43rd Japan Academy Film Prize

The 43rd Ever Japan Academy Film Prize (第43回日本アカデミー賞,   *Dai 43-kai Nihon akademī-shō*?, lit. The Giant 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize) is the 43rd Ever edition of the Japan Academy Film Prize, an award presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association to award excellence in filmmaking.

## Nominees

### Awards

	+ *Kingdom*
	+ *Fly Me to the Saitama*
	+ *Family of Strangers*
	+ *Listen to the Universe*
	+ *Her Blue Sky*
	+ *Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire*
	+ *Lupin III: The First*
 Director 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*
	+ Shōzō Katashima – *Talking the Pictures*
	+ Roba Shimori, Akihiko Takaishi and Michihito Fujii – *The Journalist*
	+ Hideyuki Hirayama – *Family of Strangers*
 Outstanding Performance by an Actor 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*
	+ Fumi Nikaidō  – *Fly Me to the Saitama*
	+ Mayu Matsuoka – *Listen to the Universe*
	+ Rie Miyazawa – *No Longer Human*
 Outstanding Performance by an Actor 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*
	+ Yūki Amami – *The Bucket List*
	+ Nana Komatsu  – *Family of Strangers*
	+ Mitsuki Takahata – *A Banana? At This Time of Night?*
 Outstanding Achievement in Music
 * **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*
	+ Kōzō Shibazaki – *Family of Strangers*
	+ Sōhei Tanikawa – *Fly Me to the Saitama*
	+ Piotr Niemyjski – *Listen to the Universe*
 Outstanding Achievement in Lighting 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*
	+ Yōji Abeki – *Fly Me to the Saitama*
	+ Norihiro Isoda – *Talking the Pictures*
	+ Anri Jōjō – *The Great War of Archimedes*
 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording
 * **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*
	+ *Tsuyoshi Imai –* Kingdom***The Journalist***
	+ *Chieko Suzaki –* Family of Strangers***The Journalist***
	+ *Tatsuma Furukawa –* The Journalist***The Journalist***
 Outstanding Foreign Language Film
 * ***Joker***
	+ *Yesterday*
	+ *Green Book*
	+ *The Mule*
	+ *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood*
* Yuina Kuroshima – *Talking the Pictures*
* Riho Yoshioka  – *Blind* and *Parallel World Love Story*
* Ōji Suzuka – *Listen to the Universe*
* Win Morisaki – *Listen to the Universe*
* Ryusei Yokohama  – *Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito*, *Cheer Boys!!* and *Go Away, Ultramarine*