44th Japan Academy Film Prize

44th Japan Academy Film Prize
44th Japan Academy Film Prize
Date	March 19, 2021
Site	Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan
Hosted by	Shinichi Hatori; Shim Eun-kyung
Highlights
Most awards	Fukushima 50 (6)
Most nominations	Fukushima 50 (12)
	← 43rd; Japan Academy Film Prize; 45th →;

The 44th Japan Academy Film Prize (第44回日本アカデミー賞) is the 44th edition of the Japan Academy Film Prize, an award presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association to award excellence in filmmaking.^[1]^[2]

Nominees

Awards

Picture of the Year	Animation of the Year
Midnight Swan The Asadas Tora-san, Wish You Were Here The Voice of Sin Fukushima 50	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train Violet Evergarden: The Movie Poupelle of Chimney Town Josee, the Tiger and the Fish Stand by Me Doraemon 2
Director of the Year	Screenplay of the Year
Setsurō Wakamatsu – Fukushima 50 Eiji Uchida – Midnight Swan Naomi Kawase – True Mothers Nobuhiro Doi – The Voice of Sin Ryōta Nakano – The Asadas	Akiko Nogi – The Voice of Sin Eiji Uchida – Midnight Swan Ryōta Nakano and Tomoe Kanno – The Asadas Yōichi Maekawa – Fukushima 50 Yoji Yamada – Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi – Midnight Swan Shun Oguri – The Voice of Sin Kōichi Satō – Fukushima 50 Masaki Suda – Threads: Our Tapestry of Love Kazunari Ninomiya – The Asadas	Masami Nagasawa – Mother Nana Komatsu – Threads: Our Tapestry of Love Hiromi Nagasaku – True Mothers Masami Nagasawa – The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess Chieko Baisho – Tora-san, Wish You Were Here Suzu Hirose – Not Quite Dead Yet
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Ken Watanabe – Fukushima 50 Shōhei Uno – The Voice of Sin Satoshi Tsumabuki – The Asadas Ryo Narita – The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese Gen Hoshino – The Voice of Sin	Haru Kuroki – The Asadas Noriko Eguchi – Stigmatized Properties Kumiko Goto – Tora-san, Wish You Were Here Kaori Momoi – I Never Shot Anyone Narumi Yasuda – Fukushima 50
Outstanding Foreign Language Film	Newcomer of the Year
Parasite Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Ford v Ferrari 1917 Tenet	Misaki Hattori – Midnight Swan Aju Makita – True Mothers Nana Mori – Last Letter Kenshi Okada – Hope, The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black File and All About March Daiken Okudaira – Mother Ren Nagase – Yowamushi Pedal: Up the Road
Outstanding Score
Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train Taro Iwashiro – Fukushima 50 Seiji Kameda –Yarn Naoki Sato – The Voice of Sin Junnosuke Yamamoto – Tora-san, Wish You Were Here

References

^ "『日本アカデミー賞』優秀主演男優賞草なぎ剛・二宮和也・小栗旬・佐藤浩市・菅田将暉が受賞". Oricon. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
^ "日本アカデミー賞、「Fukushima 50」最多6部門で最優秀賞". Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved March 19, 2021.

External links

Official website - (in Japanese)

[1] "『日本アカデミー賞』優秀主演男優賞草なぎ剛・二宮和也・小栗旬・佐藤浩市・菅田将暉が受賞". Oricon. Retrieved January 27, 2021.

[2] "日本アカデミー賞、「Fukushima 50」最多6部門で最優秀賞". Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved March 19, 2021.

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