39th Japan Academy Prize winners (2016)

The nominees for the 39th Annual Japan Academy Prizes were announced on January 17th and on March 4th the Japan Academy Prize Associations revealed the winners (hi-lighted in yellow). Here they are (after the jump):


Best Picture of the Year

• Umicachi Diary (Our Little Sister / lit. “Sea Town Diary”)
• Kainan 1890 (125 Years Memory / lit. “Shipwreck 1890”)
• Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi (The Emperor in August)
• Haha to Kuraseba (Nagasaki: Memories of My Son / lit. “Living with My Mother”)
• Hyakuen no Koi (100 Yen Love)

Best Animation

• The Anthem of the Heart
• Miss Hokusai
• Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
• The Boy and the Beast
• Love Live! The School Idol Movie

Best Director

• Ohne Hitoshi (Bakuman)
• Koreeda Hirokazu (Umimachi diary)
• Take Masaharu (Hyakuen no Koi)
• Tanaka Mitsutoshi (Kainan 1890)
• Harada Masato (Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi)

Best Screenplay

• Eriko Komatsu (Kainan 1890)
• Hirokazu Koreeda (Umicachi Diary)
• Masato Harada (Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi)
• Shin Adachi (Hyakuen no Koi)
• Yoji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu (Haha to Kuraseba)

Best Actor

• Uchino Seiyo (Kainan 1890)
• Oizumi Yo (Kakekomi Onna to Kakedashi Otoko)
• Sato Koichi (Terminal)
• Ninomiya Kazunari (Haha to Kuraseba)
• Yakusho Koji (Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi)

Best Actress

• Ayase Haruka (Umimachi diary)
• Arimura Kasumi (Biri Gal / Flying Colors)
• Ando Sakura (Hyakuen no Koi)
• Kiki Kirin (An / Sweet Bean)
• Yoshinaga Sayuri (Haha to Kuraseba)

Best Supporting Actor

• Asano Tadanobu (Haha to Kuraseba)
• Arai Hirofumi (Hyakuen no Koi)
• Ito Atsushi (Biri Gal / Flying Colors)
• Sometani Shota (Bakuman)
• Motoki Masahiro (Tenkuu no Hachi / Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi)

Best Supporting Actress

• Kaho (Umimachi diary)
• Kuroki Haru (Haha to Kuraseba)
• Nagasawa Masami (Umimachi diary)
• Mitsushima Hikari (Kakekomi Onna to Kakedashi Otoko)
• Yoshida Yo (Biri Gal)

Best Cinematography : Takimoto Mikiya (Umimachi diary)
Best Lighting Direction : Fujii Norikiyo (Umimachi diary)
Best Music (Composer) : Sakanaction (Bakuman)
Best Art Direction : Hanatani Hidefumi (Kainan 1890)
Best Sound Recording : Nobuhiko Shoin (Kainan 1890)
Best Film Editing : Ozeki Yasuyuki (Bakuman)
Best Foreign Language Film : American Sniper

Popularity Award: Momoiro Clover Z ("The Curtain Rises") & Bakuman
Special Award : Kazoo Matsuda (costume) & Gal Enterprise (trailer production)
Association Honor Award : Tatsuya Nakadai (actor)

Newcomers of the year

• Arimura Kasumi (Biri Gal)
• Tsuchiya Tao (Orange)
• Hirose Suzu (Umimachi diary)
• Fujino Ryogo (Solomon no Gisho Zenpen / Solomon no Gisho Kohen)
• Shinohara Atsushi (Koibito Tachi / Three Stories of Love)
• Noda Yojiro (Toire no Pieta / Pieta in the Toilet)
• Yamasaki Kento (Orange, Heroine Shikkaku / No Longer Heroine)
• Yamada Ryosuke (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu / Assassination Classroom)

Sources: ANN, Arama Japan, Asian Wiki, Japan Academy Prize Association [ translated ], Psycho Drama.

You can also read our entries for the Japan Academy Prizes' winners for 2015, 2014 and 2013.

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