# 38th Japan Academy Film Prize

The 38th Japan Academy Film Prize (第38回日本アカデミー賞) is the 38th 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 2014 and it took place on February 27, 2015 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.

## Nominees
### Awards

| Picture of the Year | Animation of the Year |
| The Eternal Zero Pale Moon The Little House A Samurai Chronicle Cape Nostalgia | Stand by Me Doraemon When Marnie Was There Giovanni's Island Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha - Owarinaki Tabi |
| Director of the Year | Screenplay of the Year |
| Takashi Yamazaki – The Eternal Zero Takashi Koizumi – A Samurai Chronicle Izuru Narushima – Cape Nostalgia Katsuhide Motoki – Samurai Hustle Daihachi Yoshida – Pale Moon | Akihiro Dobashi – Samurai Hustle Masato Katō and Teruo Abe – Cape Nostalgia Kaeko Hayafune – Pale Moon Takashi Yamazaki and Tamio Hayashi – The Eternal Zero Yoji Yamada and Emiko Hiramatsu – The Little House |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Junichi Okada – The Eternal Zero Hiroshi Abe – Cape Nostalgia Kuranosuke Sasaki – Samurai Hustle Kiichi Nakai – Zakurozaka no Adauchi Kōji Yakusho – A Samurai Chronicle | Rie Miyazawa – Pale Moon Sakura Ando – 0.5mm Chizuru Ikewaki – The Light Shines Only There Mao Inoue – The Snow White Murder Case Fumi Nikaidō – My Man Sayuri Yoshinaga – Cape Nostalgia |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Junichi Okada – A Samurai Chronicle Hiroshi Abe – Zakurozaka no Adauchi Hideaki Itō – Wood Job! Shōfukutei Tsurube – Cape Nostalgia Haruma Miura – The Eternal Zero | Haru Kuroki – The Little House Yuko Oshima – Pale Moon Satomi Kobayashi – Pale Moon Yūko Takeuchi – Cape Nostalgia Sumiko Fuji – Lady Maiko |
| Popularity Award | Newcomer of the Year |
| Junichi Okada – The Eternal Zero (Actor Category) Rurouni Kenshin (Production Category) | Mone Kamishiraishi – Lady Maiko Nana Komatsu – The World of Kanako Rena Nōnen – Hot Road Sosuke Ikematsu – Pale Moon, Love's Whirlpool, Bokutachi no Kazoku Hiroomi Tosaka – Hot Road Sota Fukushi – In the Hero, Kami-sama no Iu Toori, Say "I love you". |
| Outstanding Achievement in Music | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |
| Yoshikazu Suo – Lady Maiko Takashi Kako – A Samurai Chronicle Naoki Satō – The Eternal Zero Joe Hisaishi – The Little House Gorō Yasukawa – Cape Nostalgia | Kōzō Shibazaki – The Eternal Zero Shōji Ueda and Hiroyuki Kitazawa – A Samurai Chronicle Shigumamakoto – Pale Moon Masashi Chikamori – The Little House Mutsuo Naganuma – Cape Nostalgia |
| Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction |
| Nariyuki Ueda – The Eternal Zero Hideaki Yamakawa – A Samurai Chronicle Keita Nishio – Pale Moon Kōichi Watanabe – The Little House Takaaki Miyanishi – Cape Nostalgia | Anri Jōjō – The Eternal Zero Fumio Ogawa – Zakurozaka no Adauchi Tadashi Sakai – A Samurai Chronicle Mitsuo Degawa and Daisuke Sue – The Little House Yutaka Yokoyama – Cape Nostalgia |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording | Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing |
| Kenichi Fujimoto – The Eternal Zero Osamu Onodera – Zakurozaka no Adauchi Akihiko Kaku and Masahito Yano – Pale Moon Kazumi Kishida – The Little House Kenichi Fujimoto – Cape Nostalgia Masato Yano – A Samurai Chronicle | Ryūji Miyajima – The Eternal Zero Hideto Aga – A Samurai Chronicle Iwao Ishii – The Little House Hideaki Ōhata – Cape Nostalgia Takashi Satō – Pale Moon |
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Special Award from the Chairman |
| Frozen Interstellar Jersey Boys Fury Godzilla | Akira Suzuki (Editor) Norifumi Suzuki (Director) Fujio Morita (Cinematographer) Yoshiko Yamaguchi (Actress) Bunta Sugawara (Actor) |
| Special Award from the Association | |
| Kazumi Ōsaka (Decorator) Tsuneo Soga (Hairdresser) Masashi Tara (Sound Technician) | |