurube II – Family of Strangers Masaki Suda – The Great War of Archimedes Kiichi Nakai – Hit Me Anyone One More Time Gackt – Fly Me to the Saitama	Shim Eun-kyung – The Journalist Fumi Nikaidō  – Fly Me to the Saitama Mayu Matsuoka – Listen to the Universe Rie Miyazawa – No Longer Human Sayuri Yoshinaga – The Bucket List
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Ryo Yoshizawa – Kingdom Gō Ayano – Family of Strangers Yūsuke Iseya  – Fly Me to the Saitama Tasuku Emoto – The Great War of Archimedes Takashi Okamura – The 47 Ronin in Debt Kuranosuke Sasaki – Aircraft Carrier Ibuki	Masami Nagasawa – Kingdom Yūki Amami – The Bucket List Nana Komatsu  – Family of Strangers Mitsuki Takahata – A Banana? At This Time of Night? Fumi Nikaidō  – No Longer Human
Outstanding Achievement in Music	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Radwimps – Weathering with You Yoshikazu Suo – Talking the Pictures Dai Fujikura and Daisuke Shinoda – Listen to the Universe Yutaka Yamada – Kingdom Face 2 fAKE – Fly Me to the Saitama	Tarō Kawazu – Kingdom Kōzō Shibazaki – Family of Strangers Sōhei Tanikawa – Fly Me to the Saitama Piotr Niemyjski – Listen to the Universe Jun'ichi Fujisawa – Talking the Pictures
Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction	Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
N/A – Kingdom Nariyuki Ueda – Family of Strangers Shunri Rinoie – Fly Me to the Saitama Kenjirō Sō – Listen to the Universe Tatsuya Osada – Talking the Pictures	Iwao Saitō – Kingdom Yōji Abeki – Fly Me to the Saitama Norihiro Isoda – Talking the Pictures Anri Jōjō – The Great War of Archimedes Katsumi Nakazawa – Family of Strangers
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording	Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing
Yoshifumi Kureishi – Listen to the Universe Kazuhiro Katō – Fly Me to the Saitama Michihiro Kōri – Talking the Pictures Masato Komatsu – Family of Strangers Kazushiko Yokono – Kingdom	Shinji Kawamura – Fly Me to the Saitama Tsuyoshi Imai – Kingdom Chieko Suzaki – Family of Strangers Tatsuma Furukawa – The Journalist Ryūji Miyajima – The Great War of Archimedes
Outstanding Foreign Language Film	Newcomer of the Year
Joker Yesterday Green Book The Mule Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Yukino Kishii  – Just Only Love Yuina Kuroshima – Talking the Pictures Riho Yoshioka  – The Witness and Parallel World Love Story Ouji Suzuka – Listen to the Universe Win Morisaki – Listen to the Universe Ryusei Yokohama  – Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito, Cheer Boys!! and Go Away, Ultramarine

External links

• Japan Academy Film Prize official website - (in Japanese)