The Japan Academy Film Prize Association held the 47th edition of its awards ceremony on March 8, 2024. The nominees are selected by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association of industry professionals from the pool of film releases between January 1 and December 31, 2023 which must have screened in Tokyo cinemas.
Following its success at the recent Blue Ribbon Awards and leading with 12 nominations, Toho Studios' and Takashi Yamazaki's kaiju cinema masterpiece “Godzilla Minus One” takes top honours winning Picture of the Year and a slew of technical awards. Sakura Ando cements her place as one of Japan's top actresses securing both awards for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (for “Monster”) as well as Supporting Role (for “Godzilla Minus One”).
The full list of winners is described below.
Picture of the Year
Monster
Godzilla Minus One
Mom, Is That You?!
September 1923
Perfect Days
Animation of the Year
Kitaro Tanjo – GeGeGe no Nazo
The Boy and the Heron
Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window
Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine
Blue Giant
Director of the Year
Wim Wenders – Perfect Days
Hirokazu KOREEDA – Monster
Yoichi NARITA – Till We Meet Again on the Lily Hill
Tatsuya MORI – September 1923
Takashi YAMAZAKI – Godzilla Minus One
Screenplay of the Year
Toshimichi SAEKI, Junichi INOUE, Haruhiko ARAI – September 1923
Michio TSUBAKI – Shylock's Children
Masahiro YAMAURA, Yoichi Narita – Till We Meet Again on the Lily Hill
Takashi YAMAZAKI – Godzilla Minus One
Yoji YAMADA, Yuzo Asahara – Mom, Is That You?!
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Sadao ABE – Shylock's Children
Ryunosuki KAMIKI – Godzilla Minus One
Ryohei SUZUKI – Egoist
Koshi MIZUKAMI – Till We Meet Again on the Lily Hill
Koji YAKUSHO – Perfect Days
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Haruka AYASE – Revolver Lily
Sakura ANDO – Monster
Hana SUGISAKI – Ichiko
Minami HAMABE – Godzilla Minus One
Sayuri YOSHINAGA – Mom, Is That You?!
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Hayato ISOMURA – The Moon
Kentaro ITO – Till We Meet Again on the Lily Hill
Yo OIZUMI – Mom, Is That You?!
Ryo KASE – Kubi
Masaki SUDA – Father of the Milky Way Railroad
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Sakura ANDO – Godzilla Minus One
Aya UETO – Shylock's Children
Mei NAGANO – Mom, Is That You?!
Minami HAMABE – Shin Kamen Rider
Keiko MATSUZAKA – Till We Meet Again on the Lily Hill
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Ryuto KONDO – Monster
Akira SAKO – Kingdom III: Flame of Destiny
Kozo SHIBASAKI – Godzilla Minus One
Masashi CHIKAMORI – Mom, Is That You?!
Takeshi HAMADA – Kubi
Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction
Eiji OSHITA – Monster
Hiroyuki KASE – Kingdom III: Flame of Destiny
Nariyuki UEDA – Godzilla Minus One
Masato TSUCHIYAMA – Mom, Is That You?!
Hitoshi TAKAYA – Kubi
Outstanding Achievement in Music
Hiromi – Blue Giant
Takeshi KOBAYASHI – Kyrie
Ryuichi SAKAMOTO – Monster
Naoki SATO – Godzilla Minus One
Akira SENJU – Mom, Is That You?!
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Anri JOHJO – Godzilla Minus One
Yukiharu SESHIMO – Kubi
Takashi NISHIMURA – Mom, Is That You?!
So HASHIMOTO – Legend & Butterfly
Keiko MITSUMATSU, SEO Hyeon-seon – Monster
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording
Kentaro SUZUKI – Till We Meet Again on the Lily Hill
Yasuo TAKANO – Kubi
Hisafumi TAKEUCHI – Godzilla Minus One
Kazuhiko TOMITA – Monster
Shota NAGAMURA – Mom, Is That You?!
Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing
Norihiro IWAMA – Till We Meet Again on the Lily Hill
Takeshi KITANO, Yoshinori OTA – Kubi
Hirokazu KOREEDA – Monster
Hiroshi SUGIMOTO – Mom, Is That You?!
Ryuji MIYAJIMA – Godzilla Minus One
Outstanding Foreign Language Film
Killers of the Flower Moon
Barbie
Driving Madeleine
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Tar
Newcomer of the YearÂ
Aina The End – Kyrie
Hiyori SAKURADA – Our Secret Diary
Nanoka HARA – Don't Call it Mystery
Haruka FUKUHARA – Till We Meet Again on the Lily Hill
Ichikawa SOMEGORO VIII – The Legend & Butterly
Soya KUROKAWA – Monster
Fumiya TAKAHASHI – Our Secret Diary
Hinata HIIRAGI – Monster
Special Award from the Association
Koji OMURA (hair and makeup)
Yumiko KUGA (casting)
Teruyuki HYAKUSOKU (Steenbeck editing table sales, maintenance, inspection, and repair)
Keizo MURASE (special effects model sculptor)
Award for Distinguished Service from the Chairman
Norimichi IKAWA (art director)
Masaharu UEDA (cinematographer)
Akira KOBAYASHI (actor)
Tadashi SAKAI (art director)
Yoichi HIGASHI (director)
Kazuo YABE (lighting)
Special Award from the Chairman
Ryuichi Sakamoto (composer)
Shuji Abe (producer)
Special Award
Cine Bazar
Tokyo Laboratory
Popularity Awards
(By Public Vote)
Movie: kyrie
Actor: Yuki YAMADA – Kingdom III: Flame of Destiny, Godzilla Minus One, Tokyo Revengers 2 : Bloody Halloween : Destiny / Decisive Battle, Blue Giant
