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The 49th Japan Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 13 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, International Hall Pamir.
The film ”Kokuho” won 10 awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Leading Actor. During the ceremony, Chieko Baisho of “TOKYO Taxi,” who was selected for Best Actress, reminisced about the 1978 ceremony when the film “The Yellow Handkerchief” swept the major categories at the 1st Japan Academy Awards.
Below is the complete list of winners from this year’s ceremony.
Best Picture : “Kokuho”
Best Director: Lee Sang-il, “Kokuho”
Best Actor: Ryo Yoshizawa, “Kokuho”
Best Actress: Chieko Baisho, “Tokyo Taxi”
Best Foreign Film: “Conclave” (Edward Berger, director)
Best Animated Feature: “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle”
Best Art Direction: Yohei Taneda, Nao Shimoyama, “Kokuho”
Best Cinematography: Sofian El Fani, “Kokuho”
Best Lighting: Yuki Nakamura, “Kokuho”
Best Sound Recording: Mitsugu Shiratori, “Kokuho”
Best Editing: Tsuyoshi Imai, “Kokuho”
Best Music: Marihiko Hara, “Kokuho”
Best Screenplay: Satoko Okudera, “Kokuho”
Best Supporting Actor: Jiro Sato, “Suzuki=Bakudan”
Best Supporting Actress: Misato Morita, “Night Flower”
Newcomer of the year: Yamato Kochi, “Exit 8”, Noa Shiroyama, “5 Centimeters per Second”, Runa Nakashima, “Tokyo Taxi”, Ryuta Bando, “Suzuki=Bakudan”, Takaya Matsutani, “One Last Throw”, Ai Mikami, “Kokuho”, Misato Morita, “Night Flower”
Special award of the association: Kumiko Ogawa, Kazuko Kurosawa, Jiro Shindo, Tadamitsu Nishida
Chairman’s award for distinguished service: Mayumi Ogawa, Yoshiko Sakuma, Gisaburo Sugii, Yozo Tanaka, Seiji Mouri
Chairman’s Special Award: Ayumi Ishida, Tatsuya Nakadai, Masato Harada, Nobuyoshi Otani
Special memorial tribute: Shoji Ueda, Masahiro Shinoda, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Kazuo Ikehiro
Popularity award: Film: “First Kiss”
Actor: Hokuto Matsumura
Best theme song: Marihiko Hara feat. Satoru Iguchi, “Luminance,” theme song of “Kokuho”
Creative contribution award: Ufotable digital imaging department, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle”
Hair and makeup team : “Kokuho”
Choreography : Hirokazu Taniguchi and Tokuyo Azuma, “Kokuho”
49th special award: “Kokuho” production team