# 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize

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 – Blind 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 |