# 39th Japan Academy Film Prize

The 39th Japan Academy Film Prize (第39回日本アカデミー賞) is the 39th edition of the Japan Academy Film Prize, an award presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association to award excellence in filmmaking. It awarded the best films of 2015 and it took place on March 4, 2016 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.

## Nominees
### Awards

| Picture of the Year | Animation of the Year |
| Our Little Sister 125 Years Memory The Emperor in August Nagasaki: Memories of My Son 100 Yen Love | The Boy and the Beast The Anthem of the Heart Miss Hokusai Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' Love Live! The School Idol Movie |
| Director of the Year | Screenplay of the Year |
| Hirokazu Koreeda – Our Little Sister Hitoshi Ōne – Bakuman Masaharu Take – 100 Yen Love Mitsutoshi Tanaka – 125 Years Memory Masato Harada – The Emperor in August | Shin Adachi – 100 Yen Love Eriko Komatsu – 125 Years Memory Hirokazu Koreeda – Our Little Sister Masato Harada – The Emperor in August Yoji Yamada and Emiko Hiramatsu – Nagasaki: Memories of My Son |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Kazunari Ninomiya – Nagasaki: Memories of My Son Seiyō Uchino – 125 Years Memory Yo Oizumi – Kakekomi Kōichi Satō – Kishūteneki Terminal Kōji Yakusho – The Emperor in August | Sakura Ando – 100 Yen Love Haruka Ayase – Our Little Sister Kasumi Arimura – Flying Colors Kirin Kiki – Sweet Bean Sayuri Yoshinaga – Nagasaki: Memories of My Son |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Masahiro Motoki – The Big Bee and The Emperor in August Tadanobu Asano – Nagasaki: Memories of My Son Hirofumi Arai – 100 Yen Love Atsushi Itō – Flying Colors Shōta Sometani – Bakuman | Haru Kuroki – Nagasaki: Memories of My Son Kaho – Our Little Sister Masami Nagasawa – Our Little Sister Hikari Mitsushima – Kakekomi Yō Yoshida – Flying Colors |
| Outstanding Achievement in Music | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |
| Sakanaction – Bakuman (Motion Music of Bakuman) Michiru Ōshima – 125 Years Memory Yoko Kanno – Our Little Sister Harumi Fūki – The Emperor in August Gorō Yasukawa – Solomon's Perjury Part 1: Suspicion | Mikiya Takimoto – Our Little Sister Takahide Shibanushi – The Emperor in August Masashi Chikamori – Nagasaki: Memories of My Son Tetsuo Nagata – 125 Years Memory Masakazu Fujisawa – Solomon's Perjury Part 1: Suspicion |
| Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction |
| Norikiyo Fujii – Our Little Sister Takaaki Miyanishi – The Emperor in August Kōichi Watanabe – Nagasaki: Memories of My Son Kiyoto Andō – 125 Years Memory Masao Kanazawa – Solomon's Perjury Part 1: Suspicion | Hidefumi Hanaya – 125 Years Memory Yūji Tsuzuki – Bakuman Mitsuo Degawa – Nagasaki: Memories of My Son Tetsuo Harada – The Emperor in August Keiko Mitsuya – Our Little Sister |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording | Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing |
| Nobuhiko Matsukage – 125 Years Memory Kazumi Kishida – Nagasaki: Memories of My Son Yutaka Tsurumaki – Our Little Sister Yasumasa Terui (Recording) and Masato Yano (Voicing) – The Emperor in August Shinji Watanabe – Bakuman | Yasuyuki Ōzeki – Bakuman Iwao Ishii – Nagasaki: Memories of My Son Akimasa Kawashima – 125 Years Memory Hirokazu Koreeda – Our Little Sister Yūjin Harada – The Emperor in August |
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Newcomer of the Year |
| American Sniper Kingsman: The Secret Service Whiplash Mad Max: Fury Road Spectre | Kasumi Arimura – Flying Colors Tao Tsuchiya – Orange Suzu Hirose – Our Little Sister Ryōko Fujino – Solomon's Perjury Atsushi Shinohara – Three Stories of Love Yojiro Noda – Pieta in the Toilet Kento Yamazaki – Orange and Heroine Shikkaku Ryosuke Yamada – Assassination Classroom |
| Special Award from the Association | Special Award of Honour from the Association |
| Kazuo Matsuda (Costume Designer) Gal Enterprise Inc. (Trailer Production) | Tatsuya Nakadai (Actor) |
| Popularity Award | |
| Bakuman (Production Category) Momoiro Clover Z – Maku ga Agaru (Actor Category) | |