49th Japan Academy Film Prize

49th Japan Academy Film Prize
49th Japan Academy Film Prize
Date	March 13, 2026
Site	Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan
Hosted by	Shinichi Hatori; Yuumi Kawai
Highlights
Most nominations	Kokuho (17)

The 49th Japan Academy Film Prize (第49回日本アカデミー賞) is the 49th edition of the Japan Academy Film Prize, an award presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association to award excellence in filmmaking.^[1]

The nominations were announced on January 19, 2026.^[2]

Winners and nominees

Awards

Best Film	Best Animation Film
Kokuho Hero's Island Suzuki=Bakudan 1st Kiss Tokyo Taxi	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc 100 Meters Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback
Best Director	Best Screenplay
Eiji Uchida – Night Flower Keishi Ōtomo – Hero's Island Ayuko Tsukahara – 1st Kiss Akira Nagai – Suzuki=Bakudan Lee Sang-il – Kokuho	Eiji Uchida – Night Flower Satoko Okudera – Kokuho Kaho Fukuda – 366 Days Masahiro Yamaura and Hiroyuki Yatsu – Suzuki=Bakudan Yoji Yamada and Yuzo Asahara – Tokyo Taxi
Best Actor	Best Actress
Satoshi Tsumabuki – Hero's Island Kyōzō Nagatsuka – Teki Cometh Hokuto Matsumura – 5 Centimeters per Second Yuki Yamada – Suzuki=Bakudan Ryo Yoshizawa – Kokuho	Keiko Kitagawa – Night Flower Masami Nagasawa – Dollhouse Chieko Baisho – Tokyo Taxi Suzu Hirose – A Pale View of Hills Takako Matsu – 1st Kiss
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jiro Sato – Suzuki=Bakudan Min Tanaka – Kokuho Hokuto Matsumura – 1st Kiss Ryusei Yokohama – Kokuho Ken Watanabe – Kokuho	Yū Aoi – Tokyo Taxi Mitsuki Takahata – Kokuho Shinobu Terajima – Kokuho Misato Morita – Night Flower Nana Mori – Kokuho
Best Music	Best Cinematography
Taisei Iwasaki – Tokyo Taxi Naoki Satō – Hero's Island Marihiko Hara – Kokuho Moe Hyuga – 366 Days Yaffle – Suzuki=Bakudan	Keisuke Imamura – 5 Centimeters per Second Tetsuya Kondo – Suzuki=Bakudan Daisuke Soma – Hero's Island Sofian El Fani – Kokuho Masashi Chikamori – Tokyo Taxi
Best Lighting Direction	Best Art Direction
Koshiro Ueno – 5 Centimeters per Second Satoshi Mizoguchi – Suzuki=Bakudan Hidenori Nagata – Hero's Island Yuki Nakamura – Kokuho Masato Tsuchiyama – Tokyo Taxi	Ryo Sugimoto and Takuya Okada – Suzuki=Bakudan Yohei Taneda and Nao Shimoyama – Kokuho Takashi Nishimura – Tokyo Taxi Hidefumi Hanatani – Hero's Island Hiroto Matsuzaki – Muromachi Outsiders
Best Sound Recording	Best Film Editing
Hiroshi Ishigai – Suzuki=Bakudan Mitsugu Shiratori – Kokuho Masaharu Tanabe – 366 Days Shota Nagamura – Tokyo Taxi Fusao Yuwaki – Hero's Island	Tsuyoshi Imai – Kokuho Hiroshi Sugimoto – Tokyo Taxi Sakura Seya – Exit 8 Mitsuo Nishio – 1st Kiss Suguru Ninomiya – Suzuki=Bakudan
Best Foreign Language Film	Newcomer of the Year
Conclave Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning One Battle After Another F1	Yamato Kochi – Exit 8 Noa Shiroyama – 5 Centimeters per Second Runa Nakashima – Tokyo Taxi Ryota Bando – Suzuki=Bakudan Takaya Matsutani – One Last Throw Ai Mikami – Kokuho Misato Morita – Night Flower
Special Award of Honour from the Association	Award for Distinguished Service from the Chairman
Kumiko Ogawa Kazuko Kurosawa Jiro Shindo Tadamitsu Nishida	Mayumi Ogawa Yoshiko Sakuma Gisaburō Sugii Yozo Tanaka Seiji Mori
In Memoriam	Special Award from the Chairman
Shoji Ueda Masahiro Shinoda Kazuko Yoshiyuki Kazuo Ikehiro	Ayumi Ishida Tatsuya Nakadai Masato Harada Nobuyoshi Otani

References

^ "第49回日本アカデミー賞特別賞受賞者発表いしだあゆみ、仲代達矢、原田眞人、大谷信義に会長特別賞【特別賞一覧】". eiga.com (in Japanese). 13 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
^ "「第49回日本アカデミー賞」優秀賞＆新人俳優賞発表吉沢亮・松村北斗・長澤まさみほか【受賞者・作品一覧】". Model Press (in Japanese). 19 January 2026. Retrieved 19 January 2026.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

[1] "第49回日本アカデミー賞特別賞受賞者発表いしだあゆみ、仲代達矢、原田眞人、大谷信義に会長特別賞【特別賞一覧】". eiga.com (in Japanese). 13 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.

[2] "「第49回日本アカデミー賞」優秀賞＆新人俳優賞発表吉沢亮・松村北斗・長澤まさみほか【受賞者・作品一覧】". Model Press (in Japanese). 19 January 2026. Retrieved 19 January 2026.

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Japan Academy Film Prize
Awards	Picture of the Year Animation of the Year Director of the Year Screenplay of the Year Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing Outstanding Foreign Language Film
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