# 42nd Japan Academy Film Prize

The 42nd Japan Academy Film Prize (第42回日本アカデミー賞) is the 42nd 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 2018 and took place on March 1, 2019 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.

## Winners and nominees
### Awards

| Picture of the Year | Animation of the Year |
| Shoplifters One Cut of the Dead Sakura Guardian in the North The Blood of Wolves Recall | Mirai Dragon Ball Super: Broly Penguin Highway Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer Okko's Inn |
| Director of the Year | Screenplay of the Year |
| Hirokazu Kore-eda – Shoplifters Shinichiro Ueda – One Cut of the Dead Kazuya Shiraishi – The Blood of Wolves Yōjirō Takita – Sakura Guardian in the North Katsuhide Motoki – Recall | Hirokazu Kore-eda – Shoplifters Jun'ya Ikegami – The Blood of Wolves Shinichiro Ueda – One Cut of the Dead Machiko Nasu – Sakura Guardian in the North Tamio Hayashi – Recall |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Kōji Yakusho – The Blood of Wolves Junichi Okada – Samurai's Promise Hiroshi Tachi – Life in Overtime Takayuki Hamatsu – One Cut of the Dead Lily Franky – Shoplifters | Sakura Ando – Shoplifters Haru Kuroki – Every Day a Good Day Ryoko Shinohara – The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps Mayu Matsuoka – Tremble All You Want Sayuri Yoshinaga – Sakura Guardian in the North |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Tori Matsuzaka – The Blood of Wolves Ittoku Kishibe – Sakura Guardian in the North Dean Fujioka – Recall Hidetoshi Nishijima – Samurai's Promise Kazunari Ninomiya – Killing for the Prosecution | Kirin Kiki – Shoplifters (posthumous award) Kirin Kiki – Every Day a Good Day Ryoko Shinohara – Sakura Guardian in the North Kyoko Fukada – Recall Yōko Maki – The Blood of Wolves Mayu Matsuoka – Shoplifters |
| Outstanding Achievement in Music | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |
| Haruomi Hosono – Shoplifters Kei Ogura, Katsu Hoshi, and Shōgo Kaida – Sakura Guardian in the North Takashi Kako – Samurai's Promise Nobuhiro Suzuki, Shōma Itō, and Kyle Nagai – One Cut of the Dead Gorō Yasukawa – The Blood of Wolves Gorō Yasukawa – Recall | Ryūto Kondō – Shoplifters Daisaku Kimura – Samurai's Promise Takeshi Sone – One Cut of the Dead Takahiro Haibara – The Blood of Wolves Takeshi Hamada – Sakura Guardian in the North |
| Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction |
| Isamu Fujii – Shoplifters Kenjirō Sō – Samurai's Promise Minoru Kawai – The Blood of Wolves Hitoshi Takaya – Sakura Guardian in the North | Tsutomu Imamura – The Blood of Wolves Takashi Nishimura – Recall Mitsuo Harada – Samurai's Promise Kyōko Heya – Sakura Guardian in the North Keiko Mitsumatsu – Shoplifters |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording | Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing |
| Kazuharu Urata – The Blood of Wolves Osamu Onodera – Sakura Guardian in the North Kazuhiro Kurihara – Recall Kōkichi Komoda – One Cut of the Dead Kazuhiko Tomita – Shoplifters | Shinichiro Ueda – One Cut of the Dead Hitomi Katō – The Blood of Wolves Isao Kawase – Recall Hirokazu Kore-eda – Shoplifters Hidemi Li – Sakura Guardian in the North |
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Newcomer of the Year |
| Bohemian Rhapsody The Greatest Showman The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Moka Kamishiraishi – A Forest of Wool and Steel Shuri – Love At Least Yurina Hirate – Hibiki Kyoko Yoshine – Kasane and Samurai's Promise Kentarō Itō – Cafe Funiculi Funicula Taishi Nakagawa – Kids on the Slope and Lock-On Love Ryo Narita – Stolen Identity and The Antique Ryo Yoshizawa – River's Edge |
| Popularity Award | |
| Kentarō Itō – Cafe Funiculi Funicula (Actor Category) One Cut of the Dead (Production Category) | |